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Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Hello Ladies...
hello!
by queenstarsha - 2/7/08 5:10 PM In reply to: Hello Ladies... by tjt620i'm another geek lady. i've been listening for a long time, but i'm too inarticulate for voicemail. tom, molly, (veronica,) jason, and their various guests make tech news so lively. BOL is a daily must-hear.
Hey Ladies & Student paper of BOL
by murphysclay - 2/7/08 6:41 PM In reply to: Hello Ladies... by tjt620Hey ladies, I've been a BOL listener since January of 2006 and don't miss an episode. I teach computer graphics at a rural high school in northwestern Indiana and have assigned podcast summary reports due once a 9 weeks to my advanced students. This 9 weeks the topic was general, it just had to be about technology. So one of my students found BOL and did her paper on episode 648. I have included the paper below my post. Enjoy!
I realized not to long ago that I enjoy the speed at which these guys provide funny & informative information. I listen to a lot of other podcasts and appreciate Tom & Molly's skills with the mic.
I miss Veronica.......no offense Jason.
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Podcast Report by student - Lauren
Molly Wood and Tom Merrit host a podcast series called Buzz out Loud. I listened to episode 648 which aired on Monday, January 28, 2008. Buzz out Loud is a mix between non-sense talking and a run down of technology news of the day.
They started the podcast out by wishing a happy 50th birthday to Lego. At first I was going to turn the podcast off and try to find a new one. Then I decided that since I could actually understand what the hosts were saying I would give the podcast a little longer. They went to talk about how a 3 year old was unable to figure out how to play with Lego’s. They talked about how shocked they were because they thought all children knew about Lego’s. I think most people would attribute this lack of knowledge to the recent burst of technology. Molly and Tom finally started talking about some technology I was interested in.
A lot of people struggle when trying to decide whether to buy HD DVD’s or Blu-Ray DVD’s. (To be honestBlu I hardly even know the difference, so for those of you who do, if I get this wrong I am just going by what I learned from this podcast.) The podcast said that after Warner Brothers announced that they would be abandoning HD DVD that consumers starting purchasing more Blu-Ray DVD’s. There used to exist a 50/50 split between HD and Blu-Ray DVD’s, but after the week of HD abandonment Blu-Ray sales have created a 90/10 split. Some say that HD DVD’s will cease to exist and neither will lose, and NPD states the major sales of Blu-Ray in the past week has been overstated. It has also been mentioned that Sony may lower the price of the PS3 making it the best deal in HD DVD.
I was glad that I gave this podcast a chance. I only had to listen to half of it because after they explained the high-definition format wars they went on to talk about other news for the day. I did not really walk away with a lot of information about the specifics of Blu-Ray and high-definition, but if somebody asks me who is winning the way I am going to say Blu-Ray. When I turned the podcast off Molly and Tom were discussing an asteroid that was supposed to just miss Earth on Monday night. If you are interested in a little bit of technology and a lot of “mumbo-jumbo” gossip tune into Buzz out Loud.
http://www.mediafly.com/Podcasts/Episodes/Buzz_Out_Loud_648_RIP_HD_DVD_2
Count me in too.
by WolfCryi - 2/7/08 8:10 PM In reply to: Hello Ladies... by tjt620Great to hear ladies like Fordo call in with rants about macs and ice cream. 
I'm Sarah, just turned 19, from Victoria,BC and I've been listening to BOL since episode 584. I'm relatively new to the podcast but I've loved every episode so far and look forward to many more. BOL was recommended to me for news on the whole DRM issue, now I rely on it for all things tech but with humor and fun extras added in for good measure.
Maybe someday I'll be tech savvy enough to call in with some useful information.
All Woman Here
by muzeizm - 2/7/08 8:27 PM In reply to: Hello Ladies... by tjt620Yes there are many women who listen to the Buzz Out Loud. I listen everyday while at work! I just wanted to put my 2cent in so all ya'll guys would know that women are listening!!!
non-sense talking
by the shutter speed - 2/8/08 2:43 AM In reply to: All Woman Here by muzeizmI really enjoyed the report by the student Lauren on podcasts. Boy, high school has changed a lot in 30 years. Papers on podcasts. very cool.
It looks like Buzz town should be called Buzz World. We are well represented out there.
Sliding out of lurkdom...
by hollyhock - 2/8/08 8:59 AM In reply to: Hello Ladies... by tjt620Hello ladies... Holly in NYC...
I don't remember how long I've been listening but a couple years at least. I don't post much but I lurk around. So, there you go. HI!
Hi all
by 80sgal - 2/8/08 9:30 AM In reply to: Hello Ladies... by tjt620Another souther girl from GA living in Buzztown. Good to see a nice collection of ladies besides myself. Been an active listener (but haven't called or emailed yet)since January 2007. Wow a whole year. Really love the show. I listen to it everyday at work. I'm also an avid CNET tv watcher too, which I credited BOL for introducing me too. So see guys, us ladies are all over CNET . Sending love to Tom, Molly, Jason and all fellow Buzztowners
Love it!
by dlpon - 2/8/08 10:53 AM In reply to: Hello Ladies... by tjt620Hi:
I'm a soon to be 49 mom working part-time in marketing (and full-time in chauffering teenagers around).
I subscribe to over 50 podcasts: tech, science, CBC, hockey (yes I'm Canadian), NPR, Slate, and comedy. Yours is the one I go to first every time.
I've been listening for over a year now, I love clever use of language and you hooked me at: "podcast of indeterminate length" the very first time I listened. I listen to podcasts at the gym and sometimes I have to stop working out because I'm laughing too hard during your show.
Keep up the great work!
Women interested in tech is an under respresented demographi
by seretw - 2/8/08 5:09 PM In reply to: Hello Ladies... by tjt620Hi,
I'm Seré and I live in Portland. I love BOL and have been listening to it since at least the summer of 2005. I love tech, always have. So ladies, I think there is a major misunderstanding about how many woman are interested in tech and what kind of women they are. And I personally feel like it's mostly because the right questions aren't being asked, and that many assumptions are being made that are at best inaccurate. The kind of assumptions that I'm referring to have to do with what age, race and socio economic status of women who are interested in tech are. How do you feel?
Here's where I stand. I'm 36, a mom and black. I am not an anomaly. I have always loved technology. My love of technology came from my mom. That's right, I'm a Trekkie because of my mom. I hacked electronics because of my mom and I read Computer Shopper because of my mom. When I was a girl I played with girls who also loved technology and played video games (even back in the Atari, Activision and Nintendo days).
One of the things that I love about Buzz out Loud is that it feels like a more realistic representation of both genders reporting on and using technology. There's a broader spectrum of what women interested in technology actually sound like (which is true of CNET in general).
I'm sure many of us don't have time to respond via the phones and the forums, but not because we aren't listening.
-Seré
Hi Sere
by fordo123 - 2/8/08 5:48 PM In reply to: Women interested in tech is an under respresented demographi by seretwI too have been a techie since I was a kid. First kid on the block to have electronic Mastermind and Atari and Simon. I saved up my babysitting money in high school to buy a VCR and taught everyone how to use it and evangelized about it to my neighbors and was always called on to fix everyone's once they hopped on board and had one too.
I am 39, live in NYC, am single, white with an MBA.
I'm not sure why people thing women arent interested in tech. I have a lot of male and female friends and I have just as many non-techy male friends as I do female friends. I have some female friends who stay at home with the kids and they arent as caught up as their husbands are on all the news bc they arent in the workplace hearing about it all at the water cooler or working in an industry affected by tech in some way - or they dont have time to keep up with news and podcasts bc of the little ones running around all day. But in general, when I think of my friends, just as many women are into technology and tech news and gadgets as are men.
Hey Seré
by BeamMeUpJC - 2/9/08 3:08 PM In reply to: Women interested in tech is an under respresented demographi by seretwThanks for pulling me into this thread. My name is Lori, I'm 35, white, and a stay-at-home mom of 2 yunguns in Portland, OR. Previous poster Seré is a former co-worker of mine who introduced me to BOL in September 05 when I got my 1st Gen IPod Nano (still works great and I love it!)
Since I quit work to stay home with my kids and be a freelance editor/web designer, I've fallen behind on the podcast, but I can't bring myself to skip any episodes so I can catch up. So I'm listening to early January 08 right now, trying to squeeze in an extra couple each week so maybe I'll actually be caught up and able to call/email the show by July or so 
My two favorite things about BOL: Mollyrants (yes, I think it should be one word) and how the show's producers seem to get suckered into being co-hosts.
Suckered producers
by fordo123 - 2/9/08 3:13 PM In reply to: Hey Seré by BeamMeUpJCSo funny that you say that about the producers getting suckered into being co-hosts! I was lying in bed last night listening to the last 3 BOL's (I couldn't sleep) and I was thinking - hey, I dont think Jason was originally slated to be a host, was he? Or even a producer/host? I thought he was just a background producer guy when he came aboard a few months ago and now he has slowly become such a part of the action tat I think of his am a full-fledged host! Never even saw it coming. And it's great - I love Jason - but I am curious if that was planned or if he just happened to become a host organically.
Jason? What's the deal?
Fordo
I agree
by icelandscg - 2/10/08 4:46 AM In reply to: Women interested in tech is an under respresented demographi by seretwI'm 58 and an elementary school teacher. Although I've been a computer lab teacher, over the years I've totally incorporated technology into whatever I'm teaching. I was involved in KidsNet before the Internet was accessible to the public (before the www) While the worldwide web was fairly young I jumped in and brought my students along, learning HTML and making a web site together. It was a wonderful way to bring the real world into the classroom & to integrate the subject areas in a meaningful way. As digital photography became available, I used it with young students learning to read and write to make books and PowerPoint presentations. My third grade reading students this year just finished filming and producing a DVD for the Kindergarten. The power of technology is endless-- of COURSE women are interested and involved with technology. We are too busy actually USING technology to spend time calling in to make goofy comments to podcasts! That's why they don't know we're out here.
Another lady...
by KarenElissa - 2/8/08 8:55 PM In reply to: Hello Ladies... by tjt620I'm another female listener. I started a couple of years ago when I first got my ipod. BOL is one of the first podcasts I found and I've been hooked since.
I've always been fairly tech savvy, thanks to my dad working on computers, but now I'm explaining things to him.
Long Time in PA
by MrsCRW - 2/9/08 6:33 AM In reply to: Hello Ladies... by tjt620Hi, I'm a stay at home mom who freelances as a web developer. I've been listening to BOL for about 2 years now, way before Molly's baby. I love BOL cause they stay clean, and don't get "too" juvenile, like some other tech shows I use to listen to, which act like their audience is 13 year old boys! It's so great to hear other women talk as geeky as me!
GO BOL!
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