Comments on: The Women of LibriVox http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/ free public domain audiobooks Fri, 25 May 2012 04:18:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Paula Creamer http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/comment-page-1/#comment-67214 Paula Creamer Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:02:47 +0000 http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/#comment-67214 <strong>paula...</strong> Interesting post. I came across this blog by accident, but it was a good accident. I have now bookmarked your blog for future use. Best wishes. Paula Creamer.... paula…

Interesting post. I came across this blog by accident, but it was a good accident. I have now bookmarked your blog for future use. Best wishes. Paula Creamer….

]]> By: Eileen aka e http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Eileen aka e Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:08:48 +0000 http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/#comment-217 Actually, I was very tempted to go to the Expo but I've been traveling alot lately. In fact, I've been traveling to other events that also tend to be skewed towards a male representation: video game conventions, business expos, and rockclimbing trips. Though I normally tend to shy away from crowds, I like conventions (though just not back to back). I've been attendee, vendor, guest, and reporter. I think I would have enjoyed the expo for the same reasons I would have enjoyed other events I've attended: making new friends, talking shop, and seeing new technologies. In that order. A disclaimer here though is that thinking back on this, I only tend to go to very large conventions so perhaps my experience is skewed. For instance, I tend not to eat convention food but go out to a nice restaurant, sometimes on someone else's bill. Hmm, 97% of podcaster listeners are male? I might be inclined to believe that. I have no way of telling but in terms of emails and comments I've received regarding my podcast, I have received 2 from females and 6 from males. Paula, I'm a member of the Yahoo Group too, I've only posted one or two comments to it and get it as a Digest in my mail. Anyway, here's to female podcasters! ~ e http://publicdomainpodcast.blogspot.com Actually, I was very tempted to go to the Expo but I’ve been traveling alot lately. In fact, I’ve been traveling to other events that also tend to be skewed towards a male representation: video game conventions, business expos, and rockclimbing trips.

Though I normally tend to shy away from crowds, I like conventions (though just not back to back). I’ve been attendee, vendor, guest, and reporter. I think I would have enjoyed the expo for the same reasons I would have enjoyed other events I’ve attended: making new friends, talking shop, and seeing new technologies. In that order.

A disclaimer here though is that thinking back on this, I only tend to go to very large conventions so perhaps my experience is skewed. For instance, I tend not to eat convention food but go out to a nice restaurant, sometimes on someone else’s bill.

Hmm, 97% of podcaster listeners are male? I might be inclined to believe that. I have no way of telling but in terms of emails and comments I’ve received regarding my podcast, I have received 2 from females and 6 from males.

Paula, I’m a member of the Yahoo Group too, I’ve only posted one or two comments to it and get it as a Digest in my mail.

Anyway, here’s to female podcasters!

~ e
http://publicdomainpodcast.blogspot.com

]]> By: Paula http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Paula Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:09:39 +0000 http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/#comment-214 Yes! I'd love to hear what people outside the Yahoo podcasters list think. Yes! I’d love to hear what people outside the Yahoo podcasters list think.

]]> By: Hugh http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Hugh Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:43:33 +0000 http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/#comment-212 oh, cool a discussion on our blog! ... shall I keep posting podcasting-type news? oh, cool a discussion on our blog! … shall I keep posting podcasting-type news?

]]> By: Paula http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Paula Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:26:33 +0000 http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/#comment-211 These are very interesting comments about the expo. Is anyone else here on the Yahoo podcasters list, which is largely composed of guys in their 30s? They loved the show. Couldn't praise it enough. Of course, their big thing was the schmoozing and sitting around in the bar. I agree with Kristen. I hate trade shows. You gotta do 'em sometimes, but not my thing. These are very interesting comments about the expo. Is anyone else here on the Yahoo podcasters list, which is largely composed of guys in their 30s? They loved the show. Couldn’t praise it enough. Of course, their big thing was the schmoozing and sitting around in the bar.

I agree with Kristen. I hate trade shows. You gotta do ‘em sometimes, but not my thing.

]]> By: Kristen http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Kristen Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:29:18 +0000 http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/#comment-210 Yeah, I've been to too many conference/expos to want to go to any more. They are noisy, over-stimulating and at the same time homogenous and boring.I've been on both sides, too--working booths, attending, and even reporting. They fail from every angle as far as I'm concerned. There is a growing list of women podcasters at Contentious and I've written to the author to add LibriVox to the list. http://blog.contentious.com/archives/2004/12/22/women-in-podcasting-the-list Yeah, I’ve been to too many conference/expos to want to go to any more. They are noisy, over-stimulating and at the same time homogenous and boring.I’ve been on both sides, too–working booths, attending, and even reporting. They fail from every angle as far as I’m concerned.

There is a growing list of women podcasters at Contentious and I’ve written to the author to add LibriVox to the list.

http://blog.contentious.com/archives/2004/12/22/women-in-podcasting-the-list

]]> By: Carolyn http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Carolyn Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:59:01 +0000 http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/#comment-209 How fascinating! I went, and heard from the Feedburner booth that women were scarce. The expo, to me, was both smalltime and icky. I was (wistfully) getting a schpiel at the Marantz booth and one of their sales reps grabbed my badge and scanned the bar code on it. I felt like I was being checked out -- not in the girlie way, but in the grocery way. How fascinating! I went, and heard from the Feedburner booth that women were scarce. The expo, to me, was both smalltime and icky. I was (wistfully) getting a schpiel at the Marantz booth and one of their sales reps grabbed my badge and scanned the bar code on it. I felt like I was being checked out — not in the girlie way, but in the grocery way.

]]> By: miette http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/comment-page-1/#comment-208 miette Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:21:55 +0000 http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/#comment-208 Agreed that perhaps (and I had to presume stereotypes, but...) we're more interested in podcasting than gadget collecting and networking? I, for one, would rather be home recording a podcast than at a convention testing the latest clipon mic and eating (shudder) convention centre food any day. Perhaps it's not an issue of gender, then, but of sophistication and commitment, and that, at least among podcasters, we happen to be the more refined sex? Agreed that perhaps (and I had to presume stereotypes, but…) we’re more interested in podcasting than gadget collecting and networking? I, for one, would rather be home recording a podcast than at a convention testing the latest clipon mic and eating (shudder) convention centre food any day. Perhaps it’s not an issue of gender, then, but of sophistication and commitment, and that, at least among podcasters, we happen to be the more refined sex?

]]> By: Kristen http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Kristen Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:47:45 +0000 http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/#comment-207 Perhaps why women didn't attend the Podcast Conference in large numbers is that our interest in podcasting is more in the content we create than in the tech to do it. I love my gear more than most girls, but "Portable Media Expo" does not sound like a fun time to me. I podcast, too, at Haanashi Station (a group effort) and on my own mediatinker site. http://www.hanashi-station.net/wp/?feed=rss2 http://www.mediatinker.com/blog/mediatinker_audio.rdf Perhaps why women didn’t attend the Podcast Conference in large numbers is that our interest in podcasting is more in the content we create than in the tech to do it. I love my gear more than most girls, but “Portable Media Expo” does not sound like a fun time to me.

I podcast, too, at Haanashi Station (a group effort) and on my own mediatinker site.

http://www.hanashi-station.net/wp/?feed=rss2
http://www.mediatinker.com/blog/mediatinker_audio.rdf

]]> By: Paula http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Paula Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:47:23 +0000 http://librivox.org/2005/11/16/the-women-of-librivox/#comment-206 Well, if Wired were to talk to *me*, they'd know more about women in podcasting. I didn't go to the expo, but I have two podcasts, and I do participate in Librivox. Harumph, as one of my editors always says. Well, if Wired were to talk to *me*, they’d know more about women in podcasting. I didn’t go to the expo, but I have two podcasts, and I do participate in Librivox. Harumph, as one of my editors always says.

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