Aeon Time » Buzz out Loud http://stevebuchan.org/aeon Steve's Musings - Life Unexplained Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:21:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Belmont Leaves BOL heads to Mahalo http://stevebuchan.org/aeon/2007/04/27/belmont-leaves-bol-heads-to-mahalo/ http://stevebuchan.org/aeon/2007/04/27/belmont-leaves-bol-heads-to-mahalo/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:08:19 +0000 sbuchan http://www.stevebuchan.org/aeon/2008/03/28/belmont-leaves-bol-heads-to-mahalo/ Belomont Buzz Out Loud PicAfter three years, Veronica Belmont is leaving Buzz Out Loud joining Jason Calacanis’s new startup Mahalo. Apparently she will be producing a daily video IP/TV podcast thing.

]]> http://stevebuchan.org/aeon/2007/04/27/belmont-leaves-bol-heads-to-mahalo/feed/ 0 Tech Podcasts Production Values Improve http://stevebuchan.org/aeon/2007/02/23/tech-podcasts-production-values-improve/ http://stevebuchan.org/aeon/2007/02/23/tech-podcasts-production-values-improve/#comments Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:10:19 +0000 sbuchan http://www.stevebuchan.org/aeon/2007/02/23/tech-podcasts-production-values-improve/ Buzz out Loud LogoI wonder how many folks really understand what a podcast is? For me, walking to the dog and listening to an updated on the latest tech news, or being entertained by a comedy podcast is just awesome. This is new media. While once we were all enslaved to hundreds of free and for-pay tech journals .. today, we can just relax, sit back and listen.

Production values of both audio and video podcasts are improving .. little things that drive one nuts like variable audio levels, bad editing and host banter seem to be a thing of the past.

Emerging from the swamp are hosts that are less interested in their own persona and more interested in educating and entertaining their listeners. What is emerging is real personalities.

Notable are:

It seems to be that the more relaxed the hosts, the easier the segments are on the listeners. Taking one less serious seems to be key to reducing the listener stress.

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