My husband is a geek. He loves technology, science and is very cutting edge. I get the “glazed over” expression many a time when he is talking to me but quite honestly, a lot of it is beyond the comprehension of my tunnel visioned, child focused, Mommy oriented brain. He is extremely frustrated because no matter how hard he tries to introduce new sites, information and the world of podcasts to our friends no one is interested. I must admit, for the most part, I am rarely interested…until recently.
I am a very busy woman. I volunteer far too much, look after the administration for our family business and am a SAHM of two kids and all that entails. I do not need more things to occupy my time. I tell my wonderful, persistent husband this, but he continues to try and draw me into his internet world. A couple of months ago Rod sent me a link to Twitter.
Being that I spend a lot of time in our home based office by myself my Twitter friends have become my co-workers. I’m a social gal and need interaction. Being stuck in a home office for hours during the day by myself is comparable to nails on a chalkboard, tinfoil on fillings – you get the picture.
Twitter then introduced me to the wonderful world of podcasts. By chance I happened upon a tweet (Twitter posting) of a podcaster and her husband. This happened to be the Tuckers and their podcast The Tucker Tales. Their site recommends other podcasts to listen to and those podcast recommend podcasts and so on. But no, I couldn’t just listen. I had to start providing feedback to these shows. First it was an email or two, which led to a phone call, or two, or three, or four. Rod and I even had the opportunity to be a guest on the Barnuts! I have my shiny new iPod (compliments of Air Miles!), load it up each day and take my new found friends with me wherever I go. I have the Tuckers, and BUCKET with Corey & Jen, Barely, CJ & Dan (Love Long & Prosper), Wicked Good, Kids Wife Work Life, Desperate Husbands and my latest fav The Redboy Podcast. For any of the podcasters that may read this, thank you for the bright spot in my day, it’s a true pleasure and I thank you for all of the hard work you put into your shows each week. Because I’ve had a few glasses of wine it’s appropriate that I say “I love you guys!” For you non-podcasters out there check out these shows; you won’t be disappointed.
I’m sure I have become a thorn in this podcast communities side but I must admit, even though it is simply an acquaintance situation, I feel very much at home with this group of people and think they are one of the kindest, most helpful, fun communities I have had the opportunity to chat with.
Rod comes home from his very long days (tis pool & spa season you know) and I’m filling him in on the kids, school and the latest Twitter & podcast info. He’s still far more of a geek than I am and always be, but now, just briefly, he’s giving me the “glazed over look” and I wonder if he’s sorry that he sent me “the link.”
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1 Jen Tucker // Jun 2, 2007 at 5:48 am
Hey Chrystal,
Good post. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy. I’ve tried to convert several of my friend to listening to podcasts. They just don’t seem to “get it.” My best friends listens to our show when I remind her, but she doesn’t even have an mp3 player, so it’s always on her computer that she listens.
You are far from a thorn in our sides; every one of us loves feedback. I hope you guys are thinking about coming out to PME even though you’re not officially podcasters.
2 Venomous Kate // Jun 2, 2007 at 5:20 pm
For years, whenever I’ve said that I blog, friends have looked at me as if I just sprouted two heads. Then MySpace hit the scene, and they all signed up and considered themselves bloggers, too. Puh-leze. One-by-one they’re switching to other platforms, buying their own domains, and finding out that the interaction it provides — not to mention the worldwide friendships — can be amazing.
So then I bought an iPod. In theory it was to wear at night to drown out the sound of my husband’s snoring. Unfortunately, that didn’t work, but I started downloading podcasts. Far too many of them to listen to in one day, as a matter of fact, and since I’m a SAHM like you I have a hard time making the extra hours needed to listen to all the podcasts to which I’m subscribed.
So I mentioned podcasts to my friends and NOW they’re all saying, “Podcasts, huh? Ok, I’ve GOT to check that out.” I guess since I was right about blogging, they’re willing to trust me on this one.
My MIL, however, just chuckled when I told her about them. Her response, “Honey, that’s nothing new. We just used to call them Radio Shows.”
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