One of the podcasts I listen to daily (well Tuesday to Saturday) is Cnets Buzz Out Loud podcast. I have been listening for about a year now and in that time, my favourite host, Veronica Belmont has left, and the show has become dull, we at least in my opinion. For this reason, I have unsubscribed from the podcast.

There were other factors that also influenced my decision for example news that I am not interested in and/or news that I have already seen on half a dozen websites and end up hearing on another (or a few other) podcasts I currently listen to. I am interested in mainly technology news, which is what BOL mainly consists of, but before I get to download and listen to the podcast, I have already read most of the news, especially the big announcements, either on Digg or in my RSS reader. I don’t really need to hear it again in a podcast, even though if it is big enough, I will hear it on next weeks TWiT or other podcast on their network.

So I have unsubscribed from their podcast and now have about 40 minutes extra each day, or 200 minutes a week, to listen and watch the current media I download. I couldn’t think of any good reason to keep downloading it everyday and listening to it. The past few months, I haven’t really been listening to what they have been saying and generally zone out or use it as background sound while I am on the computer. Oh well, I won’t miss it that much, I still have my other podcasts to listen to and watch.

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