Veronica Belmont (2016)

Dude Ballacaust3000 beat you to that joke like many hours ago.

the worst decision of my terrible life

That's really tough. I don't think I enjoyed Qore (on the Playstation Network) enough while I was doing it. We traveled to so many amazing places for interviews and met a lot of wonderful people.

Dear Veronica for Engadget was also super fun, mostly because I had complete control over the content and could make it as weird as I wanted it to be!

belbot (the actual belbot, not my handle!) is a danger to herself and others. No, I haven't done any robotics work, though it's something I'd like to learn a lot more about. I've taken some electronics classes at TechShop here in the Bay Area, made some sweet blinky lights.

Right now I'm using the Heil PR-40 as my primary microphone, and Alesis Multimix8 for my mixer, and I just lost my Ultimate Ears somewhere :(

I still edit in Audacity.

Aerial tram! I'm terrified of them, but learning about them helped make me feel a little better about the whole thing (still pretty sure I'm going to die every time I'm on one though).

I have literally never heard that joke before! ;)

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I moved to San Francisco to be a part of the technology industry, though I wasn't sure how it was going to play out once I got here. My education was in audio production, so I was lucky to find an in at CNET for an audio producer. That role evolved over the years into a very interesting new media kind of gig!

so tl;dr yes.

I'm gonna keep it positive, since I think we all know the ways it's gotten worse.

It's so much easier to find your people now, even more so than when I started doing video in 2006. The online communities that have grown up around even the most niche content are incredible, and they've created spaces for people to make friends, build relationships, and have an outlet for their creativity. It's really amazing to see (and be part of!)

For the first episode, we cover Pipe Organs. Which, as an audio nerd, really appealed to me! There was so much more that I wanted to say about resonant frequencies and how space affects sound, etc.

No, but teens BEG for my instagram handle almost every week.

All of the coffee thank you.

No! I mean, is nothing safe? What is this world coming to?

There have been many physically unpleasant shoots. Gizmodo: The Gadget Testers, was the worst. We had to climb these stairs with 20lb vacuum cleaners. And then vacuum them. Then, we had to vacuum a chicken coop filled with chickens. So, that was a day.

ACK! That's hard. OK. Genre fiction is my favorite form of media (that counts, right?) but it's almost impossible to figure out what my favorite book would be. My standard is Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb.

I finally retired him from my desk :(
However, I haven't tried watching the film with him around! That would be fun, actually.

Really ready for a change! I've been doing the same kind of job for my entire adult life, so I want to see what else is possible. I love technology, and I want to be a bigger part of that community.

Oh, forgot, the "What are we drinking?" segment! Nothing interesting right now, too much acid reflux :(

Anthony Bourdain. He's the top of my list for everything, but I'm convinced that if he met me he'd think I'm totally lame and it would break my heart.

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