The Incomparable, number 198, June 2014.

Welcome back to The Incomparable podcast.

I'm your host, Jason Snell, and we've got a very interesting topic and panel,

a little bit different. I feel actually ashamed that it is a little bit different because we should

have had an episode with a panel composed this way before, and it just hasn't happened, but it's

happening this time. We have a special guest and we have some regular attendees, and I think we're going to have a good time. Let me introduce my panel. Lisa Schmeiser is here. Hello. Hi. It's pleasure to be back. Good to have you back. So soon, no less. That's crazy. So who else? Erica Ensign also here. Sign in. Please report your name rank and serial number. I don't know.

You can't see me, but I'm saluting.

All right. Good. Good. Is that a Canadian salute you're doing there? We don't accept those here, left tenant.

Oops.

All right. And a special guest, the head of development at my favorite name in a company I think that I've encountered anytime soon.

I was chanting it, chanting it earlier today because I enjoy saying giant space cat.

It is Brianna Wu.

Hello.

Hey, what's crack-a-laken?

Well, we'll find out, won't we?

That's what we're here to find out, is what's crack-a-lakenalackin. I am going to be here. I'm going to answer that question.

Okay. Oh, good. Forward promote. That's always good. Tease where we're going. And then peopleity Caldwell was going to be here and then she had to go away so it's very sad we will carry on bravely we will out her somehow yes somehow we will make this podcast happen she could not make it and that's fine. She had a friend

in need and that is more important than silly podcast. So, so yes, some people may have noticed

that I am being joined by three women panelists and I want to, I have a little, in the spirit

of John Syracuse, I have a little opening statement. I know, I know. Well,

John is an inspiration to us all. First off, I wanted to point out that one of the things that I always

tried to do is the host is get the panel. The panel started. It was just people I knew. And I realized at some point that I knew a lot of dudes, which made the panel more male than female, although I was always happy that I knew two women who wanted to be on the podcast from the get-go and talk about nerdy stuff. And that was Lisa and Serenity. And I was very happy to have those. And then over time,

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