Okay, enough of the bellyaching, Leesa.

Yes, there are way too many wacky lists out there that say they’re honouring women in tech, but do nothing but provide a good laugh (or a vigorous head shake). It’s now time for women to put together a list of savvy women in technology.

Tara Hunt has started a very good list of women in Web 2.0. She’s getting alot of help through her readers who are leaving their own suggestions. While listing great women in Web 2.0 is a monumental feat, I will focus on the Top 10 Savvy Women in Podcasting (Connie, your suggestion of “smart women” triggered this list, so thank you).

Every day over the next 10-days, I’ll present to you just one woman in podcasting who’s making an impact. I selected women from education, law, media and a couple of women who I consider podcasting pioneers. One of the women who made my list will surprise you as I’ve done nothing but complain about her in past posts.

After I present to you the 10, I will also list a few more women who are ones to watch in podcasting in 2007. They may not have a buzz as yet, they may not have contributed anything significant to podcasting, but something’s stirring in their camp and I predict that these women will do something amazing in podcasting in the coming months.

How did I select these women? Admittedly, I stole some ideas from Tara’s list, so here goes:

• She has to be podcasting (either producing, hosting or both).
• She has to have contributed something to the field of podcasting over the past 12-months (a book, an event, speaking about podcasting at conferences or just building awareness using mainstream media).
• I have to either have met the woman (virtually or in person), admire the woman or just generally admire her for her achievements.

Here’s the complete list of my top 10.

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