Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Working from Home, Hybrid Work, Return to Office, Digital Nomads, and maybe more options, what is this and what works? I know what works for me, but your mileage may vary. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Digital Nomad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_nomad...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Learning how to read at about age three made books and learning an easily-reachable tool in the personal development toolbox early on. In the pre-digital age, there was much to be had visiting the Library, and this remains true today, in slightly different ways. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The polls closed at 7pm on Tuesday for the Nevada Primaries, and within minutes winners were called, the Nevada Secretary of State website for posting results shows only zeros across the board, and today is another day. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Nevada Secretary of State Election Reporting https://silverstateelection.nv.gov/ A Lawrence Stone story https://sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-co...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Silicon Valley, the place where any idea seemed to have a chance, and where we made a reasonable go at a novel review scheme, which I think still has a chance this many years later. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Getting Bayesian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_inference...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Nowadays they speak back to you, but back in the day speakers were just speakers playing the sounds we gave them; a little practical engineering project in college was actually quite an education… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo The Loud Speaker Design Cookbook https://www.amazon.com/Loudspeaker-Design-Cookbook-Vance-Dickason/dp/0833801945...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Once upon a time, recording video was actually challenging. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Truevision (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truevision
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, LEGO products of various kinds, and a Volkswagen Bug were all mile markers along the way toward computer engineering, wherein one knows computers by building computers… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Tinker Toys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinkertoy Lincoln Logs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Logs LEGO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego Fischertechnik https://...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: If you are familiar with The Hunt for Red October, you know that a possible aspect change may indicate what they called a Crazy Ivan, a sudden change in direction to see who is behind, be it a submarine or perhaps something else. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo This (Medium Members Only) https://medium.com/moments-of-passion/i-wish-someone-told-me-to-disengage-whenever-this-happened-d15e41ab6ea3 ...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: It has been a few months now since I really got away from Social Media (the big corp platforms everybody knows about), though actually years for Facebook. How did I get into all of this so many years ago and what lead me to want to get back to the old ways? It´s not me, it´s you… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo My Bio.link https://danhugo.bio.link/ Doctorow on Enpoopification https://pluralistic....
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: As a fan of Magnum PI and Simon & Simon in the 80s, and one with a tinkering bent, it should go without saying that I obtained some lock picks and that I learned how to use them… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Phoenix Spy Shop http://www.phxspyshop.com/ Lock Picking Lawyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LockPickingLawyer Lock Bumping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_bumping...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: My very first role as an actual programmer, after my first year away at college, during which the Phoenix area had its hottest high temperature ever while I worked in an office with computers kept as cool as possible… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Hottest Days in Phoenix https://www.weather.gov/psr/ExtremeTemps K & R https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: No, not moving. But moving is certainly something I have done, and I absolutely do not care for it. Should I? Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Always fascinated with flight, where did it get me? Always back to the same place, even with hundreds of thousands of frequent flier miles, but some adventures Up in the Air… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Beechcraft T-34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_T-34_Mentor US Air Force Academy https://www.usafa.edu/ Skydive Hollister ( http://www.skydivehollister.com/ now Silicon Valley Skydivi...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Just like the movie, though not quite so much, I put in a lot of travel time and distance whilst working for Intel Corporation, and I look forward to returning to the friendly skies, ideally via Airbus air frames… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Up in the Air https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1193138/ Big Fish https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319061/ Cafe Frei https://www.cafefrei.com/ Carton House Mayno...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Just about four years ago we in the US began to experience the pandemic lock down and all that ensued during and after, though all of the chaos actually began some time before. A retrospective is often valuable, let´s have one. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Johns Hopkins Map https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html This Week in Virology https://www.microbe.tv/twiv Coronavirus (WIkipedia Starting Po...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Some will remember, some were not there, but there was a time when our little modem would dial a phone number, negotiate a transfer protocol, and leave us online to wander and surf. Then one day, the modem was always connected, at substantially higher speeds… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Modem Handshake Example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvr9AMWEU-c Dial-up Modem https://en.wikipedia.org/...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: There are probably two types of people in the world; those who appreciate Woz, and those who appreciate Jobs. I am in the Woz camp 100%, how about you? Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Tinkertoy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinkertoy LEGO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego Erector Set https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erector_Set Woz on Jobs https://tech.co/news/steve-wozniak-steve-jobs-did-not-know-...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The big three, nowhere more effective at causing trouble than in the Dot Com days in Silicon Valley. But, they do there work anywhere and everywhere, and at any time. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo What is Marketing? https://www.ama.org/the-definition-of-marketing-what-is-marketing/ Sales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales Engineering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering Marketing https://...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Quite often people will attack a problem in a sequential, predictable way based on their previous successes. Some problems do not lend themselves to linear thinking, and sometimes thinking outside the box can lead to novel ideas with no problem necessary… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Lateral Thinking on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thinking Vertical Thinking on Wikipedia htt...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: There are people who visit food trucks now and then, there are people who are big fans, and then there are people who go overboard. That would be me. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Coffee is a real thing, arguably the most popular drug anywhere, on which fortunes are made and work is accomplished. When you are locked down, there are few better hobbies to develop… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo James Hoffmann https://www.youtube.com/@jameshoffmann Lance Hedrick https://www.youtube.com/@LanceHedrick Morgan Eckroth https://www.youtube.com/@morgandrinkscoffee Baratza Encore ht...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Returning to Silicon Valley after a four year hiatus in the Phoenix area, losing most of my work network to the winds of time and chaos had a rather dramatic impact on my experience this time around. But begin anew I did. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Salon https://www.salon.com/ Wikipedia on Salon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon.com Cover Art Image Source https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/s...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: It seems like only yesterday, graduated from Harvey Mudd College and, after two months looking around for a place to get started with my shiny new career, my trip to Silicon Valley was where it began… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo SuperMac Technology https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/SuperMac_Technology Cover Art Image Source https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~329480~9009792...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Everyone should work in a fast food restaurant at least once in their life. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Long-time Nevada Burger King Employee buys house with donations https://abc7.com/burger-king-employee-buys-home-donations/14323829/ Adam Carolla and Mark Geragos on Minimum Wage Increase (circa 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pui8U071mco The Food Theorist on McDonald´s real business h...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Do you recall a time when you might actually put pen to paper and send a friend a letter, or maybe even venture out into the world to meet up with people in person? Not necessarily at a coffee shop down the street, but maybe a coffee shop around the world… there were such times. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: I learned how to drive a red Toyota Corolla in Florida when I was 10 years old. Since then, having a car was always a strong desire, until a few years ago it was not. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Vegas Automobile Theft 2023 https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/its-just-insanity-as-vehicle-theft-spikes-in-valley-victims-suffer-2966930/ My take on no-car Vegas one year in https://danhugo.medium.c...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: It all started with my 1200baud Mitsuba Modem, advanced to our twisted pair networks at HMC, reached Mosaic while at Apple, and lands today at the end of my interest in social media platforms, returning to self-publishing! Let´s talk about being online… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo NCSA Mosaic Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser ) Social Media Wikipedia https://en.wikip...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: My first mobile applications and the details around them… Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Edgewood Eats FB https://www.facebook.com/EdgewoodEats/ IMDB https://www.imdb.com/ T-Mobile G1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Dream...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Never say No to travel, and be sure to get your passport. And remember, The Journey is Part of The Gift. The title of this episode is a directive. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Amtrak Zephyr https://www.amtrak.com/california-zephyr-train Derek Low and a picturesque journey Trans-Siberia https://dereklow.co/trans-siberian-railway/ Condé Nast Traveler List of Best Train Journeys https://www.cntra...
Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Were you the bored kid in class? Did you now someone who was? How did that work out? This can depend quite substantially on a combination of luck, gumption, and a library card. Links Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Debbie Reker Obituary https://www.whitneymurphyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/recker-deborah-anne Zeke Ashley Obituary https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/azcentral/name/zeke-ashley-obituary?id...
