Episodes

  • Episode 0075: Iteration and Collaboration

    Episode 0075: Iteration and Collaboration
    Jul 23 2024
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: A return, at least today, to talking about actual progress, action taken on our various initiatives and projects toward completion, or at least milestones, where this one is sort of meta.
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
    • Project-ACT on GitHub https://github.com/Project-ACT
    • Agile for Volunteers https://github.com/InnovateForVegas/doc-agile-for-volunteers
    • The Tessellation https://github.com/Project-ACT/ov-tessellation
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    56 mins
  • Episode 0074: Pause for Open Source

    Episode 0074: Pause for Open Source
    Jul 16 2024
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: What is Open Source and what does it mean to you? Maybe nothing, maybe everything, but it is what powers all of our efforts, from the tools we use to the things we are building, and there are some things to ponder into the future of all of this.
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
    • Project-ACT on GitHub https://github.com/Project-ACT
    • Open Source Definition https://opensource.org/osd
    • Open Source Needs You https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/15/opinion_open_source_attract_devs/
    • Everybody is Doing It https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-open-source-attracts-some-of-the-worlds-top-innovators/
    • History of Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux
    • xkcd Dependency https://xkcd.com/2347/
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Episode 0073: Polishing Agile for Volunteers

    Episode 0073: Polishing Agile for Volunteers
    Jul 9 2024
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: Agile has been getting a bad rap for a while now, yet we have adopted Agile for Volunteers as a way to involve contributors of creative works in project description and implementation through the User Story process with two-week Iterations and the presumption that one contributor may not return after. And more…
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
    • Project-ACT on GitHub https://github.com/Project-ACT
    • 268% Higher Failure Rates with Agile! https://www.engprax.com/post/268-higher-failure-rates-for-agile-software-projects-study-finds
    • Coding with Dee agrees? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSVBWvoNJ-s
    • What about Prime? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Wr3j4h_1I
    • Old School Reality Check from Dave Farley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcuw5UNw4jU
    • The Agile Manifesto https://agilemanifesto.org/
    • Clean Agile book by Robert C Martin https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45280021-clean-agile
    • Our Agile for Volunteers documentation project https://github.com/InnovateForVegas/doc-agile-for-volunteers
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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • Episode 0072: The GitHub

    Episode 0072: The GitHub
    Jul 2 2024
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: If you are a software developer of any kind nowadays, you have heard of it, you probably use it or something just like it, let´s talk about it.
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
    • Project-ACT on GitHub https://github.com/Project-ACT
    • A Git Origin Story https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/git-origin-story
    • About GitHub https://github.com/about
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Episode 0071: Elephants at Year End

    Episode 0071: Elephants at Year End
    Jun 25 2024
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: As we continue efforts to reach out beyond our locality while at the same time pursuing our high priority internal projects, the elephant in the room, so to speak, is the differences in the way we all evaluate what is before us… and our fiscal year ends on Sunday!
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
    • Project-ACT on GitHub https://github.com/Project-ACT
    • Blind Men and an Elephant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant
    • Barnga (one of many articles) https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/equitable-teaching/barnga/
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    47 mins
  • Episode 0070: Excelsior pt 2 at Two

    Episode 0070: Excelsior pt 2 at Two
    Jun 18 2024
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: The Innovate for Vegas Foundation Nevada Nonprofit was formed on 16 June 2022, two years ago now, and we continue to push the boulder up the hill with the most interesting stuff still ahead!
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
    • Project-ACT on GitHub https://github.com/Project-ACT
    • The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad_and_the_Ugly
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    59 mins
  • Episode 0069: All of the Projects

    Episode 0069: All of the Projects
    Jun 11 2024
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: Reviewing our current project agenda and individual components as we continue to reach out beyond Nevada to participate in the larger Civic Volunteer landscape.
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
    • Project-ACT on GitHub https://github.com/Project-ACT
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Episode 0068: Its Own Reward

    Episode 0068: Its Own Reward
    Jun 5 2024
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: Sources of motivation and value for civic volunteers, anyone working on open source projects, or really anyone doing anything for reasons that are not always obvious.
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
    • Project-ACT on GitHub https://github.com/Project-ACT
    • Simon Sinek - Start with Why https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA
    • The Long Tail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_tail
    • Because It´s There https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mallory
    • 20% Projects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side_project_timep
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    59 mins