Episodes

  • Episode 0105: Welcome to Season Two

    Episode 0105: Welcome to Season Two
    Feb 18 2025
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: This is the first episode of Season 2 of this audio program, a perfect time to review a couple of things, see where we are, where we are headed, and how we might get there. Interesting times call for interesting measures!
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Project-ACT.info https://project-act.info
    • AgileForVolunteers.org https://agileforvolunteers.org
    • Mastodon for Vegas https://mastodon.vegas
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    32 mins
  • Episode 0104: We Need Open Government

    Episode 0104: We Need Open Government
    Feb 12 2025
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: The news of late includes many mentions of recent findings at the level of the Federal Government concerning foreign aid and science and maybe education and emergency management and the list goes on. Some of the confusion, or lack of clear understanding, may be due to the notion that the federal government has been hiding data, hiding errors, corruption, fraud, and so on… suppose these pieces of data, billions of them or more, were visible to the public? Spoiler alert ahead.
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundationhttps://innovateforvegas.org
    • Project-ACT.infohttps://project-act.info
    • AgileForVolunteers.orghttps://agileforvolunteers.org
    • Mastodon for Vegashttps://mastodon.vegas
    • Data.govhttps://data.gov/
    • USAID Datasetshttps://catalog.data.gov/organization/usaid-gov
    • City of Las Vegas Open Datahttps://opendataportal-lasvegas.opendata.arcgis.com/
    • CLV Open Checkbookhttps://opendataportal-lasvegas.opendata.arcgis.com/pages/open-checkbook
    • ReCoding Americahttps://www.recodingamerica.us/
    • Bureaucracyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Episode 0103: Readme

    Episode 0103: Readme
    Feb 5 2025
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: For an organization such as ours which hopes to collaborate with volunteers on a somewhat chaotic basis, it makes sense to have everything written down so that someone who works on an initiative for a few hours each month can locate information and work with others using the same information. It is the reading part that can be a challenge. Stay tuned for an AI-generated segment at the end, an automated discussion of our Contributing document!
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Project-ACT.info https://project-act.info
    • AgileForVolunteers.org https://agileforvolunteers.org
    • Mastodon for Vegas https://mastodon.vegas
    • Readme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/README
    • WAI-ARIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAI-ARIA
    • i18n and l10n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization
    • NotebookLM https://notebooklm.google.com/
    • Our Contributing Document at the version the NotebookLM audio was generated https://github.com/InnovateForVegas/.github/blob/6bd29dccbbd5309f01ae97804152e980e68701b6/CONTRIBUTING.md
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    52 mins
  • Episode 0102: Inclusivity Diversity Accessibility

    Episode 0102: Inclusivity Diversity Accessibility
    Jan 28 2025
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: DEI is making headlines, some are sticking with it, some are tossing it out, it is simple and complicated. Our Foundation has always taken a scaled-down approach, making Inclusivity, Diversity, and Accessibility our goals, and we will continue to do that, but what does that mean? Let´s talk about it.
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Project-ACT.info https://project-act.info
    • AgileForVolunteers.org https://agileforvolunteers.org
    • Mastodon for Vegas https://mastodon.vegas
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    36 mins
  • Episode 0101: Bits and Atoms

    Episode 0101: Bits and Atoms
    Jan 22 2025
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: Our episode number this week looks like the binary representation of the decimal number 5, and this nybble reminds me of a visit to Bits and Atoms at MIT a few years ago, where I met with Neil Gernshenfeld and took a look at their facilities and their program, and it is something that should be emulated everywhere, especially here in the Greater Vegas area, the FabLab model that endeavors to enable innovation and implementation whether it´s bits, atoms, or somewhere in between.
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Project-ACT.info https://project-act.info
    • AgileForVolunteers.org https://agileforvolunteers.org
    • Mastodon for Vegas https://mastodon.vegas
    • Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT https://www.media.mit.edu/graduate-program/center-for-bits-and-atoms/
    • Neil Gershenfeld (Founder FabLab, Bits and Atoms) Conversation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDjOS0VHEr4
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    35 mins
  • Episode 0100: Innovate FOR vs IN Vegas

    Episode 0100: Innovate FOR vs IN Vegas
    Jan 14 2025
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: The Greater Vegas area is a strange mix of cultures and possibilities, some of which may be wagered on. Our Foundation began reaching out beyond our locality to engage those in other places interested in community elevation and civic volunteerism over one year ago, and it was at CES 2025 where there was some leaning-in.
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Project-ACT.info https://project-act.info
    • AgileForVolunteers.org https://agileforvolunteers.org
    • Mastodon for Vegas https://mastodon.vegas
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    45 mins
  • Episode 0099: Onboarding

    Episode 0099: Onboarding
    Jan 7 2025
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: Any organization doing anything needs to have some way of informing those joining in how things work, how people work together, and so on. No more true than with an volunteer organization, especially one such as ours intending to deliver ideation and innovation in the form of implementation to elevate our communities. So we write things down…
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Project-ACT.info https://project-act.info
    • AgileForVolunteers.org https://agileforvolunteers.org
    • Mastodon for Vegas https://mastodon.vegas
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    47 mins
  • Episode 0098: CONTRIBUTING

    Episode 0098: CONTRIBUTING
    Dec 31 2024
    Show Notes
    • Host: Dan Hugo
    • Summary: It is rarely a bad idea to have things written down, and this is most definitely true when it comes to setting some ground rules for contributions to open source initiatives, and well, our contributing document is almost ready. Almost.
    Links
    • Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
    • Project-ACT.info https://project-act.info
    • AgileForVolunteers.org https://agileforvolunteers.org
    • Mastodon for Vegas https://mastodon.vegas
    • GitHub Community Health Files https://docs.github.com/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/creating-a-default-community-health-file
    • CONTRIBUTING https://github.com/InnovateForVegas/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
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    34 mins