FFS Talk podcast

First meta episode, about the show itself! It has been a while...

A quick touch on a few things that have gone on since the most recent previous episode, including vaccination and a weekly podcast (in addition to this one) that has confirmed it for sure... guests or co-hosts make for better discussion.

As well, there will be live stream discussion and text, it is the only interesting way to have discussions about the topics on the agenda. 

Yet another (third!) podcast is entering production, domain names got, websites, next, and that's just getting started!

do not joinClubHouse.

Do check out the HugoFloss podcast, and watch for QuogglingSand...

Episode art inspired by the fact that this entire show is produced in Las Vegas, Nevada. The sign says Welcome, but stick with the podcast, stay home and wear your mask when you don't. We aren't out of this yet!

Photo by David Vives on Unsplash

You cannot talk about economy without being an economist, can you? 

Actually, you can, and if you've ever added "engineer" to the end of whatever it is you do, you know where this is going.

A few books mentioned

Several references as well to Prof Mark Blyth, proper links to some excellent presentations (available via YouTube) coming for the next lap around the Economeering topic...

This one is vast so while this is the planting of seeds for what is likely several topic arcs, it did not get into so much of the what works and what doesn't facets, which will follow as we focus on particular issues with, one might hope, particular guests and audience in our interactions.

Note this episode is posting on New Years Eve (UTC-8), just in time to wrap it up with a 2020 sticker. Listen for Meta episodes about the show itself, wherein we can figure out how best to interact with people in live streams.

As with all topic arcs, this is To Be Continued...

The first planting of topic arc seeds, to expound on topics, what works, and what does not, and what we can do about it.

Connecting the Last Mile, typically associated with delivery of goods and services from a local hub or central office to a destination at a business or residence, but today arguably including delivery of virtual goods and services via the internet including the ordering, tracking, and customer service aspects of those physical last mile deliveries.

How does the Last Mile relate to the Downtown Project, the effort in the Downtown Las Vegas area to change and uplift the energy and entrepreneurial spirit of the locale with some of the ingredients to transform a city into a Tech Hub. 

What works about the Last Mile, and didn't work about the Downtown Project, and a few points in between, these are two great topics we hope to revisit with ongoing conversation with people who were there and did that, and where we can go next with what we've learned.

Specific reference to a Tech Cocktail talk given by Bambi Francisco in September 2014 in Downtown Las Vegas about this very thing, and the eight building blocks needed to make a Tech Hub.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrcgKOQqCBk

Special thanks to Dan Gunn for an original riff that is the current intro music, and to Phil, Mark, Bryan, and Pete for their respective Exclamations. We encourage participation from our listeners over time so that we may include you in the production.

Show Zero is the first episode of the first show in the Return to Digital Media. A former podcaster, I (Dan Hugo) am an engineer, technology nerd, and eager learner looking beyond bickering and sniping on social media, to discuss what is working and what isn't, and how we can deal with both.

This first episode of FFS is solo and introductory, I look forward to guest and listener interaction in the usual and unusual places... 

Look for FFStalk...