FFS Talk podcast

By Dan Hugo

This is a conversational show about problems and solutions, discussing what is working and what isn't and what "we" might do about it.

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The podcast currently has 166 episodes available.

FFS Talk podcast episodes:

May 01, 2025Episode 0075: Fragility
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: I think we all get comfortable with stuff that seems to be working, if it isn´t broken we should not try fixing it, or maybe we should just not mess with it, but then when things go off the rails we learn just how fragile the thing is, or was.
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
KoFi Solo - Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
...more
27min
April 24, 2025Episode 0074: Sensemaking
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: We live in a twilight world, and there are no friends at dusk.
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
KoFi Solo - Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
Sensemaking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensemaking
Movie Quote https://www.youtube.com/shorts/je7TwpL-rDU
Community of Practice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_practice
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34min
April 17, 2025Episode 0073: Someone Else Should
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: A 2024 survey of people in the US suggests that we are all for more domestic manufacturing jobs, so long as someone else works those jobs. I have often said myself, an Entrepreneur is not a real Entrepreneur if they believe someone else should solve their problem. This might read like a continuation of the previous episode, and maybe it is, someone else should do something about that.
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
Reddit on Cato Survey https://www.reddit.com/r/fivethirtyeight/comments/1jyky2l/memeworthy_survey_from_cato/
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28min
April 10, 2025Episode 0072: Recoding Abundance
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Two books about similar things, what does the future hold for the US and, more importantly perhaps, those of us who are still here, when it comes to the structure and function of our communities and society, federally and locally. Can we still do things, and if so, how?
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
Recoding America Book https://www.recodingamerica.us/
Abundance Book https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Abundance/Ezra-Klein/9781668023488
Suggestions for Action (not in the book…) https://www.recodingamerica.us/take-action
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1h 3min
April 03, 2025Episode 0071: Border Privacy
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: We are living in interesting times, with one sign of the times making the news now and then, maybe not making the news, that is crossing a national border and facing inspection or even confiscation of digital devices to learn more about you, a visitor or resident or citizen of the country in question. The tech can work with you or against you.
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
...more
48min
March 27, 2025Episode 0070: Sharing Information
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: A lot of talk in the news this week (as recorded) about government officials using a non-government, consumer-aimed messaging tool on their devices to communicate sensitive information, allegedly improperly. Should we be concerned about our own messaging and how we use these tools? You already know the answer.
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
Alice and Bob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_Bob
Signal app (wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)
SCIF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_compartmented_information_facility
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47min
March 21, 2025Episode 0069: The Press vs Journalists
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: The earliest of cave paintings, the running messenger, the town crier, printed media, radio, television, the Internets… finding out what is going on, who is doing what to whom, and why it matters has always been an important thing, the question is who we should be getting this stuff from.
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
History of American Newspapers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_newspapers
History of American Journalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_journalism
Walter Lippman (Crystallizing Public Opinion, etc) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lippmann
Edward Bernays (Propaganda, etc) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays
POSSE https://indieweb.org/POSSE
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55min
March 14, 2025Episode 0068: Literally and Figuratively
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: One fun feature of the one single language spoken in the United States, if you believe some executive orders, is that it is always changing. Are you always current on what those words mean, where they come from, and how they are being used?
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
American Dictionary of the English Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary
The First English Dictionary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language
Rapprochement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapprochement
Which Large https://large.fyi
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31min
March 07, 2025Episode 0067: Debugging
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Debugging is not something everyone does consciously, but we all do it in one way or another. It is about understanding the way something works and taking a close look to try to determine why it is not working. Like everything else it is a skill that needs to be developed, which means knowing that you are doing it and knowing when you need to, take practice.
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
Debugging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debugging
Ship of Theseus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
...more
42min
February 27, 2025Episode 0066: Knowing How Stuff Works
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Way back in Episode 15 we went into the notion that there are connections that we know about and that we do not know about, between people and systems and things in general that we all interact with, maybe depend upon, on a daily basis. Should we have some idea how these things work?
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
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Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Way back in Episode 15 we went into the notion that there are connections that we know about and that we do not know about, between people and systems and things in general that we all interact with, maybe depend upon, on a daily basis. Should we have some idea how these things work?
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
...more
32min

FAQs about FFS Talk podcast:

How many episodes does FFS Talk podcast have?

The podcast currently has 166 episodes available.