Let’s Innovate for Vegas

By Innovate for Vegas Foundation

Our audio program about the Innovate for Vegas Foundation, our volunteers, our projects, our ideas, and how what we are working on will ideally impact our communities in and around Las Vegas in positi... more

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The podcast currently has 182 episodes available.

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April 19, 2024Episode 0061: One Small Step for Plan
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Putting together infrastructure plans for our org, and some old-school methodologies for outreach to other organizations to build up the civic volunteer engagement. We have our work cut out for us…
Links
Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
Project-ACT https://github.com/Project-ACT
Terraform https://www.terraform.io/
OpenTofu https://opentofu.org/
Technical Debt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt
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1h 1min
April 13, 2024Episode 0060: Making it Rain
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Many, many episodes about projects and endeavors, describing the blue sky at which we aim, under which we plan, and which must become clouded. In the desert, gray clouds are a good thing, let it rain!
Links
Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
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33min
April 05, 2024Episode 0059: Open Source in the News
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Open source has been in the news a bit lately, not all of it great. We are still all in on open source development, plus a little bit of Creative Commons, but we do need to pay attention and know the ins and outs, and you should, too!
Links
Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
Not a good look for OpenTofu if true… https://www.infoworld.com/article/3714980/opentofu-may-be-showing-us-the-wrong-way-to-fork.html
Ars on Redis re-license https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/redis-license-change-and-forking-are-a-mess-that-everybody-can-feel-bad-about/
Linux Foundation gets behind Valkey fork of Redis https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-launches-open-source-valkey-community
HashiCorp re-licensing kicks off the recent debate and a fork https://www.forbes.com/sites/rscottraynovich/2023/08/17/hashicorp-licensing-firestorm-fuels-open-source-debate/
XZ-Utils Back Door is a wake-up call and a flashlight https://www.securityweek.com/xz-utils-backdoor-attack-brings-another-similar-incident-to-light/
Linux Kernel Licensing Rules https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.18/process/license-rules.html
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56min
March 29, 2024Episode 0058: Smarter Smart City Forward Ideation
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: The Smart City Forward document published in 2018 spelled out several goals and rationales for elements of Las Vegas as a Smart City. How are these elements working out, and can we make our Smart City Smarter?
Links
Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
Smart Vegas Forward Focused Plan (2018, PDF) https://files.lasvegasnevada.gov/innovate-vegas/Smart-Vegas-A-Forward-Focused-Plan.pdf
Pedestrian Safety 2024 https://www.fox5vegas.com/2024/03/21/ai-technology-be-installed-17-downtown-las-vegas-intersections/
Sidewalk Toronto overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidewalk_Toronto
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48min
March 22, 2024Episode 0057: My Muni
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: We have various project components which are intended to be extensible and somewhat interoperable so that we can reuse our creative works contributed by civic volunteers. It would appear that our My Muni project is the most interesting for the largest number of people, so let us update this story.
Links
Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
Smart Vegas Forward Focused Plan (2018, PDF) https://files.lasvegasnevada.gov/innovate-vegas/Smart-Vegas-A-Forward-Focused-Plan.pdf
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55min
March 15, 2024Episode 0056: Names and Collectives and Collaborations
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Our Name Change status has moved from done to administrative tedium, in the mean time it could be worse, which could make things better, depending on your perspective
Links
Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
Code for America Brigade Program Sunset https://statescoop.com/code-for-america-local-brigades-ending/
Code for America on Next Chapter https://codeforamerica.org/news/reflections-on-the-brigade-networks-next-chapter/
Alliance of Civic Technologists https://www.civictechnologists.org/
Open Collective on Open Collective Foundation Dissolution https://blog.opencollective.com/open-collective-official-statement-ocf-dissolution/
Fiscal Sponsorship https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/running-nonprofit/administration-and-financial-management/fiscal-sponsorship-nonprofits
Autonomous Cohort Transformation https://github.com/Project-ACT
Democracy Lab https://www.democracylab.org/
Description of a Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOAP
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50min
March 08, 2024Episode 0055: Spring Cleaning
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Springtime is upon us, a few administrative items and some much-needed maintenance as we tackle projects in a new way (unless you have been listening, then this may not be completely surprising)
Links
Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
...more
50min
March 02, 2024Episode 0054: For Dot Vegas
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Making some adjustments for some of our projects with a new domain and not enough people to make them go… yet.
Links
Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
...more
42min
February 23, 2024Episode 0053: Board of Directors FTW!
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: We are looking to add Directors to our Board, especially now that we are having weekly board meetings!
Links
Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
...more
25min
February 17, 2024Episode 0052: The Next 52
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: The first 52 episodes, here we are… what comes with the next 52?
Links
Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org
Our GitHub Org https://github.com/InnovateForVegas
...more
20min

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