82: I Was a Chewbacca Person
Jen, Chris, and Elecia talk about the movies that influenced them to go into engineering. Real Genius (imdb, Amazon) Star Wars (imdb, Amazon) Choose Your Own Adventure books (Amazon, wiki) Wargames (i...
31 Dec 20141h 14min
81: Two of Those People Can't Be Ducks
Chris and Elecia babble up a show about gifts, conferences, and makers. Embedded Systems Conference is put on by UBM. The conference is in Boston May 6-7, 2015, Santa Clara July 20-22, and Minneapolis...
17 Dec 20141h 5min
80: Most of Us Are Human Beings
Bill Winterberg (@BillWinterberg) chatted with Elecia about leaving embedded engineering to become a financial planner then to being a technology adviser to other financial planners. Bill's company i...
10 Dec 20141h 15min
79: Not as Efficient as the Borg
Vicky Tuite (@vixter55) came on the show to chat with Chris and Elecia about EVAOS, a company that upgrades Ford trucks into plug-in hybrids. Feminist Hacker Barbie She's Geeky Bay piggies (BayPIGgies...
4 Dec 20141h 1min
78: Happy Cows
Chris Svec (@christophersvec) has an idea about adding empathy to software development. It is a good idea. His blog is Said Svec. He works for iRobot and they are hiring. (Chris' email is given toward...
25 Nov 20141h 7min
77: Goldfish, Fetch My Slippers!
Sophi Kravitz (@SophiKravitz, G+) joined us to talk about working on neat things: Wobble World, Oculus Rift, Unity, goldfish training, and BlueStamp Engineering. Sophi's company is Mix Engineering Lea...
20 Nov 20141h 11min
76: Entropy Is for Wimps
Ron Sparks (@txNgineer, AG5RS) spoke with us about the convergence of makers and ham radio enthusiasts. The alternative internet: AMPRNet (wiki) aka 44 net South Texas Balloon Launch Team Pecan Pico A...
12 Nov 20141h 8min
75: End Up in a Puppy Fight
Glenn Scott and Nacho Solis spoke with Elecia about content-centric networking, being research scientists, and working at PARC. [Note: Elecia was the recording engineer and her inexperience showed by ...
5 Nov 20141h 6min
