Decline To Comment

We talk about the moral decision matrix of the machine, the boundaries of the environment. What are the limitations of an english degree? How do you rubber-duck your own emotions? Is sense of self the same as ego, is it that little voice in the back of your head that is always there? When the human mind sees itself in the mirror does it create its own environment or does that environment exist around it. The divergence of the meyers-briggs test and the creation of a new paradigm. Are you griffyndor or slytherin?

Judged by the ghost in the machine, we fight back by talking with Alison over breaking down velocity in agile and grokking concepts around point cards, kubernetes, and tech talks. Kirk digs into the the struggles of a child with a bipolar parent and the stories that define his childhood. Alison talks about anger and breaking down in front of other people. Ed talks about forgiveness in the workplace and how that can affect your everyday life. We explore the heightened emotions of the technology community in relation to the world around them and the definition of the introvert in society.

After a trip off the line and a few chokes on the mic... We bring to light: Fear the wilds of Montana and the dangers of the oblivious dog. Is it too much to ask yourself questions about the end of you life at the edge of the wilderness boundary? Maybe just ask: where to start in hip hop or what's cool in AR? Do you get to drive a car without ads? Maybe you don't want to...

Ed talks about his new job, failures and the problems of the obsessive nature in the tech world; breaking down under the pressure of the time crunch; and having broken taillights. Kirk plays the foil with the knowledge that this is a normal adjustment period recognized by many tech people; the process of growing under pressure; and keeping a level head.

Ed and Kirk are back and the conversation touches on politics and social issues, language learning, reality and Steven Seagal in relation to Hamlet

This time on DTC Ed and Kyle sit down to catch up and are joined by Kyle's wife Sarah who is some times on, and sometimes off mic (sorry about that, we're working on getting a 3rd mic set up) So many amazing things are discussed that I can't be bothered to write about them. You should just listen... your listening now aren't you... you should keep doing that. And also maybe Ed's should write a description and also accept my gift of a dinning room table. ❤️

After a break for some life/work changes, Ed and Kyle are back with addition of our friend and now co-host Kirk Richardson. As we get back on the horse and find our sea legs, the rings of Saturn are discussed as is "Any", along with Santa and vegetable planters. Here we go!

Long time friends dig into what Jarom has been up to for the past few years. How his role has changed with the progression of tech in local government, how he helped push the changes through, how twins and kids change your life, how having someone who knows whats going on booking your gigs is super important, and what possibly all this fast advancement in technology means for us as a species.

Austin Slominski talks to Jay Bruns, from the experimental art/tech space in Missoula, Wave & Circuit, about enabling and supporting creativity, finding and loving HTF gear and instruments and then passing them on, the importance of creating for the sake of creating. North Idaho is weird...Peavey is great...building stone monuments in the woods sounds like a fun idea...

Ed Weymouth talks to Kristin Peterson about the journey of her life that led to where she's at now. Semesters abroad, unions, having kids and eventually going to code school and building a blockchain. How many murder weapons are there in Clue? Is universal health care cool? Is fostering youtube stars a good parenting idea? All these questions and more will be answered in this episode of Decline to Comment

Where are bears, what are bears, why are bears? Moving to montana brings up these questions and many others and Zack hasn't always lived in Montana. Zack talks about where he started out and his journey through the recovery of a major neck injury into the need to move out of the east coast and discover the west. Zack also talks about the ghosts that live at the oxford and his new found interest in the blockchain meta.

Genevieve Crow talks to Kelsey Iverson about the day to day life in tech at LumenAd, her journey from a yacht stewardess to a her families small farm in Norway and eventually into the technology world, and her struggle in finding confidence in the coding industry.

Ed Weymouth talks to Kyle Gillet about the silliness of children's sports activities, the intensity of the Cognizant training program, and the choices that move us forward in life. How do we get to where we are? Who do we know we should stay there? Take a minute, listen to us riff on what's going through the mind of two people. Sometimes it's nice to chill out and do thing. When the whirlwind of information whips around you you might want to find the eye of the storm and know that for a minute that you are safe.

Ed Weymouth talks to Austin Slominski about breaking down the barriers of comfort through VR and 8-bit games. Coming to the tech world from the artistic standpoint of Max/MSP and visual designs that stretch and challenge the imagination Austin Slominski brings a unique set of skills to the table and illuminates us on the pathways that got him where he is in his life. Included in this journey the french artist Jean Henri Gaston Giraud aka Moebius and games such as Papers, Please.

Ed Weymouth talks to Cassidy Tucker about her adventures in life and gaining her feet in the tech space. Included in these adventures are travels with her family in Pattaya City, Thailand. In which a dead relatives ashes are spread on the beach and Cassidy finds herself on an international gambling boat.

Kyle, Ed and Abe talk about the experiences in the Montana Code School and how the current project is progressing. Kyle and Abe talk about the depth of knowledge in conspiracies theories and how that can stretch the limits of imagination. Near the end Abe gets in some synthesizer music with a little bit of banjo guitar and rocks out for a minute.

Jacob and Ed talk about infosec, LMG security and their journey into the dark web. Jacob talks about his chosen new sources, transitioning into a job with CrowdStrike and how to separate the signal from the noise.

Kyle and I talk about what this podcast thing is all about, what we want to do with the space and what it means to be in tech. The MVP of decline to comment is defined on the fly with some possible ideas to expand into new areas. It's a chill time. We chat about the joining the technology space and what it feels like to talk to people through a set of headphones.

Alison and Ed talk about astrology, learning how to code and joining the industry as well as the evolution of consciousness and how we talk to ourselves without going crazy. Alison also talks about the mapping tech space and what it looks like to build up your skill set on the fly at a small, local organization.

What's a day to day developer's life at Submittable? How do you adapt to the a system that requires you to have established practices in all the things you develop? Does your company let you fail and do they have support for you as you evolve your own internal understanding of the development world? Genevieve and Courtney talk about the current struggles of the new developer at the local bootcamp: Montana Code School. Genevieve talks about working her way into the position at Submittable and approaching the tech world from the tech support side as well as the difference between being a part of a team and working on your own.