Friend and fellow podcasting co-host Jason Burk joins the virtual rumination lounge! We discuss hobbies, the ever-changing world of online work and education and the effects of open offices and commuting.(Thank you to the really loud, enthusiastic cicadas who kindly featured intermittently throughout the episode.)Other Ways to ListenApple Podcasts | Castro | Overcast | Pocket Casts | RSSFind Jason Onlineburk.ioHemispheric Views podcastLinks and Show NotesIntroduction 39. International Mac Nerds with Special Guests Andrew Canion and Jason Burk (Hemispheric Views pilot episode on Lounge Ruminator)28. A Potted Computing History with Special Ordinary Guest Andrew Canion (Everyone is still a special guest; it’s just too long to type.)Portland, OregonThinking Analog(ue) Jason’s Macro Dungeon board game (Stay tuned to Hemispheric Views, where you’ll hear more about this soon…)Condominium (or ‘condo’)Martin’s dodgy toolbox from early high schoolHas the World Changed? Master’s degreeHarvard UniversityCisco SystemsDiploma and graduate diplomaCommunity collegeThis Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games logo isn’t official, but we wish it wasQuotes by Councillor Harmann (to Neo) in The Matrix Reloaded: ‘Almost no one comes down here, unless, of course, there’s a problem. That’s how it is with people —nobody cares how it works as long as it works. I like it down here. I like to be reminded this city survives because of these machines’; and ‘There is so much in this world that I do not understand. See that machine? It has something to do with recycling our water supply. I have absolutely no idea how it works. But I do understand the reason for it to work.’Amazon Web ServicesEmbracing Broad Knowledge 59. Playing to the Audience with Evan KerrOpen Offices Open planKnowledge workerOpen offices are overrated video by VoxPost-war periodMaglevTelepresenceTo Ruminate… Year 2000 problem (Y2K bug)