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Interview with Authority Magazine on Digital Transformations
Hello, Friends and Family! I enjoyed my interview with Authority Magazine on the topic of Digital Transformations — here is a link. I have no idea why they used such a large photo of me. It makes my forehead look like its two stories tall but that’s a different problem. It’s amazing to think that… Read more
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Apple Needs to Buy Sonos
Hello, friends and family! Ok, so let’s take a break and talk about some consumer products. I started writing this post back in April 2020 right around the time I took a stock position in Sonos but never quite finished the post mostly because I was distracted with evaluating a move. At the time, I… Read more
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There is Life Outside of the Bay Area (Part #2)
Hello, friends and family! My previous blog post outlined why my family and I decided to leave California. Now, I will try to answer the second question folks commonly ask me — why did you pick Park City, Utah? Sarah and I don’t have a tremendous amount of history with Utah or Park City. We are… Read more
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There is Life Outside of the Bay Area (Part #1)
Hello, friends and family! After 20+ long years, my family and I decided to leave the Bay Area for the mountains of Park City, Utah. For my wife, its probably closer to 35+ years of not only living in the Bay Area but actually growing up there. A huge shift but all in all, a… Read more
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Wyoming is a Magical Place
Wyoming is the 10th largest by area, the least populous, and the second most sparsely populated state in the country. The state population was estimated at 578,759 in 2019. Is it roughly 1200 from where we live in the the Bay Area. A drive there takes roughly two days of time with your favorite… Read more
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Amazon Echo Is Sleeper Gadget
Over the holidays I was fortunate enough to receive an Amazon Echo — thank you Santa Claus and those unionized elves. When I first heard about the Amazon Echo, it sounded completely ridiculous — “order toilet paper from the comfort of your toilet by just shouting in the air.” Indeed, that sounded intriguing and conjures… Read more
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Little Known Self Driving Car Features
There is so much talk right now of self driving cars a la the Jetsons or Total Recall. Tesla, Apple, GE/Lyft, and Google are all piling on in the news. It’s all very interesting — but I do imagine a bunch of slow ass cars crashing into each other in the beginning. But more importantly,… Read more
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LEGO Education Releases WeDo 2.0 @ CES 2016
As I explore platforms to teach my daughters hands on problem solving and programming — I’m intrigued by the recent release of LEGO WeDo 2.0 coming out of their LEGO Education department just announced at CES 2016. It’s a bit less expensive than the LEGO Mindstorm set and has a clearer angle towards education — more specifically… Read more
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Stupid Things That Would Happen If I Won Powerball
Powerball mania has taken over the country! The jackpot is currently at $900 million dollars. (For whatever reason, I’m reminded of that scene from Austin Powers) Now — lets do some math — after taxes, if you live in the state of California you could walk away with a lump sum of $418,500,000 or 30… Read more
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CrossFit and Being Paleo(ish)
About three year ago, I was 50 pounds heavier, was sick every few weeks, consumed about 6 diet cokes a day, was winded climbing the stairs at home and I didn’t have a visible neck. I still snore like a banshee on a cold day but ya can’t fix everything! I made the decision to… Read more
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Snow In Tahoe!
After a terrible, terrible winter season last year in Tahoe — it’s finally snowing again! Keep the rain/snow coming El Nino! The Mascardo family wants to carve some fresh tracks! I can’t wait to see my 5 year old girl get lost in a mound of powder! Sugar Bowl here we come! Read more
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My 2015 Reading List
My original goal was to read a book every two weeks and I was able to complete 29 books in 2015 with a bulk of my reading not starting until May 2015. I guess it really pays to have a 3 hour commute a day. I consumed the books in number of different way — Reading… Read more
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Where’s Renato?
Holy smokes — my last post was 12/3/2013! Where the hell have I been? To be honest, blogging has not been a huge priority for me since I’ve been so focused on building “things”. Most recently I’ve been helping companies like Atari, Rosetta Stone and Recurly (re)build their teams, realign technology stacks and launch new… Read more
