Eating An Elephant

• Welcome to our two guest hosts!
  • Michael from Programming Electronics Academy (formerly Open Source Hardware Group)
  • Dan from Rheingold Heavy (he set up a special page for listeners of The Amp Hour)
• Podcasts!
  • Michael used to run the OSHWG podcast.
  • Dan was also on Embedded.fm in the past.
• Dan started wanting to make boards that have sensors underwater... now there is the OpenROV community!
• Chris mentioned a /r/bestof post about life before internet and how things were different.
• Michael recommends only "Kind of knowing something", because it forces people to be comfortable with discomfort.
• Dan has been working on "Arduino From Scratch" posts, spec'ing cap for output and wondering about the ESR of capacitors (Chris had no idea)
• Mentors are critical for learning electronics.
• Niche communities like /r/arduino and various stack exchange sites are great resources. Forums can be dicey (especially if you ask rookie questions without searching first...) but are a great localization of experts.
• Thinking about getting started tomorrow for the first time? Michael recommends starting with a soldering kit.
• The recently announced ($5) Raspberry Pi Zero kit will bring in new people to the hobby/field.

Thanks to Dan and Michael for joining Chris on the show this week! Follow @RheingoldHeavy and @ProgElecAcademy on twitter for more!

Thanks to Lucas Santana for the picture of the (intact) elephant