Mike Johnson joins to talk about spring football, the girls lacrosse podcast that he has co-started, and other oddities of the fall of 2020.By Don VanDemark

Mike Johnson joins to talk about spring football, the girls lacrosse podcast that he has co-started, and other oddities of the fall of 2020.By Don VanDemark

A pregame episode about substitutions and the rules surrounding it.By Don VanDemark

Review of 8-2-5 and how it defines force, safety, touchback, and the momentum exceptionBy Don VanDemark

The fall of 2020 will bring new challenges to us. Be prepared for differences ahead of time in order to put your best foot forward.By Don VanDemark

I cover the why of 1) HL staying on LOS on punts, 2) working only your zone, 3) wings keying on inside WR while BJ keys on outside, and 4) why BJ has whistle on FG and R has whistle on tries (depending on your crew/association)By Don VanDemark

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Beanbags - The Mystery SolvedBy Don VanDemark

The world feels like a different place from just a couple weeks ago, but it's not. The United States is still in the same place it has been for a long time, if you're a minority. Randy and Don discuss the Black Lives Matter movement, police accountability, racism, privilege, guilt, and where they might fit in to not being part of the problem.…

Dr Bruce Maurer, Director of Officiating Development for Ohio High School Athletic Association, discusses the origins of the Gold Book and what benefits it brings to officials in OhioBy Don VanDemark

Right before the COVID pandemic hit, Randy was asked to take on the management of two new teams, which changed his typical role of manager-developer to strictly people management, meetings, and project tracking. Don and Randy discuss the change as it affected Randy and what he thinks is the most important factors for folks in the same boat.…

Zooom has put together officiating course for football and baseball, and are working on softball, basketball, and volleyball.By Don VanDemark

Don and Randy continue their discussion about the business plans in the Big Idea Gator Business Plan Competition, this time about the best entries and how the competition played out. Coconuts!

A quick rundown of the 2020 rule changes. Overall, a fairly easy year for changes.By Don VanDemark

Don brings in a few examples from an upcoming Big Idea Gator Business Plan Competition in which he's playing the role of a judge. We discuss the importance of good writing, identifying the problem, and setting reasonable goals and metrics to give folks the notion you have some idea what you're doing. In Part 1, we discuss the weakest entries before…

Dave Purvis, Tony Rieck, and Rick Miller talk about starting virtual meetings for their association and inviting others outside the association for other perspectivesBy Don VanDemark

George Demetriou, author of The Redding Study Guide to NFHS Football, talks about trick plays and the principles and rules around them.By Don VanDemark

Michael Ryckman from the Sunshine Football Officials Association discusses their move to virtual meetings to train new officials and to hold board meetings and other trainingsBy Don VanDemark

Don and Randy talk about what's been going on with the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has affected their firms, jobs, and side projects. What does it mean to talk to folks under your wing? What kind of leadership does it take when the real world seems out of your control?

Chad Young, creator of the Official's Journal, talks about logging games to help officials improveBy Don VanDemark

Tim Kiefer with MIBT Online discusses the training offered there, including training for Illinois state certification and the annual Bill Lemonnier video.By Don VanDemark

Five play scenarios, answered and explained by the listeners, including kicking, out of bounds, sideline interference and more.By Don VanDemark

Don asked Randy about what he's working on, lately, and Randy exclaimed, "nothing fun," which actually turns out not to be true. Randy details the additional mix of people, communication, and risk management around mature application development and it becomes the setting for a larger-picture discussion on how things change with app dev as you age.…

Mike Johnson from the Berks County chapter in Pennsylvania talks about deep wings and how they manage their six-man crew.By Don VanDemark

Randy is making efforts to improve the communication of visual examples via remote video meetings. We discuss his first attempt to achieve online whiteboarding using a Macbook Pro, a Wacom One tablet, and a Google Jamboard.

Andrew McGrath from GACFOC talks about what the goal of the GACFOC is and also talks a bit about NCAA and NFL replayBy Don VanDemark

David Sheldon from Zebra Books, LLC discusses what officials should think about when tax season comes and what they should be tracking during the yearBy Don VanDemark

In Don's role as CTO for AspirEDU, he has a number of security audits posed by potential customers and increasing complexity around third-party hosts. Randy keeps wanting to talk about the XFL (Part 2).By CTO Think

LD and Mike from southern Oklahoma talk about headset and the information they use it for as well as the radio show they have during the season discussing rule questions from the publicBy Don VanDemark

Jeff Grainger from CFOA talks about the umpire position and the different approach to the game that it entails.By Don VanDemark

Randy pitches to Don an approach for a CMS project and then rifs on the cool new toy he recently purchased for the kitchen: A sous vide cooking device.

With the year starting off, it's time to review a number of ways you can keep sharp in the offseason - no matter what type of learner you are.By Don VanDemark

This week we take a look at the state of a few hyped technologies and see where they really are in terms of usefulness, adoption, and long-term viability. Don thinks VR will never go mainstream and Randy wants a drone to bring him something, ANYTHING, right now.

Don and Randy discuss content management options from the old-school Full Stack apps, WYSIWYG SaaS, and Headless + Static Site Generator optionsBy CTO Think

Don takes Randy along for the ride of his latest applications using Microsoft's Power App platform. They discuss building an application that uses Twilio, Trello, Flow, Power Apps, OneDrive, Adaptive Cards, and Microsoft Teams without much code, if any.

Don describes his work on moving his company to Microsoft and his use of Power Apps. This leads to a discussion of the automation vs programming strategies and how this might be the future for all non-coding employment.By CTO Think