About this episode
Mike Dell discusses technology, personal updates, and recent losses in this episode.
– The episode opens with a short introduction from Donald Trump praising “one of the most successful business leaders… Michael Dell” and his “really exciting announcement.” – Brett Butt follows with a nostalgic anecdote about growing up before the Internet and World Wide Web, and remembering early video games like Pac-Man, Asteroids, Wizard of War, Scrambled, and Defender. He jokes about wishing for something people now have. – Mike Dell then introduces himself (“Like Dell’s World… That’s me”) and frames the episode as covering two major topics: technology (how tech works and is used) and personal updates. He notes customer service issues he’d complained about previously have not improved. – Personal updates: – He reports attending multiple recent funerals: mentions having been to “three funerals in the last six months, or two,” and that he’s about to go to another in Detroit that weekend. – He names specific losses: Todd Cochran, founder of Blubrry, who passed “late summer, early fall”; his wife’s best friend Mary in Grand Haven, who died of lung problems and was younger than them; and his uncle Bill Busby, who turned eighty-eight at a recent…
People in this episode
Host: Mike Dell
Guest: Brett Butt
Topics covered
- technology
- personal updates
- health
- loss
- nostalgia
Keywords
- technology
- health update
- funerals
- nostalgia
- personal stories
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Motorola Semiconductors
Places: Detroit, Grand Haven
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