Mac Power Users 470: From Computing to Sheep Farming, with Oogie McGuire
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Feb 17, 2019 Guest Oogie McGuire, a programmer and sheep farmer, talks about her flock management application, LambTracker, as well as her project of digitizing historical photos. The podcast also covers topics such as transitioning from engineering to farming, utilizing technology in sheep farming, maintaining genetic diversity, task management with OmniFocus, converting old negatives to digital images, and managing metadata for historical documents and personal images.
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Returning To The Family Farm
- Oogie returned to her family farm after a career in computer science and systems engineering.
- She moved back in 2000 to refurbish the house and resume sheep farming after inheriting the flock.
Database First Design
- LambTracker is a relational database built to capture flexible research data that spreadsheets couldn't handle.
- The database structure is the core; the UI and rest are secondary and evolve around data needs.
Fiber To The Farm Changed Everything
- Their rural electric co-op installed fiber to every meter which enabled symmetric 100 Mbps internet to the house and barn.
- That reliable connectivity lets them run cloud-like workflows and supports young families and digital nomads staying in the valley.