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P3.instances[0].transcript.parse_transcript_data({"transcript":"<p><span m='450'>So my name</span> <span m='890'>is</span> <span m='1040'>Dan</span> <span m='1070'>Rademacher.</span> <span m='2440'>During</span> <span m='2650'>the</span> <span m='2740'>day,</span> <span m='3140'>I</span> <span m='3310'>work</span> <span m='3710'>for</span> <span m='4100'>a</span> <span m='4200'>web</span> <span m='4430'>design</span> <span m='4840'>and</span> <span m='4950'>mapping</span> <span m='5290'>company</span> <span m='5620'>called</span> <span m='5820'>Stamen</span> <span m='6120'>Design.</span> <span m='6650'>And</span> <span m='6990'>on</span> <span m='7090'>the</span> <span m='7160'>nights</span> <span m='7380'>and</span> <span m='7470'>weekends,</span> <span m='8029'>I</span> <span m='8250'>work</span> <span m='8510'>for</span> <span m='8630'>this,</span> <span m='9090'>Nerds</span> <span m='9375'>for</span> <span m='9660'>Nature,</span> <span m='10370'>which</span> <span m='10850'>is</span> <span m='10960'>an</span> <span m='11030'>all-volunteer</span> <span m='11740'>group</span> <span m='11990'>that</span> <span m='12110'>brings</span> <span m='12390'>together</span> <span m='12750'>technology</span> <span m='13850'>with</span> <span m='14090'>people</span> <span m='14410'>who</span> <span m='14520'>love</span> <span m='14830'>the</span> <span m='14940'>natural</span> <span m='15270'>world</span> <span m='15750'>to</span> <span m='16710'>come</span> <span m='16890'>up</span> <span m='17010'>with</span> <span m='17130'>good</span> <span m='17320'>ideas</span> <span m='17720'>about</span> <span m='18030'>what</span> <span m='18210'>could</span> <span m='18360'>make</span> <span m='18510'>the</span> <span m='18600'>world</span> <span m='18820'>a</span> <span m='18860'>better</span> <span m='19090'>place.</span> </p><p><span m='20040'>During</span> <span m='20250'>the</span> <span m='20350'>day,</span> <span m='20730'>I</span> <span m='20810'>work</span> <span m='21110'>at</span> <span m='22120'>the</span> <span m='22780'>design</span> <span m='23150'>firm,</span> <span m='23350'>at</span> <span m='23480'>Stamen.</span> <span m='23910'>We</span> <span m='24030'>work</span> <span m='24270'>with</span> <span m='24510'>anywhere</span> <span m='24900'>from</span> <span m='25200'>eight</span> <span m='25430'>to</span> <span m='25520'>10</span> <span m='25780'>clients</span> <span m='26250'>at</span> <span m='26330'>a</span> <span m='26400'>time</span> <span m='26860'>who</span> <span m='27590'>are</span> <span m='27990'>trying</span> <span m='28250'>to</span> <span m='28290'>get</span> <span m='28470'>help,</span> <span m='28740'>say,</span> <span m='29080'>mapping</span> <span m='29440'>the</span> <span m='29540'>trails</span> <span m='29990'>of</span> <span m='30140'>this</span> <span m='30360'>park</span> <span m='30650'>that</span> <span m='30780'>we're</span> <span m='30980'>in</span> <span m='31070'>right</span> <span m='31300'>now,</span> <span m='31580'>Golden</span> <span m='31890'>Gate</span> <span m='32020'>National</span> <span m='32330'>Recreation</span> <span m='32850'>Area.</span> <span m='33120'>We</span> <span m='33230'>did</span> <span m='33370'>that</span> <span m='33520'>last</span> <span m='33820'>fall.</span> <span m='34460'>So</span> <span m='34990'>getting</span> <span m='35320'>data,</span> <span m='36130'>contacting</span> <span m='36770'>people.</span> <span m='37150'>I'm</span> <span m='37300'>project</span> <span m='37710'>manager,</span> <span m='38120'>so</span> <span m='38250'>I'm</span> <span m='38320'>mostly</span> <span m='38790'>just</span> <span m='39060'>helping</span> <span m='39450'>other</span> <span m='39730'>people</span> <span m='40210'>who</span> <span m='40400'>are</span> <span m='41010'>building</span> <span m='41490'>maps.</span> <span m='42770'>Writing</span> <span m='43080'>computer</span> <span m='43450'>code</span> <span m='43700'>is</span> <span m='43800'>what</span> <span m='43950'>that</span> <span m='44130'>really</span> <span m='44340'>means,</span> <span m='44700'>writing</span> <span m='44990'>computer</span> <span m='45360'>code,</span> <span m='46080'>designing</span> <span m='46790'>what</span> <span m='47000'>the</span> <span m='47090'>map</span> <span m='47300'>should</span> <span m='47500'>look</span> <span m='47700'>like</span> <span m='47950'>in</span> <span m='48090'>Photoshop</span> <span m='48650'>or</span> <span m='48790'>Illustrator,</span> <span m='49680'>computer</span> <span m='50190'>programs.</span> <span m='52380'>And</span> <span m='52750'>I'm</span> <span m='52930'>just</span> <span m='53560'>communicating</span> <span m='54310'>with</span> <span m='54450'>everybody,</span> <span m='54870'>trying</span> <span m='55080'>to</span> <span m='55130'>make</span> <span m='55300'>sure</span> <span m='55470'>everybody's</span> <span m='55890'>getting</span> <span m='56270'>done</span> <span m='56580'>what</span> <span m='56730'>they</span> <span m='56820'>need</span> <span m='57020'>to</span> <span m='57080'>get</span> <span m='57270'>done.</span> </p><p><span m='58010'>So</span> <span m='58200'>a</span> <span m='58240'>lot</span> <span m='58440'>of</span> <span m='58500'>what</span> <span m='58610'>I</span> <span m='58670'>do</span> <span m='58900'>for</span> <span m='59050'>Nerds for</span> <span m='59390'>Nature</span> <span m='59840'>is</span> <span m='59970'>help</span> <span m='60160'>plan</span> <span m='60510'>big</span> <span m='60730'>events,</span> <span m='61140'>where we</span> <span m='61350'>have</span> <span m='61480'>hundreds</span> <span m='61800'>of</span> <span m='61890'>people</span> <span m='62180'>come</span> <span m='62370'>out</span> <span m='62560'>and</span> <span m='62720'>look</span> <span m='62910'>for</span> <span m='63370'>plants</span> <span m='63700'>and</span> <span m='63770'>animals</span> <span m='64200'>all</span> <span m='64390'>throughout</span> <span m='64730'>a park.</span> <span m='65519'>And</span> <span m='65720'>so</span> <span m='66170'>a</span> <span m='66280'>lot</span> <span m='66470'>of</span> <span m='66520'>that</span> <span m='66710'>is</span> <span m='66890'>just</span> <span m='67300'>trying</span> <span m='67660'>to</span> <span m='68300'>keep</span> <span m='68570'>in</span> <span m='68690'>contact</span> <span m='69150'>with</span> <span m='69250'>people</span> <span m='69520'>by</span> <span m='69670'>phone</span> <span m='70050'>and</span> <span m='70160'>email,</span> <span m='70600'>in</span> <span m='70740'>person,</span> <span m='71290'>to</span> <span m='72590'>put</span> <span m='72770'>together</span> <span m='73090'>schedules</span> <span m='73670'>and</span> <span m='73730'>make</span> <span m='73880'>sure</span> <span m='74010'>they</span> <span m='74170'>know</span> <span m='74370'>where</span> <span m='74550'>they</span> <span m='74690'>should</span> <span m='74930'>be</span> <span m='75120'>when,</span> <span m='75500'>and that</span> <span m='75880'>they</span> <span m='76050'>feel</span> <span m='76410'>like</span> <span m='76640'>the</span> <span m='76800'>event</span> <span m='77090'>itself</span> <span m='77470'>is</span> <span m='77620'>coming</span> <span m='77860'>together</span> <span m='78220'>in</span> <span m='78280'>a</span> <span m='78340'>fun</span> <span m='78730'>way</span> <span m='79000'>that</span> <span m='79330'>has</span> <span m='79560'>meaning</span> <span m='79990'>for</span> <span m='80100'>them.</span> <span m='80410'>And</span> <span m='80570'>that</span> <span m='81690'>when</span> <span m='82310'>they're</span> <span m='82940'>logging</span> <span m='83740'>species</span> <span m='84270'>observations</span> <span m='85120'>of</span> <span m='85220'>wildlife,</span> <span m='85850'>plants,</span> <span m='86210'>animals,</span> <span m='86670'>fungi,</span> <span m='87190'>that</span> <span m='87430'>that's</span> <span m='87780'>going</span> <span m='87890'>to</span> <span m='87950'>go</span> <span m='88170'>somewhere</span> <span m='88600'>and</span> <span m='88760'>mean</span> <span m='88980'>something</span> <span m='89790'>and</span> <span m='89970'>make</span> <span m='90130'>a</span> <span m='90190'>difference,</span> <span m='90610'>which</span> <span m='90770'>it</span> <span m='90880'>does</span> <span m='91140'>because</span> <span m='91400'>scientists</span> <span m='91980'>use</span> <span m='92190'>it</span> <span m='92290'>all</span> <span m='92420'>the</span> <span m='92530'>time.</span> </p><p><span m='93470'>It's</span> <span m='93800'>not</span> <span m='93940'>a</span> <span m='93990'>straight</span> <span m='94420'>education</span> <span m='94940'>career</span> <span m='95240'>path</span> <span m='95530'>for</span> <span m='95730'>me.</span> <span m='97940'>I</span> <span m='98040'>was</span> <span m='98150'>a</span> <span m='98210'>student</span> <span m='98540'>journalist</span> <span m='99190'>in</span> <span m='99510'>high</span> <span m='99690'>school</span> <span m='99940'>and</span> <span m='100050'>college,</span> <span m='100440'>which</span> <span m='100600'>I</span> <span m='100680'>highly</span> <span m='101040'>recommend.</span> <span m='101560'>It</span> <span m='101630'>was</span> <span m='101790'>amazing.</span> <span m='102660'>Ran</span> <span m='102960'>the</span> <span m='103260'>student</span> <span m='103550'>newspaper</span> <span m='104010'>at</span> <span m='104060'>my</span> <span m='104190'>college.</span> <span m='105030'>Then</span> <span m='105430'>I</span> <span m='105560'>tried</span> <span m='105840'>to</span> <span m='105880'>get</span> <span m='106030'>a</span> <span m='106070'>PhD</span> <span m='106770'>in</span> <span m='106920'>English</span> <span m='107270'>literature.</span> <span m='107740'>I</span> <span m='107800'>was</span> <span m='107930'>going</span> <span m='108030'>to</span> <span m='108090'>become</span> <span m='108330'>an</span> <span m='108400'>English</span> <span m='108690'>Professor.</span> </p><p><span m='109230'>And</span> <span m='109690'>eventually,</span> <span m='110120'>I</span> <span m='110180'>decided</span> <span m='110700'>it</span> <span m='110780'>was</span> <span m='111420'>not</span> <span m='111800'>connected</span> <span m='112280'>enough</span> <span m='112600'>to</span> <span m='112770'>things</span> <span m='113150'>that</span> <span m='113300'>made</span> <span m='113590'>enough</span> <span m='114400'>difference</span> <span m='115000'>quickly</span> <span m='115500'>for</span> <span m='115690'>me.</span> <span m='115960'>I</span> <span m='116050'>wanted</span> <span m='116370'>to</span> <span m='116510'>make</span> <span m='116750'>a</span> <span m='116820'>bigger</span> <span m='117160'>difference</span> <span m='117540'>in</span> <span m='117630'>the</span> <span m='117710'>world</span> <span m='118020'>more</span> <span m='118220'>quickly.</span> <span m='118900'>So</span> <span m='119040'>then</span> <span m='119220'>I</span> <span m='119280'>became</span> <span m='119590'>an</span> <span m='119680'>environmental</span> <span m='120360'>journalist</span> <span m='121030'>for</span> <span m='121210'>a</span> <span m='121340'>couple</span> <span m='121610'>of</span> <span m='121680'>different</span> <span m='122020'>small</span> <span m='122350'>magazines.</span> <span m='122950'>I</span> <span m='123030'>wrote</span> <span m='123380'>articles</span> <span m='123930'>and</span> <span m='124050'>edited</span> <span m='124440'>other</span> <span m='124650'>people's</span> <span m='124990'>articles,</span> <span m='125540'>and</span> <span m='125680'>commissioned</span> <span m='126160'>photography</span> <span m='127020'>of</span> <span m='127470'>parks</span> <span m='127930'>and</span> <span m='128070'>places</span> <span m='128449'>in</span> <span m='128560'>the</span> <span m='128650'>natural</span> <span m='128990'>world.</span> </p><p><span m='129660'>And</span> <span m='129910'>as</span> <span m='130330'>that</span> <span m='130750'>changed</span> <span m='131550'>and</span> <span m='132720'>people</span> <span m='133040'>read</span> <span m='133310'>less</span> <span m='133540'>and</span> <span m='133630'>less</span> <span m='133900'>in</span> <span m='134080'>print,</span> <span m='134780'>I</span> <span m='134920'>moved</span> <span m='135310'>over</span> <span m='135640'>into</span> <span m='135910'>technology</span> <span m='136720'>and</span> <span m='136890'>websites</span> <span m='137720'>and</span> <span m='138090'>interactive</span> <span m='138680'>maps</span> <span m='139150'>and</span> <span m='139280'>stuff</span> <span m='139500'>like</span> <span m='139640'>that,</span> <span m='139810'>all</span> <span m='140060'>with</span> <span m='140220'>the</span> <span m='140320'>idea</span> <span m='140620'>of</span> <span m='140720'>helping</span> <span m='141120'>people</span> <span m='141950'>understand</span> <span m='142590'>and</span> <span m='142740'>connect</span> <span m='143270'>with</span> <span m='143610'>the</span> <span m='143710'>world</span> <span m='144040'>around</span> <span m='144400'>them,</span> <span m='144570'>whether</span> <span m='144760'>that's</span> <span m='145030'>nature</span> <span m='145610'>or</span> <span m='145830'>other</span> <span m='146020'>people</span> <span m='146510'>or</span> <span m='146660'>cities</span> <span m='147240'>or</span> <span m='147380'>whatever.</span> </p><p><span m='148325'>Well,</span> <span m='148600'>if</span> <span m='148750'>you're</span> <span m='148870'>interested</span> <span m='149200'>in</span> <span m='149250'>this</span> <span m='149450'>field,</span> <span m='150250'>my</span> <span m='150470'>advice</span> <span m='151210'>is</span> <span m='151670'>and</span> <span m='151920'>my</span> <span m='152070'>personal</span> <span m='152530'>experience</span> <span m='153360'>has</span> <span m='153560'>been</span> <span m='154000'>to</span> <span m='154370'>really</span> <span m='154780'>understand</span> <span m='155370'>as</span> <span m='155500'>much</span> <span m='155740'>as</span> <span m='155890'>you</span> <span m='156020'>can</span> <span m='156900'>about</span> <span m='157220'>how</span> <span m='157950'>the</span> <span m='158800'>publication</span> <span m='159540'>or</span> <span m='159740'>website</span> <span m='160530'>or</span> <span m='160810'>event</span> <span m='161260'>gets</span> <span m='161540'>made.</span> <span m='162420'>And</span> <span m='162830'>get</span> <span m='162970'>involved</span> <span m='164860'>in</span> <span m='165010'>as</span> <span m='165190'>many</span> <span m='165540'>ways</span> <span m='165840'>as</span> <span m='165930'>you</span> <span m='166070'>can</span> <span m='167030'>at</span> <span m='167700'>whatever</span> <span m='168040'>scale</span> <span m='168510'>that</span> <span m='168670'>you're</span> <span m='168810'>at.</span> </p><p><span m='169040'>So</span> <span m='169160'>I</span> <span m='169300'>started</span> <span m='169750'>doing</span> <span m='169980'>student</span> <span m='170320'>journalism</span> <span m='170970'>and</span> <span m='171170'>small</span> <span m='171500'>events</span> <span m='171820'>in</span> <span m='171940'>college,</span> <span m='172430'>activism-type</span> <span m='173210'>stuff.</span> <span m='173520'>But</span> <span m='173660'>I</span> <span m='173730'>was</span> <span m='173910'>always</span> <span m='174180'>there</span> <span m='174430'>for</span> <span m='174610'>every</span> <span m='174870'>stage</span> <span m='175390'>of,</span> <span m='175750'>whether</span> <span m='176080'>it</span> <span m='176130'>was</span> <span m='176380'>putting</span> <span m='176640'>together</span> <span m='176930'>the</span> <span m='177050'>newspaper</span> <span m='178640'>with</span> <span m='178890'>the</span> <span m='178980'>software</span> <span m='179400'>that</span> <span m='179500'>needed</span> <span m='179820'>to</span> <span m='179960'>happen,</span> <span m='180530'>getting</span> <span m='180800'>it to</span> <span m='180970'>the</span> <span m='181080'>printer</span> <span m='181710'>or</span> <span m='181950'>organizing</span> <span m='182480'>the</span> <span m='182600'>event.</span> <span m='182920'>How</span> <span m='183060'>do</span> <span m='183130'>we</span> <span m='183270'>reach</span> <span m='183550'>people?</span> <span m='183880'>How</span> <span m='183950'>do</span> <span m='184020'>we</span> <span m='184120'>make</span> <span m='184380'>posters?</span> <span m='184930'>How</span> <span m='185020'>do</span> <span m='185100'>we</span> <span m='185190'>do</span> <span m='185420'>all</span> <span m='185540'>that</span> <span m='185740'>stuff?</span> <span m='186030'>Being</span> <span m='186270'>right</span> <span m='186540'>in</span> <span m='186660'>the</span> <span m='186770'>thick</span> <span m='186990'>of</span> <span m='187380'>all</span> <span m='187570'>that</span> <span m='187810'>mechanics</span> <span m='188420'>of</span> <span m='188520'>how</span> <span m='188690'>this</span> <span m='188790'>stuff</span> <span m='189060'>gets</span> <span m='189300'>done.</span> </p><p><span m='189900'>So</span> <span m='190060'>that</span> <span m='190200'>when</span> <span m='190330'>it</span> <span m='190420'>came</span> <span m='190650'>time</span> <span m='190910'>to</span> <span m='191010'>walk</span> <span m='191260'>in</span> <span m='191340'>the</span> <span m='191420'>door</span> <span m='191680'>and</span> <span m='191750'>be</span> <span m='191870'>a</span> <span m='191920'>volunteer</span> <span m='192430'>somewhere,</span> <span m='192820'>they</span> <span m='193010'>saw</span> <span m='193300'>like,</span> <span m='193520'>wow.</span> <span m='193800'>This</span> <span m='194000'>guy</span> <span m='194140'>can</span> <span m='194370'>make</span> <span m='194560'>our</span> <span m='194680'>magazine.</span> <span m='195690'>Let's</span> <span m='196270'>hire</span> <span m='196530'>him.</span> <span m='197710'>Because</span> <span m='198070'>I</span> <span m='198150'>just</span> <span m='198680'>wanted</span> <span m='199110'>to</span> <span m='199180'>pick</span> <span m='199400'>up</span> <span m='199540'>as</span> <span m='199670'>many</span> <span m='200020'>practical</span> <span m='200730'>skills</span> <span m='201180'>as</span> <span m='201330'>I</span> <span m='201420'>could.</span> <span m='202370'>And</span> <span m='202770'>each</span> <span m='202980'>one</span> <span m='203160'>of</span> <span m='203230'>them,</span> <span m='203410'>maybe,</span> <span m='203760'>is</span> <span m='203880'>hard</span> <span m='204130'>work,</span> <span m='204450'>but</span> <span m='204580'>it</span> <span m='204850'>leads</span> <span m='205420'>towards</span> <span m='205990'>this</span> <span m='206190'>ability</span> <span m='206750'>to</span> <span m='206850'>be</span> <span m='207060'>the</span> <span m='207160'>person</span> <span m='207550'>who</span> <span m='207660'>gets</span> <span m='207950'>things</span> <span m='208240'>done</span> <span m='208950'>and</span> <span m='209170'>makes</span> <span m='209410'>things</span> <span m='209650'>happen.</span> <span m='210490'>And</span> <span m='210810'>then</span> <span m='210980'>you</span> <span m='211060'>get</span> <span m='211180'>hired.</span> </p>","file":{"id":381913,"video_id":"3408754830001","name":"2430-Dan-MapsNerdforNature1","duration":212486,"thumbnail_url":null}});