Basketball Coach News features Coach Irvin Harris and Peter Mingils interviewing Nutspittle’s creator Gary Nourse
Gary Nourse Joins Irvin Harris and Peter Mingils on Building Fortunes Radio to Talk Technology, History and NutSpittle
Building Fortunes Radio welcomes Gary Nourse, researcher, writer, historian, archivist, and creator of NutSpittle, for a fascinating personal podcast conversation with Peter Mingils and Irvin Harris of Basketball Coach News.
This interview is more than an introduction to Gary Nourse. It is also a reunion between two former technology professionals whose working relationship goes back nearly three decades. Gary and Irvin share stories about their years together in telecommunications and technology while exploring how Gary eventually turned his interests toward writing, research, historical preservation, and his NutSpittle YouTube video work.
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Gary Nourse and Irvin Harris Share a Technology History
Long before YouTube became a platform for preserving history, Gary Nourse and Irvin Harris worked together in the rapidly changing telecommunications industry.
Their professional connection included working at PictureTel Corporation in Andover, Massachusetts, where Irvin worked as a LiveScheduler Product Support Engineer. This was an era when corporate videoconferencing required considerably more infrastructure than clicking a link and joining an online meeting.
Gary and Irvin later worked together at Lucent Technologies in Westford, Massachusetts, supporting major telecommunications providers using Ascend and Lucent switches. Their work involved sophisticated technology including Report Generator, Sybase databases, Actuate software, and troubleshooting systems used by large telecommunications companies.
Gary remained with Lucent until retiring in 2011. Their shared experience provides the Building Fortunes Radio audience with an interesting look at an important period in the development of modern communications technology.
From Lucent Technologies to NutSpittle
One of the most interesting parts of this Building Fortunes Radio podcast is Gary Nourse’s transition from technology professional to researcher, writer, archivist, and historian.
Through NutSpittle, Gary has developed a collection of historical material covering subjects ranging from music of the 1960s to regional New England history.
The interview explores Gary’s interest in preserving information that might otherwise disappear. His historical work includes research into Derry, New Hampshire, along with archival music and other subjects that reflect different periods of American history.
In an era increasingly dominated by short videos, rapidly generated content, and artificial intelligence, Gary’s approach raises an important question: Who is going to preserve the detailed stories, documents, recordings, and experiences of previous generations?
That makes NutSpittle more than simply another YouTube project. It represents Gary’s personal effort to research, document, organize, and preserve history for people who want to explore it in the future.
A Working Relationship That Became a Lasting Friendship
There is another interesting connection between Gary Nourse, Irvin Harris, Peter Mingils, and Building Fortunes Radio.
While Irvin was still working at Lucent Technologies in 2001, he began using PM Marketing and conducting marketing presentations during his lunch breaks. Gary became one of Irvin’s first customers.
More than two decades later, that business connection and friendship comes full circle through this personal interview on Building Fortunes Radio.
A recently rediscovered Lucent technical support ticket from 1998 even brought back memories of Gary and Irvin’s days troubleshooting technology together, demonstrating how professional relationships can continue long after the original job has ended.
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Listen to Gary Nourse Tell His Story
Join Peter Mingils, Irvin Harris, and Gary Nourse for a personal conversation connecting technology history, telecommunications, friendship, writing, research, YouTube, and the importance of preserving history.
From PictureTel and Lucent Technologies to NutSpittle and YouTube, Gary Nourse demonstrates that retirement does not have to mean the end of creating, learning, researching, or contributing.
Sometimes an entirely new chapter begins when you take everything you learned during the previous chapters and find a new way to share it.
