About

Welcome to my world! My name is Doug Mahugh, and this blog is a collection of stories about hikes I've taken, books I've read, things I've built, dogs I've loved, lessons I've learned, and places I've been. Here ae some examples of what you'll find here:

There is no theme, mission, or sales pitch here, I just write about whatever I feel like writing about. You can see all of the posts without a subscription, but making comments requires a subscription. Subscriptions are free – click here to sign up.

I guess I should say something about me, given the title of this page. I'm a retired software developer living in Butte, Montana with my wife Megan and our dogs Nancy, Isaac, and George. I started my career as a 20-year-old Fortran programmer at Boeing, ended my career as a 65-year-old software development manager at Google, and in between I did some fun things, including setting a world record on the complicated coin-op game Defender, editing JoyStik Magazine (the biggest coin-op game magazine of the early 1980s), editing books on breakdancing, Michael Jackson, and Duran Duran, running a small custom software shop in Chicago for 16 years, working at Microsoft for 13 years, and visiting a few dozen countries across all seven continents.

If you'd like to email me, you can reach me at dmahugh on the Gmail. I won't reply to messages about saving money, making money, or getting into heaven, but if you sound interesting or make me laugh I'll probably get back to you.