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After a short summer break, we've returned to the WTD podcast and taken up our mics again to talk about important doc issues. In this episode, we first chat about assumptions we have regarding our users and the value of doing user research. Basing the discussion on Jen Lambourne's talk at WTD Portland 2018, we talk about ways to capture the user perspective and limitations/workarounds for user research within the corporate domain. Next, we chat about an article by Emily January Petersen on the Make-It-Pretty Philosophy, where the roles of tech writers are reduced to grammar and style editing only, without more substantive updates and revisions to content. Finally, we talk about Tom's research project on healing the academic/practitioner divide and how he hopes his conversation posts will bring both sides more closely together.

Chris speaks with URBAN-X’s Managing Director Micah Kotch to speak about the startups they fund, and to Rachel Ginsberg about the Frankenstein AI project that challenges how we interact with AI, and how they interact with us.

Learn how chaos engineering helps you find seemingly random errors in today's modern, increasingly complex applications.

Before we begin, let’s get definitions straight — what is artificial intelligence (AI)? Or more specifically, what isn’t it? As you might expect, ask any technical person for a definition of something, and you’ll get a dozen different responses, and at least half of them will be, “It depends.”

Check out this post to learn more about working with Consensys and Lisk to improve blockchain marketing for new application paradigms.

Close the laptop and break out the dice...after you read this post about how board games can help ease your troubled dev mind.

You've heard the term thrown around a lot lately, but what exactly is a hybrid cloud? We take a look.

Are your favorite World Cup teams using wearables and other IoT technologies to enhance training and game prep? Check out this article to learn more!

Want to find out how your favorite football teams are using IoT and other smart technologies? Check out this post to learn more.

Chris speaks with Amanda Gutterman of Consensys and Thomas Schouten of Lisk about their projects and how to market something as complex as Blockchain.

Microsoft is hitting the IoT angles hard. Take a look at what Azure IoT Edge is now offering and how AI is slowly being integrated into edge networks.

Check out this post about a company using IoT devices to improve the living conditions for the elderly and those with disabilities.

Check out these mobile health extends that offer important health information and diagnostic solutions with your mobile devices.

Read this fun article about how to create a Twitter bot with Tracery.

We begin our series of interviews from our recent trip to Lithuania. First a coding school for children and the trade association for ICT. Thanks to telesoftas for sponsoring the trip.

The world and its dog has gone crazy for blockchain (and related technologies, which is a whole other post). The past two years have been a hype roller coaster for the technology with stories of equally insane valuations, technical proposals, media exposure, regulatory nightmares, frauds, and unrealized dreams.

Check out what we can learn about creativity and innovation from some of the more unorthodox talks given at Login Festival.

Make sure you practice before the event!

Zone Leader Chris Ward give a recap on some of the highlights of the FOSS Backstage Conference, on security, cost, empathy, and more.

For decades Wolfram has created tools to help scientists, mathematicians, and programmers get answers. We speak with Stephen about his work and computational computing.

Chris speaks with the venerable Stephen Wolfram about his career, company and the future of how we process data into something meaningful.

Learn how the AskRail mobile app saves lives by showing first responders which train cars have hazardous materials in the event of a crash or emergency.

Find out the important roles that software foundations play in providing longevity and structural support for open source projects.

Chris speaks with the leads of two open source software foundations, Kris Borchers of the JavaScript Foundation, and Brian Behlendorf of the Hyperledge foundation at Collision conf. In the episode we speak about the progress of the foundations and open source software more broadly.