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I am a technical communicator with a love of explaining technical concepts in documentation, blog posts, videos, books and more.
I currently work for Chronosphere and have a small technical writing agency called Gregarious Mammal.
I am a podcaster, video maker, writer of interactive fiction, and games. This website is a home for all my blog posts, podcasts, newsletters and creative projects.
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The Weekly Squeak - Hybrid cloud object storage with AB Periasamy of MinIO
My next Weekly Squeak topic is Hybrid cloud object storage with AB Periasamy of MinIO, let me know if you have any questions you want asked, or join us live at 2021-04-09T21:30:00+02:00 to ask yourself.

The Solo Adventurer - card powered magic with Draw nine
Draw Nine puts you in the role of a magician whose powers depend on a pack of magic cards. These can help or harm, but the selection available to you is determined randomly at the start of the game. https://damonwakes.itch.io/draw-nine
CTD - Shadow of Ebondeath Pt 2 (Ep 13)
Episode 13 - Shadow of Ebondeath (Pt 2) was streamed live on our Twitch channel at Twitch.tv/crittestdummies on Feb 28th. Check us out most Sundays at 6 PM CET for new episodes! You can find this adventure and more by James Patrick on DMs Guild at https://bit.ly/3uEnYnj He can also be found at @JamesPatrickDnD on Twitter. Character art made by Lance @20sapodcast on Twitter. Game audio by Tabletop Audio. Thank you to James for letting us use their work, our players Chris, Luke, Patrick and Shane, and our DM Peter!

The Weekly Squeak - Security in the Age of Microservices with Tzury Bar Yochay
Service mesh is one of the keys to securing bleeding-edge microservices , and how can companies continue to capitalize on the containerization trends, without sacrificing security? Let me know if you have any questions you want asked, or join us live at 2021-04-06T18:30:00+02:00 to ask yourself.

The Solo Adventurer - Playing at Heartbreak with Sacrilege
I play at the heart stopping drudgery of being heterosexual in a world where heterosexuals are conditioned not to talk to each other, or listen to each other, or really have any idea what they are doing. Join me in this intriguing interactive fiction classic from Cara Ellison

Hands on - Interconnecting APIs with n8n
n8n helps you to interconnect every app with an API in the world with each other to share and manipulate its data without a single line of code. Hosted on your server and not based in the cloud, it keeps your sensible data very secure in your own trusted database.
Crit Test Dummies Ep 12 (Pt2) - Battle Royale
Episode 12 - Battle Royale (Pt 2) was streamed live on our Twitch channel at Twitch.tv/crittestdummies on Feb 7th. Check us out most Sundays at 6 PM CET for new episodes! You can find this adventure and more by Joseph Reilly on DMs Guild at https://bit.ly/31eXk7B He can also be found at @JosephMReilly on Twitter. Character art made by Lance @20sapodcast on Twitter. Game audio by Tabletop Audio. Thank you to Joseph for letting us use their work, our players Chris, Enya, Patrick and Shane, and our DM Peter!
Crit Test Dummies Ep 12 (Pt1) - Battle Royale
Episode 12 - Battle Royale (Pt 1) was streamed live on our Twitch channel at Twitch.tv/crittestdummies on Jan 31st. Check us out most Sundays at 6 PM CET for new episodes! You can find this adventure and more by Joseph Reilly on DMs Guild at https://bit.ly/31eXk7B He can also be found at @JosephMReilly on Twitter. Character art made by Lance @20sapodcast on Twitter. Game audio by Tabletop Audio. Thank you to Joseph for letting us use their work, our players Chris, Enya, Patrick and Shane, and our DM Peter!
Crit Test Dummies Ep 11 - The Crumbling Stairs Pt 1
Episode 11 - The Crumbling Stairs (Pt 1) was streamed live on our Twitch channel at Twitch.tv/crittestdummies on Jan 10th. Check us out most Sundays at 6 PM CET for new episodes! You can find this adventure and more by Cameron Melka on DMs Guild at https://bit.ly/3fblKY3 He can also be found at @SeenRender on Twitter. Character art made by Lance @20sapodcast on Twitter. Game audio by Tabletop Audio. Thank you to Cameron for letting us use their work, our players Chris, Enya, Patrick and Shane, and our DM Peter!

The Weekly Squeak - Kubernetes native GitOps with Cornelia Davis of Flux
I speak with Cornelia Davis, CTO of Weaveworks about GitOps, Flux and simplifying the creation of Kubernetes clusters.

Hands on - Multi-repository docs with Antora
The multi-repository documentation site generator for tech writers who write with AsciiDoc. if you need a documentation tool that supports multiple sources of information, project versions, and other complexities, then Antora may be for you. In this livestream I test Antora and see how far I can get.

The Solo Adventurer - Mystery roleplaying with Alone in the loop
I play the solo variant of the classic âtales from the loopâ, written by Peter Rudin-Burgess

Hands on - Connecting video with OBS.ninja
OBS.Ninja brings live video from a smartphone, tablet, or remote computer, directly into OBS Studio or other compatible broadcasting software.

The Solo Adventurer - Nefarious monsters with Wicked One
Wicked Ones is a Forged in the Dark tabletop RPG about a group of fantasy monsters building a dungeon, launching raids on the surface to gather a hoard, and pursuing your nefarious master plan. I play the solo variant, âWicked Oneâ.

The Weekly Squeak - Grafana with Anthony Woods
My guest this week is CTO and co-founder of Grafana Labs. We talk about the history of the company, their new cloud offering, and observability in general. Let me know if you have any questions you want asked, or join us live to ask yourself. Subscribe & listen later - https://anchor.fm/theweeklysqueak
Recommendations and Newsletters
I currently curate 4 newsletters on Ethics (mostly in technology), gaming, Language and Linguistics, see my latest recommendations and join those newsletters below.
The Weekly Squeak Newsletter
My general newsletter "The Weekly Squeak" draws content from all these sources and a couple more, sign up to that below.
Latest ethics posts
moreNewsletter coming soon, for now enjoy the posts below.

How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation
from MIT Technology Review
I asked an AI to tell me how beautiful I am
from MIT Technology Review
Why GPT-3 is the best and worst of AI right now
from MIT Technology Review

Auditors are testing hiring algorithms for bias, but thereâs no easy fix
from MIT Technology ReviewLatest language posts
moreNewsletter coming soon, for now enjoy the posts below.

Why GPT-3 is the best and worst of AI right now
from MIT Technology Review
How we made Typerighter, the Guardianâs style guide checker
from The Guardian
Latest gaming posts
moreNewsletter coming soon, for now enjoy the posts below.




The Best Tabletop RPGs Of 2020
from Game Informer