I am technical communicator with a love of explaining technical concepts in documentation, blog posts, videos, books and more. I run a small agency called Gregarious Mammal if you’re interested in hiring me for that kind of things.
This website is a home for all my blog posts, podcasts, newsletters and creative projects.
It’s also new and very much in development, so watch this space. 👀
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The latest cloud and DevOps news from Berlin.

What technologies were the most significant in 2018, and which will go to 2019.

Zone Leader Chris Ward discusses Thoughtworks technology trends and predictions.

5G and Alibaba Cloud With Tony Cheng
for dzoneLet’s take a look at Alibaba Cloud and their plans for growth in European markets and push towards 5G.

5G and Alibaba Cloud With Toni Cheng
for dzoneLet’s take a look at Alibaba Cloud and their plans for growth in European markets and push towards 5G.
Latest podcasts
moreDecentralised Privacy with Loki Network
for podcastIn this episode Chris covers links of the week including ancient relics, and toys old and new. Also features an interview with Simon Harman, the project lead at Loki, a decentralised privacy network.
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Jessica Parsons, a documentation engineer from Netlify, joins us for Episode 19 of the WTD Podcast. Jess recently conducted a Static Site Generator workshop at the Australian Write the Docs conference at Melbourne. It was really excellent, and we’ve been meaning to get Jess on the show for a while to talk shop. In this episode, Jess illuminates the world of static site generators, comparing and contrasting Hugo, Jekyll, Sphinx, Gatsby, and others. Discussions focus on considerations for choosing a static site generator, and how to manage the content they consume, from APIs to Git-tracked markdown files. Headless CMS options like API-driven Strapi and Git-wrapper Netlify CMS make an appearance.
Emulate History
for podcastIn this short episode I look at computing history, privacy vs usability and more.
In this episode I speak with Monique Morrow about creating technology that people actually need. Also featured the death of RSS, is Bitcoin the new Oil, robots that can read instructions, did we miss alien contact, and much more…
15th January - Rachel Black of Lisk
for podcastIn this first episode for 2019, Chris covers EU funding for open source, EU cyber security, accessibility, open source controversies and the apocalypse.
Recommendations and Newsletters
I currently curate 4 newsletters on Ethics (moslty in technology), Blockchain, 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.



Margaret Atwood on How She Came to Write The Handmaid’s Tale
from Literary Hub

The Ethics Of Persuasion
from Smashing MagazineLatest language posts
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What Makes a Sentence a Masterpiece?
from Pocket
How a new technology is changing the lives of people who cannot speak
from The Guardian

7 command-line tools for writers
from Opensource.comLatest blockchain posts
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Why your Blockchain Startup Needs UX Design
from Medium
Quality Solidity Code with OpenZeppelin and Friends
from SitePoint