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Every two weeks, the tech lounge invites tech luminaries, entrepreneurs, and creatives from small scrappy startups and open source enthusiasts to those working in large global companies. If you're interested in deep and creative technology and conversations with some of its most interesting practitioners, this is the show for you. Come in and get yourself comfortable.
Welcome to twenty twenty wee hee
Tech Lounge

Welcome to twenty twenty wee hee

12/01/2023
Hey everyone! So, I am quite late with this newsletter and podcast as I was travelling blah blah. But also Twitter owns the service I was using for newsletters (Revue), which meant I needed to look for a replacement. I…
AI AI
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AI AI

01/12/2022
Hello all! Lots of lovely AI and machine learning links for you this issue as I am working on a new show! Also Twitter, Mozilla, and that internet thing? It's dead. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chin…
IT Arena 2022 - Ukrainian tech braves the war
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IT Arena 2022 - Ukrainian tech braves the war

13/10/2022
This was my third invitation to attend in Lviv, Ukraine. But this was the first time, and indeed a first for me overall, that the conference happened during a war and in what was effectively a warzone. Read my blog pos…
A legendary merge
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A legendary merge

28/09/2022
In this episode I round up the latest geeky news that has caught my attention including the Ethereum merge, looking forward to macOS Ventura, AI images already getting banned in image stores, a history of ARM, and much m…
Tiny CSS and Moore's magic Mac
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Tiny CSS and Moore's magic Mac

05/09/2022
In this episode I speak with the authors of Tiny CSS projects [https://www.manning.com/books/tiny-css-projects], Michael Gearon and Martine Dowden. I also look at Apple's new repair program, the saviour of Moore's law, a…
Apache Pulsar with Patrick McFadin
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Apache Pulsar with Patrick McFadin

03/08/2022
I have Patrick McFadin back on the show to discuss using Apache Pulsar for distributed cloud-native streaming and how it fits into Data Stax's plans and business goals. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/…
SBOMs and software security with Scribe
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SBOMs and software security with Scribe

21/07/2022
In this episode I speak with Barak Brudo of Scribe Security about software bills of material and their impact on software supply chains. https://scribesecurity.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/…
A bumper bonus buffet
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A bumper bonus buffet

07/07/2022
Back again after a lot of events, bouncing around the globe. So in this episode I report back on Open Infra Summit, OSCAL, HashiConf, and Monitorama. I also look at links from the past few weeks that caught my eye. --…

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