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Tech Lounge podcast

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.

Open games, open AI, and the state of open con with Amanda Brock

Open games, open AI, and the state of open con with Amanda Brock

26/01/2023

OGL 1.1/1.2/1.3/😱 Wizards of the Coast goes into firefighting mode to stop the exodus of D&D fans. An Update on the Open Game License (OGL) → [https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1423-an-update-on-the-open-game-license-og…

What happens when the living and the previously dead fall in love?

What happens when the living and the previously dead fall in love?

18/01/2023

"The Dead Among Us" is a post-post-apocalyptic love story that shows emotion and understanding can conquer history, resentment, and generational divides to create a truly new world. I have been working on this novel for…

Welcome to twenty twenty wee hee

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

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…

Raytracing Llamas in the Metaverse - Interviews from Build Stuff

Raytracing Llamas in the Metaverse - Interviews from Build Stuff

18/11/2022

I'm back after two weeks of conferences. I interview speakers from Build Stuff in Lithuania, report back from other events, dig into the history of JavaScript frameworks, and hang out with Lana Moore… Or not. --- Sen…

Kin Lane of Postman, announcearama, and tech loses its shine

Kin Lane of Postman, announcearama, and tech loses its shine

27/10/2022

Hey all 👋 Kin Lane is back on the show. Also a week of announcements from companies that begin with "A", the speed behind Tech's sails starts to slow (and is that good or bad?) and life… Life not as we know it Jim.…

IT Arena 2022 - Ukrainian tech braves the war

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

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…

Dotan Horovits of Logz.io, watch your heroes and the life of Clippy

Dotan Horovits of Logz.io, watch your heroes and the life of Clippy

15/09/2022

In this episode I speak with Dotan Horowits from Logz.io [http://logz.io] about Observability and OpenTelemetry. Also features how much GPT-3 truly knows about you, the life of clippy and why you should always have an ai…

Tiny CSS and Moore's magic Mac

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…

Matt Butcher of Fermyon, GTA, Tauri, and is Veganism really that popular?

Matt Butcher of Fermyon, GTA, Tauri, and is Veganism really that popular?

18/08/2022

On this episode I have Matt Butcher of Fermyon to talk about their cloud-hosted webassembly platform. I also cover Tauri, tech settings you should change, Umbrella Academy, ask if Veganism is really hype, and much more!…

Apache Pulsar with Patrick McFadin

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/…

All-in-one friendly observability with groundcover

All-in-one friendly observability with groundcover

27/07/2022

On this episode I speak with Shahar Azulay of ground cover who claim an all-in one observability solution with minimal change to your existing application code. Too good to be true? I find out. But they do have a very c…

SBOMs and software security with Scribe

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/…

Live play - Battle of the Bards by Dustin Winter

Live play - Battle of the Bards by Dustin Winter

19/07/2022

Cross-post from my Solo Adventurer channel and podcast. Will my musical past help me win a battle of the bands… Against myself? I compose a song, and maybe even sing it… Live! This game by Dustin Winter was featured…

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