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It has a strange name, but a few of you asked me to take a look at this simple but clean online tool for creating HTML-delivered interactive fiction. I'm not sure of its maintenance status, but it's well-suited for creating simpler stories requiring a little programming logic. https://textadventures.co.uk/squiffy 00:00 Intro 01:09 The basics of Squiffy 02:31 Passages and sequences 08:09 Turn counting 11:31 Clearing the screen 12:35 Attributes 13:48 Continue links 14:57 Publishing 17:40 Desktop application 19:27 Outro

@Ableton #live quicktip on creating groups of tracks, so you can apply devices, volume, and other aspects to multiple tracks at once.. #shorts #abletonlive #abletontips

I've been using @parallels Desktop for a while, but with @vmware making Fusion pro free for personal use, I thought it was time to look at alternatives for running #windows #linux and other operating systems on #macos In this video, I look at Parallels Desktop, VMWare Fusion, UTM, QEMU, Crossover from @codeweavers9929 , Wine, and Whisky. This video took a lot of experimentation and time with some of the options, so I hope you enjoy! Any comments, feedback, or options I missed… Please leave them in the comments. 00:00 Intro 01:13 Terminology 03:00 Parallels Desktop 09:10 VMWare Fusion 16:00 UTM and QEMU 20:15 Crossover 31:02 Wine 36:46 Whisky 43:58 Outro

#abletonlive quicktip on creating device presets so you don't have to recreate the same settings every time you use a plugin or other device. #shorts

My first book of the year! "Technical writing for software developers" on Packt publishing. https://bit.ly/3Xn3px8 #books #writing #techwriting #development #booktube

#Git may be the source of many developers' productivity and frustrations, but its branch concept is fundamental. @gitbutlerapp wants to change this, allowing developers to easily create and switch between changes on virtual branches. It's a slick new desktop app written in #Rust and #Tauri. How well does it work? Do we need it? I take a look. 00:00 Intro music 00:03 Intro 00:59 Installing 01:21 Intro to GitButler 02:12 Setup 02:44 Add a project 04:14 Using virtual branches 06:10 Push a virtual branch 06:58 Using other git commands 09:04 Outro 10:22 Outro music #development #versioncontrol #programming

#Git may be the source of many developers' productivity and frustrations, but its branch concept is fundamental. @gitbutlerapp wants to change this, allowing developers to easily create and switch between changes on virtual branches. It's a slick new desktop app written in #Rust and #Tauri. How well does it work? Do we need it? I take a look. 00:00 Intro music 00:03 Intro 00:59 Installing 01:21 Intro to GitButler 02:12 Setup 02:44 Add a project 04:14 Using virtual branches 06:10 Push a virtual branch 06:58 Using other git commands 09:04 Outro 10:22 Outro music #development #versioncontrol #programming

Almost every time you install an audio plugin for a DAW you end up with multiple copies of it as a vst2, vst3, and au file. If you’re like me and want to maintain a clean and tidy computer, all these duplicates that basically do the same thing probably irritate and annoy you, staring at you and teasing you every time you scroll a plugin list. It’s not new, but I discovered audio plugin uninstaller from @WideBlueSound and now I am very happy with a slightly less cluttered computer. 00:00 Intro music 00:02 Intro 01:11 Too many duplicate plugins 01:54 The size of the problem 02:11 Audio plugin installer intro 02:34 Interface overview 03:02 Using the uninstall option 04:02 Delete plugin option 04:45 The results 05:48 Testing impact 07:29 Settings 07:47 Outro 08:17 Outro music #music #musicproduction #ableton #logicprox #cubase #vst #vst2 #vst3 #audiounit #audio

In this quick video, I look at a handful of the features I use in @Descript   for editing and distributing my podcast, especially the new "Edit for Clarity" feature, which cuts through my tendency to waffle and gets to the point. Like what you see and want to try Descript? Then please follow my affiliate link: https://get.descript.com/hwdvp8thjpih 00:00 Intro music 00:04 Intro 00:35 Intro to descript 00:49 Setting up project 01:50 Quick interface tour 02:53 Timeline view 03:04 Remove filler words 03:47 Edit for clarity 05:49 Applying suggestions 08:31 Outro 09:11 Outro music #podcasts #editing #editingapps #podcastediting

In this quick video, I look at a handful of the features I use in @Descript   for editing and distributing my podcast, especially the new "Edit for Clarity" feature, which cuts through my tendency to waffle and gets to the point. Like what you see and want to try Descript? Then please follow my affiliate link: https://get.descript.com/hwdvp8thjpih 00:00 Intro music 00:04 Intro 00:35 Intro to descript 00:49 Setting up project 01:50 Quick interface tour 02:53 Timeline view 03:04 Remove filler words 03:47 Edit for clarity 05:49 Applying suggestions 08:31 Outro 09:11 Outro music #podcasts #editing #editingapps #podcastediting

I'm back at the preeminent event for synths and electronic instruments to try and dig out some of the stranger and more interesting instruments rather than room after room of dial-twiddling cable-patchers. Enjoy! 00:00 Intro music 00:03 Intro 00:18 Nebula instruments 00:33 Biotron 00:56 Voyage 01:06 Berglund instruments 01:25 Haken Continuumini 01:45 PlayFader 02:18 Drumbeam 02:43 Flowfal 03:05 Outro ambience 03:17 Outro music

I'm back at the preeminent event for synths and electronic instruments to try and dig out some of the stranger and more interesting instruments rather than room after room of dial-twiddling cable-patchers. Enjoy! 00:00 Intro music 00:03 Intro 00:18 Nebula instruments 00:33 Biotron 00:56 Voyage 01:06 Berglund instruments 01:25 Haken Continuumini 01:45 PlayFader 02:18 Drumbeam 02:43 Flowfal 03:05 Outro ambience 03:17 Outro music

I speak with Thomas Labarussias of @sysdig about Falco, a cloud-native security tool designed for Linux systems. Falco uses custom rules on kernel events, enriched with container and Kubernetes metadata, to provide real-time alerts and help you gain visibility into abnormal behavior, potential security threats, and compliance violations, contributing to comprehensive runtime security. We talk a little Falco history, the project's recent CNCF graduation, and new developments in the project to make the tool even more useful. Disclaimer: We had some technical issues. Hopefully, I polished things just enough. 00:00 Intro music 00:02 Intro 00:15 Disclaimer 01:12 Intro to Thomas 01:55 What is Falco? 03:01 Graduating in the CNCF 04:16 Falco history 06:30 Falco demo begins 07:34 Falco sidekick 14:44 Falco tunnel 20:50 Falco Talon 31:51 Outro 32:18 Outro music #kubernetes #cloudnative #security

I speak with Thomas Labarussias of @sysdig about Falco, a cloud-native security tool designed for Linux systems. Falco uses custom rules on kernel events, enriched with container and Kubernetes metadata, to provide real-time alerts and help you gain visibility into abnormal behavior, potential security threats, and compliance violations, contributing to comprehensive runtime security. We talk a little Falco history, the project's recent CNCF graduation, and new developments in the project to make the tool even more useful. Disclaimer: We had some technical issues. Hopefully, I polished things just enough. 00:00 Intro music 00:02 Intro 00:15 Disclaimer 01:12 Intro to Thomas 01:55 What is Falco? 03:01 Graduating in the CNCF 04:16 Falco history 06:30 Falco demo begins 07:34 Falco sidekick 14:44 Falco tunnel 20:50 Falco Talon 31:51 Outro 32:18 Outro music #kubernetes #cloudnative #security

I take a look at a new tool in beta from @Adobe that lets you record and produce podcasts in the browser. Will it replace tools like @Descript or@Riversidefm ? I take a look. 00:00 Intro music 00:02 Intro 00:45 Overview of podcast interface 02:03 Recording 02:54 Adding audio files 03:55 Adding music 04:29 Adding placeholders 04:39 Filters 07:23 Changing clip settings 08:49 Downloading recording 09:14 Share templates 09:46 Inspecting exported recording 11:07 Inspecting exported transcript 12:23 Summary 13:45 Outro music #podcasts #recording #production

I take a look at a new tool in beta from @Adobe that lets you record and produce podcasts in the browser. Will it replace tools like @Descript or@Riversidefm ? I take a look. 00:00 Intro music 00:02 Intro 00:45 Overview of podcast interface 02:03 Recording 02:54 Adding audio files 03:55 Adding music 04:29 Adding placeholders 04:39 Filters 07:23 Changing clip settings 08:49 Downloading recording 09:14 Share templates 09:46 Inspecting exported recording 11:07 Inspecting exported transcript 12:23 Summary 13:45 Outro music #podcasts #recording #production

I have a little fun and try messing around with animating some boring images of myself using Dreamface's AI-powered mobile app. 00:00 Intro music 00:03 Intro 00:34 Intro to the app 00:46 Creating a speaking avatar 01:31 Creating a singing picture 01:54 Creating a dancing picture 02:19 Image manipulation 02:55 Creating a singing picture 03:00 Reviewing my creations 04:12 Creating a speaking avatar 04:54 Outro 05:51 Outro music http://dreamfaceapp.com/ #apps #mobileapp #ai #imagemanipulation #aigenerated #video #animation

In this interview and demo, I speak with @CerbosDev about their open source and commercial tool for implementing one of the most tedious of developer tasks more easily, adding roles and permissions. It has a real-time browser-based tool for writing and testing policies and integrates with dozens of hosting and authentication options and programming languages. https://www.cerbos.dev 00:00 Intro theme 00:02 Intro to video 00:26 Intro to the Cerbos team 00:54 What is Cerbos? 02:16 Differences between open source and commercial versions 04:06 Where do you run Cerbos? 05:00 How Cerbos fits into infrastructure 05:34 Demo 06:48 Where you define the policy 07:05 Demo 10:44 Interactive policy manager demo 13:27 Defining tests in Cerbos 18:55 Builds demo 21:55 How did Cerbos begin 26:24 Cerbos integrations 31:16 Deploying Cerbos 34:26 What's next for Cerbos 39:56 The Cerbos logo 40:52 Outro 41:15 Outro music #development #programming #authentication #cloudnative #opensource

In this interview and demo, I speak with @CerbosDev about their open source and commercial tool for implementing one of the most tedious of developer tasks more easily, adding roles and permissions. It has a real-time browser-based tool for writing and testing policies and integrates with dozens of hosting and authentication options and programming languages. https://www.cerbos.dev 00:00 Intro theme 00:02 Intro to video 00:26 Intro to the Cerbos team 00:54 What is Cerbos? 02:16 Differences between open source and commercial versions 04:06 Where do you run Cerbos? 05:00 How Cerbos fits into infrastructure 05:34 Demo 06:48 Where you define the policy 07:05 Demo 10:44 Interactive policy manager demo 13:27 Defining tests in Cerbos 18:55 Builds demo 21:55 How did Cerbos begin 26:24 Cerbos integrations 31:16 Deploying Cerbos 34:26 What's next for Cerbos 39:56 The Cerbos logo 40:52 Outro 41:15 Outro music #development #programming #authentication #cloudnative #opensource

In this interview and demo I speak with Ruan from Fiero about how their two person team has built an amazing browser-based tool that helps game designers and developers to build 2D games in the browser but distribute them to a wide variety of native platforms including desktop and mobile. https://fierogameengine.com

In this interview and demo I speak with Ruan from Fiero about how their two person team has built an amazing browser-based tool that helps game designers and developers to build 2D games in the browser but distribute them to a wide variety of native platforms including desktop and mobile. https://fierogameengine.com

AsciiDoc is a popular markup language amongst technical writers, but tooling options are limited compared to markdown. adoc studio aims to fill that gap, and in this video, I take a look at how it compares to using AsciiDoc plugins in VSCode or an IntelliJ-based IDE.

WordCounter is a $20 macOS application that shows you how many words you write and where. Does it help make you more productive or is more of an interesting insight? I take a look! 00:00 Intro music 00:01 Intro 00:43 Intro to Wordcounter 01:24 Installing Wordcounter 01:58 Wordcounter interface overview 02:03 Wordcounter preferences 02:42 Overview of words counted 03:06 Adding an app to track 03:30 Viewing tracking history 04:28 Viewing tracking reports 05:09 Outro 07:43 Outro music http://wordcounterapp.com #productivity #writing #macos #utilities

I'm back with my first interactive fiction playthrough and review in…A long time! It's the turn of The Magnatorana, a retro, sci-fi interactive fiction adventure from Peddle Boy. Enjoy! https://peddleboy.itch.io/the-magnatorana

In this video, I take a look at some of the best transcription tools for podcasters and how the recent wave of generative AI has changed the tools now available. I look at @Google recorder, macOS dictation, @Otterai , @Riversidefm , TechSmith Audiate, @Descript , @RogueAmoebaVideos Audio Hijack, MacWhisper, and @Adobe@Adobe Premiere Which is best for editing, features, and transcription quality? I take a look! 00:00 Intro music 00:01 Intro 01:35 Google recorder 02:42 Otter 04:42 Premiere Pro 06:26 Descript 09:31 Audiate 12:00 Riverside.fm 13:48 MacWhisper 17:01 Audio Hijack 19:34 macOS 21:22 Outro 23:12 Outro music #transcription #ai #artificialintelligence #transcript #podcast #editing #editingvideo #video #transcribing

I came across this World War 2 trench on the outskirts of Berlin, and I've never had such an eerie, disconcerting experience.

In this video sponsored by PixieBrix, I look at their low-code tool for adding automation and integrations to existing web pages. It takes a different approach to many others out there, and I was intrigued! I look at how to use its inbuilt connections to APIs and how to send and receive data from external ones. I also look at text manipulation and AI features. More info: https://bit.ly/3TkBFat

I look at Actions for Obsidian, a standalone application that brings Apple Shortcuts to Obsidian, allowing some connection and automation from the rest of macOS and other applications on your Mac. I look at creating notes by selecting text elsewhere, creating a daily schedule, triggering Obsidian commands and using an Elgato Stream Deck and Raycast with Obsidian. https://support.actions.work/collection/1-actions-for-obsidian Want a blog version of this video? https://chrischinchilla.medium.com/bring-the-power-of-apple-shortcuts-to-obsidian-8cc84949e50e

In this video sponsored by PixieBrix, I look at their low-code tool for adding automation and integrations to existing web pages. It takes a different approach to many others out there, and I was intrigued! I look at how to set it up, adding checklists to GitHub pull requests, creating Trello cards from GitHub issues and emails, and how to use PixieBrix with an Elgato Stream Deck. More info: https://bit.ly/3TkBFat

JetBrains Writerside, the IntelliJ-based tool for those creating and maintaining documentation is now in early access and available as a separate IDE. In this video I take a look at new features and improvements including support for API specs, Mermaid, Tex, new markup, and more! Sorry everyone I am aware that the video is in mono, my mistake, but it's not possible to update videos on YouTube.

In this episode, we look at tools and services to enhance your tabletop and roleplaying game playing and creation. They're mostly ChatGPT, but it's still an interesting experiment to see what kind of fantastical ideas the machines can develop. tldr; They are surprisingly creative! There's a lot of typing in this episode, and we did our best to reduce the clacking of my awesome keyboard…

Runme combines your docs with everything great about scripting and pipelines. I take a second look at using this tool with the CLI, VSCode, headless, and in the cloud. There are still a few quirks and issues, but for teams who want to share workflows and runbooks along with their output with each other, is runme what you're looking for? https://runme.dev Blog version: https://medium.com/@chrischinchilla/making-markdown-interactive-with-runme-654afb7a942b

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In this video, I cover how I use Newzik and Dorico to digitize drum scores stored as PDFs into MusicXML and MIDI. This means I now have a consistent library of digital scores I can take into DAWs like Ableton and Cubase, annotate notes for practice sessions, and create drum patterns from scratch.

I look at using a cool command line tool called displayplacer to switch screen configurations in macOS. It lets you change resolution, layout, rotation, and more. I look at how to use it from the command line, with Apple Shortcuts, Bettertouchtool, and Raycast. I love using this tool now to switch my screen setups, I hope you enjoy it too. https://jakehilborn.github.io/displayplacer/ Want a blog version? Take a look here: https://medium.com/p/650c62c0f1bf

This video summarises a recent talk at API the Docs where I took a historic ramble through the history of HTML to understand the plethora of new tools for creating dynamic content on the web and wonder why we don't use nearly enough of them on documentation platforms. Covers tools such as Docusaurus, Astro, Next.JS, Gatsby, and more! blog Version: https://javascript.plainenglish.io/is-the-future-of-documentation-dynamic-ba88fed7a74d #documentation #javascript #mdx #jsx #react #astro

This video was sponsored by Document360. Document360 is Knowledge Base Platform, engineered for growing companies. In this video I look at the analysis features for the documentation portals you create with Document360, this includes handling feedback, user demographics, and exporting all analysis data as CSV files. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3YwSI9P

In this episode we take a look at tools that help you generate different types of video content from creative to business use cases with AI. We also look at tools that help you be more productive editing and refining videos, making a lot of the more tedious tasks easier and quicker. Included are make-a-video, Adobe Premiere, AutoPod, and many others.

This video was sponsored by Document360. Document360 is Knowledge Base Platform, engineered for growing companies. In this video I look at it's API spec functions for creating docs from API spec files, keeping them up to date when the spec changes, viewing the rendered spec as documentation and trying generated code examples that match the spec. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3NVzF4b

Following up from my recent round up for macOS native generative AI apps, in preparation for a forthcoming writing competition, I take a look at the AI apps part of Setapp, a macOS application subscription platform.

Generative AI tools and platforms are not just the flavour of the month (for now), they’re the flavour of the year, if not the decade. Many of these are web platforms, and I have always been the first to admit that I prefer good old-fashioned, offline-first native desktop applications. As many of the new wave of services were smart enough to include an API option, this has made it possible for enterprising developers to create any other type of application they want to, including, in the case of this video, macOS native ones. I look at Photoshop beta, Text Assistant, MacGPT, Writers Brew, Amazing AI, and Mac Whisper. Blog version: https://medium.com/p/1e6fa5c489b

Build text adventure games and interactive fiction with quest.

Thanks to new virtualisation features in macOS, it’s easier than ever to try new versions to see what’s coming. A handful of small features in macOS Sonoma grabbed my attention, so I take an (early) look. I look at the features that are currently possible to test, and didn't rely on signing in… Which wasn't many. But I looked at interactive widgets, PDF improvements, new Safari features, and a few more items.

I've covered how I use astro for my personal website a few times over the past few months and I'm excited to see the team have created an option for creating documentation sites. I take a look!

I am finally getting into Obsidian and thought it was time I learnt how to make a plugin for this infamous and popular knowledge management tool. As my guest I have Marcus Olsson, who wrote the docs on how to create plugins for Obsidian.

My first Superbooth in Berlin and what a great event! I take a whistle stop tour through some of the products and booths that jumped out to me. Also features a track written by me called "I'm bored".

Fresh(ish) from speaking with the team at KubeCon I take a look at Fermyon’s approach at making WebAssembly easier to use and their tool "spin" that follows recognisable patterns for creating server less applications.

Adobe brings their own take on Generative AI in a form of experiments for generating images and text, with more to come, and perhaps direct integration with creative cloud applications.

An Adobe Premiere plugin that promises to save your hours of tedious editing work creating cuts from multiple cameras, for social shares, and more? Yes please!

I’ve been using Raycast for some time and have made no secret of how much I love it. The team recently jumped on the bandwagon of adding AI capabilities and I take a look at how useful they really are and how they compare to the handful of AI-powered plugins already available for Raycast.