I love my Stream Deck(s) for convenient shortcut triggering but often find its official plugins lacking certain functions I need. Intros livestream I look at how easy it is to use the offical SDK to create a plugin for a stream deck.
I relive my childhood by playing through some of the classic Lone Wolf game books, starting with book 1, "Flight from the dark" by Joe Dever. © Joe Dever 1984, and thanks to Project Aon
AI meet writer… Should we be afraid, or inspired? Well, Sudowrite hope to be the AI writing assistant you look forward to using, not fear. I take a look… And write some nonsense.
Not a new project, but a rebranding, Decap used to be Netlify CMS and is back. I take a look at what has changed and try to add it to my new Astro website.
Known for their Intellij IDE line of developer tools, JetBrains are now working on a series of plugins to make the work of technical writer's easier. Writerside brings features to author, preview, build, test, and publish your technical documentation right inside IntelliJ.
I start the video by looking at Motif and MarkDoc, but they didn't really work, so I moved on to Mintlify that combines Markdown with React components as a SaaS alternative to MDX and its ecosystem. Is it worth the money?
DiffusionBee and Amazing AI are two macOS apps for playing with Stable Diffusion offline and hardware optimised. I take a look and compare the two applications to see what random artwork I can generate.
I start the video by looking at Motif and MarkDoc, but they didn't really work, so I moved on to Mintlify that combines Markdown with React components as a SaaS alternative to MDX and its ecosystem. Is it worth the money?
I relive my childhood by playing through some of the classic Lone Wolf game books, starting with book 1, "Flight from the dark" by Joe Dever. © Joe Dever 1984, and thanks to Project Aon
An open source research project exploring the role of machine learning as a tool in the creative process. It uses Tensor flow under the hood to generate beats and melodies with MIDI tracks. Colour me intrigued!
I interviewed some folks from the Pulumi team a while back and in amongst the other infrastructure as code tools, they offer something different. I finally take a look!
In this second episode of "in bots we trust", Killian and Chris look at Chat-GPT, sudowrite, and a modern generation of AI-based writing tools as well as what came before with tools such as Grammarly and grammar assistants. We look at what we can create and what lies beneath for us humans to enjoy, endure, or use appropriately.
In this first alpha (and boy are there some technical issues, sorry!) of "in bots we trust", Killian and Chris look at Crayon, Dall-e, mid journey, stable diffusion, and more to see what they can create and what lies beneath for us humans to enjoy, endure, or use appropriately.
Join me every week as I make music or work on some other creative project. This week I try and make some space on my hard drive by trying VCV Rack, Max 8, and IK Multimedia plugins.
In my explorations of Jamstack over the years I somehow forgot about cloudcannon, who have existed long before that was even a term. I take a long overdue look at what they have to offer and see if their promise of a developer-workflow optimised Jamstack CMS holds true.
New alternative web browsers for macOS The past year or so has resulted in a flurry of new browsers to consider alongside the dominant contenders from big tech companies.
During research for a recent interactive fiction piece I discovered ScummVM for a way to play some classic text-based adventure games. Join me as I travel back in time to see how to setup ScummVM and play some Monkey Island!
Retool isn't new but I have been meaning to see what someone can build with it for a while, so it's time to take a look! It promises to help you connect data sources, Frontends, and application logic with a few clicks. Too good to be true?
Want to mix coding and writing to create wondrous works of fiction? In this video I look at the past of interactive fiction including: Choose your own adventure, fighting fantasy, and lone wolf. I look at text-based computer games and infocom.
Docker desktop has been an essential part of many developers' toolbox for years, but recent changes in its pricing model has prompted some to look for alternatives. In this video I take a look at the following:
Recent versions of macOS introduced powerful new features for virtualizing macOS and Linux in a hypervisor. Inspired by a blog post from the Eclectic light company I thought it was time to see what new options are available for running virtual machines on macOS. In this video I look at:
See my recent interview with @awesomekling about @LadybirdBrowser https://youtu.be/0kPxxWOpiGg SerenityOS is a love letter to '90s user interfaces with a custom Unix-like core. It is in active development, built from scratch, and has a vibrant and active community.
This was my third invitation to attend IT Arena 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. In this video i recount the experience and add my daily diaries at the end (26:00)
As part of a sponsorship for my podcast I spent two weeks with Magic Mind, that claims to be the world’s first productivity shot. How did its ingredients of Matcha, Nootropics, Adaptogens, Honey, and other goodies help me relax, get focus, and energy over 14 days?
I got to go to one of the biggest events I've been to since 2019 and cover all that's new in video, audio, and the broadcast industry in general. Here's who I spoke to, my own interviews, plus sessions with the officehours.global crew. - Robotica, AI sign language: 0:47 - EditShare, Cloud editing and collaboration: 07:10 - Avid, Audio and video editing tools: 15:13 - Varnish, Content delivery: 23:12 - Suitest, TV app test automation:28:46 - Sony, FR7 Cinema Line Full-frame PTZ camera: 41:42 - Disguise, VR and XR for video: 44:44 - Grass Valley, Agile Media Processing Platform: 48:41
Bun promises to replace and improve upon a plethora of JavaScript and TypeScript tools you currently use, offering bundle, transpile, install and run features all-in-one. On top of all that, it claims to be faster than other options. Is it? In this learning livestream I see what I can find out and if the hype is right.
BetterTouchTool is a classic feature packed app that allows you to customize various input devices on your Mac. In this livestream I figure out how it might be useful to, and especially how I can replace the weighty Stream Deck application with BetterTouchTool's new beta feature.
Tabletop simulator is a classic tool for playing digital versions of boardgames. It's also a great way to prototype game ideas without constantly creating physical prototypes. So in this learning Livestream I learn how to create a version of a game I am currently co-designing.
A few small updates from me and what I have planned for my video output going forward.
VirtualBuddy can virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon, with the goal of offering features that are useful to developers who need to test their apps on multiple versions of macOS, especially betas. The project is in early stages, but I found with minimal configuration it helps you get a virtual machine up and running quickly and efficiently.
