Events

Everything Open

"The internet" has the same carbon impact as the airline industry. However, this number is probably much higher as it doesn't include a wide gamut of other impacts of application development and implementation, such as phone apps, desktop applications, or even the impact of websites and apps on users' own devices.

AI the docs

Automated processes and tools have been reading our content for some time, building humongous databases of our carefully crafted words so people can actually find them buried across the vast swathes of the internet. And now, even more automated processes and machines are reading our content, packaging it into large models that make sense to few but bring sense to so many. A lot of you listening and watching right now are probably afraid of what might happen to your job prospects over the coming years, and I am here to show you how, for the short term, your work will be more valuable than ever. Just maybe less directly to human consumers than before.

KubeCon and CloudNativeCon 2024

I report on the latest updates and best practices for Kubernetes and Cloud-native computing.

Foss backstage

You've spent hours and sleepless nights coding a project that promises to solve someone's problems bigger, better, and faster. But no one understands it or how to use it. This workshop aims to help you communicate your project's intentions more clearly.

State of Open 2023

Chris is back at the UK's Open Technology Conference for Open Source Software, Hardware, Data, Standards, & AI.

State of Open 2024

Chris is back at the UK's Open Technology Conference for Open Source Software, Hardware, Data, Standards, & AI.

Fosdem 2024

This year at Fosdem I'm helping organise the Documentation tooling developer room, so drop on by.

Slush

Chris is back at Europe's cosy winter for Startups and keen to meet interesting products, projects and people.

Web Summit

Chris is back at Europe's pre-eminent event for Startups and keen to meet interesting products, projects and people.

IT Arena 2023

Chris is back to see what Ukrainian entrepreneurs are working on.

Open Source Summit Europe

I report on the latest updates from various projects and communities part of the Linux Foundation.

IFA

I'm at IFA, the world largest consumer electronics show to see what crazy ideas the world is working on.

We are Developers Congress 2023

I report on the latest updates and best practices for developers of various topics.

KubeCon and CloudNativeCon

I report on the latest updates and best practices for Kubernetes and Cloud-native computing.

Build Stuff 2022

I report on the latest updates and best practices for developers of various topics.

tcworld

Video consumption of information was already increasingly popular, and in the past year, video consumption and usage has accelerated. There's an increasing amount of video versions of blog posts, livestreaming of tutorials, online office hours, and much more. In this practical presentation I look at how technical communicators can use Open Broadcast Studio (OBS) to create instructional video content.

heapcon

Interactive fiction (IF) occupies a curious middle ground between technical writing, programming, and creative writing. This presentation takes a look at the history of IF games, the tools used to create them across the decades, and how you can use your programming skills to tell stories.

IT Arena

Chris is back to see what Ukrainian entrepreneurs are working on.

Monitorama

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OSCAL

Video consumption of information was already increasingly popular, and in the past year, video consumption and usage has accelerated. There's an increasing amount of video versions of blog posts, livestreaming of tutorials, online office hours, and much more. In this practical presentation I look at how technical communicators can use Open Broadcast Studio (OBS) to create instructional video content.

Open Infra Summit

I report on the latest updates and best practices for Kubernetes and Cloud-native computing.

Soap! Conf

Video consumption of information was already increasingly popular, and in the past year, video consumption and usage has accelerated. There's an increasing amount of video versions of blog posts, livestreaming of tutorials, online office hours, and much more. In this practical presentation I look at how technical communicators can use Open Broadcast Studio (OBS) to create instructional video content.

KubeCon and CloudNativeCon

I report on the latest updates and best practices for Kubernetes and Cloud-native computing.

All things open

The discussions on what constitutes negative, biased, and diverse language continue in many open source communities, often sparking heated, and strongly-opinionated debate. But if you have decided what language you want to increase, decrease, or change in your community, how do you enforce and track those changes? In this presentation I look at how to use the open source language linter tool, Vale, to check text (in supported locations and formats) for rules and styles you define. I start with showing how to setup and configure the tool, and then how to use existing rule sets, or create your own. Finally I show how you can track progress during initial language overhauls, and how to track violations moving forward.

LAST Clubhouse

Developers are users too! In this presentation I give a quick overview of the growing field of developer experience (DX), and how to tailor developer-focussed projects to meet the demands and needs of this very particular user group.