Faking it with AI

In the last year AI has become the dominant topic of conversation in technology. There has been a lot of attention to how it changes the world of work, but the effects don’t stop there. I thought I would try a fun experiment disguised as a quiz to explore this.

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Cheviot Goat 2022

There are some lessons to be drawn from the intersection of mountain goats and technology. We all carry a dazzling array of gadgets about our person these days, but things don’t always work as intended in really severe conditions.

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Virtually Speaking - Part four

I previously blogged about speaking virtually and some of the challenges. In the previous blog posts we looked at ways to get up and running with OBS and customise the experience. Since then, I have found the although presenting online has become second nature, there are situations where things could be improved.

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Virtually Speaking - Part two

My last blog posting speaking virtually introduced some of tools and equipment that I found could improve public speaking and indeed most forms of presentation over video.
Since then I’ve had the chance to refine the offering based on finding out what works and I learned some neat OBS tricks along the way.

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Virtually Speaking

I've got multiple, diverse interests and it's always great when different interests have some connections. Just like everyone else, I found myself having to adapt to life through the lens of a webcam. In my public speaking, work and my volunteering in Scouting I found a common theme that presenting and demoing things over video is very different to doing so in person, and there was much room to do this better.

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Scouting in a time of Corona

I volunteer in scouting. It’s fun, sometimes difficult and frustrating even but always rewarding. The skills honed by a room full of excited under 8s are readily transferable to other places. Those of you who have attended my public speaking might think maybe I have taken the interactivity from scouting to heart a little too keenly.

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