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  • An exciting day for me as the Developer Portal launched!

    An exciting day for me as the Developer Portal launched!

    My team has been working on this one for a while, so I was really proud of the work done here to build a great experience for developers. It’s just the first version, but there is a lot we can do to make it easier and better for developers to connect with each other, find… Read more

  • Building a timeline with Polywork

    Building a timeline with Polywork

    So a little while back, a member of the DevRel community made me aware of a new social platform called Polywork. I wasn’t sure what to make of it at first, or how to best use it, but I decided that for me I wanted to use it as a way to track a timeline… Read more

  • How do I get a notification when my Vercel deployment fails?

    How do I get a notification when my Vercel deployment fails?

    My team was working on a project together and getting lots of ‘bot’ emails from our GitHub integration to Vercel. At least, we were getting emails when the build and deploy succeeded to Vercel. But what about when the deployment fails? Everything looked fine locally, the site was working, but after a few days of… Read more

  • I’m fine. How are you?

    I’m fine. How are you?

    “Hi there, how are you?”“Fine, how are you?”“Fine, thank you.” I’ve seen this play out as some sort of passphrase to start a conversation. It seems people can’t get started without the secret social handshake. But nobody wants to hear the real answer to that question. I’m a little tired of saying “I’m fine”. But… Read more

  • How to add your PowerPoint presentation to your camera with OBS

    How to add your PowerPoint presentation to your camera with OBS

    Have you ever wanted an “over the shoulder” feel to your video presentation? Like a broadcast news style, right in your web camera? You can add your PowerPoint presentation to your camera feed using OBS software and a few easy steps. You can watch the video to see how, or read about it below. Why… Read more

  • Saying goodbye to an old friend

    Saying goodbye to an old friend

    It was February 29th, 2020. I received a call from an old bandmate, who now lived in Edmonton. He used to be the lead singer in a band I had formed with friends, over 20 years before that. I hadn’t really seem him in quite a few years, so I was interested to find out… Read more