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What A Lot Of Things: Tech talk from a human perspective

Ian Smith & Ash Winter

Ash and Ian talk about interesting Things from the tech industry that are on their minds.

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Episode Fourteen – Managing IT Suppliers and AI Voice...

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2024/05/07

In this episode, Ian and Ash delve into the complexities of managing IT service providers, exploring the challenges and strategies of working with consultancies and independent contractors. They also discuss the cutting-edge topic of AI voice cloning, examining its potential uses and ethical implications. From historical pirate accents to futuristic technology, join them for a thought-provoking discussion on how these technologies impact our work and the broader implications they hold for

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58:09

Episode Thirteen – TikTok and X

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2024/04/23

In this episode, Ian and Ash delve into the evolving landscape of social media, examining the implications of TikTok's potential ban in the U.S., the integration of AI in testing, and the shifting dynamics of platforms like Twitter (now X). They share personal anecdotes, discuss the significance of data privacy, and explore the future of social media engagement. The conversation also considers the challenges and opportunities presented by these digital shifts, offering insights into the

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62:55

Episode Twelve – AI Haters and The Game That Was Too...

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2024/04/09

This episode of the podcast features Ian and Ash in a humour-filled comeback, diving into the fascinating world of generative AI and the impact of Baldur's Gate 3 on the gaming industry. They explore the nuances and controversies surrounding AI, from its potential to enhance creativity to the ethical concerns and the skepticism it faces. The discussion also highlights the importance of corporate culture in producing quality work, as exemplified by Larian Studios' success with Baldur's Gate

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50:48

Episode Eleven – Testers vs Toxic Culture and...

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2022/05/23

Ian and Ash talk about those pesky testers forming communities and taking on toxic cultures, plus forming a dilapidated mind shack using personal knowledge management tools like Obsidian.LinksZettelkasten - Slip Box not SlipKnot More Zettelkasten Obsidian Home Page Ian's Thoughts on Obsidian Testers walkout after layoffs in the QA Team Raven testers form a union NFT grifters have terrible culture - not causation yet, but the correlation is hard to ignore.

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49:24

Episode Ten – Metrics and Scrum Bashing

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2022/03/24

LinksHere I Belong by Matt HartleyDouglas Adams: How to stop worrying and learn to love the InternetRFC 821 - Simple Mail Transport Protocol (not RFC 822, as Ian thought, which is closely related being about the format of the files containing the messages that get transmitted over SMTP). Still, not the perfect accompaniment to a discussion about Ian’s rightness.Myth: If You Can't Measure It, You Can't Manage It DORA (Google DevOps Research & Assessment (Team)) MetricsHow to measure

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53:46

Episode Nine – The Great Post Office Scandal and...

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2022/02/08

LinksTeam Guide to Testability Publishers PageThe Great Post Office Scandal Publishers Page Scandal at the Post Office Panorama BBC TV EpisodeThe Great Post Office Trial BBC Radio 4 SerialThe Great Post Office Scandal Author Nick Wallis39 Post Office convictions quashed after Fujitsu evidence about Horizon IT platform called into questionMy first impressions of web3 by Moxie MarlinspikeWeb3 is going just greatAn extremely casual code review of MetaMask's crypto by Matthew Green

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53:32

Episode Eight – The Metaverse and You Build It You...

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2021/12/26

LinksBugs in our Pockets: The risks of client-side scanningWhat A Lot of Things on Amazon AlexaSnow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Metaverse and How We'll Build It Together, at Facebook Connect 2021An Interview with Mark Zuckerberg about the Metaverse, by StratecheryA $10 Million Investment In SecondLife from IBM is the Latest Push to Build V-Business from November 2006IBM CEO Sam Palmisano in Second Life, by Ian in November 2016Ready Player One, movie trailerThe Metaverse: What It Is, Where

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55:22

Episode Seven – Other Development Team Roles and...

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2021/10/01

WARNING: We talk about Apple's proposed measures to limit the spread of child sexual abuse material on its platform.Episode LinksAre 64% of Features Really Rarely or Never Used?What's in a name: Experimenting with Testing Job TitlesWhat A Lot Of Things Episode Three – Four day work week and Design ThinkingGoogle Ventures Paper Prototyping videoBe More PirateJoy Inc. by Richard Sheridan founder of Menlo ConsultingThe NFR Rap video (and audio only version).All of Ian's Notes for the Apple's

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46:17

Episode Six - The Hard Thing About Hard Things and...

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2021/08/13

LinksThe Mists Of Time clip from Episode 5Ian’s Other PodcastAsh’s Twitter Nemesis - @ashwinterBen Horowitz, Partner at Andreessen HorowitzBen's book: The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsIan’s book highlights from The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsThe Guardian: Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments, who took a $1m salary cut to pay his workers a minimum wave of $70kManager Tools podcastState of DevOps Report 2021 (requires a biznass email)Martin Fowler* describes what he means by a platform, which

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48:22

Episode Five – digital legacies and The Unicorn Project

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2019/12/10

Links:Some actual beard ASMR.“I’ve sold Agile to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook” on slide 15 of Jon McNestrie’s talk at Lean Agile Brighton 2019.Ian’s Agile Octopus Timing Alexa Skill.git rebase.Twitter to clear out inactive accounts and free up usernames.The Other Ash Winter’s Twitter Account.Ian’s three-letter Twitter handle.The Digital Legacy Association.The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data, a sequel to...The

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31:10

Episode Four - Building Alexa Skills and popping city...

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2019/11/26

Links:* Amazon Developer Services* Alexa Skills Kit* Agile Octopus* AWS Lambda Layers* Ian's Alexa Skill Source Code* Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Time* Leeds Tech Bubble Divisions* Even Techies are Sick of Inequality in San Francisco* Code Club* Empowering Women with Tech* Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds Full Theme

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30:39

Episode Three - Four day work week and design thinking

What A Lot Of Things: Tech talk from a human perspective ·

2019/11/14

Links:Steamed Hams Trial of Four Day Work Week at Microsoft Japan Utopia for Realists by Rutger BregmanOn the Phenomenon of BS Jobs Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great ThingDon Norman: Rethinking Design ThinkingNatasha Jen: Design Thinking is BSIBM Design Thinking Intro Coursed School Design Thinking ProcessIBM Design Thinking LoopAgile inception deck

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33:41

Episode Two - Getting into machine learning, and Team...

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2019/10/29

Links:Scottish Voice Recognition ElevatorIan’s Machine Learning/Data Science linksDeep Learning Specialization | CourseraApplied Data Science with Python | CourseraKaggle: Your Home for Data ScienceTitanic: Machine Learning from DisasterTeam TopologiesConway’s LawDevOps Topologies

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25:39

Episode One - collective bargaining and cargo cults.

What A Lot Of Things: Tech talk from a human perspective ·

2019/10/15

Links:Collective bargaining:Business Insider - Here's the memo Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent to employees on the changes to Google's sexual-harassment policy after the walkout. Whole Foods employees demand Amazon break all ties with ICE and PalantirAll workers need unions – including those in Silicon ValleyMaslow's Hierarchy Of Needs - WikipediaCargo Culting:Cargo Culting - WiktionaryCargo Cult - Wikipedia"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler” - Quote

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