I Can't Believe It's Not Real Data! An Intro to Synthetic Data
What is Synthetic Data? What can I use it for? Is it as good as real data? Find out the answers to those and more
Speaking¶
Public speaking is something I'm very passionate about. I love being able to share my experience, opinions, and knowledge with people. I love to travel so speaking at conferences is a good reason for me to travel.
You can find my talks of all types (conferences, webinars, university talks) and corresponding resources below.
Write Docs Devs Love: Ten Tricks to Level Up Your Tech Writing
You're read good tutorials, you've read bad tutorials. In this talk I'll discuss 10 tips and tricks to level up your technical writing.
DigitalOcean Tech Talks
During my time at DigitalOcean I presented multiple Tech Talks live for the community. This is the comprehensive list of talks I gave
A Year Without Pants: Strategies for Successful Remote Work
Remote work can be challenging. In this talk I'll discuss different strategies for increasing your productivity and enjoyment of remote work.
There's a Snake in the Birdhouse! Building a Python Culture at Vrbo
We all love Python, but not everyone is fortunate enough to use it at their day job. Come and listen as I detail the journey I took to establish Python as an onroad option at my company. Viewers will leave having learned from my experiences—both successes and mistakes—and with a solid plan for implementing Python at their job.
SLI's, SLA's and SL'D'OHS! Learning about Service Uptime from Homer Simpsons
Measuring service uptime can be a daunting task, but not for the Simpsons! Viewers will leave with a clearer understanding of how to account for services, how SLxs can define and guide what to monitor, and how to implement reliability targets and error budgets; all told by fabled Springfield wisdom
Building Docs like Code: Continuous Integration for Documentation
This talk discusses why developers dislike writing documentation, what we can do to address this, and provides a ready to go pipeline for automating your documtation
pfSense - A Beginner's Guide to a Sensible Firewall
This talk was given at Texas Linux Fest 2016. Co-founder of pfSense Chris Buechler was present in the audience. No pressure.