Michael Dowden
@mrdowden.com
(he/him) Technology Leader, International Keynote Speaker, Author, Coder, Gamer. Founder @AndromedaGalactic.com, @LoreLink.com, & FlexePark. MBA, Firebase & Web GDE, Microsoft MVP. Advocate for ethics, accessibility, and human rights. mrdowden.com
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Tomorrow, on Twitch!
@mrdowden.com is going to take a look at We Used to Be Friends with the creator, Jonathan of @firestorm-ink.com! Come check out his game, tomorrow at 5PM EST on our stream.
If you want to pregame, you can find the game here:
firestormink.itch.io/we-used-to-b...
@mrdowden.com is going to take a look at We Used to Be Friends with the creator, Jonathan of @firestorm-ink.com! Come check out his game, tomorrow at 5PM EST on our stream.
If you want to pregame, you can find the game here:
firestormink.itch.io/we-used-to-b...
We Used to Be Friends by Firestorm Ink
The full version of a collaborative teenage detective drama game!
firestormink.itch.io
January 19, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, on Twitch!
@mrdowden.com is going to take a look at We Used to Be Friends with the creator, Jonathan of @firestorm-ink.com! Come check out his game, tomorrow at 5PM EST on our stream.
If you want to pregame, you can find the game here:
firestormink.itch.io/we-used-to-b...
@mrdowden.com is going to take a look at We Used to Be Friends with the creator, Jonathan of @firestorm-ink.com! Come check out his game, tomorrow at 5PM EST on our stream.
If you want to pregame, you can find the game here:
firestormink.itch.io/we-used-to-b...
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Every time I worry that my "quickstart" has too much of the final book contents in it, I remember that the GM section is an entire 31 pages in Google Doc form.
The player / "core" stuff is 42 pages.
So... yeah, the final book will have A LOT to say about how one should run The Beckoning Dream.
The player / "core" stuff is 42 pages.
So... yeah, the final book will have A LOT to say about how one should run The Beckoning Dream.
January 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Every time I worry that my "quickstart" has too much of the final book contents in it, I remember that the GM section is an entire 31 pages in Google Doc form.
The player / "core" stuff is 42 pages.
So... yeah, the final book will have A LOT to say about how one should run The Beckoning Dream.
The player / "core" stuff is 42 pages.
So... yeah, the final book will have A LOT to say about how one should run The Beckoning Dream.
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Tomorrow, on Twitch!
Join @mrdowden.com as he cracks open the Dune - Adventures in the Imperium RPG by @modiphius.bsky.social. Join him as he takes a look at how he would set up a game using our TTRPG campaign management tool!
5 PM Eastern!
Join @mrdowden.com as he cracks open the Dune - Adventures in the Imperium RPG by @modiphius.bsky.social. Join him as he takes a look at how he would set up a game using our TTRPG campaign management tool!
5 PM Eastern!
Twitch
Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.
twitch.tv
January 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Tomorrow, on Twitch!
Join @mrdowden.com as he cracks open the Dune - Adventures in the Imperium RPG by @modiphius.bsky.social. Join him as he takes a look at how he would set up a game using our TTRPG campaign management tool!
5 PM Eastern!
Join @mrdowden.com as he cracks open the Dune - Adventures in the Imperium RPG by @modiphius.bsky.social. Join him as he takes a look at how he would set up a game using our TTRPG campaign management tool!
5 PM Eastern!
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Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
January 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
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Last year saw the release of some really cool new #HTML / #CSS based features including Interest Invokers. Check how you can use them in conjunction with the popover API to create Tooltips without the need for JavaScript support.
andromedagalactic.com/blog/rethink...
andromedagalactic.com/blog/rethink...
Rethinking Tooltip with Interest Invokers and Popover | Blog | Andromeda Galactic Solutions
By combining popovers with interest invokers we can create tooltips without the need for any JavaScript. Let's dive right in and see how it works.
andromedagalactic.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Last year saw the release of some really cool new #HTML / #CSS based features including Interest Invokers. Check how you can use them in conjunction with the popover API to create Tooltips without the need for JavaScript support.
andromedagalactic.com/blog/rethink...
andromedagalactic.com/blog/rethink...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eiev... the rundown for the Hotzone #boardgame has been posted in prep for #kickstarter launch! If you’re a #heist and #strategy game fan this one’s for you. Check it out and watch out for the the launch happening (I hope) this month! #tabletopgame
Hotzone; a strategic heist and skirmish board game
YouTube video by Weapons Grade Funk
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:19 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eiev... the rundown for the Hotzone #boardgame has been posted in prep for #kickstarter launch! If you’re a #heist and #strategy game fan this one’s for you. Check it out and watch out for the the launch happening (I hope) this month! #tabletopgame
Coming up today!
Tuesdays are for Twitch!
This week, @mrdowden.com is joined by UnstoppableX to play some Dune Awakening!
Join us at 5:00 PM EST, over in the usual place!
This week, @mrdowden.com is joined by UnstoppableX to play some Dune Awakening!
Join us at 5:00 PM EST, over in the usual place!
Twitch
Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.
twitch.tv
January 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Coming up today!
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Looked at my calendar and realized next week had way too many meetings therefore made some updates to meeting-bingo...
You can now choose between 2 flavors: Online Meeting or Corporate Terms. Enjoy.
- repo: github.com/martine-dowd...
- hosted version: martine-dowden.github.io/meeting-bingo/
You can now choose between 2 flavors: Online Meeting or Corporate Terms. Enjoy.
- repo: github.com/martine-dowd...
- hosted version: martine-dowden.github.io/meeting-bingo/
Meeting Bingo
A bingo game to play during your meetings
martine-dowden.github.io
January 5, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Looked at my calendar and realized next week had way too many meetings therefore made some updates to meeting-bingo...
You can now choose between 2 flavors: Online Meeting or Corporate Terms. Enjoy.
- repo: github.com/martine-dowd...
- hosted version: martine-dowden.github.io/meeting-bingo/
You can now choose between 2 flavors: Online Meeting or Corporate Terms. Enjoy.
- repo: github.com/martine-dowd...
- hosted version: martine-dowden.github.io/meeting-bingo/
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Tuesday is normally for Twitch, but it's the holidays.
We'll see you next Tuesday when @mrdowden.com is joined by X to ease into 2026 with some Dune Awakening.
Have a great afternoon!
We'll see you next Tuesday when @mrdowden.com is joined by X to ease into 2026 with some Dune Awakening.
Have a great afternoon!
December 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Tuesday is normally for Twitch, but it's the holidays.
We'll see you next Tuesday when @mrdowden.com is joined by X to ease into 2026 with some Dune Awakening.
Have a great afternoon!
We'll see you next Tuesday when @mrdowden.com is joined by X to ease into 2026 with some Dune Awakening.
Have a great afternoon!
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My two cents as a psychologist is that performance-approach strategies get you a lot further than performance-avoidance strategies, but performance coupled with innate ability models will almost inevitably melt all your approach strategies into avoidance. And avoidance doesn't work
Once you realise that damn near every startup structure, all of Silicon Valley culture, and almost every enterprise out there is all designed to create pervasive contest culture scenarios, you’ll see the problem
It’s not “bad” necessarily. Most healthy companies have it too! But its very suboptimal
It’s not “bad” necessarily. Most healthy companies have it too! But its very suboptimal
December 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My two cents as a psychologist is that performance-approach strategies get you a lot further than performance-avoidance strategies, but performance coupled with innate ability models will almost inevitably melt all your approach strategies into avoidance. And avoidance doesn't work
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I wish I could show people something that would help convince them that they don’t have the learning culture they think they do.
I’ve seen VERY clear contest culture companies go “oh yeah we’re super pro learning and super collaborative”. You can’t just say words into the air and make it true!
I’ve seen VERY clear contest culture companies go “oh yeah we’re super pro learning and super collaborative”. You can’t just say words into the air and make it true!
Here is an example of what I mean in a simple illustration, from our New Developer project.
AI Skill Threat is how acutely developers anticipated identity-based and skill-based loss and Contest Culture is how much they rated software as demanding punitive, ruthless competition norms.
AI Skill Threat is how acutely developers anticipated identity-based and skill-based loss and Contest Culture is how much they rated software as demanding punitive, ruthless competition norms.
December 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I wish I could show people something that would help convince them that they don’t have the learning culture they think they do.
I’ve seen VERY clear contest culture companies go “oh yeah we’re super pro learning and super collaborative”. You can’t just say words into the air and make it true!
I’ve seen VERY clear contest culture companies go “oh yeah we’re super pro learning and super collaborative”. You can’t just say words into the air and make it true!
Another year around the sun. The last few have been rough. The next one will be better.
Had a good day with family. Drank too much. Played some games. Enjoyed life.
Had a good day with family. Drank too much. Played some games. Enjoyed life.
December 23, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Another year around the sun. The last few have been rough. The next one will be better.
Had a good day with family. Drank too much. Played some games. Enjoyed life.
Had a good day with family. Drank too much. Played some games. Enjoyed life.
This is wonderful
Alright. The world is a bit too futuristic and frightening at the moment. For each like, I shall post something that gives me delight. Go for broke.
December 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is wonderful
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It's COMMUNITY NIGHT, TEAM!! I hit 8 years on Twitch last week, so come hang out in chat for an evening of laughter, fun, and of course, games: Among Us, Golf With Friends, Jackbox, maybe others?? See you there!
www.twitch.tv/twenty20sight
#TeamTwenty
www.twitch.tv/twenty20sight
#TeamTwenty
twenty20sight - Twitch
COMMUNITY NIGHT! Thanks for 8 years of Team Twenty! | !aniv
www.twitch.tv
December 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
It's COMMUNITY NIGHT, TEAM!! I hit 8 years on Twitch last week, so come hang out in chat for an evening of laughter, fun, and of course, games: Among Us, Golf With Friends, Jackbox, maybe others?? See you there!
www.twitch.tv/twenty20sight
#TeamTwenty
www.twitch.tv/twenty20sight
#TeamTwenty
If you are a developer who only ever does greenfield work and never maintains projects, I want you to know that somewhere, out there, is a team of developers who hate you and for whom you are the reason for their late nights and drinking habit.
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If you are a developer who only ever does greenfield work and never maintains projects, I want you to know that somewhere, out there, is a team of developers who hate you and for whom you are the reason for their late nights and drinking habit.
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So you think you know CSS borders, but did you know you could use gradients and images? This article goes in-depth how borders works, and tricks to get around some of their limitations.
andromedagalactic.com/blog/styling...
#css #ui #mvpbuzz
andromedagalactic.com/blog/styling...
#css #ui #mvpbuzz
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So you think you know CSS borders, but did you know you could use gradients and images? This article goes in-depth how borders works, and tricks to get around some of their limitations.
andromedagalactic.com/blog/styling...
#css #ui #mvpbuzz
andromedagalactic.com/blog/styling...
#css #ui #mvpbuzz
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Isambard Kingdom Babybel.
(I *genuinely* mean this with respect. Good design endures.)
(I *genuinely* mean this with respect. Good design endures.)
I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
December 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Isambard Kingdom Babybel.
(I *genuinely* mean this with respect. Good design endures.)
(I *genuinely* mean this with respect. Good design endures.)
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Ope.
Just dropped $130 on Bambu's site for replacement parts, since both the A1 Mini and the P1P are down.
So, you know, just gonna drop this link... right... here...
troxellstradingpost.shop
Just dropped $130 on Bambu's site for replacement parts, since both the A1 Mini and the P1P are down.
So, you know, just gonna drop this link... right... here...
troxellstradingpost.shop
December 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Ope.
Just dropped $130 on Bambu's site for replacement parts, since both the A1 Mini and the P1P are down.
So, you know, just gonna drop this link... right... here...
troxellstradingpost.shop
Just dropped $130 on Bambu's site for replacement parts, since both the A1 Mini and the P1P are down.
So, you know, just gonna drop this link... right... here...
troxellstradingpost.shop
So happy for these two
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
So happy for these two
Please join us! This is going to be a lot of fun.
Tuesday is for Twitch!
This afternoon, come see @markdc.bsky.social run the Lore Link Players through a game of Reel Fear with their very special guest, @ugli4life.bsky.social!
Join us, starting at 4 PM EST, over on Twitch!
This afternoon, come see @markdc.bsky.social run the Lore Link Players through a game of Reel Fear with their very special guest, @ugli4life.bsky.social!
Join us, starting at 4 PM EST, over on Twitch!
Twitch
Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.
twitch.tv
December 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Please join us! This is going to be a lot of fun.
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Are you wondering what #TTRPG systems Lore Link works with?
Well, pretty much all of them.
Want to see what we've used Lore Link with? Check out our Examples page to see some of the games we've worked with on stream!
lorelink.com/systems
Well, pretty much all of them.
Want to see what we've used Lore Link with? Check out our Examples page to see some of the games we've worked with on stream!
lorelink.com/systems
System Examples | Lore Link
The premium-quality RPG campaign management tool for Dungeon Masters, Game Masters, Storytellers and Keepers of all types.
lorelink.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Are you wondering what #TTRPG systems Lore Link works with?
Well, pretty much all of them.
Want to see what we've used Lore Link with? Check out our Examples page to see some of the games we've worked with on stream!
lorelink.com/systems
Well, pretty much all of them.
Want to see what we've used Lore Link with? Check out our Examples page to see some of the games we've worked with on stream!
lorelink.com/systems
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thanks to @mrdowden.com and @knightofthewolf.bsky.social for playing a game of Hotzone with me to help test its 3+player mode! youtu.be/j0MvQwvMVyw?... if you’re just learning about this upcoming #boardgame and want to hear it being explained and played by players who have never touched it, tune in
Hotzone: HC SVNT DRACONES board game test THREE PLAYERS 02
YouTube video by Weapons Grade Funk
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
thanks to @mrdowden.com and @knightofthewolf.bsky.social for playing a game of Hotzone with me to help test its 3+player mode! youtu.be/j0MvQwvMVyw?... if you’re just learning about this upcoming #boardgame and want to hear it being explained and played by players who have never touched it, tune in
I had a great time playing this tonight with @knightofthewolf.bsky.social and @weaponsgradefunk.bsky.social. It's a solid, strategic board game firmly set in the HSD universe and I would 100% like to play again. Check it out at www.weaponsgradefunk.com
Wanna see some footage of WGF’s new #boardgame Hotzone in #gamedevelopment ? Yeah you do! Cause you’re cool and you like cool things! youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Hotzone Development - YouTube
youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I had a great time playing this tonight with @knightofthewolf.bsky.social and @weaponsgradefunk.bsky.social. It's a solid, strategic board game firmly set in the HSD universe and I would 100% like to play again. Check it out at www.weaponsgradefunk.com
I'm really looking forward to the Friday stream where we do the actual play. I think it'll be slightly wild as the players get to unleash their chaotic goblins into Santa's village.
Tuesday is for Twitch!
Today, join @mrdowden.com as he plans out Friday's game with the Lore Link Players, when they run through "Crashing Winterfest" by Dump Stat Adventures!
5 PM EST, over on Twitch!
twitch.tv/LoreLinkRPG
Today, join @mrdowden.com as he plans out Friday's game with the Lore Link Players, when they run through "Crashing Winterfest" by Dump Stat Adventures!
5 PM EST, over on Twitch!
twitch.tv/LoreLinkRPG
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I'm really looking forward to the Friday stream where we do the actual play. I think it'll be slightly wild as the players get to unleash their chaotic goblins into Santa's village.