Brian MacDonald
@bmac-editor.bsky.social
Technical writer, editor, speaker, manager, currently slinging docs at Temporal.io. Former DigitialOcean, Pragmatic, O'Reilly. Philly native. Likely to get nerdy about Lego, roller coasters, role-playing games, Doctor Who. Masto: @bmac@jawns.club
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Today on our Speaker 📣 Spotlight 💡 we're highlighting @bmac-editor.bsky.social who will be presenting Verbs, Not Nouns: Writing Documentation Users Want to Read.
Join us April 13 either in-person or virtually to watch. Get your ticket today pytexas.org/2025
Join us April 13 either in-person or virtually to watch. Get your ticket today pytexas.org/2025
April 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today on our Speaker 📣 Spotlight 💡 we're highlighting @bmac-editor.bsky.social who will be presenting Verbs, Not Nouns: Writing Documentation Users Want to Read.
Join us April 13 either in-person or virtually to watch. Get your ticket today pytexas.org/2025
Join us April 13 either in-person or virtually to watch. Get your ticket today pytexas.org/2025
You can stop now.
March 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
You can stop now.
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Game writers, you'll be glad to know that Yarn Spinner rejects using GenAI.
"What troubles me most is how AI threatens to devalue human creativity by suggesting that the creative process itself—the vision, the intention, the evolution—doesn’t matter."
hey.paris/posts/genai/
"What troubles me most is how AI threatens to devalue human creativity by suggesting that the creative process itself—the vision, the intention, the evolution—doesn’t matter."
hey.paris/posts/genai/
The Empty Promise of AI-Generated Creativity
“Are you going to add AI writing to Yarn Spinner?” It’s a question I hear almost weekly these days. Whether at game development conferences, online, or during meetings, there’s an assumption that ever...
hey.paris
March 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Game writers, you'll be glad to know that Yarn Spinner rejects using GenAI.
"What troubles me most is how AI threatens to devalue human creativity by suggesting that the creative process itself—the vision, the intention, the evolution—doesn’t matter."
hey.paris/posts/genai/
"What troubles me most is how AI threatens to devalue human creativity by suggesting that the creative process itself—the vision, the intention, the evolution—doesn’t matter."
hey.paris/posts/genai/
Got a hole-in-one on Wordle today! That's the first time that's happened.
December 30, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Got a hole-in-one on Wordle today! That's the first time that's happened.
Apparently closing coasters forever with no warning is what the cool parks are doing now. Glad I managed a last ride on Nighthawk in October.
December 19, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Apparently closing coasters forever with no warning is what the cool parks are doing now. Glad I managed a last ride on Nighthawk in October.
Probably not going to ride any more coasters this year, so it's stats time. It was a weird year for me, and I skipped the whole summer.
New credits: 14. No change to my top 10, but a couple in my top 25.
New parks: 2.
New to my "defunct creds from Great Adventure" list: 2, for a total of 7 <sigh>
New credits: 14. No change to my top 10, but a couple in my top 25.
New parks: 2.
New to my "defunct creds from Great Adventure" list: 2, for a total of 7 <sigh>
December 11, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Probably not going to ride any more coasters this year, so it's stats time. It was a weird year for me, and I skipped the whole summer.
New credits: 14. No change to my top 10, but a couple in my top 25.
New parks: 2.
New to my "defunct creds from Great Adventure" list: 2, for a total of 7 <sigh>
New credits: 14. No change to my top 10, but a couple in my top 25.
New parks: 2.
New to my "defunct creds from Great Adventure" list: 2, for a total of 7 <sigh>
Theme park community intro post:
Fav park - Hersheypark
Fav coaster - Fury 325
Fav dark ride - meh?
Fav season - Summer
Bucket list park - Nagashima Spa Land
Last park visited - Carowinds
Last coaster ridden - Fury 325
Coaster count - 254
Fav park - Hersheypark
Fav coaster - Fury 325
Fav dark ride - meh?
Fav season - Summer
Bucket list park - Nagashima Spa Land
Last park visited - Carowinds
Last coaster ridden - Fury 325
Coaster count - 254
Fav park - USF/Alton Towers/Efteling/Dollywood
Fav coaster - Velocicoaster
Fav dark ride - Haunted Mansion/Spider-Man
Fav season - Halloween
Bucket list park - Universal Japan
Last park visited - Hollywood Studios
Last coaster ridden - Space Mountain
Coaster count - /shrug
Fav coaster - Velocicoaster
Fav dark ride - Haunted Mansion/Spider-Man
Fav season - Halloween
Bucket list park - Universal Japan
Last park visited - Hollywood Studios
Last coaster ridden - Space Mountain
Coaster count - /shrug
Theme park community intro post! 🎢👋
Fav park - Phantasialand
Fav coaster - Velocicoaster
Fav dark ride - Tower of Terror
Fav season - Halloween 👻
Bucket list park - Universal Beijing
Last park visited - Alton Towers
Last coaster ridden - Rita
Coaster count - 1189
Fav park - Phantasialand
Fav coaster - Velocicoaster
Fav dark ride - Tower of Terror
Fav season - Halloween 👻
Bucket list park - Universal Beijing
Last park visited - Alton Towers
Last coaster ridden - Rita
Coaster count - 1189
November 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Theme park community intro post:
Fav park - Hersheypark
Fav coaster - Fury 325
Fav dark ride - meh?
Fav season - Summer
Bucket list park - Nagashima Spa Land
Last park visited - Carowinds
Last coaster ridden - Fury 325
Coaster count - 254
Fav park - Hersheypark
Fav coaster - Fury 325
Fav dark ride - meh?
Fav season - Summer
Bucket list park - Nagashima Spa Land
Last park visited - Carowinds
Last coaster ridden - Fury 325
Coaster count - 254