Problem solver, tinkerer, full-stack developer, author and speaker. Developer Advocate for Amazon Interactive Video Service @Twitch. Views are my own.
Blairsville, GA
Based in United States
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Earlier this month, I had the privilege to travel to London, Tokyo and San Francisco to meet with and talk to developers. I just published a trip summary on YouTube (piped.video/BQEHt5GcAJA) - but here's a short teaser.
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This is what an extremely successful day looks like!! I am so grateful to the @awscloud_jp @awscloud teams and community members who worked so hard on this event. ❤️🦈🇯🇵
#jawsfesta #jawsug #jawsfesta2025
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Thank you everyone for attending the first session of the IVS MCP Workshop! There will be another session this afternoon for those who missed it. Please join us!
#jawsug #jawsfesta #jawsfesta2025 #jawsfesta2025_aws
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Had a blast presenting MCP at CSC in Meguro last Friday. Made some new friends like @ai_kawasaki0527 and @knuna_t + others and caught up with old friends @Typhon666_death and @hide04241990. Huge thanks to my man @prog893 for co-presenting and translation! Let's do it again 🔜 ❤️
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So good to see our #jawsug friends at #reinvent24! @hide04241990 @Typhon666_death @kinunori @HaoChen101
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I can't wait to see everyone this week at @oredev in Malmö! I'll be speaking on Friday morning. If you're interested in adding live streaming to your app or game, check it out!
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I'm back 🏠 after an exciting 10 days of dev events with my team and @momentohq in 🇯🇵! I got to attend #JAWSFesta and got to meet up with some #jawsug legends like @hiro_baila, @kinunori, @Typhon666_death, @hide04241990 and of course @numaguchi from AWS. Thanks for the memories!
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It was so great to be a part of JAWS Festa 2024. Huge thank you to everyone at #JAWS for showing me such kindness and welcoming me to your event!
#jawsfesta2024 #jawsug
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I was so lucky to meet the next @WWE Women's World Champion @RheaRipley_WWE! Thanks for being so cool Rhea - you're the absolute best!! We'll be rooting for you in person to beat @YaOnlyLivvOnce tomorrow at #BadBlood!
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📣 NYC! Join me tonight to learn how to get started with building your own live streaming application with Amazon IVS. We'll be at Twitch NYC - 313 Park Ave South - starting at 5:30pm ET. RSVP here and I'll see you there! meetup.com/aws-nyc/events/30…
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Join me today at 4pm on twitch.tv/aws for an exciting update on Project Ivy. We'll join an Amazon IVS real-time stream and chat room and respond to chat's questions with Amazon Bedrock. You don't want to miss this episode of Streaming on Streaming!
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Going live in 40 minutes! What's new with #AmazonIVS? Tons! Today on Streaming on Streaming we'll do a deep dive into Playback restrictions, audio-only channels, and broadcasting to a stage directly from OBS via the brand new #WHIP support. Join us twitch.tv/aws at 4PM
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I hacked a Santa sweatshirt with an ESP32 this afternoon. Want to know how it works and when it lights up? Tune into twitch.tv/aws to hang out with me and @darkosubotica and we'll show you!
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Haven't yet had a chance to check out real-time streaming with #AmazonIVS? In this 5 min video, we'll learn what it is, potential use cases, and how to get started creating your own real-time streaming apps. Want to discuss an implementation? LMK! piped.video/watch?v=Sftz-h4g…
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✅ this #AWS Community Hero spotlight w/ @hide04241990. We met last month in 🇯🇵 and learned about how he used #AmazonIVS to build live streaming apps. We were so inspired by his passion! Learn more: bit.ly/hidetoshi-jaws @awsdevelopers #jawsug
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Great presentation by @HaoChen101 for the #mediajaws meetup tonight! Thanks again for the opportunity to visit and talk about #AmazonIVS! #jawsug
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Thrilled to be headed to Tokyo 🇯🇵 this week to spend some time with local devs. We've got an exciting week planned, kicking off with a JAWS-UG meetup event on Friday night (Nov 10th). If you are in the area and would like to attend, please register here: jawsug.connpass.com/event/30…
ALT Amazon IVS at JAWS-UG Meetup on 10, Nov 2023
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💉🩸❤️ November is National Diabetes Month. My daughter Ava has type 1 diabetes and launched a service project to help bring awareness and collect supplies for other type 1 students in our county. Would love if you could help and share! bit.ly/uc-type-1
ALT supporting type 1 diabetic students in Union County, GA
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Tomorrow, at 4pm ET (1pm PT) - join Streaming on Streaming for a special episode - we're talking all about real-time streaming with Amazon IVS. Don't miss it!
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Do you remember mood rings? They were a gimmick in the '70s and '80s that supposedly changed color based on your mood. Today on Streaming on Streaming we're going to create one that uses AI to visualize chat sentiment with an LED. Tune in at 4pm ET on twitch.tv/aws!
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Behind the scenes of a live stream from a hotel room. Sometimes we get creative with camera positioning (relocated microwave) and borrow lighting (thanks @mhartington!). Join me at 4pm ET on twitch.tv where we'll talk to AWS partner @bitmovin about analytics!
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I'm ultra excited to join @darkosubotica and @devopsjacquie for Build On Live Open Source and Machine Learning. I'll be discussing Creating Safer Online Communities with AI during my live session at 12:50 ET (9:50 PT). Tune in at twitch.tv/aws!
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🚨 Stream Alert! 🚨Join me live at 4pm ET (1pm PT) today (Wednesday, May 24th) live on twitch.tv/aws for Streaming on Streaming for more live stream analytics! Today we'll look at capturing, persisting and visualizing 📈 live stream playback and user data.
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My father-in-law owned a successful tree service 🌳🪚 for many years. I don't cut down many trees, but I do practice a little #logging 🪵 now and then. Join Streaming on Streaming today at 4 ET on twitch.tv/aws where we'll talk all about chat logging for #AmazonIVS.
ALT logs.
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I 💜 live streaming - it's unpredictable and interactive. But my audience is global 🌏, so they can't always watch when I'm live. VOD is the answer! Today on Streaming on Streaming we'll look at recording streams to S3. Tune in at 4pm ET (1pm PT) today on twitch.tv/aws
ALT Video on Demand
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Don't have a whole hour to tune in to Streaming on Streaming every week? No worries - I distill (get it?) each episode into a Stream Drop 📺💧Check out this drop from last week with @lindavivah where we built a Lofi radio live stream in less than an hour!
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This week on Streaming on Streaming we'll talk about creating private live streaming channels 🔐📺 for authorized playback with #AmazonIVS. Tune in tomorrow on @Twitch at 4pm ET on twitch.tv/aws.
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Super excited for a special guest this week on Streaming on Streaming - the one and only @lindavivah! We'll be building our very own Lofi Radio live stream with #AmazonIVS. Looking for a fun project to learn more about #AWS? Join us live Weds at 4pm ET on twitch.tv/aws!
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Missed yesterday's live stream with @justinpoliey from @LiveLikeInc and Tony Vu from @Twitch? Here's a 3 minute drop! What kind of interactive features are you most interested in adding to your live streaming applications?
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We're back! Streaming on Streaming is live, tomorrow at 4pm ET, 1pm PT on twitch.tv/aws. This week we're joined by @justinpoliey from @LiveLikeInc and Tony Vu from the IVS team. We'll learn all about LiveLike's interactivity features and how to integrate them with IVS!
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It's December, but I'm not quite ready for hibernation! We've still got more fun live streams planned on twitch.tv/aws. This afternoon on Streaming on Streaming, we'll pick up where we left off on our last show with at #AmazonIVS chat 🗣 - so join us at 1pm PT, 4pm ET!
ALT Streaming on Streaming - Starting Soon
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