Welcome, friends.

Here you’ll find everything I write, publish and shoot with my camera. You might occasionally find some music too. I hope you enjoy what you discover as much as I do making it. - Russ Miles: Listener, Reader, Writer, Speaker.

I think it's terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfil other people's expectations. They generally produce their worst work when they do that.” - David Bowie

This year has been a great one for my writing. I am so happy to have been able to write and share so much, and hope for even more in 2024. Before we dive into the new year, here is a curated list of those writings I’m most proud of from 2023:

Free:

Books and Publications:

‘Hic manebimus optime’

‘Here we will stay most excellently’

- Livi

Writing

I write poetry, fiction and non-fiction on a variety of subjects from technology to mental and physical health on my SubStack, sometimes on my Medium publications, and sometimes through more traditionally published works of which a sample of are:

Public Speaking

I speak on a variety of technical and interpersonal, team skills subjects at various international conferences and events. A small sample of my talks:

Technology and Open Source

I create and collaborate on a variety of open source and technology projects, including the popular Chaos Toolkit.

My co-writer, Sophie the French Bulldog

Today, I am a Technical Product Owner building an internal developer platform. I’m also writing my next book on Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms, and completing some personal projects as well.

Love what you create, love who you’re with, love who you are.

Just love.