About

I’m Doug Cockerill, a long time writer and WordPress publisher. I hope you find plenty to interest you here at Coffee With Allan

I have enjoyed reading and writing since I was young, and have completed writing courses at Mitchell College (now part of Charles Sturt University in NSW, Australia) and at AWAI (The American Writers and Artists Institute).

I’ve published content using the WordPress platform for over twenty years.

My professional writing experience includes working as an SEO copywriter and a ghostwriter for select clients. I wrote as Allan Cockerill professionally, but now use my first name, Doug, or Douglas Cockerill.

On this site, my aim is to create a comfortable reading experience for visitors on a range of topics, not necessarily as an expert, but as a fellow traveller through life. I like to write articles that are genuinely useful.

My research efforts at the moment focus on Artificial Intelligence, how it influences our lives, and whether it is a help or a hindrance. I suspect that it may be both, and my fear is that humanity will somehow forget how to think.
I make that statement while being transparent and saying that I do use AI for research and for checking code on the websites that I build.

Speaking of this website, I hope that you find the content here interesting and easy to read.

Please note that here on Coffee With Allan, I do use AI as a research and technical assistant. You can be sure though that all published opinions, judgments and conclusions remain the responsibility of the author (that would be me).

Thanks for visiting. I hope that my articles have helped you, and I hope to see you around here again soon.

And hey, if you need a writer with life experience who can write about almost anything, feel free to contact me!