Fighting the Clutter Gene

Trying to declutter. It’s a lifetime malady. Fighting the clutter gene by reducing my paperwork flow to single pages in my Leuchtturm 1917 journals.

Time to aggressively address misinformation

I’m sharing a thoughtful piece of writing from Adrian Weckler, Ireland’s top technology journalist. He points out we need to do something about the fact that more than 20% of people in Ireland believe most things they read online. According to last week’s Red C poll for the Electoral …

To Read and Be Read as Legacy

I AM COUNTING down the number of Mondays remaining in my university teaching career and with around four dozen Mondays on my academic schedule I’ve started thinking about what I will leave behind and who would be interested in the remnants of 25 years of my teaching on the same campus. …

Big Value with Otter.ai

I have to say the AI inside Otter.ai is very clever. I’m learning to use key words like “top priority” and “important task” and “milestone”. Otter helps produce a timely report of a meeting that can be used as planning document. Anyone else discovered this …

Ray-Ban Meta HQ

So happy to see the quality of the videos recorded by Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. We visited an art gallery then had ice cream across the street while the Magisto app produced this quick clip. I wonder if the video clip shows up in Mastodon clients.

Recommend MoJo Camera

I’m planning to boost my MoJo productivity by enhancing my DJI Osmo Pocket 3 camera. The handy camera should be in every journo’s kit bag. Recommended: insideview.ie/2024/06/r…

56 Mondays

Leaving Lisbon with 56 Mondays left on the payroll. www.topgold.ie/56-monday…

I enjoy my two tub brekkies.

I ask people who have completed my digital transformation training to share how they’re using AI. “Our team started using Microsoft Copilot every day. We have been able to automate most of our customer enquiries with AI tools.”

Summer Riots in Ireland

I am in Portugal, on a college campus in Leiria where I discussed how various European governments were handling immigration. Back in Ireland, “Pat Kenny keeps his cool as spluttering reporter is doused in pepper spray” at the site of a proposed migrant housing facility. I enjoy the …

Lisbon is where you can watch your lunch being caught.

Enjoying a cathedral-like experience in a Starbucks in Lisbon.

How's my driving? New cars will tell you.

Since 7 July 2024, European safety regulations mean that all new cars will be fitted with Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) which will alert drivers when they are going faster than the limit and encourage them to slow down. There will be a beep, the steering wheel will vibrate and, if all else …

Remembering Days with Secret Service

ON THE DAY Donald Trump was shot in my home state of Pennsylvania, I remember several C-141 flights when we took Secret Service teams aboard our aircraft in support of the President of the United States. We often had a comfort pallet like the one in the photo.

Wondering how I would have defined “Internet Levels” from my days of using acoustic cups on dial-up handsets in 1992.

Gamification of Journaling

As I prep for my final year as a university lecturer, I’m researching the effectiveness of gamification as a pedagogical strategy for enhancing cognitive skills development. I’m thinking about asking six students to carve a space for an Air Tag into their hard cover Media Writing …

Recommended Mobile Journalism Tools

AFTER THREE MONTHS of hard use, I can unreservedly recommend the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 as a primary tool for mobile journalism. I bought the camera and its accompanying DJI Wireless Mic II from Harvey Norman in Waterford after discovering DJI wasn’t stocking Whelan Cameras in Limerick fast enough. …

In case you're thinking about moving to Ireland

So you’re thinking about decamping to Ireland as the heat inside American political circles starts increasing. You can’t expect to be like me in the mid-90s and drive off the ferry with your car as a non-EU citizen going to work in an American field office. And if you don’t have a …

Creative students in the era of AI

Happy to see that even with creative tools available through AI, my UX students will always be able to get nixers involving the production of logos and creative imagery. It’s something that I’ve learned while teaching SMEs in the County Tipperary Chamber Skillnet

Using Microsoft Copilot to scrape information

I’m currently experimenting with 1200 words that Microsoft Copilot scraped from some working material concerning “Personal Digital Transformation with AI Tools” and I’m going to simply paste the into my microblog content management system. Feel free to scroll on by as I …

Proud Dad Time

Currently in our little cabin watching a dog sleep while I prep some instavideo shots. Then I went out to see my daughter’s first solo music performance. Proud dad.

Beatlemania vs The Swifties

With the Eras Tour set to spend three days in Dublin, I asked Perplexity if Taylor Swift has more impact than The Beatles. This question “has sparked intense debate among music fans and industry observers. This comparison between two iconic acts from different eras highlights the evolving …

A major trend I have noticed is that many GPTs are becoming browser-based freemium services. Free to use in a laptop browser but you pay to download the results or you subscribe to keep using the service beyond the first few free tokens.

Playing with SlidesGPT in my browser

I asked SlidesGPT to make me a PowerPoint deck that shows I am going to explain key points of interest about AI’s use with small business. The deck should mention the importance of having your own personal knowledge network. It should point out how Microsoft Copilot and GPT-4 can give insights …

Learned section breakdowns from my students

One conclusion I reached while teaching online is I should attempt to deliver something of value to students in every section of my course materials. So I broke down each hour into several sections, each including a valuable takeaway.