I am very happy with glasses that make me smart. www.insideview.ie/2023/12/r…

I Didn't See the Other Aircraft

DURING MY 3000 FLYING HOURS I vividly remember two occasions when we were cleared to land on a runway that was occupied by another aircraft or by a vehicle. In both cases, I didn’t see the conflict but a crew member sitting in the jump seat pointed out the problem.

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I Didn't See the Other Aircraft

DURING MY 3000 FLYING HOURS I vividly remember two occasions when we were cleared to land on a runway that was occupied by another aircraft or by a vehicle. In both cases, I didn’t see the conflict but a crew member sitting in the jump seat pointed out the conflict. Knowing this, I believe the …

I seem to get more clicks on posts when I share images of people generated by AI. That makes generative AI one of the 12 things worth mentioning from my notes of 2023. www.insideview.ie/2023/12/1…

Deep Read for the rest of 2023. Higher Education for Good: teaching and learning futures h/t @catherinecronin@mastodon.ie

Compressing dozens of pages of notes before a creative session with a collaborator. Savoring the moment.

Reading in The Bookshelf

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My 16yo daughter discovered her 12yo brother is getting Meta Raybans for Christmas so she snuck a snap before they were wrapped. #metaview

My 12yo asked me, “Dad, what was Twitter?” He was born five years after my first tweet so I told him to read this: www.theverge.com/c/feature…

I used mem.ai to parse through Higher Education for Good so I could go deeper into the neoliberalism that affects higher education.

Higher Education for Good Launches

by Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel CATHERINE CRONIN launches Higher Education for Good in Galway today and I’ve asked our main library to add the book to our local reference section. In the book, editors Catherine Cronin and Laura Czerniewicz break down neoliberalism in higher education through a …

It’s amazing how my Twitter engagement has fallen off a cliff. I’ve young teens who have never experienced the hive mind that helped me solve problems for more than 10 years. www.insideview.ie/2023/11/y…

Word Counts to Stay On Track

I started making a Daily Mem that includes a word count from iA Writer and a page count from my Travelers Notebook. I need to figure out a way to create a writing leaderboard–perhaps by Zapping from Airtable–because I am motivated when I chart my progress. I think it would be remarkably …

Platforms in Ireland must address cyberbullying, online content that promotes or encourages a feeding or eating disorder; and online content that promotes or encourages self-harm or suicide. www.cnam.ie/coimisiun…

I expected this sort of notification during COVID but in 2023 this looks like a morale problem: “Due to lack of interest the Christmas Party proposed for Friday 15th December is cancelled.”

Testing Ideas for Podcast Series with Dylan. Wondering if this 25sec snip plays via ActivityPub: share.snipd.com/snip/b517…

Kick-ass Rigging Playlist

by Cat Brzez Game Artist I enjoy rigging but it can be intimidating. Thankfully I found this YouTube playlist by AntCGI explaining the basics in Maya and it really helped me understand more. www.youtube.com/watch

Noticing some faces from Ireland on Twitter in 2006 at bsky.app I’m @topgold.bsky.social over there.

NTS Backlinks in PKM

I’m using Mem.ai as my PKM and it lets me backlink to related content. So when I find a note that is particularly relevant, I check its backlinks to see what other information might be connected. My ref

If you want a sample of something an AI could never create, read www.thegist.ie/the-gist-…

Today is the first day that I gave my resident AI permission to watch as I read my email. And then it offered to rewrite some of the marketing bumpf inside one of my accounts.

submitted a proposal for a presentation at #OER24 after reading the importance of extracting good for the commons from university teaching as Jim Luke explains. More: books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/…

Revealed--GenZ isn't connecting

According to UK marketing research firm GWI, social media usage is on the decline. I teach very clever university students. Many of them believe there is no compelling need to share ideas in one place anymore. They’re not pushed to connect to share. I believe we’re seeing an exodus of …