Saving dozen of Old Skool methods of reading without trackers: rsapkf.org/weblog/q2…

Quick Sketch of ET

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: Inspired by Marshall O'Connor during a Zoom session with Kathryn Cormican.       

Good Old Days

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: When billionaires contributed to the social good.      Related StoriesElon Musk is Bad at ThisThe Birds EscapedGood Old Days 

I think there were more benevolent billionaires last century.

Loving the colorful image of the fediverse I spotted on Esther Schindler’s timeline.

Prepping my course notes for UX students. Planning to discuss accessible water fountains with contributions from tedothedo

Irish employment law and tech sector slowdow

Ireland’s Department of Enterprise expects companies to respect legal requirements when laying off staff. Irish employment law requires a company that wishes to engage in collective redundancy to inform the Minister for Employment 30 days before any dismissals take place. There are big …

Postcard from Achill Island

When a house on Achill Island is abandoned, it isn’t demolished. It’s just left: net curtains in the windows, wooden chairs and a table in the kitchen with plates on it, and a rusting turf-fueled stove. Removing anything is frowned upon. It’s as if the lost soul might return at any …

I really like Tara’s well-written list of Fediverse resources

According to Debirdify 2.5% of the people I follow on Twitter have Fediverse accounts. Most of the people I follow are using scholar.social.

Calling odd.blog

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: From her couch.      Related StoriesWaiting to graduate in MoylishMuireann with hatMike with 2022 Animators 

AI Art at a Watershed

Eric Bellefeuille, art director for Ubisoft in Montreal, shared some of his text-to-art spaceship blueprints created by the Midjourney AI.The game art designers I teach have dramatically increased their outputs by using AI with their artwork. You can sketch ideas that in the past would have required …

I see a Confused Elephant a lot nowadays. It’s been months since I’ve seen a Fail Whale but I suspect that image will start reappearing on Twitter before Christmas.

It’s been 50 hours since I asked Twitter for an archive of my tweets, stretching back to 2006. I wonder if the Archive Team has been laid off.

Just before Twitter Memory Fails

It’s late Friday in an Irish data centre where a RAID server owned by Twitter is running its backups. The server used to be monitored by a Twitter employee who was just laid off by email. Before the end of the weekend, the server memory will be over capacity and when that happens, European …

If you do not listen to this powerful and forceful generation, you won’t survive as a company. Rachel Ruggeri, Starbucks CFO

Muireann with hat

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: After graduation 2022 in the debriefing session.      Related StoriesPost-Graduation 2022 Gastropub SessionWith the man who introduced me to Tom CollinsCalling odd.blog 

With the man who introduced me to Tom Collins

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: That's James Greenslade, Limerick Tour Guide.      Related StoriesMuireann with hatPost-Graduation 2022 Gastropub SessionCalling odd.blog 

Post-Graduation 2022 Gastropub Session

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: In the Locke Bar with friends.      Related StoriesMuireann with hatWith the man who introduced me to Tom CollinsCalling odd.blog 

Mike with 2022 Animators

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: On the TUS-Limerick campus after graduation ceremony.      Related StoriesWaiting to graduate in MoylishCalling odd.blogMuireann with hat 

Waiting to graduate in Moylish

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: My crew is to the right. I talked to several grads about how cognitive bias might be keeping them in jobs they should quit.      Related StoriesMike with 2022 AnimatorsCalling odd.blogMuireann with hat 

The MB sticker from @jean earns comments wherever I use my field journal.

Reflecting on cognitive bias with recent graduates.

Thinking about Technopolitics

AOC’s thoughts on New Chief Twit.