Credit for Journaling

I am letting several agents run my life. Whoop is the first agent. When I open Whoop in the morning, I often encounter a set of questions from the Whoop Journal.

Back Where I Logged My First Flying Hours

I get regular updates from my alma mater, including this shot of Cadet Luke Plesko ( pilot) and Cadet Owen Hess (copilot) who are part of the Teal 2 Small Unmanned Aircraft System during the Fall Validation Exercise that ran at Stillman Field, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado on Oct. 11, 2025.

Using Copilot on my Mobile Phone

Along with Larry G. Maguire and the Irish Innovation Skillnet, I’m delivering the tail end of a 12 hour training programme designed to increase personal productivity through the use of AI. Today we will use Copilot on handsets to see what the mobile version can do with two data sets.

Working as Fixer for Community School

Working as fixer for on-site video recordings with Cashel Community School. Camera work by fifth year students.

Questioning Everything More Than Ever

It is hard to flip through my daily flow without encountering something that feels like a human didn’t produce it. Because I teach people how to ethically use artificial intelligence, I often offer these five precepts to people who want to ensure they’re consuming authentic content. I …

Wondering if its worth getting Cosplay Popes to patrol Dublin Luas Red Line.

While Planning a Storytelling Workshop #ICERI2025

I just finished an hour of ICERI workshop prep with co-presenter Brigit Kolen and here is what Zoom AI thinks I should do.

From Ballpoint to OCR to iA to MB

I wanted to see if I could post my handwriting to MB. So I did a test.

Snippets from Irish Sunday Business Post

It’s a Sunday and I’m looking at items tjat appear in Irish broadsheets. Recycling. We like the Re-turn deposit scheme and I use it to fuel my takeaway coffee budget. Last year, more than 877m containers were returned to Irish deposit machines. Killian Woods says that “was made …

Empowering Learners for the Age of AI

Scrolling through the OECD Framework for AILit “Empowering Learners for the Age of AI”. The AILit Framework connects knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and highlights the importance of ethical and critical understanding of AI. Young people must understand how AI works, appreciate its …

Outing Local ICE

It is time people start outing family members, neighbors, and community friends who are drawing salaries from ICE.

MCP to PKM with LLM

I am looking at how to make an MCP server connect to my personal Wiki and then watch an LLM update that Wiki for me.

AI Data Centres Will Strain Us

As Futurism points out, people who set up and maintain AI data centres know they need exceptionally robust cooling systems. And the constant heat reduces the working life of expensive chips. There is a very short timeline to profitability.

Daily Notes to Self

Every night, my Whoop health monitor asks me to log the number of minutes spent journaling that day. I’ve learned that journaling can be a structured outlet for self-expression. I write down things that help me to clarify thoughts. In many cases, just writing things down reduces their …

While Amalgamating Leuchtturms

Hats off to @manton for configuring Microblog in a way that handles HD video right from my Android phone. My smartphone experience making, trimming woth Filmora, and uploading with the Microblog app is silky smooth.

New Kaffeeklatsch

I have decamped to new kaffeeklatsch locations where exceptionally diverse convos enlighten me. Now I know I have reached the Retirement Zone.

Feeling Like a Cafe Stranger

My new routine involves being the first customer to order inside my local coffee shop. For more than an hour, I am the only man seated at a table.

The Nazis Showed Us How to Do It

I wish American law had a pre-requisite that specified prospective voters had to prove they had passed a civics course or they had completed one semester of history. In my history textbook I read as they came to power in Germany, the NSDAP staged violent confrontations using police and paramilitary …

Inside View of Topgold

I asked ChatGPT-5 to qualitatively review the current archive of my microblog. OpenAI says I write about educational technology and teaching practice; personal knowledge management and productivity workflows; and the social web/podcasting and online publishing culture.

Another Foray into the Kunst Matrix

Mounting another students exhibition inside the Kunst Matrix. This time it’s in support of the RUNEUAI genre. That’s a playful way of describing an assortment of images, original voices, and video clips generated through both Camtasia on laptops and Vyond on both desktops and mobile …

Gen AI for a Non-Tech Audience

I hope an audience that I will meet next month isn’t overwhelmed by a quick explanation Frances ODonnell and I will make about a chatbot we use with some of our EmpowerAI training materials. ​We have a simple chatbot that is powered by ChatGPT as generative AI and several hundred megabytes of …

Starting Another Kunst Exhibition

I’m stuck into a RUNEU Special Advanced Programme and have the gracious help of a curator who is gathering information about RUNEUAI from people sharing how practical workflows with AI has enhanced their digital literacy.

Summaries of RUNEUAI Learning Materials

Currently experimenting with content loaded up into Microblog and then summarised with Microsoft Copilot.

Missed a Big Event

I had to look to see what happened in Glendale’s State Farm Stadium last week. Nothing appeared in my newsfeeds.

Clearing Desk After International Work

Just back after four days in The Netherlands where I enjoyed first rate collegiate collaboration.