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.
Planning a Workshop on Authentic Storytelling #iceri2025
’m deep into a prep session about authentic storytelling with Brigit Kolen on the campus of Fontys University in Eindhoven. I will bring selected bits of AI into a series of workshops we’re proposing for the 18th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation.
Starting a New Phase #buzzquarter
I have started a new phase by occupying the largest creative space ever. The outside of the building says Questum. The outside of my door says Buzz Quarter. I am starting work here by dumping out the contents of a 15 year old briefcase I once carried between Dublin and Thurles. Some of its contents …
First Phone Upgrade in Six Years
I figured out I needed to get a new phone after several phone calls dropped whenever I turned my head. So I dug deep into my spare change to get a Samsung Galaxy S25 with a terabyte of on-board storage.
Learning about a Groyper Sniper
Charlie Kirk was assassinated on the campus of Utah Valley University by student Tyler Robinson. The battle of dumb and dumber in this edition of leopards eating each others’ faces wasn’t on my bingo card. This is a red on red crime.
Tall Garden Out the Back
We're at the tail end of a colourful summer with two very stubborn sunflowers towering more than eight feet tall behind our home. I watched my wife buy an assortment of plants, many perennials, during the past four months. I'm surprised (delighted!) to see how we've planted a forest of plants that …
Appreciating Free Local Bus Service
I can ride around my local town for free on a highly subsidised local link service. It’s an unexpected benefit and one that dozens of elderly people use every day.