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 …
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 …
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.
Tough Landscape for Joe Biden
I’m from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where plenty of Trump signs and MAGA bumper sticks dot the landscape. Biden isn’t winning over enough voters in the battleground states and things look bleak for him in Pennsylvania. As Patrick Healy explains in the New York Times, “In the …
Neuroscientists claim the average human being spends more than 30 percent of their time daydreaming . unless they’re reading, listening to, or watching a story unfold. When a good story engages us, it daydreams for us.
Demise of the J1 Visa
Figures show there has been a 55% decline in the number of Irish students participating in the J1 work and travel programme during the past 10 years. I reckon we need to do something about that locally because the BridgeUSA programme no longer appeals to our third level students. They cannot afford …
Woz on Actual Intelligence
You got to love Woz for his deep understanding of how hype works compared to how actual software works.
New Things Possible with Microsoft Loop #workflow
I’ve just discovered new capabilities inside Microsoft Loop! Collapsible section headers I really like the twisties that let me produce collapsible sections with complex content. This means I have a clutter-free reading experience. Custom templates Now my Loop pages can be made into templates …
Copilot Studio Meets Obsidian Vault
My current project is watching Microsoft Copilot Studio use public pages shared from my Obsidian Vault. I may have a Chatbot configured to my Obsidian Vault which would be like having a trustworthy personal AI. Many of the public pages originate with the Micro.publish plug-in. Thanks, Octavio.
Cycling to Lunch
Cycling to lunch youtu.be/vgBXL051f… because I need wind in my hair after I’ve hunched over my laptop for more than two hours straight. There is nothing on a screen that is good as a breeze passing through my cycling helmet. Scrolling through screens is nothing like cycling around town. …