Elsevier appears to be collecting and monetizing our personal data, sometimes without writers' consent. Data can be used to “extrapolate core working hours, vacation times, and other patterns of a person’s life.” Over 20,000 researchers now refuse to publish, review, or edit for …
You can donate directly to the defense and reconstruction of Ukraine: u24.gov.ua Donations towards medical aid or rebuilding (but not defense and demining) could be tax deductible in some jurisdictions.
Onerous legal minefields ahead if you run an instance: www.wired.com/story/mas…
Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: On the well-worn Limerick commuter train.
Bernie Goldbach posted a video: Recorded in St Mary's Catholic Church, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, ireland
When I was young, I was in charge of the Hoover and back then, our Hoover did not come with a network camera. www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/1…
One of my on-going things is using online polls.
I hope tantrum capitalism has a half life. www.insideview.ie/2022/12/t…
I subscribe to flight safety videos (car crashes in the air) so that suggests I’m entertained by the Blue Bird Car Crash. Twitter is proving that people who have enjoyed financial success inflate their self-worth and often they can’t see the real world because they are surrounded by …
I didn’t understand the monetary value of a retiree being presented a high quality watch until I noticed some of those watches could double in value within 10 years.
One of the most mind-numbing facets of the Trump Era was listening to well-schooled journalists who spent the countless hours staring into the unfathomable abyss of his words and actions and trying to extract meaning from them. Now some of the same A-list journos feel they need to analyse the poor …
Power User Tips from Digital Nomads. Several of the ideas are relevant for us hot deskers: pca.st/episode/f…
Many of the aspiring marketers taking digital marketing degrees today have no clue how to inject their messages into a federated social network. I tell them not to worry because things like Jaiku and Google Plus are easily restarted, complete with tools for paid promotion.
Since you cannot link to instances directly anymore on Birdsite, you can link it via your own domain name (if you have one). Create a sub-folder called ‘@’ and within there, create a .htaccess file that redirects you to your mastodon instance and link that in your profile. – …
Anybody noticing how Mastodon links that are cross-posted to bird site gets labeled as harmful content?
Hoping Big Tech is held responsible for implementation of conversational technology because language models are making stuff up. In 2023, I will use AI and cognitive services as core creation tools in my development of course materials. I am trying to get AI approved as a reader for my PhD by …
Arrived in Cork for a day-long focus group session like youtu.be/yGsHq-mZI…
Wrapping up another semester with a Joy Snack. Explained: pca.st/episode/f…
Recovering from Winter Cold. Day Two.
Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: During a series of presentations for Animation Psychology.
My family home in Pennsylvania hosted seven of us before I left for college. Today the same home hosts 17 birds and some of them have to be taken outside for daily walks.
When I drove off the boat and onto Irish soil for the first time 28 years ago, I had alligator clips, electrician’s tape, and a 300 baud modem so I could continue using CompuServe. Parts of the Fediverse remind me of my text-based connections from the 90s.
Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: Open for another 23 days.
Going HAM Elon Style
There’s no conflict between relationships and rigor Highlighting isn’t very effective, until teachers step in A landmark study strikes a resounding note for inclusion Sketchnotes and Concept Maps work—even better than you might think Brain Breaks are misunderstood (and underutilized) On …