Bernie Goldbach

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.

When a five star hotel welcomes furries, there’s a truly welcome interior.

The illusory truth effect. And litter boxes. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Thanking @jean for the sticker. That’s my T-38 on my 900 hour mug.

Sure, I could leave Twitter. But its OAUTH and its cluster of educators would be missed. Time to abandon Twitter, people www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Theft by Finding

In the U.K., if you discover something of value and keep it, that’s theft by finding,” she told me. “You’re supposed to investigate whether it was lost or stolen, though in this case—five pounds—of course you’re fine. David Sedaris, Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)

Wondering whether a $20 a month subscription to Twitter Blue is synonymous with Twitter Influence.

Breakfast with Axolotls.

Time to amp up blogging now that Elon is the Free Speech King. getblogging.org