Inside View
926 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -Looking inside technology and social media through Bernard Goldbach's perspective as a journalist and college lecturer.
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Time for Factory Reset
March 09, 2024 07:52MY ANDROID PHONE needs a factory reset. It's more than five years old, has a cracked screen and a worn charging port, and its battery is well-worn.
My AI Says My Workflow Starts with My Notes
January 11, 2024 11:58I'VE STARTED MOST MORNINGS with prompts to my favourite AI. Today I asked Mem.ai to guide me in a process that ensured the results of my questions would include trustworthy evidence from high quality sources. Its first set of answers drilled down into my personal knowledge management system.
I Didn't See The Other Aircraft
January 03, 2024 07:03DURING MY 3000 FLYING HOURS I vividly remember two occasions when we were cleared to land on a runway that was occupied by another aircraft or by a vehicle. In both cases, I didn't see the conflict but a crew member sitting in the jump seat pointed out the conflict.
One Year Later No More Tweeting
December 24, 2023 20:35WHILE READING CHRISTMAS newspapers and scrolling through Threads, I can verify that Elon Musk's X is failing to sustain a platform where free speech can thrive. The platform is dying.
12 From 23
December 23, 2023 12:07I'M FLIPPING BACK through 2023 and pointing to 12 items that deserve special mention. I discovered each of them have landed inside several online camera rolls where I can see what was happening around the same time these significant events occurred.
Feeling for Millennials Left Behind by New Social Order
December 21, 2023 20:50WHILE READING MAX READ in the New York Times Opinion section, my thoughts go out to all the millennials who have passed through my social networking classes.
Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses First Impressions
December 20, 2023 12:49WE GOT TWO Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses and I believe they are the best piece of tech I've purchased this year. Their design, audio performance, camera quality, and charging case deliver value for the €495 I spent to get the two sets of glasses. And I believe I will open new opportunities to spam friends with live streams before the end of the spring semester 2024.
Higher Education For Good Launches
December 11, 2023 10:02 - 18 MB application/pdfCATHERINE CRONIN launches Higher Education for Good in Galway today and I've asked our main library to add the book to our local reference section. In the book, Catherine Cronin and Laura Czerniewicz break down neoliberalism in higher education through a critical lens. They argue that the neoliberal influence has led to a pervasive austerity logic that constricts not just budgets, but every facet of what higher education does.
Christmas Approaching and I Need MX Anywhere Mouse
November 22, 2023 05:58I NEED A NEW Logitech MX Anywhere mouse because my long-serving Logitech MX Anywhere 2 has walked away from one of my classrooms. I used that faithful mouse for more than six years and want to replace it with a newer and pinker version of itself.
Yes, kids, Twitter Used to Be Great
November 10, 2023 10:47I REMEMBER NOVEMBER 2006 as the month when a dozen students in one of my university classrooms were comparing and contrasting Twitter to Jaiku. Both were simple microblogging services that were redefining how we consumed and shared information. Both are gone.
Ireland's Ban on Smartphones for Pre-Teens
November 04, 2023 20:33WE HAVE A tech-savvy 12yo in our home and he's facing restrictions on his use of a smartphone while on school grounds. Even though he doesn't bring a phone to school, he's watching with interest as the Irish Minister for Education Norma Foley writes a memo to Cabinet. The Minister wants a nationwide policy where parents are discouraged from buying smartphones for children of primary age.
What if the King could just turn a wheel
November 03, 2023 21:39WHILE CHATTING WITH Larry Maguire, he scrolled back before the Industrial Revolution and asked a thought-provoking question, "What would it mean for humanity if the King of England could just sit on his throne and turn a wheel to produce whatever he needs for his kingdom?" I thought of the time I walked the crypt of Canterbury (above) where I snapped a shot of a window that appears to be a representation of cogs on a wheel.
Bernie's Knowledge Management Tools #PKM
November 02, 2023 10:18OR THE PAST THREE MONTHS I have wanted to identify the core tools I use to manage and curate my personal knowledge management PKM system. TL;DR Readwise, Instapaper, Mem, and Obsidian are my key PKM services.
Hope in Higher Education for Good
October 26, 2023 08:13I SPENT A WHOLE DAY reading hundreds of pages of Higher Education for Good, an outstanding compendium of writing, sketches, and thoughtful ideas.
Generous Irish Refugee Offers Coming Under Fire
October 25, 2023 11:10I LISTEN TO BANTER about living in Ireland and during the past three months, the temperature has gone up with Ireland continuing to make generous offers for accommodation to refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. This week, a heated row erupted between Irish Ministers. [1] Coincidentally, I was working with colleagues in the Netherlands and in Finland as we questioned the level of refugees that European countries should accept.
Skinning my Second Brain
October 17, 2023 13:44I AM COMPLETING a short advanced programme with RUN-EU and started sharing my research methods with colleagues. I depend heavily on advice I got from Tiago Forte about the PARA method. The acronym PARA stands for Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives.
Learning to think critically
September 19, 2023 21:58I AM CARVING OUT four hours a week to immerse in a short course about Creativity and Critical Thinking. After a few hours in the classroom, I'm starting to think that critical thinking is at odds with creativity.
Repurposing Old Phones FTW
August 11, 2023 10:22I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY extended the upgrade cycle for our mobile phones and now expect the handsets to work at least five years before being refreshed. Today, I've started pushing the functionality of an iPhone we bought in 2018 by using it as a daily transcription device.
Enjoying Local Link 356 Clonmel-Dungarvan
August 10, 2023 20:22ONE OF THE BEST discoveries of the summer of 2023 has been the very cheap and cheerful Local Link 356 service connecting Clonmel in County Tipperary to Dungarvan in County Waterford. In my experience, it is a well-used service.
Factoring AI into UX Design
August 03, 2023 19:49After one semester of integrating AI into my daily lab sessions, I can assuredly say AI has made a profound impact on the way our UX designers work. Leveraged purposefully, AI enhances creativity, improves personalisation, and trims workflows.
Open Note for Karlin Lillington
August 01, 2023 16:13I SPENT 55 MINUTES on a catch-up Zoom Call with journalist and thinker Karlin Lillington today and want to mark my timeline with the event. Although the purpose of the call was to share what we think about the Fediverse, some of the preliminary commentary helped me resurface some important references to shared experiences.
Back into Notion h/t @redgregory1
July 21, 2023 22:35I'VE RESTARTED my daily flow with Notion as part of my Personal Knowledge Management, spurred on by Larry G. Maguire and helped massively by Sarah Brennan's excellent YouTube tutorials. I'm writing this blog post to remind myself I owe RedGregory at least five coffees because of her free templates and excellent online teaching style.
Thinking about my Secondary Learning
July 19, 2023 13:54WHILE ATTENDING a hands-on training session in Waterford, I was challenged by Marc Guerin to reveal a facet of my secondary learning outcomes. [1] I point to reflective journaling as the primary evidence of my secondary learning. [2]
Getting Inside AI
July 06, 2023 12:20 - 221 KB application/pdfMOST OF MY WORK with Artificial Intelligence has been in the field of Machine Learning. I teach students how to improve their online profiles so they enhance their prospects of gaining good jobs. And last semester, I introduced generative AI into classrooms to increase the speed of creating responsive web sites.
Grow Remote Open Coffee in Clonmel 6 July #GROC
June 21, 2023 12:25IT'S TIME to reboot Irish Open Coffee sessions with creatives, this time with the halo effect of Grow Remote Ireland. Along with a team of animators, some working remotely with major studios, the helping hand of Grow Remote, and the support of the Questum Acceleration Centre, we will restart local Open Coffee sessions on the first Thursday of every month
Warning for Rode Wireless Go II Users
June 12, 2023 06:58THE RODE Wireless Go II microphones delete old recordings automatically when you make new recordings and while that can be a time-saver, it can also lead to a problem that haunts me.
Thanking @tracy_keogh for a world class summit
June 10, 2023 11:03I’M THUMBING THROUGH pages of notes and hours of audio recordings that I compiled during the Grow Remote Ireland 2023 Summit. It’s refreshing and invigorating.
Learning to Grow Remote
June 08, 2023 05:17I will be at the Grow Remote Ireland Summit 2023 to learn how to leverage remote working for the start-up culture in County Tipperary. I help graduate 40 students every year and all of them need to know how to leverage remote working in their futures.
Throwback to the Accessible @vipodcasting
April 26, 2023 21:29MY PHOTO COLLECTIONS notify me once a day to review images and videos I've uploaded over the past 21 years. Today I remembered Paul Hopkins, the visually impaired podcaster (@vipodasting) who taught me life lessons about accessibility.
End of Semester Password Changes with help of @vyond
April 23, 2023 12:16 VideoIT IS GOOD PRACTICE to frequently change passwords and I'm publishing this blog post because I know some of my most loyal students read my blog more than they read my Insta.
Technology and Education and Me #ictedu
April 19, 2023 08:59I TAKE INVENTORY of my teaching and learning every May as we prepare the annual ICT in Education Conference. This year's theme, Reshaping Education, has me thinking about my personal teaching practice.
Developing my own system with the Traveler's Notebook
April 17, 2023 06:43I STARTED USING the Traveler's Notebook on February 9, 2023 after watching at least five hours of YouTube videos created by people who shared their power tips with their notebooks. I still have a sizeable collection of hardback Moleskines that will anchor an important collection in 2025.
Booked into a Hands-on @MakerMeet
April 13, 2023 13:50WITHIN 30 DAYS, we will enjoy another MakerMeet--this time inside the TUS-Thurles campus on the evening before #ictedu23.
Flying DV1 Presidential Support
April 10, 2023 06:27WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S advance team flying overhead, my memories scrolled back to the 1980s when I flew several DV1 missions in support of POTUS.
Teaching GenZ Employees
March 25, 2023 15:33I HAVE 32 TEACHING DAYS left this semester and most of my focus remains with GenZ students who I intend to marshal towards productive employment. Many of my current students express an interest in working as User Experience Developers.
Taking Notes Across the Generations
March 24, 2023 16:27YESTERDAY a visitor from the Philippines landed on my website insideview.ie to read how my family wrote and saved ideas. I started thinking that I no longer have to actually write anything. I can just talk about things and my blog will write itself.
Getting Fresh Perspectives on AR Projects
March 23, 2023 19:26SCOTT CAVANAH from Bradley University visited the Clonmel Digital Campus and he offered his appraisal of some of the augmented reality projects developed on the campus. Scott is Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Interactive Media of Bradley University.
Rebooting the Art of Contemporaneous Note-Taking
March 22, 2023 08:36FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, I carried a Moleskine Journalist notebook everywhere to scribble down important ideas and to save clippings related to emerging technology. Today I'm using a Traveler's Notebook with thinner paper, accompanied by a Rode mic that I use to record lectures with creative media students. I'm reviewing best practice recommendations about contemporaneous note-taking by borrowing ideas I heard expressed by James Comey after he was fired by Donald Trump.
That's me in the corner
March 21, 2023 10:10I AM HAVING a week of Open Tabs. I'm cornered by too many things on my To-Do List.
Appreciating the Focus of Minimalist iA Writer
March 11, 2023 17:26I’M TRYING TO reboot writing on my iPad Mini so I’m creating a short blog post by typing thoughts on a Brydge Mini keyboard. I plan to select all the words, paste them into a Typepad editing screen, and then posting the result.
YouTube For Creativity!
March 09, 2023 15:07By Fortune Ndlovu YouTube has revolutionized the way people learn new skills. With just a few clicks, anyone can access a vast collection of videos on almost any topic, from cooking and cat videos to programming and graphic design. YouTube has also become a hub for learning creative and technical skills. YouTube Link: YouTube One channel that stands out in this regard is Fortune Ndlovu's YouTube channel. Fortune's channel focuses on sharing his love for technology with others. He creates vide...
Measuring Influence by Showing Skills
March 06, 2023 13:46WE TEACH the concept of personal influence in a digital literacies module for the Technological University of the Shannon. I peel back the concept of "influence" until I reach the layer of "skills" because to have influence you need to have skills worth showcasing.
Concerned about Clonmel Sports Hub
March 04, 2023 10:43I WORK ON a small university campus in County Tipperary and have major concerns about the Clonmel Sports Hub. I walked around the new amenity with Councillor Michael Murphy in order to point out specific areas worth consideration.
Helping to plan 2023 ictedu
March 01, 2023 11:38I AM WORKING with a crew of Content Management Systems students, helping to set up the 2023 version of ictedu.ie in support of the conference that runs on May 20, 2023 in Thurles.
Starting to chat with my tabbed AI
February 22, 2023 17:08I'M LETTING ChatGPT work away in one of my Chrome browser tabs. I value its conversational responses to questions I raise and I respect it more for the context it offers as part of its responses. Because of the length of its answers, I've moved around some money.
Using Bing AI
February 21, 2023 08:54MY BING MOBILE APPS started showing me AI-assisted results two days after I joined the waitlist. I'm using Bing AI conversationally while using my voice to ask questions about local points of interest.
The most significant accomplishment of CESI
February 20, 2023 14:36I ASKED OUR CAMPUS AI to cite the most significant accomplishment of CESI.ie and here is what I learned.
Automation Can Be Hard
February 20, 2023 08:07I'M TEACHING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION to a crew of Masters Degree student and we know it's difficult to automate everything. And automation probably doesn't work at all, perhaps with early childhood education.
Losing my Irish strawberries
February 19, 2023 18:51HIGH HEATING COSTS have knocked winter strawberries out of our shopping basket.