Thrilled by Blockers

From the inside cover I learned about Blockers: In early 2025,an army of young men invaded the offices of US government. Armed withlaptops and sleeping bags, a raft of prejudicesand a bulletproof sense of mission instilled in them by their new boss, Elon Musk, the tech bro acolytes of DOGE were on …

Sulerhuman sending some of my words

I’m trying to be faster while remaining authentic with my email. This means leveraging Superhuman Mail. The Superhuman Mail MCP Server lets both my AI Claude and my ChatGPT connect directly to my Superhuman Mail inbox and calendar. The magic happens once connected because Claude can search …

Thinking about Friends in Clonmel

I walk past the Quaker Graveyard in Clonmel several times a week and wonder if I could embellish the generosity and industriousness of those deceased Friends of Clonmel.

Restoring Expensive Tech

Expensive tech has a habit of sitting idle. I’ve bought plenty of it, and the value only arrives when I connect expensive tech into my actual workflow.

GPT 6.1 Sol during Innovation Skillnet

Larry Maguire and I begin teaching our 10th cohort of AI for Personal Productivity in early November 2026 with a group who use Microsoft 365 on the job.

Living with Ireland's centrist budget

I watched Ireland’s Budget being dissected last Tuesday and figured out it means getting a smaller pizza for the next year. That will be good for my diet and this simple downshifting will keep me centred.

Keep critical thinking at the front

The biggest impact I make when working with creatives is to show them how to keep their critical thinking at the front of content they create. This is challenging because many people want to start with new online tools like jumping straight into using AI.

Still starting with pens

Every year I look at my Starter Pack. I still start with ink.

Learning more about Camtasia Pro

I’m a long-time user of Camtasia Pro. I use only one of these premium capabilities so I’m attending webinars to learn more.

Cross-posting boosts audio

I can’t keep up with all the cross-posting people do across social networks. That’s probably why all my besties will fit around a Tipperary Long Table.

Watching OCR help a hand injury

I am working with young people who often have challenges with their handwriting. At the moment my son Dylan can’t hold a pencil in his writing hand because of surgery.

Making Joyful Christmas Shoeboxes

There are twice as many women jogging around my local area during the past month and many of them are training for the Irish Life Dublin Marathon. One of the daily joggers is Frances O’Donnell who plans to finish the marathon without injury while helping to give several thousand euro worth of …

I used three different colours of highlighters while reading The Last Good Day on the Internet: Finding Hope and Humanity in a Superhuman World by @marklittle.bsky.social 📚 The pink colour is for my 15 yo son so he can compare what I highighted to what Mark says in the audiobook version.

Looping with @educatefran

I follow @educatefran.bsky.social’s advice on many things edtech so when she loops back to MSFT Loop I listen.

Honey Fungus Near Fav Tree

After sustained raindkfall, we ​noticed dense, overlapping clusters of mushrooms emerging directly from underground tree roots of our favourite tree. This is not a good sign. The honey-yellow and tawny-brown caps have flattened and some have started to split. I noticed a white spore deposit around …

Putting OAPs into historical photos

Several times a month, I show pensioners interesting things they can do with their phones. Today I am chatting with a group of 10 people about faces and places they might remember from Tipperay town. A few of the historic photos sit in a shared Drive at bit.ly/4y1Jhzn . And after some discussion …

Progress with Chris the intern

When I asked my AI to summarise my 30 Sep morning notes in my Rhodia Notebook, my Claude said “30 September: A Day of Progress and Small Wins”. The best news of the day came from Chris, who shared how his very first LinkedIn article got him more than 1400 impressions. Claude reminded me, …

What I've learned about engagement while listening to creatives

Things that have changed in this decade about how creatives engage.

Changing tyres with perfect nails. Rite of Passage.

Kneeling on wet or cold surfaces to change tyres on your car is a rite of passage in our home.

How I finger some AI-generated content

During the past three months, the amount of obvious AI-generated content in front of me has increased at least ten fold. I’ve started using Chrome plug-ins such as Pangram to label content as “human” or “AI” or “mixed”.

Before pitchforks came for Metaview

Long before the pitchforks came rushing after people using Metaview, Geraldine McDermott from N-TUTORR visited Ground Zero where Ray-Ban Meta Glasses roamed the hallways. She snapped a photo of me as I captured the inception moment.

Remembering the last good day on the internet

I’m reading The Last Good Day on the Internet because I was there to see the roaming llamas back then. I scrolled back into my blog’s archive and through my Flickr Camera Roll to see what was in front of my on 26 February 2015.

Rising cost of electricity

Like many friends, I can feel the rising cost of living in Ireland. I’ve screencapped the daily electricity cost of one person living in my home as a marker.

Glad to get my mid-term ballot. Thanks Democrats Abroad.

I am from Lancaster PA and registered to vote in the US midterm elections. Thanking Democrats Abroad for helping with their ever-vigilant citizen activism.

Inspired by creative visual thinking

Inspired by a sculpture that reminds me of creative thinking.