Inside View

Getting Ideas from @vincenthaywood via @johnpeavoy

I'M GETTING A SLOW START to 2021 but that means having time to read a Twitter thread containing clever time-saving tips from Vincent Hayward. I've an opinion on several of Vincent's ideas.

I'm Smarter After Importing h/t @readwiseio @inoreader

I TRY TO WORK SMARTER by adopting intelligent routines. Perhaps the most important routine I've adopted involves using Readwise behind the scenes to import highlights from things I've read. I started reading wiser because I wanted to s...

Remembering 3790

EVENTS ON TWITTER cause me to think about the number 3790, which happens to be the maximum fuel capacity of the T-38 (pictured). I used a thin point on a mechanical pencil to ensure all of my 1000 flying hours in that supersonic traine...

3790

Learning Vicariously @chris_byrne @Johntierney_

ELEVEN YEARS AGO, I abandoned Twitter as a firehose and started using it as a list-based process. I follow people on lists and dive into content based on hashtags or recommendations. Both Chris Byrne and John Tierney continue to be pro...

When Contactless Enters Academia

IRELAND HAS TAKEN CONTACTLESS to a whole new level by effectively locking down venues such as community swimming pools, libraries and cultural centres. The Corona Virus Strategy also means changing my teaching style from hands-on lab s...

ictedu unconference returns 14 May

THE 2022 ICT IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE returns to Thurles on Saturday, May 14, 2022. I'm posting the idea here only as a diary reference since several people have asked about the 2022 plans.

Getting Pencils, Coffee, Brownies, and Books #waterford

WITH CHRISTMAS APPROACHING, we are planning several rail journeys into Waterford where we will browse The Book Centre. We need pencils for notes to Santa, coffee because that's what you have with brownies, and we want to get lost in th...

Planning to iterate CMD at TUS-Clonmel

Launch me Based on feedback from a survey creative media graduates, staff on the TUS-Clonmel campus are reviewing the Creative Media Design (CMD) degree. One future iteration of the programme could result in three clearly defined ...

Bernie Goldbach's Clipped Style

JOHN COLLINS in the Irish Times offers a review of Inside View from Ireland from the year Bernie Goldbach was feted as the Best Technology Blogger in Ireland. Bernie Goldbach could conceivably claim to have Ireland's longest running b...