Inside View

Writing this for my great great grandson #ancestry

IMAGINING THAT one of my descendants in the late 2090s might be interested in what I was thinking near the start of the 21st century, I wonder what my great great grandparents, like Elizabeth Anders McKelvey (above), might have told me about living in 18th century Ireland.

I wish I knew what my forebears in 19th century Ireland thought about the future. I doubt they thought one of their great great grandsons would return to the auld sod because so many of their friends and relatives were sailing away from famine conditions.

First Impressions of Promoting #ictedu by Tweeting

AFTER ONE WEEK looking to Twitter to spread the word about "Ideas in Education" and getting over 2500 impressions that generated more than 1000 media plays, we have achieved only two percent conversion. But I have learned that short videos that show stories about people doing things perform much better. That is what my own Twitter analytics show during the current month of more than 90,000 Twitter impressions.

I used Wizibel on iOS to create this short promoted Tweet:

This sort of content performed weakly, when compared directly to the performance of tweets featuring people explaining how they create things on camera.

So we're off to produce more compelling content that can convert better than five per cent of the viewing audience to register at http://bit.ly/ictedu19reg.

[Bernie Goldbach teaches this concept to creative media students on the Clonmel Digital Campus. If you're interested in hearing the inside story of tweeting to promote education, register to attend #ictedu in LIT-Thurles on Saturday, May 11, 2019. ]

There's more than 448 pages #MuellerReport

I'VE DISCOVERED fascinating cross-talk beyond the 448 page Mueller Report. Local radio host Fran Curry counted on me to digest the large document so I printed it for him and then went on air to localise its content for Tipperary listeners.

Tipp Today Mueller Report

Streaming Drone Video from Clonmel Pastureland

AS PART OF A CLOUD COMPUTING meet-up in the Questum Centre, videographer Jack Allen will attempt to fly the Clonmel Digital Campus drone on a survey mission along the proposed route of the Clonmel outer ring road. If high winds scrub the flight, we will be inside a Zoom Conference room that you're welcome to join between 1115 and 1145 Irish time on Saturday, April 13, 2019.

Listen to "Planning a Drone Flight And Zoom Hangout E80" on Spreaker.

Slowly Becoming a Pet Sanctuary

WE HAVE TWO CATS, one dog, and a never-say-die goldfish. And now I'm polluting my social media newsfeed with stories about the animals.

And I've a related story worth noting. The animals have started consuming more than 25% of my cameraphone snaps. And that means they're also responsible for me learning how to use several high quality video production apps on my Samsung Note 9.

Learning to Trust @FlyLitchi #drones

ALONG WITH JACK ALLEN, our first class videographer, I'm learning to trust Litchi as the pilot of our campus DJI drone.

With the requisite amount of planning, @FlyLitchi takes our drone on missions faster and more efficiently than we're able to maneuver ourselves. Now I'm looking at ways of improving in-flight video performance through the use of a larger screen or by sitting in a shaded location while the drone does its pre-programmed work.