Inside View

Singlemost valuable tool for creation

by Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel

MY MOST VALUABLE tool for creating and curating content is the Microsoft Surface Book. I cannot overstate its value.

As many reviewers have noted, Microsoft's Surface Book is a leading Window 11 device. It's powerful enough to render a video using Camtasia while streaming audio on Spotify. Its stunning 3,000 x 2,000 display makes a big impression. When I've detached the screen from the keyboard many people think they're holding an iPad. And I'm love the rugged utility and feel of its brilliantly-designed Dynamic Fulcrum hinge.

Moving to Obsidian

By Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel

AS I RAMP UP teaching materials for a module I'm teaching about digital transformation, I've decided to migrate my Personal Knowledge Management process from Notion and Roam Research to Obsidian. I'm migrating because I believe I can teach principles of Zettelkasten and PKM with a series of hands-on tutorials that students complete with their own instances of Obsidian.

Twenty Years on Typepad Seeking Agency

I'VE BEEN PUBLISHING on Typepad at least once every fortnight since July 2002. I'm motivated by the thought that I'm creating agency in the process.

This has not been an easy row to hoe. Five years after I switched from Movable Type to Typepad, my average daily readership of Inside View fell below 1000 daily visitors. The downslope happened in mid-2007, even before it won "Best Technology Blog" in Ireland. Its peak viewership happened in late 2005, when all my work (i.e., photos and audio) emanated from my Typepad hub. Twenty year later, I still attract more than 1000 daily instances in aggregate but you have to count Flickr photostreams (around 400 a day), my YouTube channel (100 a day) and my podcasts (150 a day). Add 550 different people viewing my tweets and Instagram content and I'm back to 1000 daily impressions.

But I know my voice has faded in the mix.

Impressed by Veed.io #EdChatie

By Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel. Screenshot by @topgold.

I STARTED EXPERIMENING with Veed.io on my Samsung Note 9 handset. Here are a few impressions concerning mobile content production, project templates, and workflow.

Using Microsoft Teams for Big and Private

AS THE IRISH GOVERNMENT mulls over options to control an unexpected fourth wave of COVID-19, I'm auditing the technology I use that enables me to work from home. Near the top of the list is Microsoft Teams because of its ability to manage both large groups and private meetings.

Habits to Expand Personal Knowledge Management

I STARTED this blog post because I wanted to offload a bubbling mass of information about the atomic habits I've developed in support of effective personal knowledge management (PKM). Then I paused in mid-sentence to for my daily review with my Readwise app.

"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems." That's one of the takeaways I've learned from James Clear.

Snippets about Leadership in my Second Brain #cong21

I HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS about leadership bubbling up inside my second brain. Leadership is a prime topic following me from my days as an Air Force officer and it's the main feature during Congregation 2021.

Fighting COVID by Teaching in the Open

SINCE IRELAND APPEARS to be on the path of increasing incidences of COVID, I'm planning interventions that take students outside or following steps to open exterior doors even as the temperatures drop. The science supports my interventions.

Rate My Remote Learning #edchatie

EVEN THOUGH I can support students in their acclamation of the value of remote learning, the default position at my university is to learn inside our four walls (with the windows and doors wide open to fight COVID, of course). I surveyed students about what they found most useful while learning remotely for more than a year. I think many of their ideas will serve them well in their pursuit of lifelong learning.

More Proof College Students Learn Before Dawn

THANKS TO HELPFUL analytics, I learn how students use the Sharepoint Sites that connect our university academic modules to Microsoft Teams and Moodle.

Big Reveal: Students use our electronic assets before sunrise to rewind academic materials. The screenshot shows (1) students are accessing Sharepoint assets between 2AM and 4AM and (2) there is an upward trend in people using Sharepoint's links to find lecture notes, audio clips, video files, and assessment materials.