The largely retired account of an “Aspiring Generalist” - Teaching and Researching at @ulsteruni preferring to post to [email protected] at the moment
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I did an interview about my #speculativedesign project Equine Eyes last year for an upcoming documentary. Here are some exerts youtu.be/QAYW7ZkB_Q0
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Final free tickets available for @alan_hook talk about Interspecies Kinship - See Like a Horse on Wednesday 04 Dec ➡️ free tickets bit.ly/SHDCevents
Equine Eyes (2024) - after a complete ground up rebuild the finished headset which explores speculative methods for inter-species kinship is showing between March-August in the Centre for Design Innovation in Belgium. SUPERPOWER DESIGN exhibition opens tomorrow 25/08.
This piece was prototyped as part of my PT PhD in Speculative Design with @ProfTriviality at @ImaginationLanc and its final form was developed in collaboration with @tyndyll - funded by @UlsterUni IAA funding with @Justin_D_Magee and @maria_prince1.
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This is how execs should sell VR headsets.
“I've known for years we would get here.” Ahead of the release of @Apple Vision Pro, @NickBilton sat down with CEO @Tim_Cook to discuss the device’s origin story, how spatial computing could alter our daily lives, and Cook’s vision for the future.
🔗: vntyfr.com/QOM2EnH
ALT Photo Credit: Tim Cook pictured for the first time wearing Apple Vision Pro inside his office at Apple HQ. Photographed by Norman Jean Roy.
Nation Student Survey - Help us collect data from students on the thing that you do, but you are not allowed to tell students how the data is used after it’s collected or what implications it might have 🧐 but part of what we do is build data literacy and critical citizenship…😬
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Great work here from our @UlsterUni MA Journalism star @Journo_BenA on how the pay disparity is impacting student teachers hoping to stay in NI
Journalism Work ⬇️
I have been looking at the impact on student teachers and how the pay disparity affects students undertaking their degrees for their career prospects in Northern Ireland.on.soundcloud.com/1jq31
#NorthernIreland #StrikeNI #education
@UTU_edu @NASUWT_NI
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Please check out (and share!) our CfP for the conference 'Screen Studies in the Age of Extended Reality & Synthetic Media', with a keynote by Prof. Jenna Ng. Supported by @IrishResearch, it will take place in the @TLRHub on June 4th-5th. Full details: drive.google.com/file/d/1wRg…
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I'm looking for someone who could deliver some self defence training around the north coast area. Can anyone help point me in the right direction?
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Exciting news for us at @UlsterUni Journalism as @BBCNewsNI @MarkCarruthers7 will join us as a Visiting Professor of Media. Our students have brilliant lecturers, facilities and opportunities. Delighted that Mark will help us to lead them into the field
irishnews.com/news/northerni…
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We're recruiting for an AHRC Northern Bridge PhD scholarship on digital tinkering, play, and learning to fail northernbridge.ac.uk/applyfo… Happy to talk to anyone who might be interested in applying. Please share. #playresearch
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This is now live:
chat.openai.com/g/g-toJUSmG9…
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my new chat AI, called Enough, is a small language model that draws on a one-parameter pre-trained corpus—the smallest in history—and answers every question with the same response: “No.”
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📚 Considering course options? Explore History, English, Journalism, & interactive Media at Coleraine!
🗓️ Join our Insight Event on 26th Oct. Get a sneak peek & hear from current students.
📝 ulster.ac.uk/study/undergrad…
#CourseOptions #ColeraineCampus #InsightEvent2023 #WeAreUU
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Disinformation is a tool by which people in power assert their authority. It's a way in which people consuming information can reinforce their previous views of the world. It perpetuates harmful stereotypes. It is not ideologically neutral
A great morning at @SlemishCollege today chatting to Mr McAnea’s media pupils about studying all things creative and screen based at the @UUScreen. A talented and enthusiastic bunch.
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Musk didn’t just flood the platform with bad actors, conspiracy theorists, disinformation disseminators & propagandists, he gave them the (imperfect but effective) verification mark that had previously been reserved for proven trusted sources. And now we reap what he sowed.
We’re looking for a creative and talented Digital Media Technician to join our team on the North Coast, to help deliver courses in @UUScreen and @ulstercommmedia. It’s mainly Adobe Suite, and Web based my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal… – at Coleraine, Northern Ireland