Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook

I did an interview about my #speculativedesign project Equine Eyes last year for an upcoming documentary. Here are some exerts youtu.be/QAYW7ZkB_Q0

Final free tickets available for @alan_hook talk about Interspecies Kinship - See Like a Horse on Wednesday 04 Dec ➡️ free tickets bit.ly/SHDCevents

@nicwhitton @katiepiatt @AlexM11 @RosieJHJones @playbrarian @drjjlean @JameseCharnock @GiskinDay @SussexUni @NorthumbriaUni Legends one and all, congratulations - it’s one of my favourite news letters

So pleased that the work of the Playful Learning Association has been recognised with a #CATE award. What a wonderful bunch of colleagues @katiepiatt @AlexM11 @RosieJHJones @playbrarian @drjjlean @JameseCharnock @GiskinDay Mark Langan @SussexUni @NorthumbriaUni #CATEAwards2024

@kevinudlmerry @AdvanceHE @hack_kay Taking a break, zooming out, applying my skills to different sectoral challenges all helped my head clear a bit post pandemic. I didn’t realise how tired I was. I’m alway ALL IN or not in at all which makes HE difficult sometimes.

@alan_hook @AdvanceHE @hack_kay Maybe that’s something I should look into. I used to pride myself on being relentless, but I actually feel tired. Maybe one too many times round the hamster wheel….

Feel like I've reached the end of my journey in education, and that it's time for something different. I've grown tired of campaigning for things that most don't understand or care about. Someone told me access, inclusion and equity were "niche" yesterday. Sums the situation up

@tyndyll Media softens you to capitalist exploitation… get Michael Moore on it! Bring ACME down!

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.

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.

@Charlesknight We used to have a thing where if you could show up with a job offer from somewhere (usually outside academia) that matched the salary of SL (pre-92) then The Dean could automatically promote you in the next round snuck into the pile with the other applications

Looking into academic promotions and nothing significant I can find on "the deal/business case" route ? Maybe it only exists in certain areas?

@LeonaONeill1 Adobe Audition for pre-process > Adobe Podcast for clean up > Adobe Audition to add little noise back in.

Folks who do podcasts, what's the very best software/platforms to use for sound, quality, editing etc? Any advice most welcome #podcasts

@Charlesknight When you hassle academics it’s just spam too… I try and do twice as many as I ask for, but it’s a very weird economic model any which way you cut it.

Top tip - when you hassle non-academics to do peer review for your journal, it’s not actually a request - it’s just spam.

This is how execs should sell VR headsets.

@Vic_McC I presume that I can read this out to students though so it explains why I’m acting so weird. I’m trying to calculate what happens if they’re filling in the survey and they come close to me… to I have to keep a 2m distance?

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…😬

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

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-s4…

@dannybirchall Oh, that sounds great! (And if I have space would love to join). I’d send it out on something like the MeCSSA JISC listserve. You’d hit almost all Media, Communication and Cultural Studies academics, Researchers and PhDs then

A sort-of marketing question: some friends & I have been doing a semi-academic online reading group meetup & are starting a new one this year (on technology & power). This time we'd like a bigger group to participate - where/how would you find an audience for that?

@tyndyll @BaseArcade I did Saturday. Great wee spot

@dannybirchall A sad story

Labour 2015 - 2019

@Vugar_Ibrahimov Chat gpt

🎉 ChatGPT turned 1 !!! Yet, many educators and students cannot use its full potential. Compiled tips and strategies from OpenAI's sources in this Guide. To get it: 💙 Like and comment "ChatGPT" 🚀 (follow so that I can message the download link) 💫 Sharing appreciated!!!

@Charlesknight I’ve heard fantastic things about Dr Wright, but “Ultrawife” is a solid flex

@alan_hook I've got an Ultrawife but wondering about one of these to replace one of the other screens....

Anyone got a LG Dual-up? Any good ?