The largely retired account of an “Aspiring Generalist” - Teaching and Researching at @ulsteruni preferring to post to dreadpiratehook@bsky.socail at the moment
Joined February 2009
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23 Jun 2020
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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2 Dec 2024
Final free tickets available for @alan_hook talk about Interspecies Kinship - See Like a Horse on Wednesday 04 Dec ➡️ free tickets bit.ly/SHDCevents
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23 Mar 2024
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.
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23 Mar 2024
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.
1 Feb 2024
“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.
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25 Jan 2024
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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18 Jan 2024
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
18 Jan 2024
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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18 Dec 2023
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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27 Nov 2023
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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21 Nov 2023
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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16 Nov 2023
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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9 Nov 2023
This is now live:
chat.openai.com/g/g-toJUSmG9…
18 Jan 2023
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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Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
18 Jan 2023
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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21 Oct 2023
Happy Birthday Peter Mandelson
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19 Oct 2023
📚 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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17 Oct 2023
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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10 Oct 2023
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.
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5 Oct 2023
Obvs this was hilarious; it’s my case study in poor UX design in my module in Immersive Media in @UUScreen but did we ever dig a little deeper into who actually designed and built this for @GOVUK? Is this something I can find out through an FOI?
6 Mar 2023
Innovation means growth📱
ALT QR code to announcement on science and technology
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5 Oct 2023
The American Cancer Society just posted an (extremely extremely rare) Nintendo M6 store demo unit on eBay for open auction: ebay.com/itm/276084467595
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3 Oct 2023
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…
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