For Day 11 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to learn about TeacherMatic, a multi-feature AI tool that could be useful for HE educators. To complete today’s task I need to use TeacherMatic to create some classroom discussion topics, a plenary session activity and another activity of my choice. Sounds […]
For Day 9 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to use the AI-powered Recast to produce a podcast. As noted on Day 9, Recast is a service that employs AI technology to transform extensive articles into brief, audio-based discussions. Using OpenAI and various large language models (LLMs), Recast creates detailed […]
At ACMI, there’s a wall-sized art installation with chart that maps the essential elements needed in (an advertising) campaign when “Selling to Australia”. The chart is most likely to be correct about the Australian-ness of these elements, and I’m also thinking that many of these might also be inherent to all humans (in varying degrees), […]
For Day 8 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to learn about some AI-powered study tools. To complete today’s task I need to use Quizlet to create some “Magic notes” on a type of meal or food you eat at holiday of my choosing. What’s Quizlet? I’m glad I asked. […]
For Day 7 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to learn about AI-powered research tools. To complete today’s task I need to use ResearchRabbit, an AI tool designed for efficient literature mapping based on citations, to help streamline my search for relevant references when embarking on an essay, small project, […]
For Day 5 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to examine how AI powered tools can be used to translate video – an excellent extension of Day 4 video creation task. To complete today’s task I need to use HeyGen, a generative AI video platform, to translate a video into […]
For Day 4 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to examine how AI can create videos and how they could be useful in your own practice. To complete today’s task I need to use HourOne is a AI platform to create a video on any Christmas, Chanukah or winter holiday/seasonal […]
For Day 3 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to use an AI tool to create images. To complete today’s task I need to create an image of myself based on my job title and also create an image of myself based on my role in society. Although Adobe Firefly, […]
For Day 2 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to use an AI tool called Claude. To complete today’s task I need to upload a Word document or PDF to Claude and ask it to summarise the text. Cool. Asking Claude to summarise my 12,000 word research paper Using the […]
For Day 1 of The 12 Days of AI, the 20 minute task is to explore, develop skills and understanding of prompt engineering and its potential and limitations using tools like ChatGPT, Bing chat, Google Bard, Claude 2, HuggingChat and, Pi, your personal AI. To complete today’s task I need to ask an AI tool […]
I’m on a mission to ‘level up my PM skills’. The first step is to find out more about current thinking and approaches towards product, which is why I made my way through the product-led fundamentals course by ProductLed. My experience of the course. It’s an interesting mini-course that does what it says (on the […]
Like many others, I was enamoured with the offering of a “One Dollar DIY Amazon Fuzz” after watching the video, and then ordering the components through the affiliate links. I made the ‘pedal’ and although I haven’t been able to troubleshoot the ’60hz hum’ and low output volume in the two I made, they actually […]
Over the years I’ve had a couple of goes at making DIY contact mic-based instruments and other DIY effects pedals, all with varying degrees of success. Unlike the others, this contact mic-based noisebox worked.
For a long minute I was exploring BEAT (https://beat.org/), a unique cryptocurrency where you “Do sports. Benefit from your data. Earn tokens and discounts.” and “Get paid for working out”. What intrigued me was its differences from other cryptocurrency and how it incentivised wellbeing and activity, which is pretty cool. What was less cool was […]
DEATH //ADMIN IS WHERE LIFE,DEATH AND ADMINISTRATION COLLIDE. DEATH // ADMIN IS A HEAVY FUZZ GROOVE MUSICAL PROJECT. THEME FROM DEATH // ADMIN IS THE FIRST RELEASE BY THE PROJECT – THIS IS THE DEMO. DEATH // ADMIN IS INSPIRED BY SLOWED DOWN SABBATH, GODFLESH, LARRY GRAHAM, PORTER RICKS, THE RITA, HARSH WALL NOISE, MARVIN […]
