I know everyone is worried about AI taking over soon, but it still can't tell what word I was trying to type when I misspell it sometimes...
So, I think we have a little bit of time yet.
@theirishmants
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I know everyone is worried about AI taking over soon, but it still can't tell what word I was trying to type when I misspell it sometimes...
So, I think we have a little bit of time yet.
I concur.
I also can feel this way about myself at times. π
I just βlikedβ the very first picture I saw when I opened my instagram feedβ¦ and then say it was posted 10 DAYS AGO!!!
Please donβt ever do me like that IG. π₯²
Unliked π
Thatβs sooooo sweet π₯Ή Iβm sure youβve taught her lots π
I genuinely have no schadenfreude looking at whatβs happening in America. So many great people I know are from there. Itβs just deeply sad and is having knock on effects hurting people all around the globe.
ChatGPT is getting way too enthusiastic in its replies. Maybe people like it in USA but think about the rest of us.
Can we work on human rights for people first?
Woooo congrats π
4 years living in Saudi and still havenβt fully adjusted to the Sunday to Thursday working week.
Calling Sunday Monday and calling Thursday Friday is still happening π«
A heads up Americans for tomorrow. From a born & bred Irishman.
Firstly, I sympathize that your country is falling apart & this isnβt a priority BUT
Itβs βSt. Patrickβs Dayβ. We also call it βSt. Paddyβs Dayβ and just βPaddyβs Dayβ.
No Irish person EVER (truly EVER) has called it βSt. Pattyβsβ π€’.
Having 11 work meetings in one day while dry fasting for Ramadan isβ¦ π΅βπ«
Especially after getting up at 4:45am for Suhoor.
Itβs one of the prettiest (if not THE prettiest) cities Iβve been to in traveling to over 40 countries.
Great list, I might add βlaughing with friendsβ
Itβs a screenshot from the βDays sinceβ app Heading says βCountersβ 5 years No Alcohol Started on 13 Mar 5 years No cigarettes (no e-cig or vapes) Reset on 13 Mar
1/2 a decade of responding to the βan Irish man who doesnβt drinkβ shock with my βthatβs why they kicked me out, and Saudi was happy to take me inβ joke.
Three years ago today, the day before my 31st birthday, I launched the Accessible Social website. Since then, more than 110,000 people worldwide have visited the site, representing nearly every country on the planet.
I couldn't be prouder of Accessible Social and the many people it has helped. π
π¬ I definitely did π
Learning Arabic is such a humbling experience.
100s of hours of group and private classes and years and years of daily Duolingo and I still feel like I know almost nothing.
If Iβd put this effort into a European language Iβm certain Iβd be fluent.
βHow do you eat an elephant?
1 bite at a time.β
So many great podcasts in the Higher Ed MarCom space. I often spend my Fridays (which is the weekend here in Saudi) catching up on them. Whatβs cool is I know, have met and/or worked with so many of these people (guests and hosts) in real life too.
Maybe thereβs a great reason for it that I donβt get, but asking me to put my first name and second yet in separate boxes in your form instead of one βnameβ field pisses me off.
I might be out right there.
Higher ed pros, let's find each other again! π
Iβve put together a Bluesky Directory to help our community reconnect. https://buff.ly/4hUri6B
Check it out and add your own info!
That βTrump Gazaβ AI video is possibly the most unhinged post Iβve ever seen on the internet, and itβs posted by a sitting US president.
Feel like Iβm living in a simulation. How can this level of depravity be reality. π
Terrible news everyone, Iβve improved my diet and started exercise a little andβ¦
β¦it works. I feel much better in many ways. π
Iβm going to have to keep it up. π
At first I didnβt like my new haircut, but I have to say itβs growing on me.
π₯
Enjoyed sitting down with my good pal @taylorstakes.bsky.social to dive into @timelycare.bsky.socialβs research on the impact of access to mental health and wellness resources impacts student retention and success for @enrollify.bsky.social.
www.enrollify.org/episodes/ep-...
Oh, and I might personally feature in Brian Piperβs book 5/6 times π so Iβm biased, but itβs a really brilliant book.
Enjoy your reading! π
I have a full day workshop next week about Radical Candor by Kim Scott and how to apply it to my practices in work.
Hereβs the link to Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/h...
A screenshot from the higher ed pulse podcast playing on Apple Podcasts.
Iβm loving the Higher Ed Pulse Check series on strategic storytelling
Episode 4 βLeveraging Stakeholder Engagement for Strategic Storytellingβ has some great insights on getting the right people in the room and bringing people with you.
@mallorywillsea.bsky.social talks with Anna McBrayer ποΈ
Iβve 8 direct reports, just carried out all their mid-year performance reviews.
I provided a template for them to fill to guide the conversation. They led, 80% of the time (1hr) was me listening.
I celebrated each of them & got great feedback on tangible actions we can take as a team improve. βοΈ
Hasnβt happened me a lot but when it has its been terrible. Hated it.