Excited to announce that from 2024/25, #UCD will offer a taught Masters programme in #PhilosophyOfMind and #EmbodiedCognition. In addition to a wide range of #philosophy modules, students can select options from UCD’s interdisciplinary #CognitiveScience programme. Email or message for details!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, most of y’all don’t know what it’s like to be a fediverse developer of a popular project and have to deal with all the negative feedback and personal attacks
Let’s be nicer to the devs of the fediverse who have been doing this mostly unpaid for the greater good, all I ask is for basic respect!
Anfora, Prismo, Firefish and dozens of other projects have been abandoned by their devs, and I’d bet the fediverse mentality towards devs is part of the reason
One good way to support the Fediverse's volunteer devs: ask them to work with volunteer design and user-research practitioners who help them to develop and test usable designs – before any substantial code is written.
Testing mockups and prototypes with the community would reduce unhappiness all around.
Qwerty keyboards are laid out to keep the arms of a mechanical typewriter from hitting each other as you type, because letters that are more commonly used side by side are farther apart on the "keyboard".
Thumb typing has different constraints. There's probably a case for a different keyboard layout, now, to reduce common typos.
Who would research new layouts and the demand? One of the O/S publishers?
Register for a place at my lecture, "Is Hiroshima Still Radioactive? Nuclear Explosions & the Environment" next Tuesday in Dublin at the Museum of Literature Ireland
I'll be giving a public lecture at the Museum of Literature Ireland in Dublin on Feb 20th titled, "Is Hiroshima Still Radioactive? Nuclear Explosions & the Environment," sponsored by University College Dublin.
There will also be an affiliated poster exhibition from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Details in the flier, or contact me.
I’ll be teaching a course on the #Philosophy and #Ethics of #AI at #UCD. What readings would you expect to be included on such a course? These could be classic texts or new work that is suitable for an advanced undergraduate audience. Suggestions welcome!
I’m delighted to announce that I will shortly be starting as a Teaching Fellow in #Philosophy, and from June 2024 as Lecturer/Assistant Professor, at #UniversityCollegeDublin. 🇮🇪
Thank you to everyone who has encouraged and supported me over the years, without whom this wouldn’t have been possible. In particular, heartfelt thanks to all of my mentors, supervisors, colleagues, friends and family for their help and encouragement—in particular my referees (you know who you are!), some of whom have been writing for me for over 10 years now… 🙏
It’s been a long road with many ups and downs, but both personally and professionally I couldn’t have hoped for a better home. I am looking forward to the new challenges and adventure that this brings, as well as getting to know and working with my many excellent colleagues at the #UCD School of #Philosophy. 😊 ☘️