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DrJD

@drjd.bsky.social
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Co-host of renowned podcast On The Reg with @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social Entreprenerd. BJJ tragic. I identify as a Blue Belt.

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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Wow! We were the 29th most popular Australian Podcast in 2024 as measured byb the good people at Great Australian podcasts! Check out the whole list (but pay close attention to spot 29 😉)
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Popular Podcasts 2024 | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
These were the 100 most popular podcasts on Great Australian Pods in 2024. These podcast entries piqued the most visitor interest and attracted the greatest number of page views.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
If all it took was to make these predictions, I too could call myself The New Nostradamus. #SetTheBarLow nypost.com/2024/12/27/l...
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‘Living Nostradamus’ predicts that ‘the worst is yet to come’ with ‘biggest threats to global security’
The psychic claimed that cyber threats are one of the “biggest threats to global security” and warned of the issues around using technology and cyber war.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
One of my favourite use-cases for AI is to generate ALT-Text for images that I post on the web. Claude does an excellent job of analysing images. Check out the Alt-Text for the image below. It's Alt-Text all the way down.
Screenshot of a conversation interface showing an image of black kitchen utensils and a text exchange. The top portion contains the original image of six black silicone utensils. Below is a user message asking for alt text, followed by Claude's response describing the utensils. The interface includes a copy button, retry button, and thumbs up/down feedback options. A decorative orange asterisk icon appears in the bottom left corner, with a note about Claude's potential mistakes at the bottom.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
"A year ago, GPT-4 felt like a glimpse of the future. Now it's basically running on phones ... This isn't steady progress - we're watching AI take uneven leaps past our ability to easily gauge its implications."
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What just happened
A transformative month rewrites the capabilities of AI
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
In Australia, Boxing Day is usually spent recovering from a food coma and watching either the Boxing Day Test (cricket) or the Start of the Sydney Hobart yacht race. If neither of these things appeal to you, why don't you listen to the latest episode of On The Reg podcast?
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Our technology stacks - what products we use for different problems (Kitchen Table episodes vol 2) - On the reg
Inger and Jason catch up at the kitchen table... in Casa Downs this time. The sound on this one is ok, considering we were in a huge open space downstairs!While Jack Downs washes Inger's new car, she…
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Ping @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social - looks interesting.
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The Audhd Mental Health Educator @theaudhdeducator.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Got out of bed today? That’s a WIN. Brushed your teeth? WIN. Took a breath and tried again? LEGENDARY. Depression makes every step feel impossible, but you are still moving. THAT’S HEROIC. 🛡️🔥
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I just had one of those "Holy Crap" moments. I experimented with Google's Gemini AI to create a video from one of my documents. It took the content of the document, suggested scenes in the video, put in transition and other effects, suggested a script and narrated the script over the top. 90 seconds
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Opinion | Bosses want to kill off working from home. There’s just one problem with that - The Sydney Morning Herald I’ve been following Nick Bloom’s work for a few years. He’s always been a strong promoter of WFH benefits. I can’t imagine ever going back to the soul-crushing commute.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This is brilliant. Man creates animated stick figure on the streets of Toronto by repeatedly going for runs in his neighbourhood and tracking his runs with an app. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/s...
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When Your Workouts Turn Into a Work of Art
Using the maps from his daily runs, Duncan McCabe took the Strava art trend to new heights by creating an animated stickman that has become an online sensation.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Amazing session today with the School of Communications and Arts at University of Queensland. Our session was in the old Customs House building. Fancy!
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Flying to Brisbane this morning for a workshop with University of Queensland. I always seem to struggle sleeping the night before I travel. Last night was no exception. Tips on how to combat the inability to sleep are welcomed.
Screenshot of my Health App showing I only managed 2 hours and 21 minutes of sleep.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
What better soundtrack to help me imagine all the admin I'm doing today is more *exciting* than it really is?
"An Apple Music playlist interface showing 'James Bond Essentials' in the Film, TV & Stage category. The image features a stylized purple album cover with the iconic James Bond gun barrel spiral design in lighter purple shades and 'James Bond' text in white. The interface includes a description mentioning the franchise's longevity from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, along with Play and Shuffle buttons in red. The Apple Music logo appears at the top."
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
@lynneguist.bsky.social Hi Lynne! I just listened to your episode on the OmniShow podcast. Thanks for the shout out! I hope you are doing well!
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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Surveying the surveyors: mapping ‘hidden’ geographies of Ireland's Ordnance Survey - Professor Keith Lilley (in-person).
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of working with the ECRs from the Monash Law School. We took a tactical look at what we can do in the day-to-day maelstrom of work to gain some control over our day. Today, I've consciously decided to revisit my amount of Work in Progress and renegotiate. #calm
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 10/04/2024
Planning a ‘Mailbag’ ep for the next On The Reg recording session. If you want us to answer any questions or share specific workflows or tips, write to us and we’ll try and get to them all. @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social tells me we’ve already got some great mail but we’d love more! #OnTheReg
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 09/04/2024
Another episode of On The Reg podcast is up (it came out over Easter) and in it @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social and I go deep on how to develop a writing practice with Obsidian. Great ep - check it out here: www.buzzsprout.com/1187141/1479...
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Obsidian! 1996 called and it wants its database back. - On the reg
It's been quite the month.  Jason was pulled over in the Tinny (again),  Inger had a mole taken off her foot. We skipped the mailbag in favour of a deep nerd chat about Obsidian starting at 32:51. The...
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
Woah. There’s some smart stuff being written about ai. Here’s a few of my take-always: 1. This stuff will be nuts when you begin to chain different ai models together. 2. Some of the 4.0 models are spookily good at mimicking human interaction. 3. Add robots for even more spooky.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 29/02/2024
Are you “holding it wrong”? @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social and I go deep on Gen Ai in the latest episode of On The Reg podcast. Inger even whipped up a slide deck! Head over to Apple Pods (or your fav podcast app) to listen. Link to slides in the shownotes: onthereg.buzzsprout.com/1187141/1458...
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What we are doing with GenAI now... (it's pretty cool) - On the reg
Jason had pneumonia when he recorded this very long pod with Inger. It's a testament to his brainy-ness (and Inger's sound engineering skills) that it turned out as well as it did, given he coughed an...
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 04/02/2024
New month, new #Bujo spread.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
I just paid $3.49 to access an episode of Below Decks. I feel so dirty. Somehow, though, I feel that @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social would support my life choices. It’s a complex life.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
Today's writing music: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/d...
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‎Deep House Cat on Apple Podcasts
‎Music · 2023
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
Decided to run a full system scan with my anti-virus software to see if something has somehow slipped through despite my best efforts to keep the nasties at bay. It's been running for 3.5 hours so far and isn't even half-way done... Shoulda started it earlier. #RookieMistake
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Amie Albrecht @nomadpenguin.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
“The writing life is 90% reading.” - Eleanor Catton
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
Here’s a quick roundup of highlights from research we published in 2023, on climate change, capitalism, colonialism, degrowth and post-capitalist futures. As always, free PDFs are available via the link at the end of the thread.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
I like to draft work in a basic text editor before I commit to a final format. This way I can easily cut and paste and move text around without generating a whole lot of 'cruft'. One trick I have is to have a little section at the bottom of the note called 'Writing scraps'. 1/2...
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
Back in the gym after a break due to injury. I love how I feel after hard exercise, but Holy Cow it zaps my energy in the afternoon!
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
“So, if you drink your coffee from a green mug, it could bring out more of the complex flavor notes … taste better. Similarly, if you find the taste of coffee too bitter, drink … it in a red mug to bring out more sweet notes.” apple.news/AtOt1DJBNQx2...
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Amazing lightning show (and associated thunder) happening right outside my home office window. Woah. #PowerOfNature
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
Man, I’m a much better editor of other people’s work. Why is it so hard to edit my own?
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
Guess where I’ve been @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social
Profile shot of my head with a sticky plaster on across my cheek.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
Hey - look what turned up today @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social! I’ll have a book report the next time we record On The Reg podcast!
Photograph of my home office desktop featuring a copy of Timothy Snider’s book titled “On Tyranny”.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
Awesome to see our BJJ club’s newest purple belt receive his deserved promotion. Well done Sammy. You smashed it!
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
I've just bought this @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social . Will report back in 2024 #OnTheReg
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Pat Thomson @patthomson.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
Academic writers sometimes struggle with how to sound authoritative Here’s a strategy to help -write short patthomson.net/2023/11/27/w...
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
My work world right now.
Graph view of my Obsidian Vault
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
‘ChattyG” made it to the final session of the TEQSA conference. It’s now accepted by the sector. You DID IT @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social!
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
More TextExpander goodness created and about to be deployed. #SavingTime
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 18/11/2023
Completely over how my non-stick frying pans aren’t living up to their promise. In a state of fury I decided to replace the lot. I’ll be keeping my receipts - that lifetime guarantee better be legit.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 18/11/2023
Of all the dumb ways to waste $115, getting a parking ticket would have to be the most infuriating.
Photo of a parking ticket - argh!
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 18/11/2023
Ha! @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social dropped a super sneaky audio track at the end of our latest podcast episode. Hear us talk about HOT GOSSIP amongst other things and then listen out for the bonus track! onthereg.buzzsprout.com/1187141/1395...
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Hot academic gossip and the Circle of Niceness - On the reg
This one has been in the can for a while - but it was recorded only a week after the previous one about the Meat Grinder. You'd think that would make the banter session shorter, but ...not really. Jas...
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
Phew. Man it’s been a big week. Thanks academia. /s
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Hey Academic Brains-trust: I have a 2hr commute each day and I drive. I want to be able to listen to academic papers as I drive. Does anyone know of a good solution for text to audio that might solve this problem? Ping @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
Not ‘academic’ but I was careful to get it right. This is the result of overthinking and measuring carefully. New drop-down table for the Jeep - and it’s bloody level as f*** Who said academia doesn’t translate to ‘real world’ skills?!?
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Professor Narelle Lemon @rellypops.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Excited to announce I have two 3 year full time #PhD Scholarships available in #wellbeing & #education to work with me and colleagues at Edith Cowan University. Qualitative methods focused, looking for creative methods. www.ecu.edu.au/scholarships... Closes 8 Dec 2023 Please share 🙏
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
Woah. That was a rugged 24hrs. The flu kicked my ass. Immune defences over-run, but now fighting back. Off to the pharmacy for reinforcements. #flu2023
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Q. Had a crappy day? A. Jiu jitsu.
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Bloody hell the template function in Obsidian is so very useful. #MeetingNotes #Actions Ping @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social
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DrJD @drjd.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Tactical power-nap ✅
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