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Unhappy with low gain on a previous recording, I've turned off pre-processing and told my HoQ MP3 Android app to use both mics on my Samsung Note 9 when recording. I wonder if the episode description might push out as part of the syndicated audio served by Anchor. If you have suggestions, please DM me via http://twitter.com/topgold or email underwayinireland@yahoo.ie -- thanks!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

We had some adventures whe inboxing Christmas gifts. I learned I must do better when logging my Moleskine items. The family learned old tech like Chromecast works well with the new UHD TV. My daughter learned fake nails and greasy hands can hurt an iPhone's screen. And I am very satisfied with our new slow cooker, a too-sharp Wunsthof knife, and some entertaining induction lights. If you want to share your unboxing please hit me up http://twitter.com/topgold or via underwayinireland@yahoo.ie and we can continue the conversation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

I made Christmas dinner for 10 people and half was uneaten. My Note 9 and Chromecast served more than 100 clips to the in-law's TV. Dylan (8) is deep into his Nintendo Switch and Mia (12) is happy with a free iPhone 8. I hope you have a happy holiday season. You can share with me http://twitter.com/topgold or reach me underwayinireland@yahoo.ie --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

Recorded on a blustery September evening while walking our dog in Marlfield Wood, County Tipperary, Ireland. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

Dylan (8) is getting very competent with his new bicycle. Here's proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf52lUtnG9M  You can also see our growing evidence of Irish Cycling Adventures at https://www.flickr.com/photos/irisheyes/albums/72157700319896651 Leave @topgold a comment on all good social networks or drop an email to underwayinireland@yahoo.ie --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

Currently frustrated by @FlickrHelp who are inundated by Pro Users who cannot log into Flickr. Plus @diegomccloud calls in. You can have your say by pinging @topgold on all good social networks or by leaving a comment on http://insideview.ie --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

What if you're an American renting a RH drive and then heading across Ireland's motorways and back roads? Bernie @topgold gives his opinions because @JenaferE and Lisa Marie plan to spend holiday time in Ireland during the summer of 2019. Then @BarbaraKB and Dewuan shares his Noteworthy thoughts. You can dial into Bernie @topgold on all good social networks or read more on Underway.ie unless you simply want to Google for "Bernie Underway in Ireland". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

I work with a lot of creative people on the Clonmel Digital Campus and know they have high autonomy needs. I've also figured out some of their best innovation is a collective result. My students need a little consideration from the Irish government so they might be able to earn more than 4500 euro a year without losing their education grant. Some of my students work behind the bar on weekends. Other students who are based in Dublin are baristas in the coffee culture of Ireland. Some analysts believe Irish coffee shops have reached a saturation point. Nearly all of the Sunday papers in Ireland covered the law suit Brenda Romera has launched against the University of Limerick, alleging UL damaged her reputation concerning her running (or not running) UL's Masters programme in game design. Another creative woman, Sinead Gleeson, has released a collection of essays called Constellations: Reflections from Life. I'm reading it at the moment and highly recommend it. You can see more about these topics by subscribing to Underway in Ireland or by reading my Underway.ie blog. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

Details at http://congregation.ie --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

Bernie @topgold interviews @magsamond about her Third Space and gets suggestions that enhance teaching and learning. Get shownotes for episode 7 of Congversations from Ireland at https://www.insideview.ie/2018/12/congversation-1807.html and catch up with more Congversations by subscribing to https://www.spreaker.com/show/3263384/episodes/feed Here's what's on the show: 00:25 The handle @magsamond 01:19 Images of round tables 03:08 Johnson’s Theory of Cooperative Learning 05:11 Cooperative learning and artefacts. 07:22 We need to teach people to listen 07:57 Third Space of Magsamond 10:28 Google Keep as a Third Space 12:28 Bianca, a Digital Champion 16:09 Digital literacies for teachers 18:14 Advice from DermotCasey 19:30 What is Mags reading? 19:43 Hans Rosling Factfulness and Raymond Williams Keywords 21:53 #cesicon 22:42 @Pamobrien is next --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

Catching up with Ireland's Youth Media Team in #feilte2018 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

Trying to consolidate my working files in portable digital storage. Adding a 4TB My Passport Ultra to my wishlist because our broadband speed will drop significantly below 20 Megabits per second. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

Watching small post offices close in Ireland. But you need people--not just elderly people seeking a social interaction at a post office counter--in small towns to keep _all_ of the little town's life blood flowing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

Russia is using diplomatic cover to bring spying and transmission equipment into Ireland. Image from Reuters. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

Remembering the 71 people who died 30 years ago during Europe's worst airshow disaster. "Learning to Fly" by Pink Floyd. More at http://www.insideview.ie/2018/08/my-personal-flugtag.html --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

I haven't mowed much this year. And we're moving, maybe to a mountain road. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

Thinking about many of my favourite walks in Ireland. Up Croagh Patrick in the fog. Along the eroded cliffs from Greystones to Bray. Shuffling miles after work from the DART. Getting my first hiking boots for treks up the Sugarloaf Mountains. Enjoying the colour purple in the Knockmealdown Mountains. Seeing topless Germans on Achill Island. Smelling lovely aromas at night in centre city Dublin. Lifted by the smell of hops in Kilkenny's laneways. Sucking on raspberries along the boreens of County Tipperary. Walking through Burgagery Lands in Clonmel on the way to work. And marveling at long boats in the River Suir while walking the Blueway. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

After a week at the top of the charts on Anchor v2, I decided to move across to version three. And Eli Garf is coming with me! I heard from Maria Humphreys and Paul O'Mahony so I put them into this episode as well. A lot of people are talking about where podcasting is headed, so I recapped Tom Webster's Medium article that answers that question. And I've included Auf dem Wasser zu Singer by Franz Liszt as well as Zoe Keating's "We Insist" from her excellent "One Cello x 16" collection. You should buy both of them too. If you want more than me babbling, you should head over to http://insideview.ie where this episode features in a blog post. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

Bernie experiments at @omaniblog's request by using iOS11 to hear both audio and video content before repurposing that content as MP3 uploads to Anchor. No Waves were harmed during this experimentation with Limor, Anchor, Converter+ and Voice Record Pro (in cover art). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message

Here Comes @topgold on Anchor v3 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/topgold/message