I attended an event at the Royal Dublin Society’s Library on 21 June, 2022. Here are my notes. Geraldine Ruane, CEO, RDS, introduced ESB Science Blast evening talks. Childhood influences later decisions and love of STEM learning. Develops problem solving and critical thinking skills. Facing some challenges. Can be hard…

First steps I chose to dive back in to education and achieve a degree. I left school at a time when arts and engineering graduates were either emigrating or working in petrol stations. I worked with trees and later started my own business. …

Recently I was asked for suggestions on reducing paper use once office staff return to the workplace. As ever, my response consists of tips and some information. The better informed we are about global environmental issues, the more likely we are to apply the tips. Tips to document and reduce paper Document how much paper each…

Any computer user has run across some issue they don’t immediately understand. Some issues the user can quickly resolve, and others remain a mystery — an obstacle — and a pestilential nuisance in some cases. The more extreme version can be caused by switching from Windows PC to Apple Mac…

Crediting In Part Six, we looked at legal issues around posting on your blog. A highly important aspect of blogging or web work is giving credit where it is due. This relates to any form of media content. You can’t just copy a paragraph or scrape a film, because that…

If you can take notes in class, you can cover a United Nations conference. This experience could lead in to journalism or office work, diplomatic or committee secretary posts. You can do this for free, for your own blog or elsewhere, and put it on your CV. I recently attended…

Year of the Ox Greetings for Lunar New Year! This is a traditional festival for Chinese people, based on the new moon calendar, which is now celebrated in Dublin too. Chengdu entertainers During the Lunar New Year of 2020, the DBS Journalism Society visited a weekend afternoon of music, dancing and other…

The arts are good for us, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal in December 2019. Attending even one or two museum, gallery or theatre events during the year was found to correlate with a longer lifespan. The Journalism Society received an invitation to attend the opening…

The Web is full of content so how do we know what is allowed? In Part Four, we looked at setting up your own blog. If you put something on the web, you are publishing that piece. If you write something original, or take a photo or video clip, you…