Scenes from the Working Abroad Expo in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin this afternoon..
From top: “NZ or Canada” bound David Leech, from Droghed; queuing outside the RDS: the line from inside the RDS: Helen Boylan, from Dublin; Lauren Gallagher (left) and Rachel McCrossan, from Tyrone.
The expo runs throughout the weekend.
Earlier: Graduate Exit Level
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
Bono and Bill Clinton in New York on Wednesday.
Further to Bono’s wide-ranging interview in the Observer last Sunday.
Bono critic and biographer Harry Browne, writes:
The interview with Bono by Tim Adams was blessed, or cursed, with interesting timing. Within a couple of days of the piece appearing, with its headline quoting Bono’s defensive “There’s a difference between cosying up to power and being close to power”, Bono was literally jumping into Bill Clinton’s seat at a Clinton Global Initiative conference to offer his loving imitation of the ex-president’s voice. (Bono’s version of Clinton was, by happy coincidence, flattering Bono.) You gotta admit, it looks pretty cosy.
The scene was all the more ironic because Adams’ interview, and Bono’s answers, rested heavily on the proposition that the mega-rich rock star, whose access to the world’s media is as unobstructed as his route to its corridors of power, is nonetheless a beleaguered and misunderstood figure, fighting to have his ideas heard and his Bono-fides respected in a hostile world. In the Bono-Adams parallel universe, the singer is under attack not merely by lefties, but even by liberals.
More here: Bono: “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me” (Harry Browne, CounterPunch)
Previously: “U2 Is In Total Harmony With Our Government’s Philosophy”
What Will You Leave Behind? is a thought-provoking if slightly morbid exhibition by artist Nino Sarabutra in which visitors are invited to walk barefoot on 100,000 miniature porcelain skulls in a room decorated with skull-covered pillows, chairs and a table and heart-shaped wall-hangings with exhortations like ‘act now’ and ‘do today’. Sarabutra sez:
“I don’t see the skulls as images of fear or sadness. They are liberating: look at all the opportunities, all the lives you could live, how serious your life is. Then go out and make the most of it.”
An excellent short by Nate Milton in which a young naturalist experiences an epiphany when he finds a giant salamander.
(Thanks Nate)
Cool, type ‘google in 1998’ into @google! #iamanerd
— Alexandra Ryan (@alexandryan) September 27, 2013
Finally.
Unique double cropping allows the ‘potmato’ effect.
Ingenious ‘salad in a ball’ or the emergence of a root-vegetable master race?
You dNOMNOM
World Exclusive: Tomtato (Thompson)
Thanks Neil McGough
(The ReachOut.com Technology for Wellbeing conference in Dublin this week. ReachOut.com is an online help service for teens.)
Technology.
Not all bad
Naoise Kavanagh writes:
Over the last two days ReachOut.com held a Technology for Well-Being conference in Dublin. It was a mix of panel discussions, plenary talks and workshop style sessions with most (not all) of the attendees working in the area of mental health in Ireland.
It was great to see that a number of these organisations use technology to reach both the general public and those in need, with a diverse offering of mental health services.
There was a lot of enthusiasm in the room for different approaches to mental health information and services. This was all with full acknowledgement that there are many people who will never access traditional services, no matter what their need is.
You only need to check out #T4WB13 tweets to see how it was going down with the audience (it was trending above Arthur’s Day for while, which was a nice bonus).
In a time where we continuously see images of people with their head in their hands alongside stories of depression and anxiety, it was so encouraging to feel the positive energy about the reach and use of technology in the area of mental health.
Negative press about cyberbullying, trolling and our lack of privacy online was counterbalanced by strong evidence of successful online spaces allowing users to access support and information anonymously and safely.
The internet provides a sense of community to people who otherwise can feel isolated, and benefit from the sharing of personal stories.Here’s to ensuring the appetite for collaboration produces some more effective technology projects, that will go a long way to helping improve the well-being of people in Ireland.
See you all at #T4WB14?
Pic: Maria O’Donoghue
The deftly edited, rhythmic result of Duncan Robson’s trawl through hours of TV and movies in search of those moments where characters bash malfunctioning technology to make it work.
Music: Joel Robson
