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Design Talk (dot IE)

Design Talk. A podcast for learning about the business of technology design and management. Listen to stories, panels, interviews and discussions about technology and design in-the-wild: the good, the beautiful, and the useful. Whether you've got one big idea, you think of yourself as an organisation designer, product designer, creator, or entrepreneur. Each episode offers a take on how people design, strategise, organise, and develop technology. We want to dig into the essence of design, discover the backstory to technologies, and unpack the design attitude. We started this podcast for you, because you are interested in tinkering, in making, and how ideas become 'things', and because we are all, in some way, involved in designing.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 0246 - Gaming the System - GameChangers

    44 MIN AGO

    0246 - Gaming the System - GameChangers

    Panel 2 – Gaming the System: the enabling aspects of regulation and competition as drivers of business opportunity for the games sector. Chair: Conn Holohan, Director Centre for Creative Technologies, University of Galway ·       Ambre Nicolle: Platform competition and strategic trade-offs for complementors: Heterogeneous reactions to the entry of a new platform ·       Alexey Rusakov: First-party complements and value in platform markets ·       Maria O’Brien: Ireland’s new Digital Games Tax Credit: the role of the state in supporting the games industry Notes, extra questions, and further reading: With thanks to the College of Business, Public Policy & Law for the funds to support this event. The event is also part-funded by the College of Business, Public Policy & Law research fund. Supported by: ·       The University of Galway College (link) ·       College of Business Public Policy and Law (link),  ·       WRAP - developing a sustainable Film, Television Drama, Animation, & Games sector in the West of Ireland (link) ·       NEXUS Games Conference - by GamerFest (link) ·       IMIRT - The Irish Game Makers organization representing game developers in the Republic of Ireland (link) ·       ARDÁN - talent development in Film, TV, Games and Amination. Thanks to all our presenters, participants, attendees and to the staff in the University of Galway for support including Mary O’Malley, Louise Monahan and Sergei Medvedev. Particular thanks to Professor Geraint Howells, Professor Martin Hogg and Professor Alma McCarthy for trusting this event to us and for all the support. Acknowledgements Music  Title: Injection Vapor Games House Beat Shuffle House Artist: Allen Higgins Source:  a-Fri24Oct2024 License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Includes samples from Ableton Live by Ableton AG and by KORG Inc. Cover Art  Title: Maria, Alexey, and Ambre Artist: Allen Higgins Source: GameChangers_Panel-02 License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    46 min
  2. 0245 - Testing, a Quality Mindset with Sushant Singhal

    2 DAYS AGO

    0245 - Testing, a Quality Mindset with Sushant Singhal

    Welcome to Design Talk.  Our guest today is Sushant Singhal from Gartner. Sushant works on the Software Development and UX team in the Gartner Technical Professionals Guild (that’s my term for Garnet’s team specialisms). Sushant offers us his take on software testing and the quality mindset you need to bring to digital design and software engineering. There is lots to unpack here and to apply to your own environments. Don’t forget to look through the show-notes for further readings and links. Our hosts for this interview are Erin Nielsen and Vishvam Dave, Masters students at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business. Welcome to the podcast Sushant. Starting off, could you say a little about your background and interests? ·       Why can't we have the developers do the testing as well and why should there be a separate role for testers? ·       Is there a future for manual testing? ·       Essential skills to move into testing? ·       Software testing in Agile teams… How that works? ·       Is there a critical step in the software development process that significantly reduces the likelihood of defects during testing? Any additional questions from the audience? Notes, extra questions, and further reading: Sushant Singhal - Senior Director Analyst on the Software Development and UX team of ‘Gartner for Technical Professionals’ (GTP) - https://www.gartner.com/en/experts/sushant-singhal Selected notes that Sushant has been involved in: How to Create an Effective Software Test Plan - https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/5595259 How to Establish 4 Development and Test Environments for Effective Software Engineering - https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/5469695 Acknowledgements Music  Title: Faceplant with UK Garage Artist: Allen Higgins Source:  a-Wed23Oct2024 License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Includes samples from Ableton Live by Ableton AG and by KORG Inc. Cover Art  Title: Complex collage Artist: Allen Higgins Source: SushantAndClass.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    43 min
  3. 0238 - A Storied Academic Life - Karamjit Gill

    11 OCT

    0238 - A Storied Academic Life - Karamjit Gill

    Today’s episode is a cross-pod release with the UCD Centre for Innovation, Technology and Organisation. The following is the second recording from the Music and Virtual Worlds Workshop held on the 20th of June, 2024 – where invited guest, Emeritus Professor Karamjit Gill, co-founder and editor of the journal AI & Society reflected on his personal academic habitus; How he felt called to take action and respond to the question: How do you bring people together to help others, to make change and create social value through technology, without money, without power, without fame, and when the human-technological-systems to do this are yet to be invented? This episode’s cover art includes a photo of Liam Bannon, Satinder Gill, and Karamjit Gill taken at UHL. The lower picture is a snapshot from the panel discussion in the Irish Chamber Orchestra Building, University of Limerick. From left to right:Gerry Keenan, Simon Thompson, Andrew Kaung, Martin Cunneen, Karamjit Gill, Cathriona Murphy, Amanda Clifford and Satinder Gill.  Credit: Allen Higgins, 20th June 2024. Notes, mentions, and further reading: Mike Cooley (Wikipedia link) – Author of Architect or Bee? (1980).  The Journal AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication (link). Published by Springer.  Established in 1987. Co-founded by Professors Michael Cooley and Karamjit Gill. Founding advisory board members: Joseph Weizenbaum, Hubert Dreyfus, Daniel Dennett, Maggie Boden, Terry Winograd, David F. Noble, Seymour Papert, Marvin Minsky and others (see article at link). XTREME – “Mixed Reality Environment for Immersive Experience of Art and Culture” is an EU Horizon 2020 project that started in January 2024 and will finish in December 2026. XTREME will explore and provide a mixed reality (MR) solution to experience different forms of art. The project is in close collaboration with 14 different partners who together will explore different alternatives to the traditional way of accessing music and art experiences.  https://xtremeitu.dk/about-xtreme  The INSYTE-Cooley Research Lab (I-CRL link) Acknowledgements Music Title: Adagio in G minor Artist: Remo Giazotto attributed to Tomaso Albinoni Source: https://soundcloud.com/dick-de-ridder/adagio-in-g-minor-albinoni Licensed by Dick de Ridder: CC-BY 3.0 Cover Art  Title: Vignettes from Limerick Artist: Allen Higgins  Source: LiamKaramjitSatinder_Cover_Art.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    58 min
  4. 0242 - Digital Product Design with Mitch Eva

    9 OCT

    0242 - Digital Product Design with Mitch Eva

    Our hosts today are Bonnie Lyons and Téo Bayon, and our guest is Mitchell Eva, Principal Designer @ Sonalake, Dublin.  Welcome to the podcast Mitch. Starting off, could you say a little about your background and interests? ·       A short sketch of the kinds of projects Sonalake works on? ·       How does your process change between your in-house products like SwitchedOn Fibre and your client work?  ·       What differences have you seen between working as a designer in Africa vs Ireland?   ·       Where do you see product design fitting within the whole product lifecycle?  ·       How is a Product Designer different to a UI/UX Designer or an interface designer?  ·       Thoughts on essential skills to work UX/ID? ·       Do you use AI in your own designer workflow? ·       Can you talk about the need for designers to go outside the bubble and consider the whole enterprise system... and sell the value of design to your team, your clients, the corporates. ·       Any books you'd recommend from your (virtual) bookshelf? Are there any questions from the audience? Notes, extra questions, and further reading: Mitchell Eva on Sonalake - When Design is Not Design - https://sonalake.com/latest/canvases-and-frameworks-when-design-is-not-design/   Mitch has put together a design-focused learning resource library – (link)  Innovation podcasts The “Sans Permission” podcast (in French) Actor Network Theory – see the Wikipedia entry (link). ANT arises as a coevolving concept/framework through the work of scholars such as Michel Callon, Madeleine Akrich and Bruno Latour, the sociologist John Law, and others. The HEART framework - https://www.heartframework.com Figma Design - https://www.figma.com Friends of Figma - https://friends.figma.com/dublin/ Acknowledgements Music  Title: Moody Break  01 Artist: Allen Higgins Source:  a-Wed10Oct2024 License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Includes samples from Ableton Live by Ableton AG and by KORG Inc. Cover Art  Title: MitchAndAllen Artist: Allen Higgins Source: MitchAndAllen.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    59 min
  5. 0241 - Community Engagement and My Practice

    2 OCT

    0241 - Community Engagement and My Practice

    In this episode we go to UCD’s Building 71 where the 2nd year Architecture class of 2024 played host to three visiting architects, talking about how collaborative work has shaped their own practices.   I hope you enjoy listening to these inspiring accounts by architects navigating their own deliberate practice in the world, working alongside communities and a range of other stakeholders.  I think the insights they share can inform and inspire anyone involved in designing for others; practices for learning about client’s expectations, how technologies are really used by people, about their goals, needs, desires; discovering new ideas, unmet potentials, and importantly, negotiating shared understandings. All of which comprise an intrinsically democratic design process. Talk timeline - (00:00:00) Preamble - Allen Higgins, UCD College of Business. (00:03:37) Nathalie Weadick, UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy. Introduction. (00:07:36) Laurence Lord from AP+E  talking about Lusk for Life (00:33:28) Evelyn D’Arcy from 12th Field presenting an overview of her work and focus on the Bog Bothy project. (01:03:7) Kevin Loftus, ACT Studio  presenting an overview of his work including Reimaging Lisdoonvarna. (01:28:00) Audience discussion. Speaker bios: Nathalie Weadick Hon FRIBA, is a Design Fellow, School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, PhD Candidate Queen's University Belfast and RMIT Melbourne - nathalieweadick.comLaurence Lord is an architect with AP+E and a lecturer in Queen’s University Belfast.Evelyn D’Arcy is an architect and educator with a passion for helping people to develop a stronger connection to their world.Kevin Loftus is a co-founder and design director at ACT (Accelerating Change Together), a social enterprise of architects, designers and policy specialists that have been established to accelerate the green transition in Ireland. Acknowledgements Music  Title: Monologue Lu-Fugi octave climb with extra notes with wa wa with other tweaks Artist: Allen Higgins Source:  introoutro License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0   License note: Includes derivative work from KORG Monologue/Sound presets by KORG Inc. permitted under Terms of Use (https://korg.shop/terms-of-use) Section 2: “Derivative works and their authors benefit in turn from the full protection of copyright without prejudicing the rights of the original work's author”. Cover Art  Title: Complex collage Artist: Allen Higgins Source: vignette_version.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2h 4m
  6. 0237 - The Music and Virtual Worlds Workshop

    24 SEPT

    0237 - The Music and Virtual Worlds Workshop

    Today’s episode is a cross-pod release with the UCD Centre for Innovation, Technology and Organisation. Hi. I’m Allen Higgins,  The following is a recording from the Music and Virtual Worlds Workshop held on the 20th of June, 2024 - a working event of the XTREME project, a research projected funded by the European Union. The workshop was a preliminary activity of the XTREME project; which stands for “’miXed Reality Environment for IMmersive Experience’ of Art and Culture”. The goal of the project being to research new applications at the intersection between augmention technology and human kinaesthetic being. For example, by experimenting with embodied musical-artistic performance uniting AR/VR and AI, for therapeutic and other forms of human involvement. The panel included: Martin Cunneen, from the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick and local PI for XTREME.Amanda Clifford, Physiotherapist, from the School of Allied Health, University of LimerickSatinder Gill, from the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Music and ScienceEmeritus Professor Karamjit Gill from University of Brighton and Editor of the journal AI & SocietyCathriona Murphy,Gerry Keenan, And Simon Thompson from the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance.And Andrew Kaung a researcher on the XTREME project. The goal for the workshop was to explain the scope of XTREME and its inspiration in ideas surrounding the blend of music, dance, physical and virtual embodiment. The local partners gathered to meet and introduce themselves, their motivations and research interests.  Professors Karamjit Gill and Liam Bannon had planned to prompt a dialogue centred on the role of technology shaping human society and implications for computer mediated immersive experiences. Unfortunately, due to illness Liam was unable to attend on the day and so Karamjit offered a personal reflection on his own academic habilitation and storied career, which we present in the second episode/recording of this event. Notes, extra questions, and further reading: XTREME – “Mixed Reality Environment for Immersive Experience of Art and Culture” is an EU Horizon 2020 project that started in January 2024 and will finish in December 2026. XTREME will explore and provide a mixed reality (MR) solution to experience different forms of art. The project is in close collaboration with 14 different partners who together will explore different alternatives to the traditional way of accessing music and art experiences.  https://xtremeitu.dk/about-xtreme  Speakers: Martin Cunneen, Amanda Clifford, Satinder Gill, Karamjit Gill, Cathriona Murphy,Gerry Keenan, Simon Thompson and Andrew Kaung Acknowledgements Music Title: Adagio in G minor Artist: Remo Giazotto attributed to Tomaso Albinoni Source: https://soundcloud.com/dick-de-ridder/adagio-in-g-minor-albinoni Licensed by Dick de Ridder: CC-BY 3.0 Cover Art  Title: Complex collage incorporating the XTREME logo image Artist: Allen Higgins and XTREME project Source: XTREME_Cover_Art.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 8m
  7. 0239 - STS Community Making with Cassidy R. Sugimoto and Rob Kitchin

    16 SEPT

    0239 - STS Community Making with Cassidy R. Sugimoto and Rob Kitchin

    A cross-pod release with CITO Conversations - https://www.smurfitschool.ie/facultyresearch/cito/ The STS Ireland unconference of 25 June 2024. Welcome by Kalpana Shankar Professor Cassidy R. Sugimoto, chair of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology and Professor Rob Kitchin from the Social Sciences Institute at Maynooth University. (the unconference was held at the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), St Stephen’s Green South, Dublin.) Why an unconference? An unconference is an event where the attendees help set the agenda and content. Rather than papers and panels, we want to use this opportunity to foster networking and discussion. The goal of this inaugural event was to acknowledge the specificities but also international connections/reach of STS (and the general implications of scientific research and policy here in Ireland) and bring researchers together for networking from different institutional and disciplinary homes. The unconference format included panel talks and small-group discussions to explore various facets of the socio-cultural study of technology, science, and medicine. Schedule: 9:45 Registration 10:30-10:40 Overview/welcome 10:45-11:40 Keynotes 11:50-12:40 Panel discussion - Cassidy, Rob, Kalpana (Moderator - Christo) 12:50-1:50 Lunch 1:50-2:45 Breakout 1 (1:50 - 2:30, then return and discuss) 2:45-3:40 Breakout 2 (2:45 - 3:40) 3:45-4:30 Debrief and next steps 4:30-4:45 Closing Notes, further reading: Organised by Kalpana (kalpana.shankar@ucd.ie); Christo (christo.jacob@ucdconnect.ie) The Website and registration link:  https://stscommunityireland.wordpress.com/ Supported by the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) Network Fund and the University College Dublin Centre for Digital Policy. Museum of Literature Ireland - https://moli.ie Acknowledgements Music  Title: CrazyMix Artist: Allen Higgins using Sandbox Korg Ableton Source:  CrazyMix.aif License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Cover Art  Title: Inspired by Wordpress Defaults Artist: Allen Higgins Source: CITO-podcast-STS.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 9m
  8. 0234 - Offshore Entrepreneur with Shourjya Sanyal

    21 AUG

    0234 - Offshore Entrepreneur with Shourjya Sanyal

    Our hosts are Chahat Goel and Shreyaa Krishnakumar. Today we’re talking with Shourjya Sanyal, AVP/ Head of Innovation at Unum Ireland. Unum is a Fortune 250 Insurance carrier. Shourjya co-heads Unum’s R&D & Software Centre of Excellence, with 300 people in Carlow, Ireland. 1. Could you share a bit about yourself and your role in Dublin? 2. When did you first start exploring outsourcing options, and which tasks were you looking to outsource? 3. What specific qualities or characteristics were important to you when selecting an outsourcing partner? 4. Have you encountered instances where outsourcing didn't meet your expectations, and what lessons did you gain from those experiences? 5. What advice would you offer to fellow entrepreneurs contemplating outsourcing? 6. Given your AI background, how do you see the potential of AI and machine learning technologies to improve the quality, efficiency and cost of outsourcing services? And now some questions from the audience... Thank you for finding the time to talk to us today.  Notes, extra questions, and further reading: Podcast team: Chahat Goel, Shreyaa Krishnakumar, Abhay V, Xiao Zhang, and Zijing Li. Shourjya Sanyal at TEDxTallaght - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEpVUn6WUGA Acknowledgements Music  Title: KoffeeSwap Theme v2 - 90bpm Artist: tukyo.eth Source:  https://freesound.org/s/625534/ License: -- License: CC0 1.0 UNIVERSAL Cover Art  Title: Three panel screen shot in PowerPoint Artist: Allen Higgins Source: ShourjyaChahatShreyaa.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    37 min
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Design Talk. A podcast for learning about the business of technology design and management. Listen to stories, panels, interviews and discussions about technology and design in-the-wild: the good, the beautiful, and the useful. Whether you've got one big idea, you think of yourself as an organisation designer, product designer, creator, or entrepreneur. Each episode offers a take on how people design, strategise, organise, and develop technology. We want to dig into the essence of design, discover the backstory to technologies, and unpack the design attitude. We started this podcast for you, because you are interested in tinkering, in making, and how ideas become 'things', and because we are all, in some way, involved in designing.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Allen Higgins
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    167
  • Rating
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    © Allen Higgins
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    Design Talk (dot IE)

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