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Show-notes for cross-pod for The Blind Spot with Tina Lowe Podcast -18/Oct/2021 (publish sequence Jan 11 2021) Title: 0043- 02 - Sensory Gardens Subtitle: With Marie Staunton & Christopher Heavey Link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blindspot-ie Season: 2 Episode: 0043  For more information see “The Blind Spot” on Spotify for notes and descriptions of episodes.  https://podc...

Show-notes for cross-pod for The Blind Spot with Tina Lowe Podcast -11/Oct/2021 (publish sequence Jan 10 2021) Title: 0042- 01 - Introduction to The Blind Spot Subtitle: With Tina Lowe Link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blindspot-ie Season: 2 Episode: 0042  For more information see “The Blind Spot” on Spotify for notes and descriptions of episodes.  https://podcasters.spotify....

An overview of Tina Lowe's "The Blind Spot" podcast - mission and accomplishments. I’m proud to have helped Tina Lowe develop the Blind Spot podcast. The Blindspot podcast is a community engagement platform, complementing Tina’s role as University College Dublin Accessibility Officer  Tina’s goal for the Blind Spot was to raise awareness, create a forum and learning resources for students, fo...

Guests:  Katie Farrell Caolan Melvin https://www.squidloyalty.ie Today we are talking about design choices, or at least we think of them as choices. We are joined Katie Farrell (COO) and Caolan Melvin (Head of Software Development) from Squid Loyalty, am Irish digital start-up founded in 2019.  First, would you like tell us a little about yourselves by way of introduction… ----- Katie, t...

Show-notes. Design for Accessible Learning: with Niall Flaherty  Podcast 01-04-2021 – 2.00 pm Title: 0027 – Design for Accessible Learning Subtitle: A discussion with Niall Flaherty on Apps, websites and Learning Management Systems Link: Season: 2 Episode: 27 ----- Hosts: Allen Higgins Guest: Niall Flaherty ----- OPENING  ----- Welcome to this edition of the Design Talk podcast.&nbs...

Show-notes. “Using JAWS; a workshop with NCBI” Podcast 25-03-2021 – 13.00 Title: 0026 – Using JAWS; a workshop with NCBI Subtitle: Introducing JAWS, the PC screen reader, with Brian Manning and Sean Doran from the NCBI Link: Season: 2 Episode: 26 Hosts:  Allen Higgins  Guests:  Brian Manning  Sean Dorn Post-Production: Ruth Campion Allen Higgins ----- Welcome to Design Tal...

Show-notes. “iOS Gestures Workshop with NCBI” Podcast 26-02-2021 – 13.00 Title: 0025 – iOS Gestures Workshop with NCBI Subtitle: A workshop for accessible iPhone use with Miriam Kelly and Sean Doran Link: Season: 2 Episode: 25 Hosts:  Allen Higgins  Guests:  Sean Dorn Miriam Kelly Post-Production: Ruth Campion Allen Higgins ----- READY CHECK  ☐ Press the big RED button! [R...

Hosts:  Allen Higgins  David Fitzgerald  Guests:  Sean Dorn Brian Manning Miriam Kelly Post-Production: Ruth Campion Allen Higgins ----- [Allen]  In this series of talks we will be focusing on inclusive design, designing for access for everyone, because we shouldn’t need to compromise between usability and accessibility. I’m Allen [David]  And I’m David And we’d like...

Hosts:  Allen Higgins [host interview] David Fitzgerald [host interview] Michele Mann [audience engagement] Guests:  Matt Obee Jack Clark ----- [DF] Our guests today are  Matt Obee – Senior Product Designer and Jack Clark – Software Engineer Both Matt and Jack work in NearForm, the digital product and service development company.  Headquartered in Waterford, Ireland, with peopl...

In this episode Tina Lowe and I continue our talk about the idea of designer empathy and the goal of making designs for all. ----- Discussion touching on: ●      We’ve heard about empathy for design, what does that mean for the designer? ●      Can you point to good designs in the world? ●      Will we always...

Hosts:  Allen Higgins Guest:  Tina Lowe In this episode Tina Lowe (UCD Campus Accessibility Officer) and I talk about the links design thinking and universal design.  We also talk about the idea of empathy and how to spark design awareness in others. ----- Discussion touching on: ●What is design thinking? ●Why do you consider inclusive design to be an essential part of the design pr...

Welcome to this extended seminar with Donncha Kavanagh on the history and Metaphysics of Games, Play & Fun. In the next couple of episodes Donncha will talk about the background, key ideas, concepts and theories surrounding the role of games and play in human society. In part 2 Donncha juxtaposes the split between work and play as distinct domains of human character (good and bad; valued versu...

Welcome to this extended seminar with Donncha Kavanagh on the history and Metaphysics of Games, Play & Fun. In the next couple of episodes Donncha will talk about the background, key ideas, concepts and theories surrounding the role of games and play in human society. In part 1 In part 1 Donncha develops a brief history of influential ideas surrounding the ideal of work and the role of pl...

Welcome to Unboxing Spiel. The Epilogue. Thank you for listening   The music used is “Sorry” by Comfort Fit.    Acknowledgements Music  Title: Sorry (from the album "Forget And Remember"") Artist: Comfort Fit Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Comfort_Fit License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 DE (Namensnennung - Nicht-kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitung 3.0 Deutschland). Attribution-Non...

Welcome to Unboxing Spiel. Part Three: Player Value. Thank you for listening.   The music used is “Sorry” by Comfort Fit.    Acknowledgements Music  Title: Sorry (from the album "Forget And Remember"") Artist: Comfort Fit Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Comfort_Fit License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 DE (Namensnennung - Nicht-kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitung 3.0 Deutschland). At...

Welcome to Unboxing Spiel. Part Two: KICKSTARTER. We talk about: The boardgame ‘Sell Sheet’ Breaking Games – sell sheet and prototype Publisher contacts The question of whether to self-publish or growdfund it via Kickstarter pledges? Royalty versus MSRP? Making video, CGI, playthrough, instructions, explaining strategy etc. What do you need for a Kickstarter campaign? What is your print run going...

Welcome to Unboxing Spiel. Part One: Essen. In the next couple of episodes Shane Whelan and I talk about the business of traditional non-digital games. The role of game trade fairs.  In particular, Spiel at Essen Messe, Germany. The impact of Kickstarter How to find a publisher. Being an indie tabletop developer - going from prototype to getting published... Thank you for listening to Unboxin...

In this session we play the "Four Games" exercise. The exercise simply involves responding to the statement (think of it as a question) in which you choose and then talk about and explain why you will play four chosen games again: a card or board game a video game a physical sports game and a business gamification We'll provide some pointers for running the exercise yourself at the end of the podc...

Recorded June 2020 Ruth Campion and Allen Higgins In this game chat, Ruth and I talk about the some theories to help us craft better, more satisfying game experiences. We hope you enjoyed this game chat.  Please do subscribe and listen to more episodes. Intro/outro music Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommon...

Recorded June 2020 Ruth Campion and Allen Higgins In this game chat, Ruth and I talk about the game world taking place outside of a game, involving friends and communities of players. We also touch on the dynamics between design, designer and audience. We hope you enjoyed this game chat.  Please do subscribe and listen to more episodes. Intro/outro music by Ivan Šipek used with permissio...

Recorded June 2020 Ruth Campion and Allen Higgins In this game chat, Ruth and I talk about the art model animation environment audio texture pipeline for game development We hope you enjoyed this game chat.  Please do subscribe and listen to more episodes. Intro/outro music by Ivan Šipek used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded June 2020 A conversation between Ruth Campion and Allen Higgins In this recording for the game edition of Design Talk, Ruth and I talk about the game design pipeline. Also known as the game production pipeline and the game development pipeline. [conversation] We hope you enjoyed this game chat. Please do subscribe and listen to more episodes. Intro/outro music by Ivan Šipek used with perm...

Title: 0000 – The Design Talk Trailer Subtitle: We need to talk about design! (every podcast needs a trailer doesn’t it?) Link: https://www.designtalk.ie Season: 1 Episode: 0 ----- Hosts:  Allen Higgins Editing: Allen Higgins ----- OPENING  ----- Welcome to Design Talk! (Podcast goals in a sentence) We need to talk about design!  Recall the frustration YOU FEEL whenever THE COMPUTER...