ITBytes

ITBytes chats to Rosie O’Byrne in this episode.  Rosie is a UCC Arts in English & History graduate, producer on UCC98.3fm and presenter of La Vie En Rosie podcast.  Rosie talks about her journey into radio, being an MC on Other Voices and that viral moment back in February 2024 where Rosie shared her live radio 'oops' moment on social media.  A 10 second reel that resulted in over 35 million+ views on Instagram and how Rosie navigated both the positive and negative sides of going viral.  Links discussed in this episode include;  Social Media Canvas Course https://ucc.instructure.com/courses/57274   La Vie en Rosie Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lavieenrosie3/  La Vie en Rosie Podcast on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6k78nEZAFLtMHPb3CXQIf4   You can follow IT Services on Instagram and X for the latest on all things IT in UCC. Feel free to drop us a message with suggested topics or guests for the podcast.  Instagram @uccstudent.it  X @UCCITServices  Audio Production/Editing: Eoin O’Sullivan   With thanks as always to UCC 98.3fm 

IT Bytes returns for 2024. The ITBytes team test their Irish speaking skills, with some of our presenters showing more flair than others. This episode features, 2nd year UCC music student, Meabh Ni Chonaill. Meabh hails from - Gaeltacht Mhuscraí .  Meabh’s talks about growing up a native Irish language speaker, the vibrant Irish language scene in UCC, translating some IT terms into Irish and Meabh’s journey to Africia for St. Patricks’ Day. A lively episode as the hosts intertwine Bearla agus Gaeilge, coupled with dash of nostalgia and giddiness. Links discussed in this episode include; UCC Traditional Music Society @ucctradsoc Meabh’s Radio Show, CeolMates @ceolmates An Chuallacht -  @anchuallachtucc Gael Gals @Gael_gals Kerry Cowboy @kerrycowboy Centre for Spoken Irish UCC - https://www.ucc.ie/en/igl/ You can follow IT Services on Instagram and X for the latest on all things IT in UCC. Feel free to drop us a message with suggested topics or guests for the podcast. Instagram @uccstudent.it X @UCCITServices Audio Production/editing: Eoin O’Sullivan With thanks as always to UCC 98.3fm

A short one for December! Join us as we enjoy a rapid recap of IT Bytes first year with mini updates from our past guests. We have album news, movie news, new recipes, and an update on the release of the Recognising and Responding to Technology Facilitated Abuse course. Not to mention some new years resolution ideas for you and yours. Recipe links: Turkey and mouse brain pie Chestnut stuffing balls Fruit Cake IT Security Stay safe online this Christmas You can follow IT Services on Instagram and X for the latest on all things IT in UCC. Feel free to drop us a message with suggested topics or guests for the podcast. Instagram @uccstudent.it X @UCCITServices

In this two-part episode we chat to Dr Éadaoin Regan and Mairead Roche from the UCC Skills Centre. Followed by Marian Twomey from the Digital Advisory Centre (DAC). For the uninitiated, the Skills Centre provides UCC students with a learning space for the enhancement of study skills. Eadaoin and Mairead talk about the great work the skills centre does and some plans for the future. All the details on the Skills Centre workshops and tutorials can be found on their website: https://www.ucc.ie/en/skillscentre/ Be sure to visit their pop up stall in The Maker Space, The Hub. You can find the Skills Centre on social media: X @UCCSkills Facebook: UCCSkills Instagram: UCCSkills YouTube: @skillscentre4303 In the second part of this episode we to speak to Marian Twomey from IT Services DAC.  Marian tells us about the new Digital Badge for UCC Staff: M365 and more for a Digital Workplace. The Digital Badge covers many topics including but not limited to IT Security, Teams, Forms and even Flows. For details on how to enrol on the digital badge visit: M365 and more for a Digital Workplace Digital Badge (sharepoint.com) For those that haven’t encountered the DAC yet, the DAC is a team made up of a cross section of IT Services staff that works with other departments across the university to help them make the best use of the M365 suite of applications. The DAC also helps departments to digitise paper-based processes. UCC staff can find out more about the DAC on their SharePoint Communications Site You can follow IT Services on Instagram and X for the latest on all things IT in UCC. Feel free to drop us a message with suggested topics or guests for the podcast. Instagram @uccstudent.it X @UCCITServices Produced by: Deirdre Keane, Noelette Hurley & Eoin O'Sullivan Audio Production: Eoin O’Sullivan With thanks as always to UCC 98.3fm

Join IT Bytes as we chat to Tom Howlin from Student IT. Tom is the Student IT Supervisor and has had a busy summer working on a few projects that will hopefully get students logged in and engaged in campus life from the get-go.  We know that starting college is a big deal, finding your feet at the start of the semester can be a struggle. As with many aspects of life, many of the tools required for successful participation in your college course are online. In this episode we discuss how Student IT are tackling this issue by developing a suite of video resources and step by step guides to help enable students to get the most out of our online services.   Student IT Website: https://www.ucc.ie/en/sit   Setting up MFA: UCC Student IT Account - Set Up  IT Training Video: IT Orientation  You can follow IT Services on Instagram and X for the latest on all things IT in UCC. Feel free to drop us a message with suggested topics or guests for the podcast.  Instagram @uccstudent.it  X @UCCITServices  Audio Production/editing: Eoin O’Sullivan   With thanks as always to UCC 98.3fm 

David works in IT Services as an IT Analyst in Data Services.  David has played a vital role in the creation of the UCC Data Hub.  While David’s day job is data, he is also a very successful musician. David is a multi-instrumentalist and is best known for playing the pedal steel guitar. As well as contributing to records across a range of genres, David has completed tours of Ireland, UK, Europe and U.S.A. as well as performing on live national radio and television. In this episode we chat to David about his career in IT but also his career in music and how he uncovered his love and talent for playing the pedal steel guitar.  He also shares stories of playing in venues from St. Luke’s in Cork to Alexandra Palace in London.  We talk about technology and how it can enable music particularly musical collaborations. We hear how improved technology gave David the opportunity to record music from his studio in Cork with artists as far away as Mexico. You can find out more about David’s music in the links below: Website: http://www.davidmurphymusic.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1uJbipU6OSVi4r8CsZv2yN?si=b7855fc35efa434d&nd=1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUC7xTIGDgVRhF2lNGHPRVw Twitter: https://twitter.com/steelydave83 You can follow IT Services on Instagram and Twitter for the latest on all things IT in UCC. Feel free to drop us a message with suggested topics or guests for the podcast. Instagram @uccstudent.it Twitter @UCCITServices Recorded at 98.3Fm - Audio Production: Eoin O’Sullivan Thanks to UCC 98.3fm

Hello and welcome to ITBytes, UCC IT Services first official podcast.  The podcast is hosted by IT Services staff members, Noelette Hurley and Deirdre Keane.   Noelette works as an IT Analyst while Deirdre is kept busy as our Communications Coordinator.  In this episode they chat to Rosie Coffey. Rosie leads up the Enterprise Solutions team in IT Services.  In this episode Rosie chats about her work as part of the National Cyber Security Awareness Task Force to tackle the growing problem of technology in gender-based crime.  * We advise listener discretion with this episode as some listeners might find some of the content triggering, topics such as image-based abuse, impersonation, and harassment are discussed. * While the conversation is of a serious nature, it is remarkable the drive, commitment and positive change Rosie, colleagues across UCC, National Cyber Security Awareness Task Force and beyond are making.  This team of people are creating awareness to help others to recognise the signs of technology facilitated abuse and what a person can do to help themselves or somebody they know.   Audio Production: Eoin O’Sullivan Thanks to UCC 98.3fm where ITBytes is recorded Follow us Instagram @uccstudent.it  -  Twitter @UCCITServices Resource material referenced in this episode  Red Flags Campaign - https://www.safeireland.ie/learn-the-red-flags-of-technology-facilitated-abuse/ Supporting Women – Responding to Technology-Facilitated Domestic Abuse Booklet Let’s Talk Tech – Online Safety Tips - Safe Ireland Safe Ireland https://www.safeireland.ie/ Reporting illegal online content, including images www.hotline.ie About the National Cyber Security Awareness Task Force https://cyberawarenessireland.com/about-ncsata Bystander Intervention https://www.ucc.ie/en/bystander/ Alicia O’Sullivan, Safety over Stigma https://www.ucc.ie/en/quercus/news/alicia-osullivan-forms-safety-over-stigma-.html Serious Consequences Campaign: https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/2c715-minister-harris-launches-threat-to-share-awareness-campaign-on-intimate-image-abuse/

IT Services has recently launched the ITBytes podcast, hosted by Noelette Hurley featuring Deirdre Keane and produced by Eoin O’Sullivan.  ITBytes will chat about all things IT in UCC and introduce you to a variety of guests from UCC staff, students, alumni and beyond.  It aims to inform, demystify IT and share some interesting stories with the guests featured on the podcast.  In the latest episode, ITBytes chats to UCC IT Security Officer, Barry Foley. Barry has worked in UCC for 20 years and has been our IT Security Officer since 2019. Barry talks about IT Security from the University perspective, how the IT Security team use AI to help protect UCC from cyber threats, MFA fatigue, the use of deep fakes, and how a bit of luck has helped along the way. You can listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts  or wherever you get your podcasts.  The ITBytes team would like to thank Barry for taking time to chat and record this episode of the podcast.  On social media, you can follow IT Services on Twitter @UCCITServices and Instagram @UCCStudent.it, and you can follow ITBytes on Spotify and Apple Podcasts   Thank you to UCC98.3FM, where ITBytes is recorded. This episode of the podcast will also be available to listen to on UCC98.3FM on Thursday, 11th May @ 5pm.  Feature image.  Pictured left-right: Eoin O’Sullivan, Noelette Hurley, Deirdre Keane and Eoin O’Sullivan. : UCC98.3FM

Hello and welcome to ITBytes, UCC IT Services official podcast.  The podcast is hosted by IT Services staff members, Noelette Hurley and Deirdre Keane.  Noelette works as an IT Analyst while Deirdre is kept busy as our Communications Coordinator.  In this episode they chat to Peter Flynn. Peter started his career in UCC back in 1984 in computing support and went onto to do many great things over his career, one such thing being creating Ireland’s first website (9th in the world!).  Join us as we chat to Peter about what brought him to UCC, his thoughts on technology and its future, knowing and working with Tim Berners Lee at the birth of the World Wide Web.  Peter retired from UCC in 2018 and shared with us his joy of cooking and the website where his many recipes are available including a very delicious marmalade recipe You can follow us on Instagram and Twitter for the latest on all things IT in UCC. Feel free to drop us a message with suggested topics or guests for the podcast. Audio Production: Eoin O’Sullivan Thanks to UCC 98.3fm Instagram @uccstudent.it Twitter @UCCITServices Peter's marmalade recipe: http://xml.silmaril.ie/recipes/seville-orange-marmalade.html

Conor is a 3rd year BIS student, works in Student IT and was one of the student champions in the pilot of accessibility software, Ally, in 2021. Conor chats about growing up with technology, working in Student IT Services, how digital has impacted on fashion, the value of joining a UCC Society, being a student in UCC during the COVID pandemic and lots more.

Hello and welcome to ITBytes, UCC IT Services first official podcast.  The podcast is hosted by IT Services staff members, Noelette Hurley and Deirdre Keane.   Noelette works as an IT Analyst while Deirdre is kept busy as our Communications Coordinator.  In this episode they chat about the topics that will be covered in upcoming episodes and the guests we hope to have on the pod! You can follow us on Instagram and Twitter for the latest on all things IT in UCC. Feel free to drop us a message with suggested topics or guests for the podcast. Audio Production: Eoin O’Sullivan Thanks to UCC 98.3fm Instagram @uccstudent.it Twitter @UCCITServices