Virtual Architectures
@virt-arch.bsky.social
Creative Technologist on the Data Stories project at MUSSI
Data Visualisation | Urban Sensing | Mixed Realities | 3D Dynamic Mapping
Data Visualisation | Urban Sensing | Mixed Realities | 3D Dynamic Mapping
"Half the houses built don't Exist" - Check out the Data Stories blog for a summary of Danielle and Sam's presentation at the Digital Geographies conference 'Artificial Geographies: opening the black box for a new wave of critical thinking' in Lisbon: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=853
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"Half the houses built don't Exist" - Check out the Data Stories blog for a summary of Danielle and Sam's presentation at the Digital Geographies conference 'Artificial Geographies: opening the black box for a new wave of critical thinking' in Lisbon: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=853
I recently started a postgraduate diploma in Cybersecurity and I've really enjoyed researching different historic and contemporary encryption techniques. Here's a couple of diagrams I prepared with Excalidraw for my notes. Still working out the best way to communicate the AES S-box and round keys.
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I recently started a postgraduate diploma in Cybersecurity and I've really enjoyed researching different historic and contemporary encryption techniques. Here's a couple of diagrams I prepared with Excalidraw for my notes. Still working out the best way to communicate the AES S-box and round keys.
Data Stories were busy during Maynooth Research Week. Check out our involvement in Maynooth Sparks 2025, and our workshop session 'Daft.ie for Noobs: Gaming Ireland’s property market by spoofing property websites': datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=834
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Data Stories were busy during Maynooth Research Week. Check out our involvement in Maynooth Sparks 2025, and our workshop session 'Daft.ie for Noobs: Gaming Ireland’s property market by spoofing property websites': datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=834
Read our latest blogpost on workshops engaging Collaborative Urban Planning with Data by @juliettedavret.bsky.social, Helen Shaw and Carla Maria Kayanan. Also features real-time illustration by Eimear McNally: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=826
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Read our latest blogpost on workshops engaging Collaborative Urban Planning with Data by @juliettedavret.bsky.social, Helen Shaw and Carla Maria Kayanan. Also features real-time illustration by Eimear McNally: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=826
Data Stories recently held a two-day workshop on #ResearchCreation and the application of arts-based methods. The talks and workshops covered a wide range of approaches. Check out our summary and all of our participants' slides on the Data Stories blog: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=768
October 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Data Stories recently held a two-day workshop on #ResearchCreation and the application of arts-based methods. The talks and workshops covered a wide range of approaches. Check out our summary and all of our participants' slides on the Data Stories blog: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=768
New reads incoming! I'm very much looking forward to diving into 'Code' by Bernard Geoghegan on the crossover between information and French theory followed by Leif Weatherby's 'Language Machines' on generative AI and the concept of 'remainder humanism'. (???)
September 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
New reads incoming! I'm very much looking forward to diving into 'Code' by Bernard Geoghegan on the crossover between information and French theory followed by Leif Weatherby's 'Language Machines' on generative AI and the concept of 'remainder humanism'. (???)
Where are my Agonists at! I finally got to read these two from Laclau and DiSalvo cover to cover. Strongly recommend!
August 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Where are my Agonists at! I finally got to read these two from Laclau and DiSalvo cover to cover. Strongly recommend!
New paper - 'Urban digital twins: Digital twins for participatory steering' with @robkitchin.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... The paper appears in the latest special issue of New Media & Society on 'Digital Twinning': journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/8
August 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
New paper - 'Urban digital twins: Digital twins for participatory steering' with @robkitchin.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... The paper appears in the latest special issue of New Media & Society on 'Digital Twinning': journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/8
New from Data Stories - Carla and I recently visited Oxford Brookes to participate in the Tiny House Games workshop with Mel Nowiki and our collaborators Ella Harris and Hannah Mumby. Check out the post and video for more on #ResearchCreation with games: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?page_id=33
July 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New from Data Stories - Carla and I recently visited Oxford Brookes to participate in the Tiny House Games workshop with Mel Nowiki and our collaborators Ella Harris and Hannah Mumby. Check out the post and video for more on #ResearchCreation with games: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?page_id=33
New from Data Stories: Read about the recent paper presentation of 'Data mobilities: rethinking the movement and circulation of digital data' by @juliettedavret.bsky.social on behalf of our team at SAGEO in France: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=734
May 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New from Data Stories: Read about the recent paper presentation of 'Data mobilities: rethinking the movement and circulation of digital data' by @juliettedavret.bsky.social on behalf of our team at SAGEO in France: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=734
Got a bit excited in the recent @versobooks.bsky.social sale. 📚Sorry, not sorry. Still prefer reading physical copies.
May 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Got a bit excited in the recent @versobooks.bsky.social sale. 📚Sorry, not sorry. Still prefer reading physical copies.
Latest from Data Stories: Read about Danielle and Sam's recent presentations on ‘Creative Methodologies’ with artists and ‘Critical Geographies of Housing’ on eviction data for CIG2025 at Queens University, Belfast: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=727
May 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Latest from Data Stories: Read about Danielle and Sam's recent presentations on ‘Creative Methodologies’ with artists and ‘Critical Geographies of Housing’ on eviction data for CIG2025 at Queens University, Belfast: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=727
Read our latest blog update by Sam Mutter about the recent Community Action Archives Event in Dublin, hosted by Tom O’Dea with the Liberties Community Development Project and CATU: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=723
May 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Read our latest blog update by Sam Mutter about the recent Community Action Archives Event in Dublin, hosted by Tom O’Dea with the Liberties Community Development Project and CATU: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=723
I took a first look at the Cesium 3DTiles plugin by Battle Road Digital for the open-source Godot Engine today. I haven't tested Godot in a while but this project was a great reason to pick it up again. The plugin was really easy to setup. Further details here: cesium.com/blog/2025/05...
May 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I took a first look at the Cesium 3DTiles plugin by Battle Road Digital for the open-source Godot Engine today. I haven't tested Godot in a while but this project was a great reason to pick it up again. The plugin was really easy to setup. Further details here: cesium.com/blog/2025/05...
Read about researcher @juliettedavret.bsky.social's recent meetings with Eurostat and ESPON to explore links between housing Data Stories in Ireland and the rest of Europe: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=707
May 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Read about researcher @juliettedavret.bsky.social's recent meetings with Eurostat and ESPON to explore links between housing Data Stories in Ireland and the rest of Europe: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=707
Read about the Data Stories team's recent visit to Detroit for #AAG2025 - 'AAG Conference Recap: Sessions, Walking Tour, and Printmaking Workshop': datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=694
April 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Read about the Data Stories team's recent visit to Detroit for #AAG2025 - 'AAG Conference Recap: Sessions, Walking Tour, and Printmaking Workshop': datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=694
CATU Eviction Nation report launched! Read about the launch, report and involvement of the Data Stories team here: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=674
April 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
CATU Eviction Nation report launched! Read about the launch, report and involvement of the Data Stories team here: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=674
Data Voids Call for Papers - Special Session at 4th Digital Geographies Conference, 3-4 November 2025, Lisbon The deadline for abstracts is April 30. Please read the Data Stories project blog for further details: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=670
April 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Data Voids Call for Papers - Special Session at 4th Digital Geographies Conference, 3-4 November 2025, Lisbon The deadline for abstracts is April 30. Please read the Data Stories project blog for further details: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=670
CFP - 'The use of research creation and arts-based methods in studying housing, planning and the built environment' (9–10 September 2025). Applications for one of our 13 workshop bursaries are due by the 14th of March. Refer to our blog for further details: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=650
March 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
CFP - 'The use of research creation and arts-based methods in studying housing, planning and the built environment' (9–10 September 2025). Applications for one of our 13 workshop bursaries are due by the 14th of March. Refer to our blog for further details: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=650
I'm excited to have received a copy of 'Geodesign, Urban Digital Twins, and Futures' by @paulcureton.bsky.social and Elliot Hartley in the post today. It examines #Geodesign, #UrbanDigitalTwins, #Gaming, #ParticipatoryPlanning, and features our own project 'Data City Dublin' as a case study.
February 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'm excited to have received a copy of 'Geodesign, Urban Digital Twins, and Futures' by @paulcureton.bsky.social and Elliot Hartley in the post today. It examines #Geodesign, #UrbanDigitalTwins, #Gaming, #ParticipatoryPlanning, and features our own project 'Data City Dublin' as a case study.
Data Stories have a new #CFP offering a total of 13 bursaries for our forthcoming two day workshop 'The use of research creation and arts-based methods in studying housing, planning and the built environment' (9–10 September 2025): datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=650
February 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Data Stories have a new #CFP offering a total of 13 bursaries for our forthcoming two day workshop 'The use of research creation and arts-based methods in studying housing, planning and the built environment' (9–10 September 2025): datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=650
Yesterday I was testing #Deepseek-R1 locally for coding and was surprised when it gave me the same code back after I'd requested changes. Very #BartlebyTheScrivener Looking at the reasoning I could see where it started talking itself out of the request after generating 'I'm still a bit confused...':
January 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Yesterday I was testing #Deepseek-R1 locally for coding and was surprised when it gave me the same code back after I'd requested changes. Very #BartlebyTheScrivener Looking at the reasoning I could see where it started talking itself out of the request after generating 'I'm still a bit confused...':
Interesting to see potential for the model to talk itself out of updating code when reasoning "But I'm still a bit confused about how to handle this comprehensively. Maybe looking at examples would help, but since the user is asking for code, perhaps writing pseudo-code first could guide me better."
January 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Interesting to see potential for the model to talk itself out of updating code when reasoning "But I'm still a bit confused about how to handle this comprehensively. Maybe looking at examples would help, but since the user is asking for code, perhaps writing pseudo-code first could guide me better."
Checkout our most recent blog post on the Data Stories team's involvement in the Data Life conference in Copenhagen, co-organised by our very own researcher @juliettedavret.bsky.social Details below!👇
November 21, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Checkout our most recent blog post on the Data Stories team's involvement in the Data Life conference in Copenhagen, co-organised by our very own researcher @juliettedavret.bsky.social Details below!👇
Check out the latest Data Stories blogpost where Gareth Young (TRANSMIXR) and I discuss our recent XR Masterclasses 'Exploring Activist Narratives through Immersive Storytelling' at BETA 2024: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?page_id=33
November 12, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Check out the latest Data Stories blogpost where Gareth Young (TRANSMIXR) and I discuss our recent XR Masterclasses 'Exploring Activist Narratives through Immersive Storytelling' at BETA 2024: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?page_id=33