Monty Python comes to YouTube via Gavin's Blog
Irish iPhone user? Take the survey, win €50 via Damien Mulley
i’m running a survey to find out the habits of iPhone users in Ireland. How you use the phone, what you spend, feedback on the phone etc. If you fill in the survey you’ll be entered into a draw to win a voucher for €50 worth of iTunes vouchers or if you send an iPhone owner to the survey and they fill it in, you’ll be entered into another draw for a €50 voucher.
The Irish iPhone survey is here.
If you have any issues with the server etc. please let me know.
Photo owned by kleinman (cc)... Google speak to search via Gavin's Blog
210k ex vat to run Enterprise Ireland’s email list and newsletter from 2007 to 2010 via Damien Mulley
Twitter and LiveBlog.ie as a digital sitting room? via Damien Mulley
So you heard about that election thing the other day yeah? Disney won. Happily ever after.
From American Hell:
I participated in Blogging the election at the Irish General Election with Suzy and Cian where we monitored the Interwebs and used Twitter to fire out results as they came in. Back then (last year) those on twitter listened more than they interacted but for the American Election last week, it was totally different. It ws a massive information stream, it was a source and it was a shared experience.
When CNN unveiled their holograms, Twitter exploded with commentary. Most of it hilarious and referencing Star Wars and Star Trek. People in so many corners of the world, not just Ireland were exchanging banter with each other about it. This is what some of the Irish said:
The banter... That SEO competition - How are they doing so far? via Damien Mulley
Not going to mention the terms. Not going to link to the Google search for it:
Here’s what it looks like as of Friday this week. Few weeks to go yet though:... Thanks everyone, my iPhone is back via Damien Mulley
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I may have mentioned previously that due to headbutting a wall at high speed my iPhone no longer worked. The screen was smashed to bits. Gordon decided to organise a whip around for me as a thanks for the Irish Web Awards and many people were too generous and put money into a paypal account for me.
Well this week I got my iPhone repaired by the very helpful people at FM Mobiles (thanks for the tip Cathal) in Camden Street (come back in an hour and it’ll be ready they said!) and so the money donated by Gordon and all the rest of the very nice people ensured that my iPhone is back and working. There was no way in hell that I’d get an iPhone from o2 with those terrible terms and conditions. I had considered one of the legit Italian iPhones but... 47% of Irish Schools get their web connection via crappy Satellite via Damien Mulley
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Where’s the upgrade path to 10Mb Internet there? It’s worse than that though. Only 27% of schools get broadband via a wired service. 26% via wireless. There is no easy way for those schools to get fibre, now is there? I’m glad Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan is thinking about the children and their broadband connection but it seems like he’s considering their situation and then that’s it.
PQ via Liz McManus:
To the Minister for Education and Science
To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in the broadband for schools initiative that have satellite internet, fibre, DSL and wireless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. - Liz McManus. (Nominated by: Liz McManus).
Go to the Oireachtas... Go Go Enterprise Ireland! via Damien Mulley
Super shots by super Phil via Damien Mulley
Via Phil - Some of the profile shots that Phil took at BarCamp.
This is me on 3 hours sleep:
If you use some of the shots Phil took of you, link to his portfolio.
Thanks Phil!... BarCamp Cork II afterthoughts via Damien Mulley
After a slow start (I was still wrecked from the night before and came down on the 7am train from Dublin) BarCamp Cork really picked up momentum as the day progressed. People complained the morning was too “codey” but I guess the programmers were first in and got their names on the programme first. That or, maybe the programmers were actually less shy than the more business-type speakers. There’s always a first!
Coming up to lunch we really saw things happening with lots of talks being added, more spaces being invaded for use for chats and teeny tiny sessions and the topic content broadened quite a lot. There were a lot of new faces too who were not at the original BarCamp or the any of the ones after that. I was most impressed with the Dublin contingent who came down,... Heineken’s badly done Facebook campaign via Damien Mulley
So you may have seen if you’re on Facebook there are some sponsored ads on the right from Heineken or even ads in the middle of your news feed that advertise some music festival they’re running:
Click on the ad and you are brought to their website for the event. It asks where you’re coming from on their Irish site after directing you there. Uhm. Hello?
There they ask you for your details including your age and country you’re from. Data they have easy access to on Facebook. They make you re-register all over again for their events when a simple app on Facebook which only those above 18 in Ireland or 21 in the States can see. Dopes.
I’m sure there’s a massive drop-off rate too. Why not create a fan page on Facebook which you can restrict to people of...
Perlico free mobile calls offer til 2010 - bollox via Damien Mulley
They’re letterboxing these promises again:
And the smallprint states:
Free mobile calls until 2010 - 40 minutes per month for your fixed line to any Republic of Ireland mobile network within Ireland
The picture of Rosanna Davison is much appreciated:
They need to get Made in Hollywood for their props though:... Find our AJ a job via Damien Mulley
AJ McKee is looking for a job at the moment. He’s currently based in Cork and yeah he’s a friend and there’s some bias but I think he’s still fantastic at what he does. Along with a few other lads he came up with an idea for analysing Twitter and built Tweetrush in no time. He talks the talk and walks the walk. This is his LinkedIn. He’s an IT Manager and a damned good coder too.
Ideally I think he wants to stay in Cork if he can. I okayed it with AJ to blog this too btw
Sarah Palin thinks he rocks too:
Photo owned by bobster1985 (cc)... Tom Sykes, how do you like them Apples? via Damien Mulley
Someone told me last week that they’re not going to start a blog now because Wired said blogging is dead. I think the blogging world has really lost out with that voice prefering not to be heard. No it wasn’t Tom Sykes.
For Tom I’d just like to point to this link from Google Trends:
That’s a simple blog aggregator for just some of the Irish Blogs out there. Some.
Shame IrishBlogs.ie got fucked in July by Google:
But hopefully you get my point. I’m reminded of that guy from the Indo group telling people at the UCC Journo soc that the kids (anyone under 35) that are leaving papers in their droves* will come back as they get older and get confused by the modern world and need a bit of conservatism and stability. No they won’t, you’re not the... Eamon Ryan and his Skype story = Everything is fine via Damien Mulley
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Eamon Ryan keeps telling this same boring story again and again about when he visited Korea and he couldn’t get his phone to work or Skype or upload files. He’s said it in the Senate, he’s said it in interviews, he told me this story on the phone, he told it at his broadband forum a while back.
(Aside: Joe asked me why I said nothing at the forum when journos and bloggers got a private audience with Ryan. My reason? I see no point arguing with a man that is so comfortable lying to anyone and everyone and happily swerves away from reality with such panache.)
Back to the rant This Korean story to Eamon means Korea is in fact not as good for broadband. Great logic right? Take those Koreans down a peg or two and we’re looking a bit... National Broadband Scheme delayed while coverage area unknown via Damien Mulley
Broadband customer service - Want to tell RTE about it? via Damien Mulley
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RTE Current Affairs are looking for stories about experiences with broadband or customer service in general. Want to tell your side? They’re looking for both positive and not so positive experiences. I know which will have the most volume!
Email: consumer.response@rte.ie with your story.... Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the greatest SEO of them all? via Damien Mulley
Competition time! Are you the best SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) person in Ireland? Want to prove it? Via the Irish Web Awards vehicle, we’re running another competition to see who’s the best at SEO in Ireland.
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You have until December 1st at 3pm to rank your website for the following phrase: geansai gorm. Yup, we’re using a phease as gaelige in order as as not to pollute the indices as much as possible.
Criteria:
Entries open to all Irish businesses.
Search is to be performed on google.ie. Without Pages From Ireland selected, with personalisation off and from an Irish IP address.
The domain to rank must be a new domain. Must not contain the keywords in the domain name at all and no ccTLD domains are to be used.
Only want the... BarCamp Cork II - Now get a proper photo for your bio via Damien Mulley
Phil has kindly offered to do a photo session for those attending BarCamp Cork. Since there are so many people form tech startups and blogs and the rest attending, it would make sense for maybe some of them to sit and pose (without feeling too awkward) and let a pro like Phil take their photo so they can use it in press photos etc. Well the opportunity is there for you now.... Go on Digital Ireland - Cybercom and Nubiq are winners via Damien Mulley
Yahoo results via Gavin's Blog
Mac Mini RIP? via Gavin's Blog
The amazing, incredible, two minute, ten question survey on blogging and social sites… via BifSniff » Frank
If you are a blogger, please help out and take this 10 question survey on blogging and social sites.
I’ll be posting the results and some ponderings on the results over on my web design blog, and the more people who do the survey the more relevant the results will be
If you wouldn’t mind passing it on to other bloggers, that would be cool too!
Thanks guys!
Image...... Dell to leave Limerick? via Gavin's Blog
Tuesday Push 21st October 2008 - Bookmeetingroom.com via Damien Mulley
This is the Tuesday Push, the idea is that anyone (not just tech companies or bloggers) talk up an Irish technology product service. One that is unique and offers value. We’re not in the business of being a free a marketing team for off-the-shelf products that have been rebadged. Please keep that in mind. If you want to submit your tech product, do so here. If you want to partake, then just watch this space every second Tuesday. Also, feedback, positive or negative once constructive is welcomed. This is about encouragement with eyes open.
Today’s pushee is BookMeetingRoom.com
Blurb:
Simplify the management of meeting room booking and other shared resource reservations within your office environment quickly and efficiently using bookmeetingroom.com. No software downloads or... Welcome back, Bloglines readers via Damien Mulley
Bloglines has been fecked the past week and a bit so you probably only got my last week’s worth of content yesterday and today. Sorry for the avalanche, nothing I could do. I’m on Bloglines myself and saw a lot of feeds restored yesterday, some showing hundreds of unread blog posts. Since Bloglines is going down the toilet by the looks of it, I think I’ll move to a better reader but not Google Reader, it’s fat and clunky.
Photo owned by neeme (cc)... Barcamp Cork is back and on November 1st via Damien Mulley
Game on. Going back to the roots yeah? I’m meant to be involved in this but I’ve been very very lax about it. Sorry everyone!
So what’s a Barcamp? It’s an informal and free conference where the topics and talks are chosen on the day by the people there. Have an idea about a talk? Ask for one to be run or run it yourself. Barcamps are meant to be unconferences where it isn’t one person at a podium talking but the whole audience participating. A bit like Questions and Answers without the panelists and John Bowman guiding the conversation. Different and we’re going to try this time to do that!
Here’s who are going so far. This is also the manifesto:
Insisting that slideware sessions to be kept to a minimum and limited to 20 mins
Running an Ignite...