Tag Archives: Blogging

Why blog?

Posted on March 4, 2008 by

I uploaded the presentation I gave at the IWTC conference last week to SlideShare.net. The talk is entitled “Why Blog?” – and is aimed at helping educate companies on the potential advantages of blogging to their business. I have embedded … Continue reading →

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ISA and IWTC conferences next week

Posted on February 21, 2008 by

I’m speaking at both the ISA and the IWTC conferences next week! At the ISA conference, the topic title is “Local companies, Global Successes” and I’m on at 12:40 on the Thursday (Feb 28th). At the IWTC conference I am … Continue reading →

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Conferences can be fun!

Posted on November 26, 2007 by

I am back in Cork after the Eventoblog conference in Seville over the weekend. Now I am helping with last-minute preparations for the it@cork conference. It is on this coming Wednesday and it is going to be a real ‘wow!’ … Continue reading →

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My Web 2.0 Expo Keynote presentation on reducing our carbon footprint

Posted on November 9, 2007 by

I’m back in Cork after giving one of the keynote addresses at the Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin on Wednesday and speaking on a blogging panel at Microsoft’s TechEd in Barcelona on Thursday. I didn’t create any formal presentation for … Continue reading →

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Monster threaten legal action and ask me to blame someone else!

Posted on October 2, 2007 by

I was going to hold off on blogging this but since Damien has already mentioned it I thought I’d add my experience. I received two emails directly from Monster’s Business Development Manager John Burns today. In the emails John said … Continue reading →

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Donncha in Photo exhibition

Posted on September 10, 2007 by

Mallow Camera Club are holding an exhibition of photographs in Mallow Town Library for charity for the next three weeks and fellow blogger, photo blogger and WordPress lead developer, Donncha O’Caoimh will have one of his photos in the exhibition … Continue reading →

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Adblock – love it or hate it?

Posted on August 27, 2007 by

I wrote a post the other day talking about a blogger who stopped all Firefox users from visiting his site because they may have the Adblock plugin installed! Adblock is a plug-in for Firefox which allows you to view sites … Continue reading →

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Site owner blocks Firefox users!

Posted on August 24, 2007 by

I saw this story on Techmeme this morning and I simply couldn’t believe it – but it is true! A guy called Danny Carlton has decided to block ALL Firefox users from his site because: The Mozilla Foundation and its … Continue reading →

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Google Reader quick comments

Posted on August 20, 2007 by

I have now completely moved over to using Google Reader as my primary RSS reader. And it appears I am in good company! I started using it regularly while on holidays on my phone and I grew to like it … Continue reading →

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BlogTalk 2008 to be held in Cork?

Posted on August 14, 2007 by

BlogTalk is a big international conference around the Social Media space. The last BlogTalk conference was in Vienna and featured speakers such as Danah Boyd, Suw Charman, and Matt Mullenweg. Thomas Burg, John Breslin and I are going to see … Continue reading →

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