Tag Archives: cork

We are outta here!

Posted on June 6, 2008 by

Image via Wikipedia I mentioned previously that we are emigrating to Spain. I booked the one-way tickets for our flight to Spain yesterday. We are leaving Cork on the 21st of June, flying via Dublin, to Malaga on Sunday 22nd … Continue reading →

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Web 2.0 Toolset presentation

Posted on May 28, 2008 by

I gave a talk yesterday for the members of it@cork titled “The Web 2.0 Toolset – a business focussed overview“ There were around 70 people in attendance and feedback afterwards was very positive. Here is a copy of the presentation … Continue reading →

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I'm joining RedMonk!

Posted on May 23, 2008 by

I have been working as a Social Media consultant in Ireland for around four years now and director of the Cork Internet eXchange data center for the last two years. However with my imminent move to Spain in July, I … Continue reading →

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Psst! You wanna buy a data center?

Posted on April 17, 2008 by

Well, ok not an entire data center but my share of the CIX data center. As I have mentioned before, I am moving to Spain in July. When I move, I will no longer be able to make a meaningful … Continue reading →

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Enterprise wikis reviewed

Posted on April 1, 2008 by

Long story short, PBWiki is yer only man. Why? I was chair of the it@cork Conference organising committee last year. The committee is made up of volunteers who are all busy with their day-to-day jobs so getting times to meet … Continue reading →

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Live Maps Bird's Eye now includes (some) Irish towns

Posted on March 27, 2008 by

Via Clare Dillon the Virtual Earth blog and Martha Rotter on Twitter I spotted that Microsoft’s Live Maps now includes images of Cork, Galway, Carlow, Limerick, Navan & Wexford – cool! The Bird’s Eye button becomes active when you are … Continue reading →

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Hans Rosling's talk at the 2007 it@cork conference

Posted on March 10, 2008 by

Hans Rosling gave the opening address at the 2007 it@cork Technology in Business Conference. His talk was incredibly eye opening as the Trendalyzer software he developed shows how the world is “double inversely logarithmically unjust”. Watch and enjoy!

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Reducing your Costs and your Carbon Footprint – presentation

Posted on March 6, 2008 by

I gave a talk at the it@cork Green IT event yesterday entitled “Reducing your Costs and your Carbon Footprint”. The talk goes into some detail on how Cork Internet eXchange, the cork-based data centre I am a director of, achieves … Continue reading →

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Reducing your Costs and your Carbon Footprint – A Case Study

Posted on March 4, 2008 by

I am speaking at the it@cork Green IT breakfast event tomorrow morning (5th March ’08). My presentation is “Reducing your Costs and your Carbon Footprint – A Case Study” and I will be using CIX as a case study on … Continue reading →

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Twitter vs. FaceBook

Posted on February 7, 2008 by

While everyone talks about the power of FaceBook as a cool means of getting a message out, you hear very little about the power of Twitter as a communications tool. I inadvertantly compared the two in recent months and found … Continue reading →

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