Image by Irish Typepad via FlickrI'm always amazed at the silly / insane / nonsensical junk that comes out of some companies and organisations.Enterprise Ireland seem to be funding a Template Monster clone, which is linked into Digiweb. Why should tax payers be paying for another Eoin Costello project? If it's commercially viable shouldn't it be able to stand on its own two … [Read more...] about More Irish Online Idiocy – Enterprise Ireland Fund Template Monster Clone?
Archives for May 2008
Bloggers Taking Themselves Too Seriously
Xkcd's latest cartoon pretty much sums up how I feel about a lot of this social media rubbish that you keep reading about.Although the prize for most offensively described event has to go to IT@Cork with their idiotic description of an event to "increase an organisation's IQ"! Talk about marketing speak gone insane! … [Read more...] about Bloggers Taking Themselves Too Seriously
Door Wedges Can Be Fun
There's no reason why ordinary household objects can't be a bit of fun.I've got several boring door wedges that I use when I need to give the house a bit of an airing (like today!), but I'd be tempted to get a couple of these for a laugh:More info here … [Read more...] about Door Wedges Can Be Fun
Procrastination – A Short Film
Mailing List Moderation Is Wrong
I've mentioned the rather stupid way in which Enterprise Ireland mismanage their ebusiness mailing list.My previous comments were primarily aimed at the "anonymity", which I felt was problematic on a number of levels.But what about the actual editing and twisting of people's words?When I write an email, an article or a blog post I do so consciously. I may, from time to time, … [Read more...] about Mailing List Moderation Is Wrong