I am normally not a vocal critic of ICANNLike any organisation it has its issues, but this latest thing regarding an event at ICANN's upcoming meeting in San Francisco has really annoyed me.This is the poster that they're using to promote an event:So it's "ok" to use that kind of imagery?And for an event at an ICANN meeting sponsored by PIR and .info?Seriously?Talk about idiocy … [Read more...] about ICANN Really Needs A Clue
Domains & Hosting
Yet Another Silly Domain Offer
Just put this on Facebook and Twitter earlier today .. Transfer a .ie domain name to Blacknight for ONLY €9.99. Use code: ietransfer (no spaces - all lower case) - Offer valid for 24 hours ONLY. … [Read more...] about Yet Another Silly Domain Offer
RSS.me In The Works
I'm really fascinated by a new project we're working on inhouse - RSS.me What is it? Well if you know what RSS is you can probably guess. And no - it's not an RSS reader. There are plenty of them out there already and we can't really compete with them .. nor would we really want to. At the moment there isn't a huge amount for the public to see .. there's a holder page on the … [Read more...] about RSS.me In The Works
Irish Political Parties Talk About Knowledge Economy Yet Host Overseas?
Over the last few months there has been a lot of "talk" about building a knowledge economy and promoting Irish jobs etc etc. So this lunchtime I thought I'd have a quick look at what the main Irish political parties are actually doing ie. are they walking the walk? The methodology I used was pretty simple - I used the DNS for their main site ie. www.partyname.tld (most of them … [Read more...] about Irish Political Parties Talk About Knowledge Economy Yet Host Overseas?
Pushing Domains With Silly Ideas
One of the things that I've been getting a bit of a kick out of over the last few months is coming up with new and slightly off the wall ways to push various products. Let's face it - domains and hosting aren't that exciting. It's not as if we are selling race cars or working in Hollywood .. But there's no reason why we can't have a little bit of fun with something and try to … [Read more...] about Pushing Domains With Silly Ideas