Ireland is supposedly a Catholic country and I suppose it has managed to retain some of its "moral values". Possibly more than other countries, although I doubt if all Irish people would subscribe as heartily to this ethos in the privacy of their own homes as they might like people to believe in public.A couple of weeks ago a new TLD specifically for the adult industry was … [Read more...] about Is the Irish Internet Prudish?
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Plain English vs. verbose junk
Every day I read marketing material from other companies. What never ceases to amaze me is the total lack of content in some of their blurbs. Regardless of what they are trying to sell you, whether it is a service or a tangible product they seem to think that "more is better", ie. if you can say it 10 words then it will probably sound even better in 30 words or more. Shove in a … [Read more...] about Plain English vs. verbose junk
Personal IE domains?
Would people be interested in registering personal IE domains if there was a special subdomain for it eg. name.ie or ainm.ie (or some other semantically logical derivative) ? We get requests for IE domains every single day. In most cases they are from either registered businesses or similar, but we are seeing an increasing demand for personal domains. Unfortunately the IEDR's … [Read more...] about Personal IE domains?
Brussels to give Irish language (gaeilge) official status
The Irish language is to become the 21st official language of the EU in 2007. Good news for some, but probably not for all. Who gains? I suppose the usual suspects, Irish language activists, translators and minority language enthusiasts. Who looses? Not sure yet, but I'm not 100% sure about this... … [Read more...] about Brussels to give Irish language (gaeilge) official status
Privacy and online users
A site I am involved in to a certain degree is currently receiving a certain degree of media attention due to a comment posted there by someone. The comment, which was not pleasant, was removed by one of the moderators and the user banned. This kind of thing happens on bulletin boards all the time. It might be a cause for irritation if you are the moderator, but it's hardly … [Read more...] about Privacy and online users