Image via Wikipedia It really irks me to see organisations like the IIA (the Irish Internet Association) knowingly setting all links in comments on its blog to be "nofollow. The "nofollow" attribute sucks. Sure, there are *some* circumstances where it can be useful eg. linking to a competitor for example, but if you moderate comments on a blog then nofollow is just inane and … [Read more...] about IIA Afraid To Follow?
Podcamp Ireland 2008
Although last year's trip to PodCamp in Kilkenny was a little more eventful than I would have liked, I've put myself down for it again this year.Events like PodCamp are a great way to "put faces to names" or simply catch up with a bunch of people who you normally wouldn't be able to see. As it's being held in Kilkenny I really don't have any excuse for not going, though I could … [Read more...] about Podcamp Ireland 2008
Jaiku Back Online
After an extended period of downtime, while it was moved onto the Google infrastructure, Jaiku is back online.Ciaran was following the migration's progress over on Jaiku Invites.They seem to have opened up the invitations, presumably because they're on a much bigger platform than before and can manage the load, but whether the service will "take off" or not is hard to say. … [Read more...] about Jaiku Back Online
Apple iPhone Ad Banned in UK
Apple's marketing team have always like to upsell the virtues of their products, which is only to be expected. What may have come as a surprise to them was when one of their adverts was banned by the UK advertising watchdog for making misleading claims.Full story on the Guardian site … [Read more...] about Apple iPhone Ad Banned in UK
IrishBlogs.info – Offline Temporarily
IrishBlogs.info is currently offline, as it has developed a rather annoying bug ie. the main page won't load and just gives me an unhelpful MySQL error.Hopefully I'll be able to get it up and running again soon, but I thought it best to take it offline for the moment...Please don't ask me when it will be back online, as I honestly don't know. The best answer I can give you is a … [Read more...] about IrishBlogs.info – Offline Temporarily