Michele Neylon :: Pensieri

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Podcasting For Idiots

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I've been interested in the inner workings of podcasting for some time, though I still haven't actually got round to doing anything about it! In any case yesterday's BarCamp featured some really interesting people talking about cool stuff (not all of it was that geeky!). The first session that I made it into was given by two podcasters that I truly respect, Bernie Goldbach and … [Read more...] about Podcasting For Idiots

Cool Maps Service

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I came across UseAMap.com a few weeks ago on the webmaster forums, but I'm only getting around to post about it now :) It's described as: A free service that provides you with a map that has a short URL, for example useamap.com/ourplace which is easy to remember and share with others. The user can then verbally tell others exactly where your desired location is. And it's … [Read more...] about Cool Maps Service

Adsense TOS Changes – Winners All Round

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One of the aspects of the Google Adsense terms of service that has been annoying publishers for a long time was the exclusivity element. Basically if you were running contextual ads using Adsense you were precluded from using any other contextual ad network. While I could understand that Google vs YPN might have made *some* sense, as an Irish publisher this was irrelevant. … [Read more...] about Adsense TOS Changes – Winners All Round

Heritage on Sunday Morning

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Driving back from Waterford this morning I decided we'd stop off at Jerpoint Abbey. For the past three years or so, ever since I moved to Carlow, I've been going past Jerpoint in buses and cars, but I'd never actually been inside. This morning I was in no hurry - as I said to Keith, as long as we were back in Carlow for Monday morning it didn't really matter :) Jerpoint is a … [Read more...] about Heritage on Sunday Morning