I'm off to LA at the end of the month to Domain Fest. While I've been really looking forward to the trip I'm now really excited, as I just got word that a cool conference just got even cooler !! We are excited to announce that Michael Arrington, editor and founder of the definitive web 2.0 blog, TechCrunch, will top the list of the biggest industry names to speak at the first … [Read more...] about DomainFest Gets Techcrunch!
Do you know where you live?
Do you know where you live? That may seem like an odd question, but judging by some of the stuff Keith's found in our backend systems it might be a valid question to ask. NB: I have no way of seeing who supplied this information as we just ran queries on a section of the table... Ireland has 32 counties. 26 counties in the Republic and 6 in Northern Ireland.. or at least it … [Read more...] about Do you know where you live?
Skycon Talk?
Laura has put a gun to my head. I have to decide on a topic for my talk at Skycon and I've got about 24 hours to do it. For once I won't be the only representative from Blacknight presenting!! Paul, in a possible moment of madness, also agreed to give a talk. As he's a hardcore geek he'll probably be right at home, whereas I'm a little more wary. What should I give a talk … [Read more...] about Skycon Talk?
Podcasting For Idiots
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
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