It's been quite amusing to follow some of the "backlash" from Eddie Hobbs' TV series. Hobbs raised some very valid points and has generated a lot of public and media attention in the "aftermath" of his series' airing on RTE … [Read more...] about Rip Off Ireland – Jumping on the Bandwagon
WHIR Goes Digital – Shows up newspapers
Media, be it online or offline, should be accessible if readership and advertisers are to be maintained. Unfortunately some online media ventures are badly thought out and alienate portions of their readership by insisting on platform specific software and plugins. If a Mac user wants to read your publication why would you tell them to use Windows? The WHIR is one of the better … [Read more...] about WHIR Goes Digital – Shows up newspapers
E-voting Back on the Agenda
Electronic voting has been mentioned a few times in the media over the last few weeks. The Irish government has awarded a tender, with an estimated value of EUR119k, to UK company QinetiQ Limited … [Read more...] about E-voting Back on the Agenda
BT Ireland Sucks – Legal Challenge
Adam Beecher is in the news this weekend. I was flicking through the main part of the Sunday Business Post when a headline caught my eye It transpires that BT's legal department are taking action against Adam due to his domain btireland-sucks.com The funny thing is most of us knew about the domain since shortly after it was registered. I refer to it as a domain, as there was … [Read more...] about BT Ireland Sucks – Legal Challenge
Google Tool Frustration
Why can't Google produce tools for more than one OS? There's probably a very good reason and I'm sure the development costs of supporting applications on several OS would be a lot higher than that of producing widgets for Windows only. Just a comment from a frustrated linux user :) … [Read more...] about Google Tool Frustration