I've had the domain irishblogs.com for over a decade, since 2004 to be precise. It was, up until very recently, a rather rudimentary link directory. When I first put the site online I used to spend time and energy looking after it, along with many of the other sites I was running at the time. But over time I got busier with other projects and interests and couldn't spend as … [Read more...] about Rebooting IrishBlogs.com
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Bloggers Are Idiots
I love these broad sweeping generalisations.They're sort of fun ...According to a Ryanair spokesperson "bloggers are idiots"Lovely!At least they are consistent in their approach The idiot in this instance is Jason and anyone else who mentioned his post (I presume we're all guilty by association .. ) … [Read more...] about Bloggers Are Idiots
More Dead Trees Courtesy of Grandad
Richard O'Connor, aka "Grandad", got a book deal about a year ago with Mercier press and the book itself will be out in the new year. When exactly I don't honestly know, but it's already available for pre-order on Amazon.The cover image isn't available on Amazon at the moment, but Grandad posted it the other day, so here it is (I'm saving on his bandwidth bills by stealing a … [Read more...] about More Dead Trees Courtesy of Grandad
Bloggers Taking Themselves Too Seriously
Xkcd's latest cartoon pretty much sums up how I feel about a lot of this social media rubbish that you keep reading about.Although the prize for most offensively described event has to go to IT@Cork with their idiotic description of an event to "increase an organisation's IQ"! Talk about marketing speak gone insane! … [Read more...] about Bloggers Taking Themselves Too Seriously
Blog Award Time
The Irish Blog Awards nomination close on January 18th, while the Bloggies nominations close tonight … [Read more...] about Blog Award Time