One of the things that I love about the house is that it has ample space around it, including a fairly big back garden. Unfortunately nobody had done anything with the garden in years. The garden at the front of the house was kept reasonably tidy, but the area at the back of the house […]
For the past year or so the forum over at IrishWebmasterForum.com has been offline. There’s a multitude of reasons why it ended being taken offline, but basically I didn’t have enough time or energy to move it to a better platform and actively maintain it. I probably still don’t have a lot of free time […]
The Irish Defence Forces are currently running a recruitment campaign. What’s different about it is that its focus is on women. They aren’t just an afterthought or merely included, they’re THE focus of the online campaign video: The Irish Defence Forces aren’t “huge” and unlike some countries our defence budget couldn’t be described as […]
Today is St Patrick’s Day and I’m in Austin, Texas for SXSW. Walking around the downtown area earlier today every 2nd person is making an effort to wear some green. But what about online? The guys over at .irish are running a campaign centred around turning the web green for Paddy’s Day. You can do […]
I’ve been living in Carlow for over 12 years. Prior to moving here I was in Milan for about 3 years. I’ve lived in other big cities, but I grew up away from towns and cities in the Irish countryside. At times living in a small town can be a pain. But at other times […]
Back in 2010 I did a quick and dirty review of where Irish political parties were hosting their websites. Back then I was curious since so many of them were talking about “the knowledge economy”, yet so few of them actually hosted their own websites in this country. Six years later things have changed. But what […]
Eircode has launched as Ireland’s official postcode system.. A LOT has been written about the issues with how it’s been rolled out, including some rather “impressive” faux pas like sending Eircodes to dead people .. However one of the things that I was curious about was the lookup system. The Eircode website offers a lookup […]
I’ve lived in Carlow for the past 12 years. Prior to moving to Carlow I was living for about 3 years in Milan. Milan is a big city. Carlow is a small town. The contrasts between the two are huge. While I sometimes regret moving to a small provincial Irish town, it’s not without its upside. […]
In a few days time the .irish top level domain name will be available to the public. From June 25th they’ll be open for registration on a “first come, first served” basis, though you can currently pre-order during landrush. It’s going to be interesting to see who registers one and how they end up using […]
Friday May 22nd 2015 Ireland goes to the polls. I’ve posted about the referendum a couple of times in the past few weeks, both on a personal blog and on the company blog. My position on this referendum is 100% clear. This video from the “yes” campaign sums up the feelings of a lot of […]
