Comments on: The four wise men of Irish Tech

By: Niall Larkin

Niall Larkin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:21:38 +0000

Here Here

By: And let us not forget the media in our thanks « Damien Mulley

And let us not forget the media in our thanks « Damien Mulley — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:06:05 +0000

[...] you may want to subscribe to my site using a feedreader or email. Thanks for visiting – Damien.The wise men have gotten their praise but despite blogs and twitter and all this “citizen [...]

By: Justin Mason

Justin Mason — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:33:18 +0000

Hooray! thumbs up and merry xmas!

By: Robin Blandford

Robin Blandford — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:54:30 +0000

here here

By: Conor O'Neill

Conor O'Neill — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:09:16 +0000

Ah stop ye lovely man.

I spent many years working in businesses where everyone kept their cards close to their chests, there was always subterfuge and everyone was out for themselves. I hated it.

When we started looking at building LouderVoice, I got to know people like you, Fergus Burns and Walter Higgins. There I saw a completely different way of operating and it just made total sense to me. Openness, idea sharing, growing the community and an open rolodex are the heart of it. Whatever little time/effort I spend lending a hand here and there comes back to me 100x over. So basically I’m a selfish bollix

Have to agree with you re Pat, Keith and Joe. If you just could bottle and sell those guys’ energy and enthusiasm!

LouderVoice would not be where it is today without all of the names I’ve mentioned.

I haven’t said it in a while, but thanks lads.

By: Keith Bohanna

Keith Bohanna — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:42:15 +0000

Fuck it Mulley, that is some pressure to put us under. This small space is full of really helpful people which makes the journey so much easier and less lonely. I can’t do code nor do I have much in the way of early adopter juice to offer so a helping ear is the least I can do to pay back the assistance I receive.

THANK YOU

Keith

By: John Keyes

John Keyes — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:14:19 +0000

Up until this day last week I had only met one of the four gents you mention.

Of course I have great personal knowledge of Joe as I worked with him for years. He’s a great guy with plenty of experience to dispense and always loves talking about technology (try to keep him away from the programming language discussion though, unless you have 2-3 hours to spare).

I had the great pleasure of meeting Pat and Keith at the bloggers party in Dublin last week. I felt like I already new the lads from their blogs and their twitter streams, but they are so energetic and approachable in person, that it only raised my opinion of them.

I’ve known about Conor for ages too, but so far I haven’t met him in person (something that I hope to correct in the short term).

So Happy Christmas to the 4 wise men (and to you too Damien) and lets hope next year is as energetic in the Irish tech and web scense as this year.

By: Niall Harbison

Niall Harbison — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:13:01 +0000

I must say that I agree 100% and have not only been helped in person with advice and pointers but for anybody starting new businesses in this small island of ours their blogs should be one of the first starting points. Too many people see it as a big competition between start ups but in my opinion to compete on the international scene we need to help each other in any way possible and give each other a “leg up” in exactly the way these guys do. Top job lads

By: Grannymar

Grannymar — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:31:33 +0000

I only know Keith and Conor, but I will give all of them a virtual hug since it is about all I have to offer.

Thanks lads and may you all have a peaceful anf hug filled Christmas