It had to be the Ivory Tower:
Not the steak you were looking for:
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Feedback from the talk I gave last week for the Irish Computer Society has been very good, thanks to the few dozen people that came along and who might now be reading this blog! The lunchtime talk was a taster for two training days I’ll be doing for the ICS. One is on Business Blogging and the other is on Online Marketing.
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If you didn’t realise that changing the titles of your pages on you website can drastically improve your Google ranking, that your blog can potentially get you book deals, that paying for Google ads for your website name is a bit of a waste and that despite Bebo being horrible and rash inducing in adults you have to be there to market to those under 22, then it’s worth coming along to these courses. Both courses plonk you in front of a computer too so you’re doing practical stuff, not just watching me in front of 300 powerpoint slides.
I think there’s also a special price deal for non-ICS members and also if you book the two of them. Give the ICS a call if you do want to attend. They are the only Business Blogging (October 15th) and Online Marketing (October 29th) courses I’ll be doing until next year in Dublin.
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A few more sponsorship opportunities have popped up for the Web Awards.
Congrats to the 5 companies shortlisted for Best New Web Application/Service at the Moviestar Web Awards.
Few days left to enter the Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards.
Recruit Ireland now has a blog. G’wan ya good thing.
Worth going to methinks. October 6th in Dublin. Radisson SAS Royal Hotel. The Enterprise Ireland ICT Technology showcase will feature over 40 technologies in three categories, 10 presentations by researchers, 21 demonstrations in the third level exhibition area and 10 technology posters in the poster session.
Kevin Kelly has a great essay on life and how tough it is to get started. C’mon scifi fans!
Time to buy the Godfather, again.
So Google finally is indexing audio. Small sample set to start with but I’m sure it’ll expand.
When their lips move. Tell when a politician or celeb is lying.
Via Cormac:
The Presets – My People
I guess I should have blogged this before the Sunday Times mentioned the company name.
Once the Web Awards are over and done with, Mulley.ie will be the home of Mulley Communications Ltd. Once again built and designed by the amazing John Blackbourn. After much pushing and encouragement (you happy now Keith?) I’ve now left the dayjob and am working for myself. The various training bits and bobs I’ve been doing will hopefully keep me going for the next while. What started off with Business Blogging training has now moved into Online Marketing training, Media/PR training and early next year (after I do some study) I’ll be giving training on Presentation Skills, something I think is really lacking in most companies.
Training is the core of the business with a bit of consulting and mentoring as well but I see myself as a trainer first. Of course there’s the Web Awards sideline and Mulley Communications are also working on two products for the media and advertising industry. More on that in January!
Now back to Web Awards planning…
Since I missed them yesterday.
So are the Golden Spiders going through the short lists of the Irish Web Awards, pimping for business? If they are, great, because all those sites deserve the attention. Pity they’re being asked to cough up money and pay to play at the Spiders.
The Websters’ Dictionary aims to educate on the web’s potential to motivate groups and enact change on broader issues, all while keeping in mind the complexities inherent in organizing movements online.
Well that demo about the Property Market did well. Tonnes of coverage including the Indo.
Amherst college.
Students in the class of 2012 who registered computers, IPhones, game consoles, etc. on the campus network by the end of the day on August 24th, the day they moved into their dorm rooms: 370 students registered 443 devices.
Fabulist has a great piece on George Formby and his wife.
They were not, they were told, to perform before black or mixed audiences. They were to perform to whites only. Beryl got on the phone – ‘Why don’t you piss off, you horrible little man?’, she declared, and hung up.
George and Beryl cancelled their planned tour. They performed instead a free 20-show circuit, to black shanty-towns and halls only.
The wine tasting at Bubble Brothers went well. Julian blogs it up.
So Google patented a phone that can easily and automatically switch carriers in an area depending on price. Yeah, all you need then is a set of mobile carriers that are cutthroat and are not in a comfortable monopoly/duopoly/rigged market. Not going to happen anytime soon is it?
The Earth Dies Screaming: Tom Waits music set to 28 Weeks Later:
Update: Forgot to thank The Ken for this. Yes, THE Ken, he’s so cool he has a The before his name.
I’m impressed. Post here. And it was him, not a handler or some joker.
The event the Minister is inviting people to is a roundtable discussion or rather 12 tables of people discussing the Broadband issues. Representatives from Govt, the telcos, consumers, the regulator and wider industry will be at each table, if I correctly recall what I was told.
Places are limited so if you want to have your voice heard you can join the NGB discussion forum on Spammado
and give your replies to questions there. It’s very odd though that the forum is marked as private and invite only. It should be made public for people to read the replies from people. It also has pathetic rules (stored in a powerpoint file)such as “We will delete any bad language!”.
How does one call bullshit in a succint way? When you do enter that forum (if given access), you’ll see it almost right away.
Despite all those issues, please do try and join and get your opinion viewed. If you have issues let me know, you can always post your comments here.
This is from the Paris, Texas soundtrack. The video is boring footage. Just listen to the audio if you have about 9 minutes to spare.
Makes lots of sense too…
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