November 30, 2007
Archive | November, 2007
November 27, 2007
Pre-Christmas Bedlam
It looks like the runup to Christmas this year is going to be pretty hectic!
I’m not going to complain – hectic is good!
At the moment we’re in the process of putting the final touches to the new look and feel for the company site. So far the blog and forum have been reskinned and the support desk is in process… I should probably think about redoing all my business cards as well …. Hmmm.. More work !
Since we’re switching all the URLs over to the .com we’ll also have to update a lot of our ad copy.
Some of the things I’ve been trying to sort out over the last few weeks have gone extremely well, so well that I was pleasantly surprised. In typical Irish fashion the more complex issues have proven easy to deal with, but the relatively easy ones have been an absolute nightmare (I’ll probably go into more detail about some of these issues when I have a chance)
We’re also putting the final touches to a couple of projects we’ve been working on for the last few months. It’s all finally beginning to take shape, so hopefully I’ll be able to share the details with the public in a few weeks.. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. There’s still a lot of work to be done and plenty of testing and re-testing before we’ll be happy with it all – sorry if that’s all a bit vague!
On a personal front I was down in Cork for the weekend, so I was able to see my mother’s new house. It’s almost finished, so she’s now in the throes of deciding on which type of kitchen to put in. If all goes according to plan she should be able to move in early in the new year. I’ll see if I can upload some of the photos I took on Saturday, though they’re probably not as high a resolution as I’d have liked. (Note to self – check the n95′s settings)
Before that, of course, there’s Christmas… I was toying with the idea of heading overseas, but I think that idea’s been shelved. I’ll be heading off to LA again in January anyway, so I’ll spend a reasonably quiet Christmas at home.
My grandfather will be spending a few days with us this year, so it looks like I’ll be heading down to Ennis to collect him, while my mother will be dropping him back up.
The guys from Enum 353 are holding a “user day” this week, but I won’t be able to attend, which is a pity, as it looks like it could have been interesting.
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November 24, 2007
Grandad Lets The Cat Out of the Bag
Grandad has finally let the cat out of the bag!
He swore me to secrecy some time ago about his book deal, but now it’s all public and official.
He also walked away with a lump of metal the other evening – a Golden Spider, so he’s got two reasons to celebrate.
I may not approve of the Spiders overall, but the blog award part was voted on by the public, so it’s a bit more realistic.
Congratulations!
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November 23, 2007
Camtasia Studio For Free
Free is good. When it’s a nice bit of software it’s more than good – it’s excellent!
Camtasia Studio, which is really handy for doing screen captures, is currently available for free.
Simply download the software here and then go here to get a key
I grabbed a copy a few minutes ago and I’ve already received the key.
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November 21, 2007
Good Value Conferences – DomainFest With Battelle and Hillary
I mentioned a while back how I thought a lot of the Irish conferences were a bit overpriced (by “bit” I mean “a lot” and by “overpriced” I mean “total ripoff”).
Last night I got an email from DomainFest, which I will be attending in January.
The conference costs about 400 euro (depending on when you register) for 3 days and that includes keynotes by John Battelle and Peter Hillary. The last DomainFest featured Michael Arrington!
Looking at some of the other international conferences this seems to be a recurring theme, and ICANN conferences are 100% free!
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November 19, 2007
Is Including Your Qualifications in Your Email Pretentious?
November 19, 2007
CD Wow Voucher Give Away
CD Wow are giving away money off vouchers. (no that’s not my affiliate ID but the link from their email)
I only got a 1 euro off one, but maybe someone else will be luckier!
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November 18, 2007
Google Local Comes To Ireland
Richard spotted that Google Local has expanded to include Ireland.
For any company that has a physical shopfront / presence it’s a nice little feature, though I’m not sure how well it will work for companies that operate almost entirely online.
When I was in the US a few weeks ago I found that most of the larger retailers had made the most of their listings, so you could easily find information on bookshops, restaurants and bars using Google Maps.
Will this also mean that Google update the maps and satellite data for Ireland more often? I hope so, as the satellite shots of our office are woefully out of date!
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November 16, 2007
Guesthouses.ie – finally more or less ready!
I started work on GuestHouses.ie before I headed off to LA. It’s not going to change anyone’s life, but hopefully it will grow into something worthwhile!
Andrew from RedMoonMedia did a nice header graphic for the site (link to go into footer on my todo list!), but I didn’t get a chance to put that up until today. (Thanks to Peter for saving me on that one too!)
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November 16, 2007
web 2.0 bull
Someone posted a link to this as a joke. Unfortunately it sounds all too familiar! Several people I’ve come across use this kind of babble!
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