The Difference between Mac, Windows & Linux
Found on Twitter, this picture eloquently sums up the difference between three popular operating systems. HT: Matt Watts
CD Gaeilge, Ceol #10, le Seoladh go h-Eisiach Anocht ar Raidio Rí-Rá ar RnaG
Déanfar seoladh eisiach anocht ar an dlúthdhiosca nua pop-cheoil i nGaeilge: Ceol #10, ar an gclár Rí-Rá ar RnaG ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta idir a 9 agus a 10 a chlog. Tá Raidio Rí-Rá ar fáil go forleathan ar an idirlíon ar rrr.ie, agus ar an gcóras digiteach DAB i mBaile Átha Cliath agus i bPort Láirge. […]
Ryanair’s Digital Boarding Pass App gets a Mixed Welcome
They’ve embraced the web and social media and they’re hiring geeks for their “innovation hub” in Swords, complete with giant chess and multi-coloured cubicles (we can’t confirm the existence of beanbags). But the flight path to online success is fraught with turbulence, and the response to Ryanair’s new mobile app, launched yesterday, can be described as mixed. The […]
Last chance to Save €1000 on your Summit Ticket
If you’re thinking of attending The Summit in Dublin in November, today’s your last chance to to get the Super Early Bird three-day ticket, for €525. Prices go up by €1000 at midnight, but please note that is midnight Pacific Time, appropriately enough for an event with its feet on the ground in Dublin, but its […]
Confessions of a Late-Life Doctor Who Fan
There are two kinds of people in Ireland: those who grew up with British TV and those who didn’t. For the second group, there will always be references that go right over our heads and for me, until recently, Doctor Who was among them. I missed the reboot of Doctor Who in 2005 because, by then, […]
We have the Technology, We need Ethics to Match – Prof Barry Smyth, CEO Insight [Video]
Fujitsu brought their 2014 World Tour to the Convention Centre in Dublin last week. Professor Barry Smyth, CEO of the Insight Research Centre for Data Analytics, gave a talk entitled From Small Sensors to Big Data: The data driven business. Our modern mobile devices, explains Barry, are sensor platforms, contributing to the collection of 1 exabyte (=1 million […]
Americans Taste Test Irish Snacks
In the unending quest to entertain the people of the internet, it was only a matter of time before somebody sat down a group of Americans and fed them Mikado biscuits and black pudding. The result is mildly amusing, to be fair, even if it’s not exactly an enlightening cultural exchange. The decision to give the victims Smokey Bacon […]
Star Wars: Footballer Films Fan Flick
Harrison Ford’s ankle injury will not affect the release of Star Wars Episode VII in December 2015. The producers have announced that there will be a two week hiatus to rearrange the shooting schedule, but that production will not be otherwise delayed. But if you can’t wait, check out this new fan-produced film directed by Chris Conley. He’s […]
Stop Making Content – Attend to your Brand [Video]
It was early in the morning at the Digital Media and Marketing Summit – and a lot of people hadn’t got their coffee yet. So when Paul O’Mahony and Jonathan Amm from Change Agents took to the stage, some of the audience were taken aback by their blunt message: stop making content! When I caught up with them later, we’d all […]
What the hell is the root zone?
We’ve interviewed several of the key players in new TLDs over the last couple of years, as well as talking quite a bit about domain names and the DNS. But what exactly is the “root zone”? What are “root servers”? Why do they matter? Why does anyone care? With so much talk about IANA and […]