Sean O’Sullivan launches €20k Mathletes Challenge for Schools [Video]
Dragon’s Den investor Sean O’Sullivan has launched a competition for Irish schools which he is funding to the tune of €20,000 to develop competitive mathematics skills in Irish youth. The programme will use material from the Khan Academy, and further details are available at mathletes.ie. I caught up with Sean on Tuesday evening as the […]
Naomi’s Graphical Harvest from the ITLG Forum
Naomi Fein from Think Visual was at the ITLG conference in Limerick yesterday. Here’s her graphical ‘harvest’ from the event:
Man Risks His Life to Save Xbox [Video]
The man suffered smoke inhalation – but don’t worry, the Xbox is safe! [youtube]http://youtu.be/d6d1etqqZyk[/youtube]
ITLG Young Innovators Focus on the Future [Video]
Technology.ie is reporting from ITLG Silicon Valley Global Forum today in Limerick, and we’re not the only ones! There are video cameras everywhere, print media, radio and podcasters and Think Visual are drawing pictures. RTE Digital are one of the official media partners for the event. They produced this at yesterday’s ITLG Young Innovators event […]
Drawing the ITLG Forum – with Think Visual
Naomi Fein from Think Visual is at the ITLG Silicon Valley Global Forum here in Limerick today. Think Visual use graphics to tell the story of an event. The conference was formally opened by President Michael D Higgins: Former Minister Conor Lenihan was in attendance, in his current role as a VP with the Skolkovo […]
President Higgins Quotes Spock, Calls for a Republic of Creativity
President Michael D Higgins has called for a Republic of Creativity built on invention and original thinking. He was speaking at the opening of the Silicon Valley Global Forum organised by the Irish Technology Leadership Group in Limerick this morning. Entrepreneurs and technologists from Ireland and Silicon Valley gathered at the University Concert Hall for […]
Ryanair Recruiting For “Future of Web Travel”
Ryanair are currently on a recruitment drive to fill a number of positions related to their online presence. As the airline is pretty much 100% online it only makes sense that they’d want to invest in staffing the teams that manage their online presence.. So Michael O’ Leary’s face might be following you around LinkedIn […]
Startup Moments
This pretty clever video is shot from the perspective of a startup founder and captures key moments in a startup’s evolution – assuming that things go well of course [youtube]http://youtu.be/X-b2Zrr8BEk[/youtube]
Conference Call In Real Life
This video has been doing the rounds over the last few days and while it is hilarious it also does a very good job of explaining why conference calls and “remote participation” at meetings is far from ideal. Anyone who spends time on conference calls should be able to relate to it. Enjoy 🙂
Dell Opens Centre for Entrepreneurs in Ireland
Today, in front of an audience of entrepreneurs at The Digital Hub, Dell launched a new initiative to support the start-up community in Ireland. The Dell Centre for Entrepreneurs is a global initiative by the company, and today’s announcement follows similar initiatives in the US and UK. The programme will provide access to funding, mentoring […]