Congregation, the Bijou Unconference, and the Charm of Small Numbers
Congregation, the 'bijou' social media unconference is on this weekend in the little village of Cong, Co Mayo. It's about quality, not quantity, you see: the anti-Web Summit, if you like! Blacknight is sponsoring the event, and I'm bringing
Why ICANN’s Consensus Model Beats Politics [Video]
People unfamiliar with the workings of the internet sometimes express surprise at the idea that there is no-one 'in charge'; and that so much depends on consensus. To those more familiar with politics than engineering, it may seem inefficient, but as ICANN's Ombudsman
Outify.Me has a Passion for the Outdoors [Video]
Carlos Oleaga is passionate about outdoor adventure sports like hiking and rafting. So he created Outify.me as an online marketplace for people like himself. From Madrid he came to Web Summit in Dublin, where we spoke to
Twinsters: A Story of Nature and Nurture in the Internet Age
Twinsters is a story of the Internet Age. Identical twins separated at birth, adopted and brought up on different continents, Samantha Futerman and Anaïs Bordier would probably never have met if a friend of Anaïs hadn't
.EUS Domain Names are About Basque Identity [Video]
.EUS is the Top-Level Domain for the Basque community (Euskara): a nation with its own language and culture, originating in a region of Northern Spain and Southern France. Launched in 2014, .EUS will celebrate its first anniversary next month.
Bank of Ireland Lays Down a Trackway for Startups [Video]
Bank of Ireland's Innovation Team was out in force at Web Summit last week, promoting their new StartLab incubation programme. We spoke to their Entrepreneur-in-Residence Gene Murphy. [youtube]https://youtu.be/DiJrxQiBAvA[/youtube] StartLab is an intensive six-month boot camp; the first
