Technology.ie Podcast #10: Cloud Computing in a Cold Climate
Brought to you by Blacknight, it’s The Technology.ie Podcast, Episode 8, with Conn Ó Muíneacháin and Michele Neylon. Our guest this week is Andraz Tori, CTO of Zemanta. Facebook settles with the FTC regarding privacy, and it’s expected to stage an IPO next year. Zynga launches its IPO campaign next week, but can they take any encouragement from the […]
Technology.ie Podcast #9: It’s Tech, But is it Art?
Brought to you by Blacknight, it’s The Technology.ie Podcast, Episode 8, with Conn Ó Muíneacháin and Michele Neylon. Our guest this week is novelist and sometime rock star Julian Gough. Julian’s in the tech headlines after he was commisioned to write an ending for the online game Minecraft, but he reveals a tech sensibility which goes much further. In […]
Geeky Christmas Cards
Someone posted about these over on Google+ and they really caught my eye Each card is available in multiple languages – programming languages obviously! If anyone sends me one of these it will be cherished! Related articles Code Cards of the Day (geeks.thedailywh.at) Sugar Shout Out: Cool and Colorful Geeky Gifts Under $25 (fabsugar.com) […]
Technology.IE Podcast #8: Let’s talk about .XXX
Brought to you by Blacknight, it’s The Technology.ie Podcast, Episode 8, with Conn Ó Muíneacháin and Michele Neylon. Our guest this week is Security Consultant Brian Honan. But first, let’s talk about .XXX. Michele decides it’s time to have that chat with Conn: everything he’s ever wanted to ask about the newest Top Level Domain but was afraid to ask. […]
Technology.IE Podcast #7: Paul Walsh and the Spiders from .XXX
Brought to you by Blacknight, it’s The Technology.ie Podcast, Episode 7, with Conn Ó Muíneacháin and Michele Neylon. Our guest this week is Paul Walsh of Metacert, a company with a mission to certify adult content on the web so that users can restrict access, for children in particular. First, a hat tip to Kila! Do […]
24 The Web
24theweb is a volunteer coding marathon over 24 hours which took place last weekend in Dublin. Via Stewart Curry, here’s the event in timelapse: 24 the web from Matt Finucane on Vimeo. Well done to all who worked so hard to create websites for three charities: Almost Home, Dress for Success and Ashoka Ireland. Thanks […]
Technology.IE Podcast #6: Help Mary
Brought to you by Blacknight, it’s The Technology.ie Podcast, Episode 6, with Conn Ó Muíneacháin and Michele Neylon. Gene Murphy of Redeem&Get joins us to talk about the Dublin Web Summit and his company’s success winning the ESB Electric Ireland Spark of Genius Award. Michele joins us from Vienna where he’s attending a meeting of RIPE and […]
Technology.ie Podcast #5: Senegal to Silicon Valley
Brought to you by Blacknight, it’s The Technology.ie Podcast, Episode 5. Michele Neylon is in Dakar, Senegal struggling with heat, humidity and hotel WiFi. As a domain registrar, the Blacknight CEO makes a point of participating in international events such as ICANN 42 which is currently being held in that western African country. He shares his […]
What has Silicon Valley got that we haven’t got?
A topic came up in Podcast #3 the other day. Adrian Weckler of the Sunday Business Post lamented the lack of startup success in Ireland, compared to Silicon Valley. He mentioned the Collison brothers as a case in point. Stripe is their second startup, backed by serious investors and apparently on course for a direct […]
Dutch Museum Sends Letter To Zuckerberg
This isn’t 100% related to the content of any of our weekly podcasts, but since it’s: related to technology funny on Youtube Then I thought it was worth sharing .. Enjoy: [youtube]b7ZizDguxJA[/youtube]