Archive for January, 2009
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
In the week where the battle for D4hotels.com reached the courts its worth a pause to see if in fact you do own your own domain. In the Fáilte Ireland WebCheck scheme all five service providers are finding this a potential issue, especially for .com domains - as many as ...
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
The second of our SFA Shortlist prizes was two day a Strategic Management Masterclass at Hodson Bay. An amazing prize for a mere finalist! And a great opportunity to network with the other finalists - a humbling experience! This is really what awards should be about and I cannot speak ...
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Those white dangly things that miraculously pick up 3g broadband are called Dongles. Thats a fact. Just like those storage things you stick in your USB are called Jimmy Dogs are they not? And its also a fact we are dependent on our Three Ireland Dongles as we troupe ...
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Just completed a day's media communications training with the excellent Communications Clinic. Now (I hear several of you saying) I am not backwards in coming forward...but this was a great opportunity to be forward in the right way. Like all those shortlisted for the SFA awards this year we ...
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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Now to those of you within easy reach of Howth or up in Donegal this will mean nothing but the best news I had this year so far is that I can by proper fresh fish from a new shop just opened in Tullamore. Up til now I had to ...
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
I confess I just returned from a shopping spree in the UK. Wouldn’t go there just to shop but once over there the temptation to save tends to overpower patriotism. The spree included a vehicle from Van Monster – at about half the Irish price these guys are doing great ...
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Where can you buy a pink china cabinet? Well the new Deanery Furniture site puts one centre stage on their home page. These guys can spray their wonderfully jointed timber bespoke furniture all colours of the rainbow. And all manner of natural wood finishes are available too. Tucked away in ...
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
I loved working on the Holiday World Show website. I trundled around with mountains of brochures in my car boot for weeks, hunting perfect photos for the banner changes. Like Bréifne these change randomly as a much more effective substitute for Flash. The curiosity factor appears to dramatically ...
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