To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Blade Runner – Microsoft’s ‘TechNet Ireland’ is running a special COMPLIMENTARY screening of, ‘Blade Runner: The Final Cut’. Spectacularly restored and re-mastered from original elements and scanned at 4K resolution, it contains never-before-seen added/extended scenes, added lines, new and improved special effects, and an all-new 5.1 Dolby® Digital audio track.
It would be great if you could join us in the Cineworld bar for a complimentary drink (or two) and some networking once the movie concludes
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Free screening of Blade Runner: Final Cut in Dublin tomorrow Oct 2nd
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008It’s a free 5k for your business
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Today is the deadline for the EI Innovation Vouchers though they are available again in November. They allow you to get a voucher to the value of €5000 and spend it with a University, Institute of Technology or a Research Group to do some R&D or work for you. Fair enough it might not be a lot and many of these knowledge providers scoff at the idea of doing something for that amount of money but you can pool your vouchers with other companies. Think about it. Look at all the other companies you are friendly with. Why not come up with an idea between all of you and run with it? Surveys, usability, testing out new food product ideas, creation of software or running stats on public data. Loads of possibilities. I’ve applied for one which I hope to spend with the NCI.
And on that note. Remember all that amazing data from the past 10 years of Boards.ie? Why not use it and do a project using your EI Voucher? Don’t turn down five grand from the Government, you might never have the opportunity again especially in these hard times.
Broadband day on Mulley.net
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Meeting the EU today in ComReg HQ to tell them how shit ComReg are and how lame the Dept of Comms are. Then over to Dublin Castle for this shindig with Eamon Ryan ringleading it. The rockstars, the hasbeens and the neverwillbes of Irish telecoms will be there as well as general consumers and those representing as many demographics as possible. I’ll try to liveblog from it if I can. I hope it’s constructive. I already hear the IBEC lot are put up a united front.
It’s apt that this survey from the EU showing how bad Ireland is came out yesterday.
And also that we may get a super telecoms regulator for the EU.
ComReg are running a conference on the Digital Divide on Wednesday where EU Commissioner Viviane Reding will talk and probably talk more about this super-regulator. Naturally I didn’t get invited. It seems perverse that we have a Comms Minister who actually rings me and invites me to events despite not agreeing on a whole lot and the “independent” telecoms regulator does their best to pretend I don’t exist.
Fluffy Links – Tuesday September 30th 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008There are so many double entendres in the Fluffy Links today. Apologies.
Suzy gets a facial.
Ciara and her runaway brides.
Michele kicks the IEDR in the nuts. They need to be nuked.
Niall has a video of his lamb kebabs. On the Times website no less!
Get your o2 gripes out here.
Why are the religious types obsessed with willys up the bum? Seriously like:
Does Mary I no longer teach against the sin of sodomy and the homosexual agenda?
Check out Bookkake.
Matt Jones from Dopplr did a great at Picnic talk called The emerging real-time social web. You can see it here.
Terrified of Facebook? Maybe you should be:
The day that Kim Bowen accidentally sent a video of a woman shitting in a hot tub to 200 of her co-workers was the day she knew her relationship with Facebook would never be the same.
Gilligan’s Island = hell. So the idea of Lost being hell or purgatory wasn’t new.
Heart attack in a can.
Of note is a mid-morning talk I’m giving on October 16th in Cork entitled: Media and Marketing in the Digital Age in assoication with Enterprise Ireland’s Webworks and it@cork. This one is free to it@cork members.
Goodbye iPhone, I love you <3 etc.
Monday, September 29th, 2008Lost my temper. iPhone was nearest thing. Then it was the furthest thing from me.
The screen is cracked and broken and touchscreen is not working at all. It still synchs with my computer though.
Luckily I bought an N95 recently. I’ll miss you iPhone. Best phone I ever owned. Now I’ll need to buy flashier clothes to act like a jumped up shit.
50 day old steak and bread with bone marrow butter served in a bone
Monday, September 29th, 2008It had to be the Ivory Tower:
- Surprise starter of marinated salmon slices
- The bread came with bone marrow butter, served in a bone. Looks like this.
- Lamb kidneys for next starter
- Aspargus soup for final starter
- 50 day cured rare steak for the main
- Ice cream for desert (coconut, chocolate, balsamic and beetroot)
Not the steak you were looking for:
Photo owned by TheBusyBrain (cc)
Business Blogging, Online Marketing training in Dublin
Monday, September 29th, 2008Feedback from the talk I gave last week for the Irish Computer Society has been very good, thanks to the few dozen people that came along and who might now be reading this blog! The lunchtime talk was a taster for two training days I’ll be doing for the ICS. One is on Business Blogging and the other is on Online Marketing.
Photo owned by saragoldsmith (cc)
If you didn’t realise that changing the titles of your pages on you website can drastically improve your Google ranking, that your blog can potentially get you book deals, that paying for Google ads for your website name is a bit of a waste and that despite Bebo being horrible and rash inducing in adults you have to be there to market to those under 22, then it’s worth coming along to these courses. Both courses plonk you in front of a computer too so you’re doing practical stuff, not just watching me in front of 300 powerpoint slides.
I think there’s also a special price deal for non-ICS members and also if you book the two of them. Give the ICS a call if you do want to attend. They are the only Business Blogging (October 15th) and Online Marketing (October 29th) courses I’ll be doing until next year in Dublin.
Photo owned by Yemisi Blake (cc)
Few more sponsorship opps for the Web Awards
Monday, September 29th, 2008A few more sponsorship opportunities have popped up for the Web Awards.
Fluffy Links – Monday September 29th 2008
Monday, September 29th, 2008Congrats to the 5 companies shortlisted for Best New Web Application/Service at the Moviestar Web Awards.
Few days left to enter the Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards.
Recruit Ireland now has a blog. G’wan ya good thing.
Worth going to methinks. October 6th in Dublin. Radisson SAS Royal Hotel. The Enterprise Ireland ICT Technology showcase will feature over 40 technologies in three categories, 10 presentations by researchers, 21 demonstrations in the third level exhibition area and 10 technology posters in the poster session.
Kevin Kelly has a great essay on life and how tough it is to get started. C’mon scifi fans!
Time to buy the Godfather, again.
So Google finally is indexing audio. Small sample set to start with but I’m sure it’ll expand.
When their lips move. Tell when a politician or celeb is lying.
Via Cormac:
The Presets – My People
Mulley Communications
Sunday, September 28th, 2008I guess I should have blogged this before the Sunday Times mentioned the company name.
Once the Web Awards are over and done with, Mulley.ie will be the home of Mulley Communications Ltd. Once again built and designed by the amazing John Blackbourn. After much pushing and encouragement (you happy now Keith?) I’ve now left the dayjob and am working for myself. The various training bits and bobs I’ve been doing will hopefully keep me going for the next while. What started off with Business Blogging training has now moved into Online Marketing training, Media/PR training and early next year (after I do some study) I’ll be giving training on Presentation Skills, something I think is really lacking in most companies.
Training is the core of the business with a bit of consulting and mentoring as well but I see myself as a trainer first. Of course there’s the Web Awards sideline and Mulley Communications are also working on two products for the media and advertising industry. More on that in January!
Now back to Web Awards planning…
