Tuesday Push ‘DownloadMusic.ie’ from John Beirne

September 23, 2008

Todays Tuesday Push is ‘DownloadMusic.ie‘ from John Beirne.

Download Music is a site run by Johnny Beirne allowing legal music downloads using the website or a mobile phone. This site has been around for a while based on what I’ve read, though this is my first time taking a look at the service.
The first cool thing [...]

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The benefits of the Tuesday Push for eWrite

September 22, 2008

Almost 2 weeks ago on the 9th, eWrite was the focus of the Tuesday Push. I was really looking forward to this push in the days leading up to it. I spent the time improving our site, removing unwanted pages, setting up a new forum, getting new images created for the site and setting up [...]

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Friday Invention ideas - 19/09/2008

September 19, 2008

Skipped a week last week, not enough ideas floating around the noggin.
I planned to do 4 weeks of Friday invention ideas. Might keep going, but less frequently, maybe I’ve used up all the ideas floating around my head already.. thought there’d be more.

A version of Google which shows you the least relevant results for your [...]

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Spending 1000 Euro on your business

September 19, 2008

If you were to spend 1,000 Euro of your own money on your own business, what would you get?
At the start, spending your own money on the business isn’t unusual. If you were past this point or if some extra money landed on your lap, what would you spend it on?
There are a couple [...]

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ewrite nominated in irish web awards

September 16, 2008

Very very happy with this, eWrite has been nominated in the ‘Best New Web Application/Service’ category in the Irish Web Awards.
The others in this category are:

Pix.ie
PutPlace
Locle
Mortgages and Loans
Nooked
Our Memory Of
BookMeetingRoom.com
Next Action
Url.ie
LouderVoice
Twitterfone
Zignals
Album Shopper
Edenbee
PropertySwap.ie
Poll Daddy
Decisions For Heroes

Very pleased to be nominated along with all these other excellent apps, many I use myself.
Im betting on Decisions for [...]

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My daily emails and how much time they take up

September 15, 2008

A couple of weeks ago I wondered how many emails I send and receive every day. I was just curious, it wasn’t for any particular purpose really.
I thought it would be cool if my email client Thunderbird had an extension that could monitor my email habits and record the data for me. I considered writing [...]

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Elevator pitch supplied by 11850

September 14, 2008

Robin stumbled upon a great way of summarising your entrepreneurial efforts by using 11850. Read Robin’s blog post for the full details.
I had to give it a go so I texted 11850 with the question:
Hello, What is eWrite lite?
Received an answer a couple of minutes later for the cost of a text:
We found that eWrite [...]

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Mini notebook review - Grandstand Junior Computer

September 10, 2008

There are many netbooks or mini laptops available at the moment, all started by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and the success of the Asus EEE.
With many hours of productive work under my belt using my own mini notebook, I decided to review my own, the Grandstand Junior Computer.

Specifications:
For ages 6 and over
Modern Alphabetical [...]

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Friday invention ideas - 05/09/2008

September 5, 2008

Running low on ideas this week, long week.

Coffee flavoured porridge would be cool.
A active directory of Irish business websites similar to Irishblogs.ie would be excellent. I know there are similar directories already such as browseireland.com. It would be good to incorporate other Irish business solutions, such as Loudervoice to show reviews of business as you [...]

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The default template when creating a new website with eWrite

September 5, 2008

When we meet new customers for the first time they often have existing websites that they would like to improve upon. In this case, we can import their existing website pages into a database and install eWrite behind their existing website where they can log in and edit their pages when ever they like.
However, up [...]

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