Vodafone Live for internet access on the go

January 28, 2009

Recently, I almost switched to 3 or Meteor for their offerings for internet access on a mobile phone. It was only by chance that I found Vodafone have a similar offering with their ‘Vodafone Live‘ option.
I am currently with Vodafone, using “Pay as you go”. I check my email and sometimes use Twitter and Google [...]

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Tuesday Push: IGO People from Campbell Scott

January 27, 2009

Todays Tuesday Push is IGO People.

IGO is a social network for individuals, groups or organisations to interact with others. A user can post up a question for others to view and answer.
I signed up to get a feel for the programme and was happy to find plenty of people I already know signed up. [...]

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Collision Course I from Mulley Communications

January 26, 2009

The first Collision Course organised by Mulley Communications took place recently in Edelman HQ in Dublin on January 21st.
A second Collision Course takes place on February 18th. The location is still to be decided. If you can recommend a location for it to be held in Dublin, contact Mulley Communications.
This was the first Collision Course [...]

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Microsoft Silverlight assault course

January 25, 2009

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Last Sunday I attended the Microsoft Silverlight assault course held in the Imperial hotel in Cork.
I found the presentations to be excellent. There were 3 speakers; Martha Rotter, Richard Costall and Chris Hay. Each of the speakers spoke for only 20 minutes at a time about each topic.
They were quite strict about the [...]

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Trying out Windows 7 Beta

January 21, 2009

Windows 7 Beta is free to download and try out. I tried it out earlier this week to see what its like. I currently use Windows XP Pro and I don’t like Windows Vista at all.
Download Windows 7 Beta (2.43GB)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx
To begin downloading, scroll down the page and select your version and language. I installed  32 [...]

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A fantastic credit card solution from 3V.

January 15, 2009

3V is a prepaid credit card from PermanentTSB. It allows you to top up in a similar manner to topping up a pre paid mobile phone. You can use it to purchase online as if using a regular VISA card and you don’t even need a back account.

In December, my own credit card expired. I [...]

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Missed opportunity for Register365 on Twitter

January 14, 2009

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For context, Twitter is “a free social messaging utility for staying connected in real-time”.  Sort of like a message board or the office water cooler. Anyone can join, post short messages and interact with others.
I use it often, I find it to be an excellent tool to ask questions and get feedback. When [...]

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The Irish Blog Awards

January 14, 2009

Today is the last day to nominate your favourite blogs for the 2009 Blog Awards. Get nominating!
The blog awards takes place in the Cork International Airport Hotel on February 21st, 2009 at 7.30pm.
Starting today you can also sponsor a category. To sponsor, send an email to contact < at > awards.ie if you want to [...]

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the hosting of our sites

January 12, 2009

Over the past few months, I have moved over 12 of our customers’ domains to Blacknight hosting. This year I will be moving or recommending all customers to Blacknight.
With 60 sites and growing, the majority of our sites are hosted with Webhost.ie and have been for several years. I have enjoyed a great relationship with [...]

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Advise on a temporary member of staff?

January 10, 2009
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We’ve taken on a student from a FÁS course for 4 weeks starting this Monday morning. I will be responsible for his workload and I’m looking forward to the challenge.

I often work with other individuals or businesses but I’ve never been directly responsible for a persons workload before.
I’m putting a plan together for the first [...]

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