April 2, 2009
We all have Google Analytics or something similar on our websites and blogs recording info about visitors.
A part of the information that’s available is the search terms that are directing visitors to your site from Google.
I have a script running on the ewritecork.com site and blog that sends me an email every time someone searches [...]
March 30, 2009
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As part of manging my time a little better by not reacting to emails and phone calls until certain times of the day, I’ve been able to dedicate some time to working on our own software and services.
What I’d like to work on more than anything else is developing our eWrite content management [...]
March 12, 2009
Checking Google Analytics numbers I often wonder about the numbers that Google Analytics shows me about visitors or referrals to my site.
At the moment Im using Google Analytics, StatCounter, Blacknight Logs and my own PHP script to log the visitors to my site which I’ll compare at some stage to see if they all match [...]
March 11, 2009
We use Springloops to version control our ewrite software. I’ve been using it for a number of months now with excellent results. I can easily get the latest version of our code when Im on the road using my laptop, update some aspect of one of our apps and commit the changes to Springloops which [...]
February 27, 2009
This isn’t a personal blog so the posts here are usually ewrite and work related but every now and then either by accident or design some personality creeps into a post. This is one of them.
This week has been an interesting one with about a dozen reasons to be down in the dumps. Remarkably though [...]
February 24, 2009
I’ve been getting involved in a few great projects recently such as being one of 3 organizers for Cork Open Coffee, helping out with the Tuesday Push and helping out with the recent Jobless and Proud website on top of my usual work. I’m thoroughly enjoying these and I’m learning to fit them all in.
As [...]
February 17, 2009
Joblessandproud.com is a new website set up for the author David Jones who recently wrote a book after being laid off from his job.
Rather than sitting around, David wrote this book to help people in a similar situation who are looking at an uncertain financial future for the first time.
His book “Oh No: I’ve Lost [...]
February 10, 2009
Walter Higgins from Sxoop Technologies has put together a great app that users of Twitter will love, its called Twitter Mosaic. If you use Twitter, you will know that as a user you ‘follow’ people of interest you to and others ‘follow’ you if you’re interesting enough.
Walters Twitter Mosaic application allows you to compile all [...]
February 9, 2009
A few weeks ago I wrote a short post asking for advise on a temporary member of staff.
Last Friday marked the last day of Grzegorz’s 4 weeks of work experience working with eWrite. In a nutshell, I can’t praise him highly enough. From the very beginning he showed nothing but enthusiasm to get a job [...]
February 4, 2009
This blog has been longlisted in the Irish blog awards. It’s in the Best Business Blog category along with other great blogs, I’m in with a groovy crowd.
Here are all the blogs nominated in the Best Business category.
Keith Bohanna
IIA Blog
Puddle Ducks
Icecream Ireland
Krisha De
Tast.ie
iFoods.tv
Sabrina Dent
Peter Donegan Landscaping
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