I am a web designer & developer based in Galway, Ireland. Information on my work is available from my company site: Ambient Age Web Design.
I am also completing a PhD in Information Systems. My research is on the Adoption of IT Standards for technologies to support Ambient Intelligence.
I’ve been posting quite a view videos recently, which is strange because I don’t spend that much time watching them online….but I thought this one was worth sharing. It’s a documentary about new forms of collaboration and social media technologies.
I came to it via a tweet by @marklittlenews last night. It seems to [...]
Galway, New Years Day, 2010
Came across this great video – someone in Failte Ireland or Look West should be giving him money for it and using it to promote Galway.
Had to take an unexpected / unplanned trip to Singapore on Tuesday. Lovely place.
There’s a few other in a set over here.
Bumped into this last weekend on Patrick Street in Cork (some pretty shakey camera work…but you’ll get the idea).
The guy dancing up in the window was the best bit!
Last night I put up the first version of TwitEye; it’s a simple service that gives ideas for new apps, plugins or services based on questions being asked by the people on Twitter. My first impressions are that at the moment, there are lots of ideas for iPhone apps coming through.
If you’re looking for your [...]
There are a few events on in Dublin this week that are of interest to those working in the tech sector. On Thursday, Web2Ireland are running API Wars & Opportunities; a mini-workshop for the web community to discuss:
using APIs for business development
building mashups/widgets/etc
apps on mobile platforms – iPhone, Android, nokia, etc
using enterprise 2.0 platforms – [...]
Ina is organising a Twestival in Galway this Thursday (Feb 12th). Twestival is taking place in over 175 cities around the world and is organised by volunteers:
On 12 February 2009 175+ cities around the world will be hosting Twestivals which bring together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness [...]
Image via CrunchBase
It’s been a while since the last Tuesday Push. The idea behind it is to develop the Irish Tech industry in a coordinated way, by giving companies that launch a new product or service a bump in coverage. A great idea that brings welcome coverage to those trying to get their businesses off [...]
As good causes go, this one was worth a quick post. If you’re feeling full of Christmas spirit at the moment, why not spread some around by giving a gift to the kids at Temple Street Hospital. You can find a list of the gifts, broken down by age-group, on the wish-list page. You can donate [...]
I stopped posting links here a while ago – I had been pulling them straight from Delicious, but I just ended up with lots of lists that were cluttering up the blog and were of no real use to anyone. So these have some reasons attached (apart from them being of interest),
First off, The Beauty [...]
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