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.

Category Archives: Web Applications

Firefox 3 – First Look

Image via Wikipedia After playing with the latest version of the Firefox web browser, it seems a bit more impressive than it’s earlier versions. Some things that struck me after using it for a few hours were: I’m probably most impressed that I used Google Webmaster tools and Gmail about 4 times and the browser [...]

MS Virtual Earth Maps Galway

Just came across the Bird’s Eye View in Microsoft’s Live Maps. They’ve got a very high resolution – I could pick my car out parked outside my house. The image below is of the Cathedral in Galway at 25 yards (I had to scale it down to include it in the post). The images you [...]

PicLens – Immersive Photography Slideshows

PicLens is a web application that allows you to view photographs & images as a 3D “immersive” slideshow. It’s one of the most impressive web applications I’ve seen, and is well worth checking out.