Hello 2013. The laptop has been turned off since December 21. It still works and I have remembered how to type! I’ve been saying a lot to myself in my head in the weeks that have passed. It’s better staying there than here to be honest. However do go read DoctorFive on Cedar Lounge for [...]
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Did you hear the one about the organisation ‘representing’ newspapers copyright in Ireland sending threatening letters to voluntary organisations/charities who publish links to newspaper articles on their own websites about items that may be of interest to readers? (Breathe it’s a long sentence I know, sorry). That’s links dear reader- not complete articles or scans [...]
Three years ago myself and a number of other bloggers attended the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, liveblogged, (It’s amazing to read it back) took photos, video , blogged and encouraged people in attendance to tweet and engage. We were looked at a bit strangely as we were there for the sake of doing it. OK [...]
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On Friday an article was published in the Irish Examiner by clinical pyschologist Tony Humphreys. It is one of the most inflamatory pieces of pseudo science I’ve read ever. As someone who works with people living with autism and knows many families who have family members diagnosed I know how dangerous and misguided the views [...]
French lad wants to work in 33 countries in 33 weeks. Pulls a few pints and collects glasses in Brazen Head. Pub gets a plug. Nearly broke business man writes a book. Shots of him in his businesses. Plug Plug Plug. But PR honchos hope so and voila bored news editors think it is.
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Suggestions as to what Mr. Desmond’s Cultural Odyssey might be in the comments please. Wonder if he had an arts guru think that up for him. (Original and really interesting article on the new found love of the arts from the Political classes and business tycoons here. )
RTE broadcast two features on news programmes yesterday on Job Bridge. The first was an interview on Morning Ireland and the other was a report later in the day on RTE TV saying that the Government was now going to review eligibility criteria for the scheme. The interview with the employer on Morning Ireland set [...]
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You will no doubt have heard about that ad, either by reading blog posts or hearing debates on radio. What you may not have known is that the brand’s PR company are sending crates of the stuff to media organisations all over town so that the more people talk about it the more the presenters, [...]
Last week we learnt that the London Times said that they have 50,000 online subscribers since they put up a paywall accessing the site four months ago. They said that they had 105,000 subscriptions but only half this figure paid more than a once off £1 subscription fee and it includes those using the Kindle [...]
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