Tommy Collison at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition from Alexia Golez on Vimeo.
Interviewing Tommy just before he scooped his prizes of best Junior Individual for the Social and Behavioural section and Best Communicator at the recent BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition held in the RDS.
Been generally busy and mildly obsessed with e’s and k’s, so post frequency is down a little. Back this evening!
Walter proposes the Irish Raspberry Blog Awards.
GadgetRepublic is giving away a Sony Ericsson W595!
Sabrina tells us why we should run a Facebook ad campaign.
The Edelman Trust Barometer 09 is out.
Via Morten, the talk entitled ‘Predictably Irrational‘ from DLD. Bad decision-making, visual illusions.
Offline Gmail and Google Calender is rolling out today.
Facebook to go with ad-driven polls?
The strange history of Lorem Ipsum. (Audio)
Vespalicious. Wood you like to go for a ride?
Geometrica book cuteness.
Madonna ‘Holiday’
MAXRoam and Dopplr have come together like a pair of teenagers and given the world a new baby – the Dopplr SIM. Dopplr launched a new store yesterday with a host of products that aim to save money for it’s members. The new Dopplr-branded SIM powered by MAXRoam will be on sale in the new store.
Blurb on the savings, the MAXRoam Dopplr SIM will give travelers:
Speaking about the partnership, Cubic Telecom’s CEO Pat Phelan stated “We’re delighted to be working with Dopplr. MaxRoam’s SIM card will enable Dopplr travelers to save a minimum of 70% on their mobile travel bills.”
Within nine months of its launch in September 2007, MaxRoam had saved travelers more than $1 million on their roaming mobile bill and almost $1.7 million to date. These savings will now be extended to Dopplr members with a Dopplr SIM and website to manage their mobile usage while traveling.
A quick look at the Dopplr online store:
As an addendum to the hundred-word spot that Niall gave me last week I want to add to that snippet. The one posted was much smaller and to be honest, a much more straight-laced to the one I wrote at first. Nobody wants to be the one to turn up in a red PVC stripper outfit at the fake fancy-dress party, do they? Fuck the word hero, how about legend?
The more griping and back-biting I see, the more I realise that the work Damien is doing is not only flourishing, it’s becoming very successful. And Damien’s work is such a broad term, it straddles both blogging and his professional gig. Work organising events on a tight budget, but somehow managing to get more punch for his Euro each year. Work finding the truth behind political spin. Work giving feedback on business plans. Work teaching people how to be better communicators. Work encouraging bloggers that only have a scrap of technical know-how but fiery ideas. Work recognising potential and nursing it.
I understand success to some is like red rag to a bull, but why should it be? I suppose like in all things, there is balance. For the good that someone pours into something, there will be those that see it as an anathema.
But to be honest, I can’t understand the griping about a party in Cork. I can’t understand why politics of like/hate has to be part of the recipe. The real award is getting so many people in a room together to talk. The glassy trophies pale in significance. Anyone who disagrees, really isn’t seeing the full picture. This isn’t a happy-clappy reflection. It’s a fact.
Who else would break their bollocks doing this work? Noone but Mulley. Nobody else would throw thousands of Euros of debt onto his credit card in order to hold a party, hoping that his sponsors pay up. You want heart attacks? Watch several thousand Euros jump on your credit card in a couple of days. Noone else would do it for the scant thanks and the amount of attempted character assassinations he gets every year. Balls of steel, I tell you. I want nerve like that.
Why the fuck are people griping? What’s in a badge? Why the big deal? Were I mean-spirited, I would rant. But I’m not. I’m going to Cork next month not for the prizes but for the people. Forget about the glassy trophies, legends give and give and give. Something to think on.
What do you think? Makeyuppy or real? Here are last year’s nominations.
Update: And the page is changing. Live updates. Jesus.
Update 2: Page gone private! 
Here’s a list of names up there.. Big health warning as the page was in flux being live updated as we watched! I wonder how close this will be to the list released tomorrow..
Best National DJ
* Tony Fenton – TodayFM
* Dan Hegarty – 2fm
* Alison Curtis – Today Fm
* Dave Fanning – RTE Radio 1
* Ray Foley – Todayfm
* Rick O’Shea – 2fm
Best Regional DJ
* Dermot, Dave & Siobhan – Dublin’s98
* Keith Cunningham – Red FM
* Leigh Doyle – Beat 102.103
* The Zoo Crew – Spin South West
* Mark Noble – FM104
* Jon Richards – Galway Bay FM
Best Irish Band
* The Blizzards
* Republic of Loose
* Fight Like Apes
* The Script
* Snow Patrol
Best Irish Male
* Mick Flannery
* Damien Dempsey
* Duke Special
* David Holmes
* Jape (Richard Egan)
Best Irish Female
* Enya
* Lisa Hannigan
* Gemma Hayes
* Imelda May
* Tara Blaise
* Camille O’Sullivan
Best Irish Pop Act
* Boyzone
* The Blizzards
* The Coronas
* The Script
* Westlife
Best Irish Album
* Fight Like Apes – Mystery Golden Medallion
* Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns
* Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
* Messiah J & The Expert – From the Word Go
* The Script – The Script
Best Irish Live Performance
* The Coronas
* The Blizzards
* The Swell Season
* Fight Like Apes
* Republic of Loose
