An Bord Snip: Outsourcing and ICT

The light is shining on the findings of An Bord Snip. It’s interesting to see the level of rationalisation in local bodies. The report propose that local bodies such as County Enterprise Boards, Business Innovation Centres in a newer, more streamlined Enterprise Ireland to the tune of 10s of millions of savings. €100m drop in [...]

Of globes and cyclical learning

Photo owned by ^@^ina (cc) One of my favourite jobs while in college was selling globes. Well, I worked in a bookshop, but I sold globes like no one’s business. I sold the small technicoloured desktops, the larger antique-coloured oak jobs. Globes with lights. Globes without lights. Globes whose longitudinal segments could be replaced on [...]

Shop of Recession Flowers

Walking down Grafton Street yesterday, I passed a young student-type who was sitting on the ground making origami. Looking closer, the paper sculptures were made of coloured paper with printed words. On the ground beside him a sign reading ‘Shop of Recession Flowers – Useless CVs’. Kinda says it all really.

Ingredients of a Community Manager: Everyman and Ethics

Photo owned by Katie Tegtmeyer (cc) Been thinking about the role of community manager. There are so few people that do it professionally in Ireland. Speaking to someone recently, we agreed that it seems like there are so few capable folks out there. On seconds thoughts, looking at the attributes that community managers have – [...]

Studios need to become fileswappers

Fileswapping has changed the way we look at TV shows, movies and music. When was the last time you bought a CD? Or bought a movie on DVD? Entertainment has changed. Acquiring it is no longer a physical transaction. Efforts to stamp out filesharing have so far failed to stem the flow of P2P traffic. [...]

Popularity of the Budget Liveblog

Very impressed with all the contributions that people made to the Budget liveblog yesterday. It made for great reading. I noticed the numbers peak at 159 watchers. Did you notice it get any higher?

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