Digital Media Island

Posted by on Sep 19, 2008 in news and events | 0 comments

Digital Media Island is having a meetup at Ten Square Hotel in Belfast this Wednesday coming.  Check it out for details.  It seems to be a mixture of cool technology demos and cool networking.  Registration seems preferable, so others know you’re gonna be there and can seek you out.

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Why Do Olympic Gold Medal Winners Bite Their Gold?

Posted by on Sep 17, 2008 in entrepreneurship | 1 comment

I have a mate who’s the real, original, lateral-thinking type.  You know the sort – into technology and conspiracy theories in equal measure.  He advised me to invest in gold, but I took this as the outworking of some doomsday scenario and politely declined. Looks like my mate will have the last laugh though.  It seems that gold is one of the best ways to invest your money now that...

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Easy As Tweetie Pie

Posted by on Sep 15, 2008 in social networking | 0 comments

Twitter.  Tweets?  What is it? How does it work?  What could I use it for?  Facebook? Is it a waste of time?  Surely it’s only for tweenies? My workshop on Social Networking is taking place on Saturday, 4th October at QUB.  It’s for adults! Q: What is a social networking? A: It is connecting with friends and others online for the purposes of socialising. Social networking is...

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Jedi Workshop Goes International!

Posted by on Sep 12, 2008 in news and events | 0 comments

Well, kind of.  I was interviewed this morning by Steve Chase of ABC Radio in Australia. Media coverage for this course has snowballed at an unbelievable rate in the last week.  Dawn mentioned some of the radio interviews I’ve done in the last blog, as well as the inital exposure with the Newsletter and the BBC. This in addition to the national newspapers that were generous with their...

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