Twitter Favourites

One of best features of Twitter is how I can save tweets I like on the Favourites page. Sometimes it’s nice just to hop about from friend to friend, seeing their favourite witty tweets or saved links. It’s a handy way to discover new places to eat, bargains or simply an interesting tale or joke.

But more than this, I love the way these tweets bookmark current events. Reading them back is like browsing through your diary at bullet-speed. You can almost remember the cup of coffee you had, where you were sitting and what you were listening to when you saved them away. Favourited tweets are the sprinkles on top. Bless their little cotton socks.

August 28th, 2008 at 2:11 pm • Add Comment • Filed in Geekery


Red Links 28/08/08

Via Suzy, send you wishes to the Irish Paralympic team with just 9 days to go. Email our athletes on: supporttheteam@pcireland.ie The Paralympic Council of Ireland get the interactivity of the web more that the Olympic Council of Ireland, right?

Cherp, a Twitter “Creative Agency”.. Hmmm.. Via Chris Brogan.

Via Niall, Irish Rail times on your iPhone.

A very long-term backup.

Everyone’s favourite slaphead and nerdy virtua-cousin, Moby blogs about McCain, hookers and cocaine at the DNC.

Levi’s ‘Onion Peel’ ad.

August 28th, 2008 at 9:10 am • Add Comment • Filed in Red Links


Avoiding Life Blog: Winner of book voucher competition

A little late announcing, but the winner of my book voucher competition is D of the Avoiding Life blog with her great post on Sebastian Barry’s ‘A Long Long Way’. Congrats.

August 26th, 2008 at 11:46 am • 1 Comment • Filed in Culture


What O2 PR?

So it’s been a clutch of weeks since my disgusting treatment at the O2 Experience store in Grafton Street, Dublin. O2 said sorry and gave me a complimentary month of rental. John was similarly frustrated, got an apology and a dock to make amends. Still there are two glaring O2 customer experiences that were blogged about and they haven’t had a scrap of contact. No support whatsoever.

What are O2 thinking? Seriously. Have all the PR brains gone on holidays? Pat and Damien are two of the biggest names in Irish technology blogging have been ignored. Bloggers whose audiences are ten times of mine. Writers that people listen to when dipping their toes into technology, gadgets and telecoms. Trusted voices of the Irish Tech sector. Yes, O2 - this is a slow-mo PR disaster and you are driving the train.

August 26th, 2008 at 9:07 am • Add Comment • Filed in Geekery


Don’t forget to nominate your favourite sites for the Irish Web Awards!

Just a couple of days left to nominate your favourite sites for the Irish Web Awards. Drop by their site and nominate.

August 26th, 2008 at 8:23 am • Add Comment • Filed in Geekery


Red Links 26/08/08

Via Gamma, some amazing Beijing photos. NSFW. (Grr.. deadlinked while waiting to be queued up, ah well!)

Simon on State logos.

The rise of anti-design?

TweetRush.com, a Twitter stats tool, went live last night. Great product from a very talented bunch of developers, most of whom are based in the Silicon Capital, Cork. :) Well done fellas, take a bow.

The Youtube Uploader is running on Gears DNA, so you can now upload videos of up to 1GB. The ten minute limit still stays, though.

7 blog dilemmas.

Loving these Polaroids. Low-tech wonders. It’s not what you have, it’s how you use it.

August 26th, 2008 at 7:39 am • 1 Comment • Filed in Red Links


Bright lights & Taoisigh

Good ole Brian was at it again on Saturday night, any vids floating about wanting to jump onto Youtube? Go on, you want to. Maybe’s he’s brushed up since last time? If Cowen were spat through The X Factor pop mill, what would we end up with?

At the same time, it must be nice for Cowen to see that Bertie is willing to jump in and give his two cents. Still could Cowen pull off Up For The Match? Nice to see him concentrate on big national issues. Ah, our Taoisigh and their delusions of bright lights.

(Oh, yes and it galls me to say that his Tubridyness played the tune this morning)

August 25th, 2008 at 10:52 am • Add Comment • Filed in Politics


99 Musings

Thinking a lot about growing lately. Mindless musing snippets:

August 24th, 2008 at 10:35 pm • Add Comment • Filed in Life


Five ring branding: Olympic posters through the years

With the Beijing Closing Ceremony playing away in the background, spare a few minutes to take a look at the Olympic posters of the past. A very nice retrospective of Twentieth Century design. Via Pat.

August 24th, 2008 at 1:18 pm • Add Comment • Filed in Design


By nightlight

Photowalked my way home last night…

Light pathTree LightsLuas Light

August 23rd, 2008 at 5:04 pm • 1 Comment • Filed in Photos


Abigail Washburn ‘Great Big Wall in China’

Very special song. Spine tingles. From the album ‘Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet’ Abigail’s Facebook page (login needed).

August 23rd, 2008 at 2:41 pm • Add Comment • Filed in Culture


It’s a Britpop-kinda moment

Just chattering to Jackie this morning and she mentions Sleeper’s ‘She’s a Good Girl’. Isn’t there something indescribably fluffy about Britpop’s antique, studied coolness?

Yeah, I usually hate all that nostalgia crap, but music has a big influence in our formative years. Who here didn’t cheer when Jarvis Cocker jumped on Jacko? Didn’t have a side in the Blur-Oasis war? And couldn’t but love the cheery tunes of Cast, the Boo Radleys and Ocean Color Scene counterpointed by some Black Grape, Salad and Suede? Anyone for Echobelly?

Who were your favourite Britpoppers?

August 23rd, 2008 at 7:52 am • 2 Comments • Filed in Culture


Wouldn’t be nice to send messages to our Olympic team?

Another Olympics, another doped horse. But for the Irish, our bright sparks are in the boxing ring. Boxing remains one of the few sports that we seem to do well in. Kenny Egan is fighting for the light heavyweight gold on Sunday in Beijing. Why not drop by his Facebook Fan Page and wish him good luck? Stephen has set up the page. Nice one.

Wouldn’t be nice if the Irish Olympic Committee (or more properly, the Olympic Council of Ireland) set up a dedicated web presence so we could send wishes and messages to the team? Facebook pages, perhaps a blog, something. Perhaps some rich content would be cool too. Maybe ask some of the athletes if they’d like to blog (once it didn’t conflict with competition prep or focus). How about a video diary? Something personal. Real interaction would be nice. Not the “tick our web presence” boxes that a lot of corporate events do.

The mind boggles, especially when this is in place for Munster rugby fans to send wishes to their team. Would the suits ever let this happen? I can’t see this working in Beijing especially with the tight media controls in place. Perhaps London 2012?

August 22nd, 2008 at 3:22 pm • 2 Comments • Filed in Geekery


On truth

“A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth”

Will Rogers

(There are just too many good Will Rogers’ quotes.)

August 21st, 2008 at 12:16 pm • Add Comment • Filed in Brainstrobing


Red Links 21/08/08

The Cybercom blog spots Facebook video ads. I haven’t seen them yet, have you?

Twenty has a powerful post on the right to die. I’d make the same decision as he has.

Interesting piece by Myers on a united Ireland.

Suzy has news that Brenda Power is leaving Newstalk. Hooray. Now, if they could kill off more of the sensationalist HSE bitching they do at night… Constructive discussion on the HSE is great, what Newstalk does sucks.

The Avoiding Life blog has moved.

Fucking works.

Love this video by the.ronin (mind it’s a direct link to a .mov).

August 21st, 2008 at 7:41 am • 1 Comment • Filed in Red Links


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