Social networking – is it what always came naturally to the Irish?
I participate actively as an online ‘social networker’. Seems to me there are many benefits – through linkedin, facebook, twitter, blogging. Interesting piece recently about whether we should blend the personal and the business stuff in social networking activities. There are many reasons to do so – the technology increasingly means people are available to [...]
The reek itself
Magnificent evening in Co. Mayo – looking across at the reek itself (Croagh Patrick), from Roscahill. Blue skies, sunshine, temperature in the mid teens. This is the ‘bluereek’. Share on Facebook
Google and books
Commented previously on Google and books. Within this context this article from the New York Review of Books should be read for a more detailed background understanding. Am surprised there has been so little comment in the press. Share on Facebook
Hard to credit
Perhaps INBS has not experienced the same issues with its customers being experienced by other banks. Today’s Irish Times reports salary increase and significant bonus(re 2008) for INBS CEO. Presumably, in the context of what is going on elsewhere, Mr Fingleton would not be taking this salary increase and bonus unless he had a ‘stellar’ [...]
Sooner rather than later
entity to hold the ‘toxic assets’ of the banks
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Calls for National Government
Good to see today’s lead in the Sunday Independent promoting the cause of National Government. This is a crisis and parties of the centre/ centre right need to be aligned, not squabling. And I see plenty of merit in Gerry Adams at yesterday’s Sinn Fein Conference calling for a coming together of the Left with [...]
Copyright developments
The Irish Times reports on 29th January agreement being reached between Eircom and four records companies re illegal downloads of music – implementation of the ‘three strikes and you’re out’ approach by Eircom (and, presumably, other ISPs at a future date). Writing in the GigaOM blog, 31 January 2009, Janko Roettgers, under the heading ,’BitTorrent [...]
Book List: Books read recently
Books read recently Richard Susskind: THE END OF LAWYERS? – Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services Discussed future of legal profession – challenges from clients, opportunities/threats arising through development in technology Misha Glenny: The Fall of Yugoslavia Describes events in and around breakup of yugoslavia in 1991. Richard Suskind: The Price of Loyalty Deals with [...]
Blog list: Blog list
Sweating the IT asset Collaboration Gideon Rachman (Financial Times) International affairs blog Share on Facebook