Dublin
Making Dublin a smart city
Interesting piece in Fortune San Francisco gets smart with green technology …in the context of Ireland and its drive for a smart economy and knowledge society. As I stand at bus stops wondering when the next bus is due and I think about the technology which is so easily available I wonder why we are not [...]
Irish Diaspora Conference
Image via Wikipedia Well done to David McWilliams and the Irish Government on the forthcoming conference with leaders drawn from the Irish diaspora. Reread the piece in the Irish Times earlier this week. Topics to include: the global economy: positioning Ireland for the upturn Ireland – the innovation island promoting brand Ireland through our global [...]
Questions & Answers – despair
Watching the politicians tonight after Fianna Fail and the Greens have taken a hammering in the local and European elections. All but FF and Greens promoting the need for an immediate general election. FF and Greens arguing that government should continue to govern. Joan Burton (Labour) and Mary Lou MacDonald (SF) surely should be on [...]
Real bite in the cuts – from all perspectives
Good article in the online Wall Street Journal ‘Wealth less effect, earning well, feeling otherwise’. Looks at a number of people who may appear to be earning well but are now experiencing the impact of the recesssion and large scale reduction in their apparent wealth. Article makes the point that the perspective of a couple [...]
Dubliners and their city – a call to action.
Attended a great conference yesterday in Dublin Castle: Governance and the citizen, Dubliners and their City. Svend Auken (Former leader of the Danish Social Democrats and current party spokesperson on EU affairs) gave an excellent presentation re the Aarhus Convention – and Michael Ewing provided the summary of his research into adoption and compliance with Aarhus [...]
What’s in azure right now?
Attended great presentation by David Chappell at Microsoft in Dublin this morning. Fascinating comparison of the offerings from SalesForce, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. Interesting explanation of Microsoft's focus on providing a platform in this version of Azure to enable us to build the next 'Facebook'. Explained why cannot migrate classic enterprise applications to this Azure [...]
Visit to Royal Dublin
Played Royal Dublin last week. What a marvellous job they have done on the redevelopment of their course. The course was in great condition. Royal Dublin presents a fair but difficult challenge with the protection of the wind. Share on Facebook
Corporate golf at The Castle
Played in the Mercury (www.mercury.ie) Golf Outing at the Castle last Friday. Format was a three person team, two to count. A most enjoyable afternoon, great company, on a thinking person’s golf course. Seems to me the trees on the course encroach more each year – presenting more challenges or problems to the golfer. As [...]