Posted in Ireland, bloggers, competition, web2.0 on Oct 3rd, 2007
Web 2.0 Ireland are running a competition for tickets to the Web 2.0 expo in Berlin. Each ticket is worth €1100 so it is well worth entering for anyone that is interesting in going.
Here is how you could win:
the Irish (or Ireland-based) blogger who makes the best suggestion for an original Web Application with [...]
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Posted in Galway, Ireland, barcamp, barcampgalway on Sep 19th, 2007
I’m really looking forward to Barcamp Galway this weekend. As well as the normal talks, there are a few panel discussions organised.
Academics – “If I’m so smart, why am I being paid so little?†– What it means to be a computer researcher
Practitioners – [...]
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Posted in Business, ICES, Investing, Ireland on Sep 20th, 2006
I am on the mailing list for the ICES group and received an email about a talk by Stephen May coming up. Judging by the biography, it definitely looked like an interesting talk:
…Stephen started at 19 years of age in his native Tallaght with a typical 3 bed semi and has since developed a [...]
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Posted in Ireland, barcamp, community on Aug 29th, 2006
BarCamp Ireland is going to be held in Webworks in Cork this year. It looks like the date may also be changed to the 30th of September. This is shaping up to be a really good day. Thanks to Damien Mulley, Conor O’Neill and Walter Higgins for all the organising down in Cork.
Does [...]
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Posted in Consulting, Dublin, Hibernate, Ireland, SOA, Spring, Virtual Pub, community, contract, java, javakicks, meetup, ruby on rails on Jul 12th, 2006
I went along to the Dublin Java Meetup group last night. It was a very interesting night which attracted some new members as well as the usual suspects, about 15 members in all. The Dublin Java Meetup is always a good night where you can discuss any aspect of Java technologies (Or any technical topic [...]
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