Quote of the Day

  • July,22nd,2010 at 12:04 AM

My own motivation for working out is mostly to postpone my death at least until my wife is old enough that she can’t remarry anyone that would sexually threaten me when I watch them fucking from Heaven.

- Josh Friedman - This quote is from the irreverently titled but imminently hilarious blog post Sledgehammer & Whore!  

PingTag (aka fun with BizCards & QR codes)

  • July,15th,2010 at 4:28 PM

Last night I spent some time playing around with PingTags which was put together by the guys at SquarePush.  They have developed a nice little interstitial app that links a QR code on your business card with your Linkedin profile.  

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The service is still in beta but I think it has some neat potential.  Especially around analytics.  Geolocation is already there but it would be cool to add in features such as tagging, reverse lookups, event information & actions.

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Go ahead and try it now with your iPhone/Android/WinMo/etc.

PingTag-AboutMe

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: Flavors.me

  • June,22nd,2010 at 7:43 PM

Playing around with Flavors.me

Video of the Day

  • June,16th,2010 at 9:03 AM

Who Wants to be a Tech Star!

Absolutely brilliant video put together by Terry Kawaja from GCA Savvian

Badge of An Garda Síochána

Everytime I think I’m getting close to figuring out this place it throws me for a loop!

I passed my Irish Drivers test on April 1st (no kidding!) and finally got around to heading to the motor vehicle department on May 3rd to submit the application for my full license.  As expected they took my money and told me it would be mailed out before the end of the week. Great!

Two weeks ago I realised I hadn’t received my license yet so I called the local Ballymun office and was told it was mailed out on May 10th and I should have received it by now.  They went on to explain that I would have to go into a Garda station and file a form D800 to report a Lost or Stolen license, prior to them replacing mine.

Ok fine!  Work has been busy lately so I haven’t had a chance to stop at the Garda station yet. 

Now wouldn’t you know it…I get home today and there is a rectagular envolope from the motor vehicle office postmarked May 10th and inside was a freshly issued Irish drivers license.  The envelope was in pristine condition with a perfectly typed address.  

Why it took a full five weeks for my drivers license to travel a mere 12km is beyond me…I’ve come to accept that Ireland really is a mysterious and magical place beyond mere mortal comprehension.  The best I can do is just sit back and marvel at this amazing place I call home!

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A passionate Entrepreneur, Innovation Evangelist, Skeptical Optimist, Non-conforming Mind and DIY-guy! Have worn more than a few different hats and most likely will wear a few more.

Currently serve as Commercial Development Manager (aka Entrepreneur-in-Residence) for the Centre for Next Generation Localisation where I am responsible for commercialisation of intellectual property arising from ICT research activities.

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"The basic failure of our time, future historians may well decide, has lain in the too ready acceptance of current orthodoxies, whether through fear of being suspected of rebelliousness and consequently punished, or just as a result of succumbing to mass persuasion."

Malcolm Muggeridge (1953)

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1) Work with really cool people to create really cool technologies which change the world!

2) Measurably improve the lives of one billion people!

3) Give back more than I take.

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