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Screenclick = Worst. Website. Ever.
For someone who likes films, I see surprisingly few of them because I am, conversely, not a big fan of cinemas. But I was a big fan of Moviestar.ie, the Irish version of Netflix. Moviestar provided a...
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Everything You Need to Know About Social Media in Four Tweets
Exhibit A: Exhibit B: I sincerely think that is everything you need to know about social media in four tweets. Alternatively, you could just watch @shutterstock shill on Twitter for an object lesson...
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Not What I Meant…
When I mentioned a few weeks ago on Twitter that I was suddenly doing more voice over work than I ever expected for clients, this was really not what I had in mind. Last week, a very hesitant but...
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Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and Design
My mother will, at the drop of a hat, tell you the story of how as a child, I very nearly didn’t get into my competitive fee-paying primary school because I stubbornly refused to put the blue peg in...
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Dear Radisson Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin
Dear Radisson SAS Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin: Enclosed, please find a bill for €52.50. On October 10th, 2009, I arrived to check into the Radisson, where I had reserved a room to attend the Irish Web...
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Your Brand is Not a Sacred Cow
Here’s a really common scenario: You get a new client and they have a great product but no brand. Let’s say they make, I dunno, cow print toys or clothing or something, so you futz around for a while...
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Confessions of a Template Whore
Recently, I got “busted” in the comments on a blog post for using a template to create a website. The website in question is WordCamp Ireland; the template in question is the suitably named Fun Design...
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La La La I'm Not Listening…
I do not, for the record, believe in celebrity. Maybe because I grew up in NYC surrounded by famous people, it’s a pretty meaningless concept to me. I can tell you that Tom Cruise rents movies like...
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A One-Handed Blog Entry
Last week, as previously mentioned, I made my way to Las Vegas for Mix10. I’d never been to Vegas before, and was very excited – though less keen on the Cork > Dublin > Gatwick > Vegas...
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Some lessons, it seems, are harder to learn than others. Given the enormous backlash when the 2014 Web Summit rocked up with 19.5% women speakers, you’d think that Ireland’s conference organisers would...
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