Irish Internet Association Annual Congress

I’m in Dublin at the IIA Annual Congress at Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel in Killiney.  Breakout sessions are underway and I’m at one chaired by Michele Neylon (and sponsored by his company).  “How to make money from blogging and podcasting”.  I really hope they figure out the answer to that!
Heading to Mayo tonight for [...]

Diary Of A Startup

Last week I left my “day-job” and became a full-time entrepreneur.   Months of conflict and job-juggling has come to an end and, once again, this website takes a new direction.
What started a year ago as an experiment in blogging in English, soon became an important platform for me to develop my ideas with the help of others.  That is still very [...]

Edgecast Media sponsor The Irish Blog Awards

Last year’s inaugural Irish Blog Awards was a warm and wonderful occasion.  Not only were past achievements acknowledged and recognised, but I firmly believe the occasion provided an important impetus and contributed to the growth and development of Irish blogs in the 12 months that have followed.
My wife Margaret and I had a very enjoyable time, [...]

Irish Independent reports on the bustling Irish blogland

From today’s Irish Independent (subscription required, free).
Irish language activists are one of the interest groups flocking to the blogosphere. Having started his Irish blog, Imeall (imeall.blogspot.com), a little over two years ago, Conn O Muineachain has, without quite planning it, found himself taking the first steps to a full-blown media career. Some 1,000 readers visit [...]

I have taken too little care of this

My poor neglected English blog!  Dervala describes the strange experience of visiting your own abandoned blog.  As each day passes, it looks more and more and more like someone else’s - which of course it is.  That last entry stopped being yours when you clicked “publish”.  Like the shutter of a camera, the moment is captured, perfectly preserved [...]

Liveblogging Tóstal na Gaeilge

Tóstal na Gaeilge is a bi-annual conference organised by the Irish language umbrella body Comhdháil Náisúnta na Gaeilge.  I’m here to talk about podcasting but I hope to take part in as many of the other sessions as I can.
This morning I gave a presentation to secondary school transition year students about social networking tools.  [...]

The Gaelic Podcaster’s Manifesto

Back in October I wrote a letter to the Irish language weekly paper Foinse. It never got to them, because their email was down for weeks, and so was my printer! I was too busy (and stubborn) to go out of my way to get it printed and mailed, and, although they eventually gave me [...]

What a Weekend!

Irish blogs are still buzzing with the impact of Saturday’s Irish Blog Awards.  Relationships which were formed in text have been given impetus by the physical encounter, and it seems like everyone is discussing new ideas and exciting collaborations.
The awards were the highlight of a busy weekend for me which included the podcastingireland.com launch, Fine Gael’s meeting [...]

Strategies for Tagging in Multiple Languages

Tara asks (via Scoble): why do we tag?  Bernie has explained that tagging is aggregating, and I’ve looked it as a way of getting a handle on “the wisdom of crowds“.
But as I’ve outlined in a comment on Tara’s post, I believe tagging also has a role to play in supporting diversity, niche interests, and [...]