Ruairi’s first hike…
I recall a friend once saying as we were growing up, that we were running out of firsts. By that he meant everything from your first step as a baby to your first kiss as a teenager. At the time I thought he was probably right as I left my teenage years behind and we [...]
A new start
So I was hoping to do a few posts leading up to the birth of my son, however, having a kid is time consuming…who would have thought. Plus he came on his due date! My son, insane. I honestly thought I had another week at least. In my defence so did the Dr. His exact [...]
Beating the recession blues…
In these so called recessionary times we hear a lot of talk of doom and gloom. Over the past few months I have received numerous emails from people and companies claiming to have the one thing that will get my business through the recession. If these people did in fact have the golden cure for [...]
A few videos from Cloudforce
Richard Robinson from Google discussing increasing sales with Google Adwords, Free Google tools and Salesforce Craig Weissman talking about Salesforce and Twitter integration
Cobh session
So we packed up our things on Saturday morning and headed for Cobh to celebrate our friends Benny&Laura moving into their new gaf (plus I think it was someones birthday). The party started early, at 12ish we moved onto the Com for a few hours then back to the house for a proper session. There [...]
Samsung X460 – Quick review
I had a laptop order for an important client this week. He needed something powerful, light weight, but with a decent screen. My answer was the ultra-slim Samsung X460. It is a masterpiece of mobility and packed with a comprehensive spec list. This machine is taking Samsungs proven ability to design portable netbooks and bringing [...]
Abandoning Windows mobile…
As I’d mentioned before with the abrupt demise of my iPhone I was forced into using a windows mobile phone again. Well it was short lived. After just one weekend I was driven mad with this crappy device. The main issues I found were with the fact that I had become so used ot the [...]
Testing Qik on the iPhone
Testing Qik on the iPhone This is just a short video I made on Qik from my iPhone. I was hoping to see how good the quality is as I am heading to the Cloudforce 2009 conference in London on the 7th of April and am hoping to do some video while I am there.
Cloud Computing reality check
As a cloud computing expert my constant job is not only to convince people of the merits of cloud computing but also in many cases explain what the hell it actually is. Most of Damson‘s clients aren’t techies and they don’t like when you make it technical. So finding real world examples of how cloud [...]
The iPhone repair saga…
So with my iPhone dead and my sensitive data deleted I went about the difficult task of finding out about the repair process. First a little history on my iPhone, it is less than a year old and was purchased in Verona Italy, as they offer a legally unlocked iPhone there. So I anticipated some [...]
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