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Bertie came

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

An Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern, visited us at the opening of the ArcLab Research and Innovation Center yesterday. The day went well though he was in and out faster than a wife dragging her man out of a pub. Apparently he had 15 other openings to attend to that day.

The mayor of Waterford was there as was Martin Cullen and various other dignitaries from WIT.

One thing I must comment on is that Irish speakers need to raise their heads more. The mayor kept her head up more than most but it looked like she was reading her notes via braille. The rest, even Bertie, kept their heads down as they read their speeches. I was also suprised when the building was blessed by two priests. Apparently it is the done thing in Ireland even though afterwards a few jokes were made about avoiding it becoming a religious day.

All in all an interesting experience and a good thing for the Waterford region.

Posted in AAA, ArcLab, Bertie Ahern, Carriganore, TSSG, Taoiseach, WIT, opening | Comments

The Taoiseach and the TSSG

Friday, October 13th, 2006

An Taoiseach will be visiting WIT’s Research and Innovation Center building where I work on Monday the 16th for the official opening. The TSSG and SEEP are hosted here and the place is fairly buzzing with activity. Plenty of press and other notables will be visiting. We should get a chance to demonstrate our project to everyone.

In case you don’t know An Taoiseach is the Irish equivalent of a Prime Minister. Pretty much the top dog in the political food chain. The current living embodiment of An Taoiseach is Mr. Bertie Ahern.

Posted in AAA, Bertie Ahern, Event, Ireland, Research and Innovation Center, SEEP, TSSG, Taoiseach, WIT, building, opening | Comments

Zinadoo mobile website creation launches today

Friday, September 1st, 2006

Head on over to Mícheál Ó Foghlú’s weblog to read about a new company launching from 3CS today. The company is Nubiq and they are launching Zinadoo, a mobile website creation service. I’ve worked with Helene Haughney and the rest of her team in the past and have watched Zinadoo grow from strength to strength.

Great to see such entreupreneurial spirit in Ireland.

Posted in 3cs, AAA, Fiona, Haughney, Helene, Nubiq, TSSG, WIT, Website, Zinadoo, company, launch, mobile | Comments

BarCamp Ireland Venue

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Tom Corcoran contacted me yesterday and mentioned that he’d be happy to offer the TSSG or WIT facilities as a venue for BarCamp Ireland.

I work at the TSSG building and it is a lovely location with a great boardroom and other meeting rooms. WIT is also a good venue.

I have updated the BarCamp page but thought I’d mention it here too so that it is noticed.

Posted in BarCamp, BarCamp Ireland, Conference, Event, Ireland, TSSG, Tom Corcoran, WIT, unconference, venue | Comments