jgalvin James Galvin
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Saturday, 21 June 2008
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
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NeoOffice is basically a snapshot of Open Office that runs natively in OS X without X11 (even on Tiger). Also I think I remember hearing that the latest version of OO for Mac no longer requires X11 either?
Thursday, 27 March 2008
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It is a good series, and I like a lot of his stuff. I think in general, he is funny, although Joy in the Hood flopped badly.
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I agree with what Damien originally had to say, and it wasn't Jaiku-bashing. If there was a Twitter vs Jaiku deathmatch, it was started on this thread right here. Boiling down to which is technically better, then yes it is Jaiku. But how can you argue the fact that the social network is where the people are? It's nothing to do with elitism, it's to do with the buzz. On Twitter there are lots of new people joining the conversation at all times. It's nothing to do with Scoble and Jason Calacanis and all that web 2.0 stuff - that does not come into the equation for me at all. It's all the Irish people and tech guys and the snippets of information, banter, funny one-liners, etc.
As it happens, I agree with a lot of what Niall says, about interference being a social lubricant and all that, those are kind of added bonuses that make Twitter different from Jaiku and better in some ways. I tried to get people to make the switch to Jaiku, but when Google stepped and made it invite only, it became a sinking ship.
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
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"Bulletproof Web Design" is a good one.
Sunday, 9 March 2008
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Doh, didn't realise it was intended as a panel thing - sorry to cut into your airtime James and Ina.
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This is an English paper I'd say Sparky
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I didn't make myself too clear either. It makes sense to me that the Cork OCC blog should be uprooted and moved to the opencoffee.ie domain, and that the rest of the open coffees should follow suit, with a front-page aggregator connecting all of them, with shared calendar services and whatever else. I was trying to stress the importance of the distinct local nodes remaining as the first point of call for Googlers and new referrals first arriving at cork.opencoffee.ie (if they land on the parent page there's are big massive square buttons saying "CORK", "GALWAY", "WATERFORD,"DUBLIN" at the top). For a few reasons - the very local aspect is one of the main selling points of the Open Coffee, and there's also the fact that each OCC node has evolved in its own direction and should be allowed to maintain a degree of individuality.
In short, a group blog along the lines of web2ireland would not be the way to go, while an aggregator of the other nodes' activity makes perfect sense (no harm moving them each to a subdomain of opencoffe.ie for a bit of consistency), as long as it is blindingly clear that this is just an aggregator. PageFlakes probably be fine. Shame there wasn't more time because there was room for a lot of general discussion about, e.g., how to improve and promote the OCC.
Sorry I missed you there James, I did not know you were in the building until the very end, and by then I was standing behind a big screen.
Saturday, 8 March 2008
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
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First time at McDonalds in almost a year but it got a thumbs down from me. Not a fan of the ciabatta and there was some strange aftertaste. (don't say it)
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Think I've got through with my just library card before.
Sunday, 10 February 2008
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"Delivers on business or technology objectives" - could you make that a bit more vague please? I have lots of stories of how open coffee Cork has assisted me and my business - from discussions about obscure applications of Python Imaging Library from other tech startups who are using this technology, to introductions with freelance programmers, and free legal advice. Let me know if you want me to write an essay on it. By the way, don't underestimate that "notion of community" either.
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I don't know what you're getting at Paul, what are the criteria for a worthwhile networking event for start-ups? Open Coffee ticks more than enough boxes to merit a mention in SBP.
Saturday, 2 February 2008
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Got a tiny bit left over from yesterday in Donoughmore, Co. Cork. Yesterday my house (on top of the hill) got a solid 1", but 300m down the road in any direction didn't.
Monday, 21 January 2008
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Cool... I'll hold off on the signup because there are a load of events on that week and I'll have to pick and choose which ones to go to based on the speakers/sessions planned. Looks like Creative Camp has the best venue though!
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Ken, are you organising this event? Might be attending this with a colleague.
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The iSight records a nice picture alright, tried it out on my Macbook Pro and on the iMac - good sound on the Microphone too. How do I find a link to my public profile?
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Got an account but haven't even used it aside from taking a look around.
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