Five tech predictions for 2010

2010 will see a huge surge in wifi usage. Those who thought that wifi was on the way out will be proven wrong. The ever increasing use of smartphone and other devices with built-in wifi will only grow the demand. The recent spate of 3G or Wimax to wifi devices is also an indicator. Mobile [...]

The end for public wifi in the UK?

I came across this article on ZDnet a few weeks ago and the title grabbed me and made me sit up straight: “Pub fined £8000 for wifi copyright infringement”. In short the story was as follows: A pub in the UK had a fine levied against them in a civil case taken by the copyright [...]

New year, cross-border Wake Up Call!

I recently received an email from Mark Finlay with a fantastic idea: “how about a cross-border business networking event between the Limerick & Belfast regions scheduled around the Ulster – Munster rugby match? It’s a great initiative by Shannon Development delivered by Presidents’ Club trustees Raymond Sexton and Mark J Finlay with contribution from former [...]

A tale of two cities….

When I was on my way to Business Camp Dublin last week I got a phone-call that made me sit up and nearly crash the car. The statement was simple: “Dell has sold their Lodz plant to Foxconn”.
While this move might make perfect sense on a balance sheet somewhere I find it shocking. so I’ve [...]

FAS(t)-tracking 20 million of money wasting…

In July of this year I blogged about an announcement that 20 million euro would be allocated to job creation for ex-Dell workers (and other people who have recently become un-employed) in the Limerick region. As I was looking to raise funding to kick-start the Greenhouse Incubator I discussed this funding with a few ministers. [...]

Gear review: Buffalo WLI-UC-GN

I bought a Buffalo WLI-UC-GN usb device on Ebay a few months ago. It had to come from Hong-Kong as the device was not available. It arrived 10 days later and had been sitting on a corner of my desk ever since.
yesterday I had to set up a desktop pc in a bedroom and needed [...]

Eircom is (still) failing to secure it’s customers broadband access..

There was a lot off outrage back in October 2007 when it emerged that Eircom was leaving it’s customers home networks open to being hacked. As most others ISP’s Eircom had been supplying their broadband customers with a wifi enabled router as standard when they subscribed to their service. The fact that the wireless signal [...]

Crowdsourcing a name…

I’m considering renaming one of my projects. It’s an online directory for wifi hotspot locations.
The idea is simple; people can submit locations but also add reviews & pictures of the locations and service. The aim is to offer a user created, searchable, directory of wifi hotspots which not only lists the location but will also [...]

Wimax 4 years on….

The recent launch by Imagine Telecom of their Wimax service in Ireland and all the following discussions on the fact that the service wasn’t available yet, the lack of pricing & package information as well as the misguided marketing campaign prompted me to write a blogpost about by experiences with Wimax.

I have been working with [...]

SEO & a distorted reality..

I’ve noticed a lot of discussions about SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) lately. It’s is the skill of working the content of a website and the inbound & outbound links in such a way that your site receives a top-ranking in the relevant search results. There are some really smart SEO experts out there you will [...]