technology, internet oddities & other random stuff
Politics
We’re being told to “embrace knowledge & risk”
Jan 12th
Prof. Martin Curley has got together with some other eminent economists and has written a book called “Knowledge-Driven Entrepreneurship – The Key to Social and Economic Transformation”. The core argument (I think. I’ve only read the press coverage), is that the quickest way to improve society (and by implication get out of this financial mess) is to concentrate on the knowledge economy. Professor Curley says that the west has lost the ability to innovate and take risks.
Risks are manageable if you’re a large corporate, but it’s a huge ask if you’re a start-up. Start-ups need capital and for most of us More >
How can you tell if someone went to Trinity College?
Jul 23rd
They’ll tell you! Boom boom!
It’s an old joke, but frequently true. The Irish Internet Association are electing a new board at the moment and each of the nominees get a quick paragraph about themselves on the site. There are twelve nominees but only Trinity College alumni Clare Dillon and Catrina Sheridan see fit to tell everyone about their degrees and diplomas.
Door Number Three
Sep 23rd
Robert Cringely has an interesting column today @ I, Cringely. He talks about the inability of IT staff to fit in today’s corporate structure. He’s been fired from every job he’s ever had for this reason. He’s also been re-hired several times because of his value to the company. IT is the “Cousin Itt” of industry. We’re “generally useful, though dangerous”.
IT staff, no matter how good, will never be CEOs of major corporations. The one exception, John Reid of Citicorp, just proves the point, because he got fired too. Therefore IT staff are useless employees and no good at being managers.
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Seize drunk drivers cars
Apr 18th
Ireland.net 2.0 is about to get organised.
Nov 30th
Paul Walsh has taken up the challenge organising an independent body to represent the interests of Irish web based companies. He’s already got a couple of the local heavy hitters (Damien Mulley and Fergus Burns) on his side, and he’s done this before with the British Interactive Media Association, so he’s no enthusiastic novice.
It would be nice to have a body representing native industry for a change. The only companies in this industry getting any mind share from government are the foreign ones, who may provide lots of jobs and pay lots of taxes, but they take their profits home at the More >
