see the video here (realvideo) now that nationwide has learned to send itself up, its getting better, and some day I might even watch it when it is broadcast, rather than between my fingers from behind the curtains via the web. It’s time Mary got her own show!
the business of podcasts
enough retro? i think it is great to look back on the time and see where we were at, and in a way, during the dot bomb fallout not a lot happened… 2001-2004 .. discuss. 🙂 as the wavelinks series was from esearch, it once again involved me working with my very good friend denise…
‘Txt’ is the word.
[first posted to wavelinks 7 in May 2001] 15 Billion Text messages a month are clocked by the world’s 600+ network operators. SMS – Short Messaging Service or Text (aka ‘Txt’ in the classrooms of Ireland) has come of age. It really took off with the arrival of pre-paid mobiles in Europe. Cost conscious teenagers…
Is it time for legal restrictions on Mobile usage?
from wavelinks#6 april 2001 WAP, SMS and PDAs are discreet; voice calls on mobiles in public places are not. In fact, they are becoming more intrusive socially than smoking ever was. Over the past five years (1996-2001) I have carried out a personal non-scientific study into mobile phone usage on the Dublin Area Rapid Transit…
Revolutions at the Speed of Light
back in 2000 / 2001 i wrote an ezine for esearch.ie / newsweaver, over the next few posts some of the best bits on the 18 editions of wavelinks. from march 2001 Revolutions at the Speed of Light While the mobile is primarily a business tool, its secondary uses are for anything but business. Never…
New Podcast Released [#18] Carmina.
ahead of their mini tour of Ireland next weekend including the Cork Jazz Festival I speak to Pippa Marland of Carmina. (includes 3 tracks, one a demo from the next album to be produced by donal lunny) “Carmina have committed themselves to becoming one of the most accessible yet innovative bands currently touring, developing their…
Phantom FM
“for the words of the prophet written on the studio wall, concert hall, echoes with the sounds of salesmen” …. remember when album sleeves had warnings on them, remember when the best radio in the city came from a fleet of abwood barna sheds? its back,,,, tuesday at noon 105.2FM on da radio phantom fm…
the perfect word for redundancy
confectionerynews.com reported Cadbury Schweppes has exploited the continued global growth of chewing gum and tapped into emerging new markets to report increased sales for 2005. Sales were £6.5bn in 2005, an increase of seven per cent on 2004, while operating profit grew to £873m, up 13 per cent from the previous year. The company’s confectionery…
goodbye fran
my TV choices tonight RTE1 10.15pm raging bulls – Fran Rooney BBC Four 11:00pm Good Bye, Lenin! sometimes working for fran rooney was like making those faked newscasts in goodbye lenin. fran proved that the stock exchange was not the best medium to redistribute wealth after all.