Aug 27 2010
I read this fascinating article during the week: 100 ways to spend the Anglo €25,000,000,000.
It is really sad and depressing to see how the Irish Government decided to spend all this money, when they could have used it to make us become the world leader in almost any area of science and technology :(
What a waste!
May 26 2010
Electronic Arts (EA) has announced that it is going to create a customer service and operations centre here in Ireland. That certainly is good news for Ireland, as well as for job seekers. The only thing that I do not understand is why it would want to locate in Galway, which is very isolated from the international markets, instead of Dublin.
For more information about this see EA to create 200 jobs in Galway.
May 24 2010
Today Webroot announced that it is to create its international headquarters here in Ireland. This will create 50 new jobs, which of course is great news!
For more details about this announcement read Internet security firm to create 50 jobs.
May 23 2010
I recently received a good recommendation for CafePress, so I decided to buy some t-shirts as presents during the week. I am delighted to report that my order arrived very promptly, and that I am very happy with it.
The two things that particularly impressed me were:
Next I will treat myself to some nice t-shirts :)
May 13 2010
Today I came across this list of Dot.com website failures: Top 15 Defunct Websites.
I remember hearing about some of them at the time. It is fascinating how many of the websites failed because they were too early, and there now exists successful equivalents.
Apr 08 2010
I have fallen in love with a new eCommerce company! It is called Moo, and it prints all types of business cards!
I received my MiniCards in the post today, and I am really impressed! They are so nice that I do not want to give them away!
Like many Web 2.0 companies, Moo makes great usage of its blog and other popular social networking sites.
Apr 03 2010
More good news in the Irish employment market - Citrix is expanding its Irish operations.
See Up to 30 new jobs for Citrix in Dublin for more details.
Mar 27 2010
In Openet Expansion I recently expressed the opinion that the economy was picking-up in Ireland. The trend seems to be continuing, because eBay, LinkedIn, and IBM all made job announcements during the week:
It is great news, although I think that this trend is mainly confined to the ICT industry.
Mar 17 2010
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
I was delighted to read that TerminalFour has won a contract to supply Aer Lingus with a new content management system for its web site. For more details about this read Aer Lingus invests in web content management system.
Congratulations!
Mar 16 2010
I was delighted to read yesterday that Openet has launched an expansion program for its operations in Dublin. This expansion consists of creating 35 new jobs. Perhaps more impressive is the fact that these jobs are being described as R&D type jobs! For more information about this read Openet’s R&D investment creates 35 new jobs.
I have recently heard a lot of anecdotal evidence from friends and colleagues that the economy is slowly starting to improve again in Ireland. This would appear to be more evidence of this!
