Leading figures in social media will descend on Galway later this month as part of the seventh annual BlogTalk international conference. The two-day event, which took place last year in South Korea, will be held on the campus of NUI Galway on August 26th and 27th. Speakers already scheduled include Galway-born entrepreneur Fergus Hurley and [...]
PR companies naturally crave good reviews for their clients’ products and are bound to be disappointed when that doesn’t happen. Different companies seem to have different ways of dealing with bad reviews. Some just take it on the chin, some go cold with the journalist for a while and others simply assume the journalist doesn’t [...]
I’ll be on RTÉ’s Campaign Daily this afternoon to talk about local and European election candidates using the internet as part of their campaigns. If I’m not mistaken, I’ll be there with Damien Mulley. You can catch it live on the website, on your TV (assuming you’re in Ireland) or on the RTÉ Player later [...]
I’m on the way back to Dublin after a few relaxing days away so I won’t be at the blog awards, as much as i’d like to be. So before the ceremony kicks off in Cork I’d like to wish all the nominees the best of luck, particularly those in the Best Blog by a [...]
I’m genuinely surprised to see this blog shortlisted for the 2009 Irish Blog Awards. Thanks to the judges who decided that AdamMaguire.com was good enough to make the cut. It’s quite a cut too – the competition is extremely fierce. I’m sticking by my previous prediction of Michael O’Toole’s blog but given that Jim Carroll [...]
According to the Dashboard of my blog I’ll have made 598 blog posts once this entry is published. At this very moment I have made 662 posts through my Twitter account. I was sceptical of the value of Twitter when first set up my account in the middle of 2007. In fact the only reason [...]
The Long List for the 2009 Irish Blog Awards has been announced – it is available to read here. I’ve made the cut in the Best Blog from a Journalist category, so thanks to those who have kept me in the race and hard luck to those who have dropped off. I stand by my [...]
Sarah Carey’s post on the latest chapter in the Waghorne/Udaras spat has weaved its way towards the debate over internet anonymity, something that is a big part of blogging in Ireland. There is no right or wrong as far as anonymity online goes; being anonymous and being public both have their positives and negatives and [...]
Ken has reiterated his previous suggestion for a National Blog Day in Ireland in which all bloggers would take a moment to tell the world what their blog has done for/to them in the previous 12 months. It would be a nice idea (bar the fact that I did the same last week!) but I [...]
You can’t beat these various spot prizes that show up across the Irish blogging community from time to time; Free Roaming are offering an unlocked Nokia N80 to the best comment/piece of advice a commentator can give on their new site. Get your suggestions in before the 15th of September (seems like a long time!) [...]
Blog of Irish journalist Adam Maguire, focusing mainly on Irish media & current affairs.
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