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  • Aaaaand we’re back.

    September 27, 2010 @ 5:01 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

    So after a brief period of less than regualr activity (for various reasons, far too dull to get into here), my new resolution is to update this more regularly. Honestly.

    Let’s see how this goes.

  • Websites crash under Jacko strain

    June 26, 2009 @ 12:20 am | by Ciara O'Brien

    So there you have it. Michael Jackson is dead. By all accounts it was a heart attack – a pretty ordinary end to a very strange life.

    And it was a website that broke the story first – TMZ.com. Not broadcast media or print. Within minutes, the topic was all over Twitter. Each update was tweeted as it happened. Looking at Twitter as I’m writing this, I have an entire page of Jacko-related tweets.

    It wasn’t all good for new media though. Websites creaked under the strain of the number of people logging on to get the latest updates. Michael Jackson managed to crash Twitter. TechCrunch has the screenshots here detailing the major meltdowns but I experienced the Twitter fail for myself. Frustrating, but common enough when a major story breaks.  

    Anyway. The end of an era, and the death of an icon, whatever you thought of him.  

  • Public relations, Ryanair style

    February 25, 2009 @ 5:38 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

    You have to love Ryanair, if only for the sheer neck of the company. When Jason Roe found a bug in Ryanair’s site, he blogged about it. Enter the commenters.
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  • Irma, Eircom deal just gets better…

    February 23, 2009 @ 1:21 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

    This one will just run and run. Not content with their well thought out plan of introducing three strikes and you’re off the network, Irma is now going to start targetting websites it doesn’t like. Excellent plan.
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  • Fake Twitter followers? Surely not

    February 18, 2009 @ 9:56 am | by Ciara O'Brien

    Brooks Bayne has started a bit of a spat on the internet by speculating about fake twitter followers.
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  • Irish Times journalists nominated in blog awards

    February 17, 2009 @ 12:49 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

    Four Irish Times blogs have been nominated for blog awards.
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