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Dropped them a while back: People are coming to your blog because of your unique and compelling content, not to see their photo.

Paul,

Count me in.

As a suggestion: Allow for some tweaking of the people who RSVP to get a good cross section - or could you squeeze the likes of the mobile telco's in later if they were interested?

Paul B.

Name: Paul Browne
Company: FirstPartners.net - http://www.firstpartners.net
Position: CTO
Contribution: Consulting company moving to enterprise product

@Paul W: I think what you have in mind is 'Irish version of BIMA', but tweaked as to what comes out of the January meetup.

Might be good to summarize the discussion / expectations when you announce the date.

Paul

I'd be interested - but I would be keen that it doesn't turn into a 'how to extract more grant funding' group.

I would be interested in a group that would raise the profile of the web sector - from 'dot-com-bust' (still mainstream perception) to something of the respect the construction industry gets (got)

As long as nobody trots out the usual 'knowledge economy' guff ...

Paul B.

Far is I know, there is no DRM. Haven't checked out if there is any identification hidden in the MP3 - but given that you could have bought it for 1p (plus 45p credit card charge) I don't think that' a big issue.

Did you buy it?
How much did you pay for it?

Paul

http://www.firstpartners.net/blog/business/2007...

Reminds me a little of the programme RTE ran about estate agents a while back - the one where the estate agent was able to ring up the financial advisor and know *exactly* what you could pay (so that they could ring the last penny out of you).

A car might not be as big a purchase as a house, but same principle.

What are you doing buying an SUV anyway? :-)

Eric,

Good luck with the doctorate - it's a long slog , but no doubt worth it in the end.

For people on the other site of the Atlantic UCD are running a similar (masters) course:
Details of UCD Msc Maters course here


Paul

Agree 100% with your comments on Enterprise Java (and this is from somebody who makes his living out of it). Way too complex for the simple stuff. And projects need to start out simple then grow over time.

Current angle on this is (J)Ruby. The Ruby part gives me a quick start , plus ability to host pretty much anywhere (it can be hard /expensive to find Java hosting). The JRuby bit means that I can run in the Java Virtual Machine i.e. it gives me a clear migration path if I need to scale.

Just don't diss Eclipse. We've been together 5 years now (pre version 1) and for Project's I couldn't do without it. For mucking around with simple files however you're better off using --Select Editor of Choice here--

Is there any developer in Ireland not currently learning Ruby?

:-)

Paul

I'm glad you turned it off - seems that I can browse over any link on any other blog these days without the annoying popup window. Too small to see the website, just big enough to get in the way.

Another good resource is linked to on my blog - Blogpost: You know nothing about project Management

Paul,

Quite a considered post on the situation. I do believe that while Michele should respect the power of the blogosphere, Tom should use carefully the power he has through his readership. After all , Tom works as a consultant to business and has his own reputation to manage.

Paul , Technology in Plain English

Does it give you a way to automatically delete 'dead' RSS feeds (i.e. people no longer blogging). Currently using bloglines and this feature is sorely missed.

Looks like a trip down to waterford then :-)

Had that problem as well yesterday, seems to working now.

Thanks - I was looking for ages for this info - nothing on the del.icio.us site.

Welcome to Ireland!

Looking forward to the Talk you're doing in Dublin ...