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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Shifting politics by social networking
My piece in today’s University Observer about how Obama used the internet to win big.
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When the grind, bombast and furore of the 2008 US Presidential election dies down, and the history books record Barack Obama’s meteroric rise to the highest office his country can offer him, history will also have to acknowledge the organisational brilliance [...]
No Comments » - Posted in US Election, internet by Gav
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Budapest Rubik’s Cube-off
Budapest: the home of the Rubik’s Cube. It was inevitable, really…
1 Comment » - Posted in abroad by Gav
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
The Apprentice Week 7 - Live Blog
The Apprentice Liveblogging merry-go-round arrives back here again tonight.
Catch all the action from about 8.45pm tonight!
8 Comments » - Posted in liveblogging by Gav
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Hillary Clinton’s Twitter: Hacked or just Bitchy?
So. Less than twenty minutes ago, Hillary Clinton’s official Twitter, @hillaryclinton, sent the following message:
I never would have guessed Gouvernor Sarah Palin had a style team. Her outfits are so hideous and her hair is quite unprofessional looking.
Now, as you might imagine, this probably isn’t exactly a message from Hillary’s mouth itself. So it was [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Twitter by Gav
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Batt O’Keeffe and Third-Level Registration Fees
Sorry for the quietness of late, academia’s been pretty awul but things should be more settled within the next few days. Meanwhile, I just wanted to share this email that I just sent to RTE’s Saturday View programme where Eamon Ó Cuiv was trying to defend the increase in third-level registration fees.
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As a full-time undergraduate [...]
No Comments » - Posted in education by Gav
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
New Twitter Bot: Irish Lotto results
Another one to add to the list:
@irishlotto tweets the latest results from the Irish National Lottery’s Wednesday and Saturday draws.
As ever, if there’s more, I’ll tell you.
No Comments » - Posted in Twitter by Gav
Monday, October 13th, 2008
The Apprentice, Week 4 - Live Blog
As started by AJ at Le Craic and then continued by Debz and Lottie, tonight it’s my turn to liveblog the goings on the Irish version of The Apprentice begins to heat up on TV3.
Catch all the chat here from about 8:30pm or so tonight, with the show on air at 9.
5 Comments » - Posted in liveblogging, television by Gav
Sunday, October 12th, 2008
Two Years Today
…and yet you’d wish it would go on forever. It’s flown, and I almost wish it had gone slower, to savour it that little bit more.
Two years. Time ticks on, still going strong.
6 Comments » - Posted in all about us by Gav
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Some new Twitter bots
I’ve been a little idle in the class I’m currently in (Network & Internet Applications) and I’ve spent the time setting up a few new useful Twitter bots.
First off is:
@bbcmanutd - which is hooked up to the BBC news feed for Manchester United - the world’s greatest soccer team, of course ( ) - [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Twitter, internet by Gav
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Thoughts on Podcamp
On Saturday while Ciara was in her bunker swotting up on Constitutional casenames, I was out in Hotel Kilkenny attending PodCamp Ireland, the second annual camp and the first time I’ve ever ventured out to any of this social media lark in person.
Basically, I’m thrilled that I did.
I won’t lie, I was very nervous about [...]
