Weedle the new job search thing is due to launch later today. I was at the Weedle preview last night and it looked kind of cool
Basically Weedle are another social network but are a mixture of a golden pages and a social network. Think of it as a slicker linkedin where you can quite easily see what individual to use for a task/skill based on your Weedle network.
For example, if everyone I know on Weedle uses the same physiotherapist and I go looking for a physiotherapist, Weedle factor this into the search. Its kind of a smart way to find useful people for useful stuff.
I had a ton of questions about reviews, ratings, weightings of results that the team were more than happy to talk about. The Weedle team seemed to have an answer for nearly everything we through at them!
So pop over to Weedle.com later today and check them out.
Sabrina Dent and others contacted me to arrange a Blogger-Twitter-Whatever (BTW) meetup for next Tuesday 16th Feb in honour of Debbie Metrustry who passed away last week. Debbie Metrustry was known up and down the Irish Internet as @debbiemet.
The plan is to meet in the Le Cirk, 32 Dame Street from 5pm on Tuesday 16th Feb. We will get food, drinks and well .. whatever! I’d really appreciate if everyone could give this one a big push!!
In Sabrina’s words: “If you can come, wonderful; if you cannot, we’ll raise a glass to Debbie in your name. Our Internet world can be a little fractured so please take a minute and if there’s someone you think might like the information on how and where to pay their respects to Debbie, do let them know the time and place.”
BTW Meetup:
Tuesday, Tuesday 16th February 5 PM onwards
Le Cirk, 32 Dame Street [web]
Buses from Glasnevin: 140 [map]
I’ve managed to get involved with helping to organise another barcamp. We have done barcamps, bizcamps and all that jazz, now its time for Artcamp. The main idea being to help bridge the divide between the artist and technology community. Both artists and technology community have a lot in common and even more learn from each other. Now seems like a great time to start creating,innovating and collaborating in new and exciting ways. Read the rest of this entry »
Its been nearly a month since my last blog post! God, time flys. I have been taking part in Movember for the last month. Movemeber encourages men to grown facial hair, with the aim of raising money for action prostate cancer and the Irish cancer society. Its a great cause and you can make a donation, I already have about €145. Read the rest of this entry »
As part of the latest round of ad-hoc meet-ups in Dublin (Ireland) .. we decided to run another Blogger-Twitter-Whatever (BTW) meetup. This time in con junction with the guys inConnector.. It seemed like a good idea to pool our resources.
The plan is to meet in the The Purty Kitchen from 7:30pm on Thursday 29th Oct. (The Purty Kitchen is located on east essex street in temple bar. The theme is fancy dress .. Dress up or wear a mad hat! mad hatter party
We will get food, drinks and well .. whatever! It would be great if you could bring friends and work colleagues along more the merrier! Id really appreciate if everyone could give this one a big push!!
I’m sitting here looking at the 20 pages of search results for Luas Crash on twitter. Not to mention the Picture of the Luas Crash with the Luas crashing into a Dublin Bus on flikr (Viewed 11,689 times). Who needs breaking news when you have twitter?
As part of the latest round of ad-hoc meet-ups in Dublin (Ireland) .. we decided to run another Blogger-Twitter-Whatever (BTW) meetup.
The plan is to meet in the Kudos Bar at The Clarion hotel (IFSC) from 7pm on Thursday 3rd September. (The Kudos Bar is located in the clarion hotel in the IFSC). We will get food, drinks and well .. whatever! We have space for up to 150 people this time round, so it would be great if you could bring friends and work colleagues along more the merrier! Id really appreciate if everyone could give this one a big push!!
There will be Finger food and 2 for 1 cocktails on the night.
Register Below.. I will send out a reminder RSVP the week before the meet-up.
I’ve been neglecting my blog for a little while. Like everyone else, the whole micro blogging thing (@jasonroe) is what has been keeping me going. I’m making a commitment here and now to go back “old school” again and resume blogging. You really cant beat a blog in terms of flexibility. There have been so many occasions where I wanted to write more than 140 characters, but the thought of having to go through the motions bored me to death.
This blog, its identity and who I am has changed a lot since I started blogging. Originally I wanted a place to chat about what I do in work, web design and development stuff. Well who would have guessed, but talking about that stuff after a day in the office bored me to tears. Don’t get me wrong, I love what I do but to be honest, I hate talking about work outside of work. I would much prefer to have a good long chat about business than the technical side of what I do. Read the rest of this entry »
Jason Roe is an internet consultant specialising in web development, search engine optimisation (SEO) and social media. He has worked in the internet and technology sector for the last six years and has been involved in a number of high profile web development projects such as CRO.ie, Independent.ie and Herald.ie as well as recent social media innovations by Enterprise Ireland.
Jason is a strong advocate of blogging, coworking, and the development of regional events, networking and training opportunities for people in the internet and technology sector. He is active at the grassroots level and is involved in organising BTW (Blogger-Twitter-Whatever) meetups and Bizcamp.ie.
Jason Roe’s aims in running in the 2009 IIA Board election
Jason is a strong advocate of the ‘get out and push’ mentality that the internet community and industry represents. With this in mind, he believes strong leadership and people with innovative new approaches are key to dealing with the challenges IIA members will face during the economic downturn.
In the context of a knowledge economy, Jason believes that the IIA and its members can play a key role in securing the growth of this industry into the future.
Jason’s aim is to get on board with the IIA and facilitate the changes that are required to make this happen. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m sure you have probably all heard about this by now.. It seems there was a bit of a burn out going on over at boards.ie yesterday in the bargain alerts forum.
Littlewood Irelandaka Shop Direct Ireland Limited had advertised a “Compaq mini desktop with 21.5in monitor” for €69.99 on their website. 34 pages later, it seemed like the little wood had all but gone up in flames! It turned out that this “bargain” was actually a pricing error on the part of Shop Direct.
It looks like all of the order have now been canceled. I’m no consumer expert! but id love to know what you think about this. Is it fair for a companies terms & conditions to allow this kind of thing to happen?
There are some unconfirmed reports that suggest that a number of users received their item by phoning up and switching to express delivery.
I filed a complaint with the national consumer agency. Let see what they have to say. I cant see how €549 turned into €69 .. is this a case of false advertising?
more the merrier! Id really appreciate if everyone could give this one a big push!!
