WordCamp Ireland – Use Case Scenarios with WordPress

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Panel moderation at NWC09 – Image courtesy of Colin Gillen – Framelight.ie

So WordCamp Ireland is rolling up pretty quickly. Back in November 2009 I was delighted to help out in organising Northwest Connects – as well as doing the moderation of the two panel discussions we had on the day. Both discussions went well – according to plan in as much as something like this can – and I received good feedback afterwards.

This weekend in Kilkenny for WordCamp Ireland – I find myself fulfilling a similiar role  (I think..)

The session has  the title of  WordPress use case scenarios and the the context will examine the power and potential of WordPress for charity, community and news based sites.

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Sean Gallagher lecture at Enterprise Innovation Week – IT Sligo

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As I commented last night on twitter – awesome would not be a normal part of my vocabulary.  Listening to Sean Gallagher of Smarthomes and  Dragons Den last night as part of Enterprise Innovation Week (#eiweek) in Sligo IT – the word entered my vocabulary for the first time.

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Northwest Connects 09 – Innovation Centre – Sligo IT

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Northwest Connects on Saturday seemed to be a great success. I’m not saying that as one of the event organisers, or as a sponsor, or let it be said as one of those who actually made it in the end to a lot of the talks – just two and a half.

My positive summation is based on the people I talked through during the day and from some of the online comment and feedback. Attendees have been very generous with their praise.

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WordPress Plugin for local community websites – Proposal

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We’re beginning to take a lot more overseas queries on our WordPress plugin development capability.

Perhaps not surprisingly, one of the first questions asked is whether we have provided any plugins back to the WordPress user community.

So while we have lots of examples of WordPress plugins developed for our customers that use WordPress – many prospective customers baulk because we don’t have plugins shared with the WordPress community. Read more

CruiseCamp on the Shannon

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Just back from an enjoyable evening in Carrick on Shannon in Co. Leitrim. Along with over 60 other CruiseCampers – we sailed serenely along under a late evening sun on the  Moon River. Read more

Elections 2009 – Ballot Paper 101

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While casting my vote this morning in the European and Local Elections in the Ireland North West Constituency, I was scratching my head at the candidate who decided it was NOT important enough to add his visage to the ballot paper. King – Non Party – Ballot paper FAIL. Read more