Measurement is being held next month in Dublin and we’re really excited about it and Bert got all dressed up! What is it? It’s a one day conference on social media measurement ie. tracking sales etc., from social media (and other outlets) Where is it? National College of Ireland, Dublin 1 When is it? February [...]
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Wikipedia And Other High Profile Sites Protest SOPA / PIPA
I posted about our thoughts on SOPA and why we were opposed to it over Christmas. In the last week or so the US government has backpedalled to a certain degree in respect of the tabled SOPA legislation, but they still want something. Whether it’s “a” SOPA, PIPA or something else is you can be [...]
Happy New Year 2012
Happy New Year! 2012 should be an interesting year and hopefully it will be a good year for all of us. So what’s coming up in 2012? Well the VAT rate in Ireland has gone up as of midnight last night, which puts a bit of a downer on the start of a new year.. [...]
RIPE Anti-Abuse Working Group Presentation on Hosters vs Malware
Yesterday afternoon I presented to the RIPE Anti-Abuse Working Group at RIPE 63 in Vienna. Normally my presentations tend to run over, but yesterday, for possibly the first time ever, I “flew” through the presentation probably a bit too quickly! In any case here are the slides I used: Hosters vs. Malware: Best Practices View [...]
Talking Malware At RIPE 63
Image via Wikipedia RIPE 63 is being held this week in Vienna, Austria and I’ll be heading out to the meeting tomorrow (assuming Air France’s industrial actions don’t affect me!) One of the areas that I’m particularly interested in is network abuse and as such I’ll be presenting on Tuesday afternoon as part of the [...]
Sponsoring 24 The Web
Here at Blacknight we’re strong believers in supporting interesting and / or worthy causes. We’ve sponsored plenty of events over the last few years and hopefully we’ll continue to be able to do so. Personally I love the concept behind 24 The Web. It’s so simple and incredible, so when I heard that Stewart was [...]
Realex Irish Web Awards Finalists Announced
A couple of days ago the finalists ie. the shortlist for the Realex Irish Web Awards was announced. There are a LOT of familiar names on there, as well as quite a few that I don’t recognise. If you have a few minutes to spare head on over and check out the list – there’s [...]
O domenach w Warszawie – Domain Meeting.pl
This is a guest post from Krystian Kozerawski aka “our man in Warsaw” W ubiegły czwartek, w warszawskim hotelu Radisson miała miejsce konferencja domenowa, pod nazwą Domain Meeting.pl, poświęcona rynkowi domenowemu w Polsce i na świecie. Tematami przewodnimi było wprowadzenie nowych domen globalnych i lokalnych, wpływ jaki będzie to miało na wtórny rynek domen w [...]
Webfest.me Videos
Webfest, which was held last week in Budva, Montenegro, was streamed live.If you didn’t get to see it then you can still watch the sessions online as they were recorded.Here are the two I was involved with: On domains / hosting in general, with GoDaddy’s Yong Lee: Marketing on a shoestring budget: The slides I [...]
Webfest Slides – Marketing On A ShoeString
Here are my slides from WebFest.me – on “marketing on a shoestring budget”: Marketing On A Shoestring View more presentations from Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.
BTW – This Thursday the 22nd
Once again Blacknight is sponsoring the BTW ( Blogger Twitter Whatever ) meetup that’s happening on Thursday the 22nd September in Rúta on King St North, Dublin. You can find more details over on Jason’s blog – Blogger Twitter Whatever September 22nd so why not sign up if you plan on attending. It’s a great [...]
Celebrate Webfest With .Me
Webfest is taking place later this week in Budva, Montenegro and I’m one of the speakers (though probably the least famous one!). The event has a very impressive lineup including Matt Mullenweg (WordPress), Tony Conrad (about.me), Andraž Tori (Zemanta) and many more. To celebrate Webfest we’re running a special discount offer on .me domains.You can [...]
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