BENEATH THE PILE of books (at left) sits the Sunday Business Post, subject of a 10-minute Qik video clip that I made about tech and business news from Ireland. A lot of the paper deals with new taxes, bank bailouts, and declining economic fortunes in Ireland. In my local area (South Tipperary), my kitchen radio hears local conversations from both Clonmel and Kilkenny. South Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath is verbal with his criticism of the current government. "There's a time when he (the current Taoiseach) has to examine his own conscience and say 'I can do this or I can't" and in the minds of many in my housing estate, the current head of government has lost his power to govern. There are torrid times ahead for the current national government. [1] [2] [3] Not all of the paper deals with the possible collapse of the ruling coalition. The Sunday Business Post always offers interesting reviews of technology and tech companies and that fact becomes clear in the MP3 below.
Helpful Technology. There's a recurring story about shared mapping resources that makes its rounds in the Sunday papers. [4] Pinpoints on Google maps would do the job for a lot of the GIS projects that get column inches. Several items about Ryan Tubridy taking over the helm of the Late Late Show get covered. [5] I wonder about the average age of the Late Late viewer.
In other tech news, whiteboards [6], inexpensive tech [7], and new gadgets [8] [9] [10] get ink.
Training and Conferences. Whether a company really needs its own iPhone, Blackberry, Facebook or Ovi app is a call its management should consider but with smartphones often used as the second screen of many employees, it's often wise to look at leveraging mobile screens as part of comprehensive training and information strategies. Appchool.ie runs courses on iPhone application development. Training courses start at EUR 900. [11] [12] I've also seen clever training applications built for mobile screens through Channel Content. In related news, a business conference for start-up companies will take place in Limerick's Absolute Hotel on 11 October 2009. Business Camp targets an audience from across Ireland's midwest and sets out to provide information on how to start, finance and grow a business. [13]
1. Pat Leahy -- "Torrid times ahead" in the News Focus section of the Sunday Business Post, 6 Sep 09.
2. Pat Leahy -- "From a head in the sand and to the barrel of a gun" in the Comment section of the Sunday Business Post, 6 Sep 09.
3. David McWilliams -- "Dissenters may call it right again" in the Letters section of the Sunday Business Post, 6 Sep 09.
4. Dick O'Brien -- "Technology can help with public service" in the News section of the Sunday Business Post, 6 Sep 09.
5. Catherine O'Mahony -- "RTE hopes are high as Tubridy steps up" in the Media section of the Sunday Business Post, 6 Sep 09.
6. Emma Kennedy -- "Schools invest in interactive whiteboards" in the Technology section of the Sunday Business Post, 6 Sep 09. (Note to Promethean Ireland: Please make your website work.)
7. Adrian Weckler -- "Tech reduction revolution" in the Your Tech section of the Sunday Business Post, 6 Sep 09.
8. Computers in Business Magazine -- "Dawn of the Ultras", 6 Sep 09. We like the Sony Vaio W and the Nokia E75.
9. CIB Magazine -- "Nokia gets smart with N97" in the Smartphone News section, 6 Sep 09.
10. Adrian Weckler -- "Picture-perfect camcorders" in the Buyer's Guide section of CIB, 6 Sep 09.
11. Adrian Weckler -- "Get your bite of the App" in Smartphone News of CIB, 6 Sep 09. Bonus Link: The App School Blog.
12. Commercial profile -- "App Development Training Courses" in CIB, 6 Sep 09.
13. Evert Bopp -- "Business Camp 09"
Direct link to Qik video: http://qik.com/video/2798884.
Direct link to MP3: http://www.insideview.ie/files/sunday_business_post_6_sep_09.mp3
