Monthly Archives / January 2009

What’s on in ’09? Camps, conferences and twestivals

Screenshot of calendar of events from Google calendar

There’s so much going on in the web and business community – both at a local and international level, it can be hard to keep on top of what’s going on or which events to go to. So, I put together a calendar of events and shared it with the world, it’s far from complete but it’s a start.

One of these upcoming events is BizCamp, which I’ve profiled briefly below. Not strictly web but interesting and relevant none the less. Continue reading

Apps we have loved

So Obama may not have to give up his beloved BlackBerry after all. As tech addicts ourselves (at varying stages of denial and recovery), we can understand the feelings of the new US president who famously said “They’re going to … Continue reading

Better usability, less crime

Some invest in usability to earn more money. Some to reduce cost. Some to improve communication. A bit of investment in this area from An Garda Síochána could help reduce crime.   “While the Garda’s computer database, Pulse, was full of information, … Continue reading

Book Review – Communicating Design by Dan Brown

My Mum is addicted to recipe books, She has so many that they regularly tumble out of the over-packed corner kitchen stand. Jamie Oliver, Rick Stein, and Madour Jaffrey, with their bold and colourful print and pristine covers, stand tall with their perfectly intact spines — for they go almost entirely unused.

Except for one book which lies battered dishevelled and broken in pieces. Delia Smith’s “How to Cook” has been a part of every Bentley family occasion since I can remember, providing its little secrets for practically well cooked food in a beautifully simple prose.

Communicating Design contains all the same virtues as Delia’s 1970s culinary bible. Continue reading