Connections made with Don Mullan

by Jamie Richardson on August 4th, 2009

“I’m an ideas man.”

 This is perhaps the most unmistakable quality about Don Mullan. Ideas. He is full of them. Social entrepreneur, humanitarian, author, world traveler, top mobile phone photographer, and ideas man.

The Connector Team had the pleasure of spending a couple hours with Don a couple of weeks ago. We chatted about his recent and highly successful exhibition of photos from his Nokia phones. The exhibition, called “A Thousand Reasons for Living” was the world’s first amateur photography exhibition based solely on mobile phone cameras.

The exhibition, put on by Nokia Ireland, was a huge hit. Look at Don’s photographs, and it’s easy to see why!

It was a great pleasure to meet Don and we hope to hear more of great work from the ideas man himself!

 

Connections on Dublin City FM's The Persuaders

by Jamie Richardson on July 31st, 2009

Our very own Conor was on the radio this afternoon! 103.2 Dublin City FM’s The Persuaders with Alex Gibson to be exact.

Along with Robert from Bloom advertising, Fred from DoneDeal.ie, and Piaras Kelly from Edelman PR, Conor held a discussion on the importance of social media in the marketplace. Facebook and Twitter were obviously hot topics of discussion here!

The guys spoke for a while on live broadcast, and the rest of their conversation will be available for listening on The Persuaders’ podcast. The Persuaders is a podcast is a weekly program devoted to marketing and media interests. 

Conor and Piaras had a chance to talk about the success of the Connector Canon Digital Video Awards as well as other past and future endeavors. So have a listen! You can also check out Piaras’ blog >here>>

I also got a chance to connect with these guys, especially Alex Gibson! Thanks again. 

Connector meets The Apprentice Team

by Andrew Sigle on July 6th, 2009

Last week the connector team was in a meeting at The Church in the upstairs part of the balcony. It was brought to our attention that the entire cast of Ireland’s The Apprentice had taken a break from shooting to enjoy lunch on the balcony of the restaurant.

At first I had no idea who this party was until Eugenia from Shinawil approached Conor at our table. She was a producer for the company that also produced the show Dragon’s Den. She actually recognized Conor from his appearance on the show.  It was pretty cool that I ate lunch with the whole cast of The Apprentice right here at The Church.

I am a fan of the American apprentice show with Donald Trump; however I have still yet to see the Irish version. I hope to look into it now that I have witnessed all of the contestants eating lunch in person.

Connect with Anne Doyle from RTE News

by Conor on June 16th, 2009

After being out at brilliant Taste of Dublin event with Claire & the gang we met Anne Doyle when we went into Dicey Reillys for a pint … she was a good sport and check out the fabulous vintage car she is carrying under her oxter !

Connector Weekly News – 7th June '09

by Conor on June 7th, 2009

Connections Made
- May have some free tickets to the Irish Derby from Maria @ Kildare Village
- Was at the opening party on Fri night for BANG! Studios in Dublin 1 … welcome Vassilis !
- Connected Niall Harbison with some advise on T-shirt printing (from my site www.conman.tv)
- Connector’s good mate Alex has started a new site called www.eclicks.eu – talk to him, he’s good !!
- Was at an Nokia inter agency day with Eighty:Twenty, DDFH&B, Direction JWT, Mediacom
- Helped Don Mullan showcase his interview with the last remaining Titanic survivor – thanks to Nokia
- Heading towards 500 followers on Twitter … hope I ain’t boring them I don’t like qwitters !
- Met my mam for dinner in TheChurch.ie plus met Barbara McCarthy there too

Connections Wanted
- We’re looking guests for Connector No.11 on Friday12th June in TheChurch.ie …
- Seeking people or companies looking for Digital & Social Media Training or workshops …
- Celine Mullen is running an event designed for those made redundant or seeking new job opportunities …
- I would like to find a cool car/van asap – any one some connections for a bargain Connectormobile ?
- Looking for volunteers in Web TV, Blogging & Event Management … are there summer interns out there ?
- Anyone up for a Galway Races break (28 July-2nd Aug) as I may rent an appt or house for Connector

Connecting You / WLTM
- Who would you like to meet & why ?

Please email connect [@] connector.ie for more info

Connector Weekly Video Blog No.1

by Conor on May 17th, 2009

I was watching Niall Harbison’s video blog post earlier and was thinking, why don’t I give video blogging a lash ? I suppose like most people I am reluctant to get in front of a video camera but after a year of photo blogging, it seems like the right time to try something new.

This video was made with a Nokie N95 mobile phone with the QIK.com application installed so the video is sent directly to my QIK profile page.  Then I drop the embed code into my WordPress blog post.  Easy.

The new eMag is here and please check it out and of course see what you think of the video and please comment below.

Nokia – Connecting People

by connector on April 22nd, 2009

Ok, so Nokia started connecting people first … I give that to them ;-0

However, I must also say they put on a good event too and one such event was on this evening in Gallery One in Dublin.   It was to launch the world’s first mobile phone photography exhibition featuring the inspirational photos of Don Mullan all taken with his Nokia phone.  The exhibition was opened by the FAI CEO John Delaney who generously gave a ticket to the Ireland v Italy World Cup match in October to everyone in the audience … what a great result !!

Well done to Aoife & the Nokia team for such as well organised and attended event. The photos are on view to at the Gallery One until the 28th April & I helped promote the event on Pix.ie (with Marcus MacInnes in attendance tonight too) & Facebook with Eighty:Twenty.   I am pictured with Don & Aoife & some of the amazing mobile phone photos.

Connector No.9 – More Details

by connector on April 15th, 2009

Connect with Pat Phelan

by connector on April 14th, 2009

It is a major coup but Connector has managed to persuade Mr. Telecoms Disruptor Pat Phelan to come and join our panel of experts for Connector Startup on the 23rd April.  Pat (centre of picture) is a colourful character as befitting a Corkman and has made some big international deals lately including one with my favourite mobile video application provider …

In news that Pat just announced today, Cubic Telecom partners with Qik, Inc to bring low cost voice and data roaming to worldwide users. Cubic extend their partnership program by powering Qik Roam product that allows travelers to make calls and stream live video from their mobile devices for up to 80% less.

The Qik deal follows on from other deals with travel service Dopplr, Big Red Book, Shandon Travel, GetCover Insurance and Invincible Mobile. Details on these partnerships are available here: http://www.cubictelecom.com/partners

Supporting nearly 120 mobile devices, Qik allows anyone to broadcast video live from their cell phone. With users in more than 160 countries, Qik is a truly global mobile utility. For example, Qik user Joseph Tame from the UK streamed live for hours as he ran the Tokyo Marathon, and Qikkers in several world cities all streamed the simultaneous, global Twitter meet-up Twestival live on Qik .

The partnership with Cubic Telecom will see Qik give its users the opportunity to purchase Qik-branded SIM cards enabling them to stream video live from all corners of the planet – without coming home to an astronomical phone bill. The Qik SIM also provides massive savings on voice calls, email, web browsing and texting while they travel. Under the tagline “Go mobile, not broke,” Qik is offering its users a simple, inexpensive way to share live video no matter where they are.

The Qik pre-paid SIM cards with full voice and data can be purchased from http://qik.com/roam. This is also where customers can manage their accounts.

“Travelers can now share their world journeys with videos, photos, text, and calls from their mobile device without it costing the earth.” said Pat Phelan, Cubic Telecom CEO “We’ve heard of the horror stories of travelers returning from a trip abroad to cell phone bills in the thousands of euros. The Qik SIM eliminates this worry for our customers.”

Connector Web TV Show No.1

by connector on March 31st, 2009

It is with great pleasure that I finally unveil a Web TV show !!  This has been a personal ambition for a long time now and I hope it has been worth the wait … this new show was created to help you connect with some interesting people & communities of Dublin.  We will also keep you up to date with Connector News & what we get up to.

I would like to extend a HUGE thank you and congratulations for my project partner Martin Osborne who filmed, edited and created all the graphics you seen in this show.  Martin will no doubt be busy after showcasing his talents here on Connector TV and he obviously was inspired by the great logo design from Alvin @ Fresh Design.

Thanks also to our presenters Winter & Camille and our guests (Jennifer Maguire & Grace Cox) and we hope to be back again soon with more connections !  Please get in touch if you’d like to get involved and please direct all enquiries to conor [@] connector.ie