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Connector Weekly- 8th Feb 2010
by Sarai Fernandez on February 8th, 2010
Here they go the Connector news for the week
Tuesday 9th is the Safe Internet Day, an European initiative with more than 60 countries involved, which focus theme this year is “Think before you post”
On Wednesday the PRII will organise a forum called “The Measure of PR” presented by Gerard O’Neill, Chairman of Amárach Research.
At the same time, the Small Firms Association in partnership with Vodafone will organise a Speed Networking Event, which by the way it’s already fully booked.
To finish the week, Conor will be speaking at 10 am at The Job Club which provides networking and worksearch for executives, professionals, managers, portfolio career seekers,contractors and freelancersat in a weekly meeting.
Connector Launches Update – The Companies
by Rob Cumiskey on November 24th, 2009
With just two days to go till Connector Launches, things are coming together nicely with the event plans. I am delighted to announce that Damian Ryan of Results International Group, digital marketing author & serial entrepreneur is joining Connector again to chair this event. He did a great job in Connector Startup in April and it is good to have him back again.
The biggest launch at Connector Launches is ‘Digital Times’ who have invited a lot of their own contacts to the official launch of their exciting new magazine for digital Ireland. Here’s an important update with the full list of exciting companies presenting on the night:
Stephen Conmy – Digital Times
Fred Caballero – Bloggertone
Iarflaith Kelly – WebStrong
Andy Noonan – Event Elephant
Michelle Jones – Style Tonic
Angel Luis Gonzalez – Photo Ireland
Martin Osborne – Progressive Productions
Stephen O’Leary – O’Leary Analytics
Fiona Kinsella – Jumper Productions
Shane Diffily – Like Place
We hope to see you there on the night. Please see sideshow below for more details and keep an eye out here for more updates. You can register for the event on Event Elephant or Facebook.
Connect with Waterford’s O Emperor
by Conor on November 12th, 2009
This evening Izabela, Mallory & I went down to the Odessa Club as guests of Emma Brereton to see Waterford band ‘O Emperor’. Thanks Emma for the invite & here is their current cracking single called ‘Po’.
Connector Music Event
by Conor on August 28th, 2009
The event on Sept 16th @ 7.30pm will be washed down with a helping of a cool Dublin DJ to be announced soon !
Connect with Thechurch.ie
by Andrew Sigle on June 26th, 2009
One of Dublin’s oldest landmarks is located right in the city center, and also very easy to locate. This establishment is called The Church Restaurant and Bar. Recently I have had the opportunity to spend a lot of my time here and really get to know the building and the staff that is associated with it. You will recognize this building at the end of Henry Street by the massive tower that stands next to the cathedral building. This makes The Church really unique in the sense that it still looks like it used to back in the early Dublin days.
I have noticed no matter what time of day, The Church always has a bustling feel to it. This starts during the lunch hour and goes right on through dinner, and than into the late hours of the night. People come here to enjoy the delicious meals that are available, or to sit around the gigantic bar that rests in the middle of the building. The bar is shaped like an oval and is the largest bar that I have seen so far in Dublin. If this type of setting does not fit your need, you can also check out the basement of the church for late night festivities. There are two other bars located in the cellar and are for the night club crowd, or even can be used to book private events. Out of the three locations to sit and enjoy yourself, I would say there is certainly a spot at the church that you will be guaranteed to enjoy.
If you look at the outside of this large building you will notice that it is fenced in with seating arrangements surrounding the terrace. A lunch and dinner menu is offered for this area which is in the form of a barbeque. This is really nice because the food is cooked in front of your eyes along with all the smells that come along with it. Also outdoors live Irish entertainment is offered on a nightly basis while you enjoy your dinner and drinks. The music is really relaxing to listen to with friends or family after a long days work. Here is a taste of what you might be surrounded by.
If you are ever in the city center area and are looking for a nice place to eat and have a few drinks, I strongly recommend The Church. Even if you are not going to eat here, stop by and see how beautiful the establishment is. The staff is very open for visitors, even allowing you to bring in a camera to capture the beauty of inside The Church.
The Church is very historical as well. The main thing that it is known for is the church where Arthur Guinness was married years and years ago. This is very significant to the city of Dublin because Arthur Guinness is one of the people who has helped create the atmosphere of Dublin.
Connector is proud to be working with The Church and holding monthly events here. Last Friday we did our Canon Digital movies awards in The Church night club. The event went really well with a great attendance also. Some of our upcoming events at the church consist of a Connector Barbecue outside, and an internship event. We hope to really connect with The Church, and help them connect with the virtual world as well.
Connecting with 6 APMC Awards
by connector on April 4th, 2009
Last night, I was absent from the best party in town as I was out on the town with my mate Nick, visiting from London. I got there last to join in the celebrations !
The company I work for won 6 awards at the annual APMC Awards. These are the Association of Promotional Marketing Consultants and we won the awards for our work for Ian Corbett from Toyota. I can take some personal pride from the fact that the campaign ‘The Best Built Team in the World’ picked up 3 awards !! I wrote about this a few months ago in this blog and we also won 3 awards for ‘Meet Mike‘. Congrats to David, Kam & Frankie & the rest of the Eighty Twenty team and of course Ian for choosing the agency & approving the projects. You can see the Munster Rugby site at toyotarugby.tv
I am pictured with Eighty Twenty CEO David Connor and we are holding the 6 awards ! Woo Hoo !!
Stay connected with Hosting 365
by connector on April 1st, 2009
If you see this page tomorrow night during the Irish Dragons Den, then I will be a very happy chappy !
Connector will have managed to buck the trend of up and coming Irish web businesses appearing on shows like Dragons’ Den but disappearing offline due to the huge increase in web site visits in one short time space. So they end up offline during the show … fingers crossed I avoid that unhappy fate as last minute web site moves are problematic too.
And it is so easy to happen with shared hosting. The viewers may not remember to come back to your web site. This is like spending months or years building a great house and then inviting people to the wrong address for your house warming party. A missed opportunity and it looks bad.
So how did we stay connected?
Thanks to Marcus MacInnes from Pix.ie for suggesting this solution and Stephen McCarron & his team from Hosting 365 (Ian & Paul Kelly especially) who pulled out the stops to get this done. Also thanks to Victor, Neil & Kiall who also helped out too.
Hosting 365 is Ireland’s only cloud computing provider. Clients such as TV3.ie and “The Big Switch” have utilized the Hosting 365 Cloud to allow them to effectively manage their resource allocations be they driven by streamed digital content or huge spikes in Web site visitors.
Hosting365’s cloud platform offers a flexibility which will be central to the future delivery of digital content as it enables content providers to cater for huge traffic spikes that traditional infrastructure couldn’t cope with. Hosting365 currently host multiple clients on their cloud platform whose requirements demand high availability, scalable solutions to help them cater for sudden CPU, RAM and Bandwidth changes.
Let’s hope connector.ie doesn’t go down, especially when its needed. A big well done to Ticketmaster for the U2 bookings – very impressive hosting !
Watch Connector on Dragons’ Den
by connector on March 31st, 2009
A few of us are going to watch the Dragons’ Den TV appearance in the upstairs private bar at Le Cirk on Dame Street. We will be there from about 9.30 – 11.30. Please call Conor on 086 811 8833 or else just come in and join us.
St. Patrick’s Day connections
by connector on March 17th, 2009
I made a serious amount of connections today for connector / conman.tv. Check out the mobile videos on Qik.com
More mobile videos >>
Bizcamp connects with RTE News
by connector on March 7th, 2009
Just been watching the RTE 6 O’Clock news and it had a report on BizCamp.ie today in the Digital Hub.
Well done to Karina Heavey, Niall Harbison, Johnny Beirne, Campbell Scott who all spoke on air and came across really well ! Nice to see Karina so positive too and well done to her on the great First Wednesday (121 Marketing) event last week.
I’ve connected with them all recently and was weird to see them on the aul RTE News ! Clip courtesy of BizCamp Limerick.