#“Announcing NAMA Walking Tours” Take the list of NAMA properties just publishedCreate a custom Google Map showing all of themGet Google Maps on Android to route you from one to the nextYou have Instant NAMA Walking Tours! Come on, you know it makes sense. Think of all the extra revenue for the exchequer. »
#“The Coolest Thing that OK Go Has Ever Done - Which is Really Saying Something” You HAVE to check this out. Type in a message and watch the amazing video. Then see your message built with bodies.You have to use Google Chrome to view. »
#“Some Actually Useful Things You Can Do Tomorrow” Sign-up for an Organ Donor CardInstall the Organ Donor App on your phoneGive BloodOrganize a Charity Event on My Charity and raise money for Cystic FibrosisDonate to GOALDonate to Medecins Sans FrontiersCancel your Sky Subscription and give that money every month to the Simon CommunityJoin a democratic political partyVolunteer to do Meals on WheelsTeach your elderly neighbour how to use the internet so they can be a Silver SurferFigure out the difference between GMT and BSTAnyone else got ideas for how people can avoidpointlessgestures and actually do something useful? »
#“Nintendo’s Penny Pinching Bites Them In The Ass” via isuppli.com Nintendo has made a lot of money out of us over the years. All of our kids have been DS and Wii fanatics. Sadly I knew the 3DS would be a flop when it was the first product they announced where the same kids showed zero interest. Some vague recognition that 3D might be cool but that's it. »
#“The Joy of Fix \u0096 Sugru in the Movies” Our friends at Do the Green Thing, working with animators Claire Lever and Steven Boot have made this awesome little movie starring sugru to inspire more people to get fixing and repairing. Is it just us or does it feel a little bit magic? via sugru.com More please. Also an absolute pleasure to finally meet Jane on Sunday and fix some stuff with James down at Kinsale Arts Week. »
#“Why I’m not using Google+ Very Much (Yeah, Yawwwnnnnnnn)” I know all the G+ posts are getting boring. But this is more about my (non-)usage of it than "what Google should do, according to a nobody blogger" Here is a screenshot from a few minutes ago of Google+. I can see 3 posts above the fold. And here is a screenshot of Tweetdeck from the same time. I can see 35 posts above the fold. »
#“Put this on your phone NOW! - Organ Donor ECard” Currently in Ireland 650 people are awaiting transplantation. This will only happen if suitable organ donors are found for them. Transplantation is entirely reliant on the publics willingness to donate organs. Your next-of-kin are more likely to carry out your wish to donate your organs after your death, if they have had a conversation with you, or they can see evidence of your wish somewhere. »
#“Quick Call Cost Comparison of Eircom, Skype, Blueface, Google Voice and Rebtel” We run all of our business phone comms on Blueface (Irish number), Skype (UK number) and Google Voice (US Number). I was doing some checking on dial-out pricing on those services and others over the weekend and collected this initial pricing comparison. Thought it might be useful. Note that these are all Pay As You Go prices, except Eircom which is the home Talktime Chatter package. »
#“Rolling Up My Sleeves to Build a Cross-Platform Mobile App with FeedHenry” I've been playing around with the FeedHenry platform for the past few months and it really has me excited with the possibilities. If you are not familiar with it, it's a platform for building iPhone/Android/Blackberry/WP7/Nokia-WRT mobile applications from one code-base using just HTML, CSS and JavaScript. These are not just web-apps, they can be uploaded to the various App Stores too. »
#“Courts Service saves \u008030m in costs - Seriously Impressed” The report said the electronic transfer of information between the courts and the garda has reduced the administration associated with old manual methods by 75 per cent and free up hours equal to approximately 105 full time equivalent staff. via irishtimes.com Give the person responsible for this a big promotion. Well bloody done. Anyone have budget numbers for Courts and HSE to multiply up and see what savings would be possible in HSE? »