Midsummers Day has come and gone (it was quite a long day at Barcamp) and so just another time of year to realise that time is moving far too quickly. I read recently that the reason time appears to move so fast – that life rushes by, leaving us saying all too often “where does [...]

“Most definitely NOT fail” – Davymac First, a huge thank you and congratulations to Andy who very successfully pulled of the organisation of Barcamp on Saturday. Though it wasn’t without miniature disasters and minor fallbacks, which Andy has raised. Having said that, problems were minor and overcome with the help of understanding participants and attendees, [...]

What is Barcamp? BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats. Interested? Belfast Barcamp is being held tomorrow, Saturday 21st June at Queens University Belfast, Peter Froggatt Centre, from 9am-5pm. To [...]

I just can’t clear my mind. Lying there in the dark. I really really try. Take last night for instance. I was in bed at 11:30pm – early for me. After tossing and turning for almost 2hrs; a constant stream of thoughts and ideas bouncing off each other, I eventually got up and had some [...]

Whats the point of the of a photoblog meetup if we don’t blog about it. It seems that those who attended the Toejam Photocamp have been pretty busy lately and photographs and blogging has been slow. An official name has been chosen, after the first major meetup in May at the Toejam carboot sale. We [...]

Niceness isn’t found very often, as we all know but just last week I was offered, and subsequently given a ticket to the Radiohead concert at Malahide Castle, Dublin, by a friend who wasn’t able to go. That’s what I call niceness :) The concert was great, definitely better than I expected. Unfortunately the security [...]

Sun, sand, sea… and mountains! Of course I would love to get away to a country far far away for a few weeks over the Summer. To enjoy a a different culture, the sights, the photos opportunities, cheaper goods and so on. This year, unlike the last I will not be jetting off to the [...]