January 4th, 2008 by Jason Roe
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I’m not sure how many people are aware, but a fellow blogger and developer David Rooney from irishdeveloper.com took his own life over the Christmas period.
I didn’t really know David terribly well but I have been reading and participating on his blog for about 6 months or so. It turns out that Pete had just hired David for a new role about 3 weeks before his death. His death came as quite a shock to us all.
All I can say is that my condolences go out to his family and friends.
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December 9th, 2007 by Jason Roe
A picture of our tibetan terrier jake. We adopted him 2-3 years ago.
What came first the chicken or the hedge?
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August 30th, 2007 by Jason Roe
Something a little bit different, I decided to post a few of my photographs taken with my DSLR Canon 400D.
This photo was taken while I was staying up in the D Hotel, Drogheda. The picture is a close up shot of a really nice free standing light that they have in all of the rooms.
What I love about this photo is the way that light radiates warmth from beneath the colder outer shells. Natural light from the window also seems to bring out vivid textures.
This photo was also taken in the same hotel. The shot is much darker but radiates from a lamp shaped like a glowing orb. I love the way that the grain in the wood is drawn out, this is also helped by the unusual angle.
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August 28th, 2007 by Jason Roe
A quick reminder that the findings from the coworking survey are available over at coworking.ie.
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August 22nd, 2007 by Jason Roe
I have been a bit bogged down with work over that last month. After picking the winner of the co-working competition (ended on the June 29th), I somehow couldn’t find the time to announce our findings or a winner..
That’s no excuse! … So I’m going to increase the prize pool to €150 cash and a €150 donation to the registered charity of the winner’s choice.
On Friday, we will present the findings from our survey and announce the winner.
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June 28th, 2007 by Jason Roe
A quick reminder to everyone that the coworking.ie survey prize draw will be closing tomorrow. The results of the survey will be made public some time next week on the coworking.ie website.
Click here to Start the Coworking Survey.
If you haven’t already done so, please fill out our coworking survey.
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May 25th, 2007 by Jason Roe
A big hello to all of my Irish Election visitors. The guys over at irishelection.com have a live update of the Irish Election count that is currently in progress (Well nearly!).
I helped the guys set up a Live SMS feed for the website. The feed and SMS instructions can be found on the top right hand column of the Irishelection.com home page.
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April 5th, 2007 by Jason Roe
When I heard about this Hotel Ballymun project, I was slightly torn on if it was a good idea or not. The idea of converting the top floor of a derelict building into an interactive art exhibition slightly amused me. The fact that some benefit came to the local people involved also showed a sign of change in the area.
On the flip side, the area itself was ripe with poverty for decades. Many people were forced to live there and had no real alternatives. Many lives where destroyed because of social deprivation. The idea of “Poverty Tourism� doesn’t really appeal to me in the slightest.
On that note, here is Hotel Ballymun - “Poverty Tourism�.
Home Seamus Nolan:
From 31st of March to the 27th of April 2007 the top floor of the Clarke Tower, one of the last remaining tower blocks in Ballymun, will open its doors to the public in the form of a unique short stay hotel.
Artist Seamus Nolan was commissioned by Breaking Ground, the Ballymun Regeneration per cent for art scheme, to undertake a new work in this changing suburb of Dublin.
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March 25th, 2007 by Jason Roe
I found this band Brand New .. Failry good song Sowing Season (Yeah) and also on the The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me [2006] album ..
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March 22nd, 2007 by Jason Roe
I would like to clear up a few things regarding how people might perceive my style of writing. Most people who read this blog are first time visitors and come direct from search engines or via other Irish blogs and forums. As such, most of you have never met me in person or have talked to me outside of this medium.
A a few people have said to me that my style of writing can sound uptight, aggressive and at times makes me sound like a bit of a stuck up tit. Anyone that has met me in person knows that is really not the case. I can be opinionated about what I know, but in many cases I would be far from vocal about those opinions.
Its funny how people perceive a style of writing. Some might say my style is assertive and borderlines on aggressive depending on my mood. But at the end of the day it doesn’t really reflect who I am. I find that quite a scary thought. Read the rest of this entry »
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