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Category: ireland | 愛爾蘭| 아일랜드 | アイルランド

Céad míle fáilte – welcome to the Ireland category of this blog. This is where I share anything that relates to the Republic of Ireland, business issues relating to Ireland, the Irish people, or Irish culture.

Given that I am Irish, a number of these posts are more personal in nature and based on observation when taking time out to see the family. If I am honest about it, there is less of these posts than there should be. Life gets in the way and I don’t get to the home country as much as I would like.

Often posts that appear in this category will appear in other categories as well. So if Aer Lingus launched a new advert that I thought was particularly notable that might appear in branding as well as Ireland. It is a small market of seven million or so and doesn’t have that many distinct brands.

Or if there was a new white paper from UCD (University College Dublin), that might appear in ideas and Ireland. If there is Irish related subjects that you think would fit with this blog, feel free to let me know by leaving a comment in the ‘Get in touch’ section of this blog here.

  • One time pad + more news

    One time pad technique

    In surveillance era, clever trick enhances secrecy of iPhone text messages | Ars Technica – kind of like the one time pad technique, but created on the fly. The one time pad (OTP) is an encryption technique that cannot be cracked, but requires the use of a single-use pre-shared key that is no smaller than the message being sent. In this technique, a plaintext is paired with a random secret key (also called a one time pad).

    Culture

    Richard Goodall Gallery Contemporary Art – prints by Central Station Manchester

    Ireland

    10 things a cyclist notices about rural Ireland – The Irish Times – interesting comments on changing society

    Luxury

    Not to be Overlooked – Japanese Outbound Tourists to Europe – Analyst Insight from Euromonitor International

    Media

    Yahoo to close its blogging service, | Marketing-Interactive.com– an interesting move, I will talk about this in more depth

    BuzzFeed has a Medium problem | PandoDaily – media models challenged

    What’s Bad About TV? Just Ask Apple. | Light Reading

    Retailing

    Facebook Pulls Physical Gifts From Gifting Program: Guess Why

    The Kids Aren’t All Right, and Neither Is Abercrombie & Fitch – Businessweek – part-time jobs aren’t what they used to be

    Security

    Feds Back Away From Forced Decryption … For Now | Threat Level | Wired.com – courts are not buying into the government’s theory that encryption is evidence of criminal behavior – more security related content can be found here.

    Of Course Teens Think About Privacy, They Have Parents – The Atlantic

    Software

    G2 Crowd – interesting aggregated opinions

    Steve Ballmer and the Art of Managing a Monopoly : The New Yorker

    In historic vote, New Zealand bans software patents | Ars Technica – interesting how this will fit in with the Trans Pacific Partnership

    Android’s Hugo Barra Departs Google for China’s Xiaomi – AllThingsD

    Why Google brought its app store to Iran, and what it could mean for Syria – the Obama administration has followed a pattern of gradually relaxing export restrictions worldwide

    Communities Dominate Brands: Ballmer Aftermath Part 1 – Future of Microsoft, especially in mobile

    Ballmer Departure From Microsoft Was More Sudden Than Portrayed – Kara Swisher – News – AllThingsD

    Technology

    Chip daddy: Moore’s Law is about to be repealed, but don’t blame physics • The Register

    Wireless

    3UK scraps roaming charges – only four years after abolishing it. It was called 3 Like Home rather than Feel Like Home but the principle was the same

    Samsung Announces colorful Galaxy Tab 3 built for kids — GigaOM – I really like the design off this, looks road warrior proof

  • Jamie Hewlett + more news

    Jamie Hewlett

    Jamie Hewlett was not someone that I would have associated with luxury menswear brand Dunhill. Dunhill have been creating interesting content for a number of years, that used to be accessed through an iPad application and their own site. This interview with Jamie Hewlett is brilliant. Hewlett’s talent as a comic creator developed early with him working in the studios of Bob Godfrey. Godfrey is famous to UK TV watchers for the cartoon series Rhubarb & Custard. After college Jamie Hewlett was recruited for Deadline magazine, which is where his iconic Tank Girl creation was formed and his relationship with Damon Albarn of Gorillaz.

    Jamie Hewlett submarined during the 1990s when the underground became mainstream drawing Get The Freebies. Eventually Jamie Hewlett teamed up with Albarn to provide the visual look of The Gorillaz.