Tag you're it!

noirin tagged me. Here are five things you probably didn't know about me and then the next five unfortunate victims who I've tagged.

• I have a twin, Tony - it's surpising how many people meet him in town or wave at him across the street and when he doesn't wave back, they all get very annoyed with me the next time I see them!
• I started in UL in 1996, doing Computer Systems.
• I was chair of the YFG branch in UL and I've also been vice-chair for Limerick East.
• My PhD is on the understanding of concurrent auditory icons.
• I'm one of the two Irish delegates for the COST Action IC0601 on Sonic Interaction Design (SID).

My five taggies are:
Danny
Mike
Mikael
Mark (cheez)
Conal (zoney)

New company requirements for Irish companies regarding websites and emails

The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has issued an Information Notice, I/2007/2 which details the new disclosure requirements for companies on their websites and in their electronic communications. This applies to all Irish companies, which means that if you're maintaining either websites or email services for people that you'll have to update both to take these new legal requirements into account.

Bits and Bobs

Firstly - congratulations to Steve and to Noirin on their engagement! May you both have many, many happy years together.

A few bits of interesting from the ether:

• An anthropologist from Nokia on the reasons why and how people in the developing world are sharing mobile phones.


• A very interesting set of visualisations on contemporary American culture via WorldChanging.


• Another nice article from WorldChanging entitled "Ecosystem Goods and Services Series: Valuation 101".


• An article on "The case for human-future interaction" which traces and discusses the linkages between work in HCI / ID and how it informs media and also the design of media artifacts.

A date for the diary is March 3, 2007 when there will be a very visible Lunar Eclipse (see also the complete 2007 Lunar Eclipse listings).

Penumbral Eclipse Begins: 20:18:11 GMT
Partial Eclipse Begins: 21:30:22 GMT
Total Eclipse Begins: 22:44:13 GMT
Greatest Eclipse: 23:20:56 GMT
Total Eclipse Ends: 23:57:37 GMT
Partial Eclipse Ends: 01:11:28 GMT
Penumbral Eclipse Ends: 02:23:44 GMT
(Times are via NASA)

Passed the Cisco Intro - barely but passed

Took the 640-821 Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies Exam and managed to pass it (barely - damn simulator questions!) with 833 out of 1000 where the passing grade was 825. Happy Days and onwards to the 640-811 Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Exam and I've also been thinking about doing the 640-861 Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions Exam.

Nice flickr widget from bighugelabs.com