Earlier this year, I graduated with a distinction in a degree in design and technology. I got an overall average of 80% and a former student of mine, who is now an assistant head of school, that I met at the graduation informed me that I was probably top of the year. The great irony …
With my great age comes a certain pernicketiness and selfishness with my time and how I spend it. I am done with ‘conferences’. I am no longer willing to be a 6-hour spectator of the sheep dip of sponsors’ talks with their tops fives, lessons learned and must-have tools – the sum total of learnings …
My 13-year-old son recently failed a minor water safety award. He had been attending an evening class once per week for ten weeks and didn’t pass on the final night for reasons that included his voice not being definite enough and failure to maintain eye contact with the subject. My son is on the autism …
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This is the blog post I wrote for Congregation or #cong16, a really cool ‘un-conference’ style digital media and technology festival taking place in Cong, Co Mayo from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th November 2016. This is the fourth year of the event with over 100 experts from all over Ireland and overseas expected. Go along, blog your …
Less than one week to go before Web Summit opens its doors for the first time outside Dublin. Late last year three generations of my family took a city break to Portugal’s capital and here’s what I learned: Lisbon is a vast city with pockets of splendor and seediness in equal measure. The guidebook told …
I’ve been to my share of conferences and I’ve not always been just in the audience but one day out to #Inspirefest in Dublin yesterday will be the gift that will keep on giving until we meet again the same time next year.
