24 October 2002

Vodafone Live! DUBLIN -- Today marks the Irish launch of Vodafone Live! Ireland is probably the most text-happy mobile phone population. Will that communicative population send photos as often as they send text messages? The networks are off to a good start because you will be able to send MMS messages across Ireland and through the two major networks. This is the beginning of a framework on top of which new applications will sit.

Ireland's First Live Blogging at a Conference DUBLIN -- I've got 22 pages from MLE's e-Sense Conference in an A5 notebook that deserve distilling online. I started by blogging the conference live, assisted in a great way by Tim Kirby at Xi Creative. The nicest touch about the technology is it worked effortlessly. I would write a short comment in a draft e-mail on the Nokia 9210i, scan it for correctness, then send it to an address where it published automaticaly to the blog. This is simple knowledge management and the kind of service that most agencies should ensure is offered to conference participants.

Show Us Your Hotspots DUBLIN -- As Emily Dubberley writes, there needs to be more open wireless hotspots in Dublin. After all, Ireland's capital claims to be on the mainline of the Information Superhighway. That would mean WiFi hotspots should be near the major train stations and accessible in the lobbies of the bus terminals as well. Isn't that what one would expect of a truly connected Information Society? WiFi hotspots are in Heuston Station, The Westbury, The Burlington Hotel, The Towers JurysDoyle Hotel, Bewley's Hotel Ballsbridge, Bewley's Hotel Newlands Cross, The Shelbourne, and the Hilton Dublin. Emily appears on Newstalk 106 with Daire O'Brien tomorrow. The radio station is holding its share of 3 percent of Dublin listeners, according to the latest MRBI/JNLR figures. MRBI/JNLR audience share figures, regarded as a more accurate assessment of radio listenership, are included in the biannual report due in early 2003. A total of 3680 people were interviewed in the latest measure of the "reach" of the stations. x: 1013