Today marks the one hundred anniversary of radio in Ireland, a lot has changed since then, but the medium is still holding it’s own a century on. One hundred years ago there were an estimated 10,000 wireless sets in the country but no domestic stations on the air, this was all to change on January […]
This is the story of how my text file became a key developer resource for Europes’s largest airline. This week ten years ago I was in Skibbereen, Co. Westcork for the inaugural National Digital Week, a four day event organised by Ludgate, Ireland’s first rural digital hub. Amongst the lineup of speakers was Colin O’Brien, […]
I’ll be taking about Wild Atlantic thing in the library in Tralee on Thursday the 1st of May, pop in if you are around. For details see wildatlantic.xyz
Last weekend I led a two part psychogeographical exploration of Tralee’s rivers as part of Transition Kerry’s Telling The Stories of the Rivers of Tralee series of events, it was great to see a full house for the talk and how many people came on the cycle, we managed to visit five rivers and streams […]
Transition Kerry & Tralee Bay Wetlands are running a series of events this autumn celebrating the rivers of Tralee, I’ll be kicking off the series next Sunday afternoon. Entitled A psychogeographical exploration of Tralee’s rivers this event will be consist of two parts, a talk introducing Tralee’s often misunderstood rivers, followed by a cycle that […]
This is a quick poster I put together for a WildMind event on the topic of Brent Geese, the illustration is a Woodcut from Thomas Bewick which is in the Public Domain. The event takes place on Wednesday the 21st of February and will feature Gerry Murphy of the Irish Brent Goose Research Group […]
Here’s a poster I designed for a tour of Ireland by eccentric Danish musician/artist/cyclist Goodiepal. I think I first became aware of Goodiepal (and his many aliases) in 2003 when I came across his album Nag Nag Bacon in a record shop. I am pretty sure I bought it based on it’s design, it’s a […]
This is a poster I designed for Gig for Gaza, a fundraising concert for the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund in Saint John the Evangelist Church Tralee. Having run concerts here in the past I was intrigued by the intricate design of the small Mother of Pearl depiction of the Last Supper which is on display […]
Last week I spoke at the Cycling & Society Research Group Annual Symposium which was hosted by the Centre for Transport Research, Trinity College Dublin, with the overall theme ‘Critical Tensions in Planning for Cycling‘. My presentation which was part of the Solidarities Session was entitled Cycle Space Invaders – Gamification of social media as a tool […]