Piaras Kelly PR - Public Relations in Ireland

Interesting article in the Economist about the Paperless Office. The decade old prediction gradually looks like it is coming true. The reason for this is primarily due to the wave of digital natives coming through the workforce. The article points out that Breedlove & Associates’s clients and employees are turning away from [...]

I spotted a very interesting statistic on PSFK - Facebook now ranks as the top photo sharing website in the world. PSFK’s analysis of why Facebook has overtaken traditional photo sharing websites is very insightful:
Perhaps it’s because people want to do more with their photos then just store and share them online…When users [...]

Another footballer biography and more controversy. This time the ball is at the feet of Didier Drogba, the Chelsea striker. His biography is being investigated by the Football Association over claims that Drogba “wished he had punched Nemanja Vidic, the Manchester United defender, in last season’s Champions League final” according to an article [...]

I read on PFSK that “Google has a patent pending on a technology it says will rank the most influential people on social networking sites.” According to the BusinessWeek article, which PFSK quotes:
The new technology could track not just how many friends you have on Facebook but how many friends your friends have. Well-connected [...]

This Bud Light ad highlights the reason why I will never have a garden. Kudos for using the Airwolf theme song.

I read with interest on the BBC about a plan being considered by the British Government to use mobile phones in a bid to combat Taleban propaganda. The BBC reports that:
The programme involves using new media like mobile phones and the internet to empower ordinary Afghans to contradict the prevailing Taleban message. Non-governmental [...]

Shameless plug, but Science Week is almost upon us again. This year it runs from 9 - 16 November. On behalf of my client Discover Science & Engineering, I am organising a lecture series which is free to the public. This year the lectures take place in the Science Gallery and feature [...]

The IPA is running a day seminar on Citizen Participation in the Wiki and Facebook Era on the 24 October. One of the initiatives being discussed at the event is the ‘Your Mental Health’ campaign which has an interesting Bebo profile, where young people can leave anonymous feedback.
Another event worth attending is the National [...]

The inaugural Irish Web Awards took place at the weekend. There were some media sites among the winners including the Irish Times which won the best online publication award, Silicon Republic was awarded best technology website, and Phantom FM which was named as best radio website.
The Irish Independent reports that RTE will ask its [...]

Thanks to Jason Roe for making weekend repairs to the website after my site got hacked last week. Cannot recommend him enough so please visit his website if you’re interested in web design, development or SEO. Jason took time out of his weekend to upgrade WordPress for me and fix the affected posts.
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Couple of readers have pointed out to me that the RSS feed of this blog has been hacked so some of you are receiving spam. Apologies about this, looking into sourcing someone into updating my blog. If you’d like to offer your services please leave a comment

Interesting observation on the financial meltdown that we are currently witnessing - the much heralded wisdom of the crowds might not be all that it’s cracked up to be. Take for example the hysteria we have seen among bank customers in Ireland where at one point the trend of a return to mattress money [...]

Helge Tennø tagged me as part of Mitch Joels’ Challenge to write about your Social Media Marketing Best Practice.
Mine is simple - Participate. As Antoine de Saint-Exupery once said “The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to [...]

Silicon Republic reports on for Comreg’s Digital Dividend Conference, where “Ireland’s state broadcaster RTÉ is planning to release its own catch-up TV media player product similar to the BBC iPlayer by the first quarter of 2009″ according to RTÉ’s director general Cathal Goan.
TV3 announced that it is to cut 15 jobs as part if a [...]

Some people question the value of media training. For those that think having an attitude of ‘I’ll be alright on the night’ is any substitute for key messages and preparation, have a look at how Sarah Palin fared on CBS taking the same approach.

Sarah Palin CBS interview - part one.

Sarah Palin CBS [...]