New Day

Posted by Ronan on May 28, 2009 in innovation, ireland, mini tour of county clare, software, startup, web 2.0 | 7 comments

Well today was first day of LEAP.. 14 new companies walked into the boardroom of  EAC in LIT at 9am this morning and we started our adventure. It was great to see quite a few of the STARTERS on LEAP and of course it was good to meet  some new faces.  As I left, I wondered  – where will we be in 12 months? What state of mind will be in? What will the be the state of our companies?  Will we have customers? Will we be standing on our own, or will we have created partnerships and be driving to the next level? Who knows.. but one thing for certain the next 12 months will be filled with  lots of highs and lows.  The road will be rocky that’s for sure but  I’m hoping to balance out the high with the lows  on all fronts. Of course there will be time for coffee to discuss the rocky road

Boats and Moo Cows

Posted by Ronan on May 26, 2009 in ireland, random | 0 comments

Went into Galway over the weekend – the city hoping with people!

Apparently some boats decided to sail from Boston to Galway city in a Volvo.. or something to that effect… hmm  anyway Leg 8 starts very soon and the boats will leave Galway.

The Irish Dragon is now in 5th place..

Meanwhile the cattle, who didn’t go see the boats,  knocked walls for me  to build (again).. and I thank you moo cows for that – you are keeping me very fit this summer!

3Dcamp Presentation

Posted by Ronan on May 26, 2009 in innovation, ireland, software, startup, technology | 0 comments

I’m giving a talk at 3dcamp entitled “The Consequences of Locating Stuff”

I see Location Based Services today represent only the beginning of a series of technological innovations that can potentially impact society in many ways at various scales, ranging from new modes of business operations to the possible invasion of personal privacy.

That’s the talk at a very high level – come along and sign up to attend 3dcamp in University of Limerick

When: Saturday 6th June 2009

Where: Engineering Research Building, University of Limerick

Start & Finish: 10am start, 5pm’ish finish

Topics

• virtual worlds (Second Life, the Metaverse),
• mirror worlds (Google Earth and Virtual Earth),
• 3D modelling (Blender, Sketchup),
• mapping mashups, GPS,
• Location based Services (LBSs),
• haptics and augmented toys (eg. Wiimote hacks),
• ambient intelligence,
• interactive art installations
• …and all things 3D.

IQ Prize

Posted by Ronan on May 12, 2009 in innovation, ireland | 0 comments

Hurry Hurry .. get your IQprize idea in today!

http://iqprize.ie/ for more details.

In the past 3 days it’s shot from 65 to over 150 applicants!

10,000  - 5 pages.. go on!

Update: it’s now closed with 247 applicants ! Wow.

5-Hours (or so)

Posted by Ronan on May 9, 2009 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Over the summer I was thinking I should get in the car and go for a drive. I like driving and would not mind  driving for a couple of hours.. to be more precise 5 hours or so and visit the Giants Causeway.

Anyone been there before? Recommendations please..