Author Archives: Aaron McAllorum

Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder, is in town this weekend for the Dublin Web Summit (we’re calling it Nerdstock). He spoke to the Irish Independent‘s Ed Power:

“It [Ireland] is generally seen as a place where exciting things are happening. What I know is that a lot of companies are looking at Ireland not for their back office functions but for a very focused research area. It is more focused around innovation and new ideas, as a centre to bring in a large European conversation.”

Dorsey has strong opinions as to why the US — in particularly the San Francisco-Silicon Valley area — is an internet hotbed even as, for all our investment in the so-called ‘knowledge economy’, Ireland lags behind. In America, he says, it’s okay to fail.

“One of the strengths of the culture in America is that people are happy to take risks and make mistakes and learn from them. I have friends in Paris and Italy. I don’t think there is a culture of allowing for mistakes in Europe as much as there is in the US, where you can actually fall down and get back up and have another success. I don’t think that’s as tolerated outside the US.”

My Whole Family Use Twitter – After All I Invented it (Irish Independent)

By which we don’t mean an (apparently) lone gunman should assassinate Ryan Tubridy

Oh no?

It’s a joke.

At the expense of a guy who hosts the Late Late Show, has just completed a 300-page bestseller, presents the morning show on 2FM (It’s what Gerry Would have wanted) and is dating a woman who is…oh, that’s right…completely smoking to any gender. While you write for douchebag dot com and live with your mum. Let’s just say: I don’t think the Tubmeister’s sweating over your headline, dude.

Well-grounded-but-essentially-irrational begrudgery?

‘fraid so.

But it feels so good

The best feeling in the world, bro. But a path to madness. Trust me. I’ve looked into it.

Cheers, Laterz

Lates

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Truly she is the people’s princess

Where were you the night he launched his Kennedy book?

On ‘The’ Facebook?

Hey, Snap!

A New Chapter For Ryan And His Lady In Red (Irish Independent)

* Lady in slide show wearing lilac suit: Dot Tubridy, friend of the Kennedy clan and Ryan’s aunt.

More here.

(Photocall Ireland)

Look at them.

Without a care in the world.

With their health cards and free travel.

Isn’t it about time we wiped the smile off their faces?

Well don’t worry. Their pensions are going to be cut.

We know the exact figure, but we won’t tell them just yet.

We’ll just terrify them with scary numbers leaked to the press.

And if that makes them sick they can always take their place on a trolly.

They had no hand or part in any of this mess but savings must be made.

Hey, it’s not like it costs that much to feed the ducks.

OK. You can put your masks on now.

LOLz.

In today’s Irish Times, three staff members (editorial, we understand) make ‘ghost hands’  and sport the rather excellent Martyn Turner Anglo Pirate mask (below, free with today’s paper). Do you know who they are? Can you help us make their humiliation complete?