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02/21/11--04:03: Getting tribal with your marketing (chan 1441575)

Marketing visionary Seth Godin talks about how marketing is evolving to be less about peddling a message to the masses, and more about harnessing and channelling the power of “Tribes” through effective leadership. Got to love TED… especially the TED Mobile iPhone app – perhaps the ultimate antidote to TK Max! Seth’s book “Tribes” is [...]


02/21/11--04:21: Ducking out! (chan 1441575)

Damn… don’t you just hate it when birds are too far away, and moving too quickly for a positive ID? The rain finally stopped and the sun was out. While I was waiting for the kettle to boil I grabbed the bins for a quick scan from the front garden. The usual suspects – mostly [...]


02/21/11--15:08: This is not a birding blog, honest (chan 1441575)

No really, it isn’t… although in all fairness you could be forgiven for thinking it was morphing into one of late. That’s just a reflection of me rekindling an interest that’s been there since I was a wee nipper. Inevitably life gets busy, and things fall by the wayside, but they’re always there, to be [...]


03/31/11--04:06: Mealy Redpoll / Lesser Redpoll spot the difference (chan 1441575)

The mealy redpoll that spent the winter hanging around my garden is still making regular appearances at the feeders. During the recent spell of decent weather I managed to get these shots of first a lesser, followed a few seconds later by the mealy on the same station at the seed-feeder. Identical light, identical camera [...]


04/06/11--04:22: Now posting online marketing / business posts on CJWriting.com (chan 1441575)

Quick heads up that I’m using this blog mainly for personal writing / posts / rants etc. now, and posting business related topics over on my web content consulting business site. Here are a few recent posts you might enjoy: 5 Key things to remember when creating your Digital Marketing Strategy Why your small business [...]


04/11/11--07:40: Wood Warbler at Galley Head (chan 1441575)

Serendipity is a wonderful thing. Our house was complete chaos last weekend. The twins and the little one had their friends over on Saturday for a sleepover (more accurately described as a stay-awake-over). That meant that bright and early on Sunday we had a houseful of over-tired, hyperactive girls ranging in age from seven to [...]


04/20/11--15:59: Woodchat Shrike in Rosscarbery… amazing! (chan 1441575)

Today was an amazing day. You know those balmy April days that practically taste of the promise of summer… the vanilla-citrus scent of gorse blossom hanging in the unseasonably warm air. Well, this was one of those. I had a meeting in the Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery this afternoon, after which the plan was [...]


05/04/11--07:46: Ireland’s Wildlife Blog / Site Finally Live (chan 1441575)

After much deliberation and procrastination I’ve finally set the Ireland’s Wildlife Website free into the wilds of cyberspace. It’s still very early days, and it’s a bit thin on content (I’m working on it… so please bear with me), but I think there’s a great foundation to build an online wildlife hub and resource for [...]


05/05/11--09:50: Unlimited Professional WordPress Themes for one Low Price (chan 1441575)

Wow… just discovered that the amazing “Genesis” theme framework for WordPress and ALL Genesis CHILD THEMES are available for the staggeringly low one off payment of just US$249.95. It’s called the Genesis Pro Plus Package – and until 11 May Studiopress – which is part of Copyblogger Media – is offering this comprehensive set of [...]


06/23/11--01:44: Here comes the rain again: West Cork Summer (chan 1441575)

Image via Wikipedia Summer in West Cork tends to follow a familiar pattern – occasional brief periods of glorious sunshine when you really wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world, but for the most part soggy, wet dull… and bloody cold! There’s a song that could easily be the West Cork summer anthem. [...]