I was delighted to be a co-recipient of the Respect & Equality in Communications Award at the Dochas Awards 2017 for the Two Villages project. That’s me in the photo above by the way (I’m the one with the camera).Two Villages is a five year multimedia documentary project, conducted by Self Help Africa in rural Zambia. It follows the inhabitants … Read More
Hi, your SEO/web traffic presentation was a bit intense, could please break it down?
This blog post is a companion piece to a presentation I gave on driving traffic to your website at the annual ISCF conference in November 2016. The presentation was a quick overview of SEO for small websites, particularly those offering self catering accommodation, but you may still find it useful even you’re not in that industry! Also I don’t talk … Read More
freak.ie is a thing now
Run and tell the neighbours, shout it from the highest peaks, stop the presses etc. I’m really happy to say that after a long period of not existing, freak.ie is now a thing. If you’ve been eagerly waiting (doubtful) I really appreciate that, sorry to keep you in suspense. Here’s a brief story about making this. So for the last … Read More
There’s no such thing as Growing up
This is a short piece of writing about how growing up and starting to work for yourself are kind of similar, but maybe in a sort of weird way. What kind of stuff were you scared of as a kid? I’m sure there was plenty of totally rational fears — like your house burning down, or getting lost in a supermarket, then … Read More