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Michele Neylon said: @Ralph - I'll definitely give that article a read @Ross - thanks for dropping by. I'll play around

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:40:27 +0000

Michele Neylon said:

@Ralph - I'll definitely give that article a read

@Ross - thanks for dropping by. I'll play around some more and email you my random thoughts :)

Michele

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ralph said: It's horses for courses. Personally I'd agree with your sentiments, but I recognise there's a place

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:49:30 +0000

ralph said:

It's horses for courses. Personally I'd agree with your sentiments, but I recognise there's a place for the commercially driven Spiders as much as the Irish Web Awards. Bottom line, all these bashes are an excuse to showcase what's happening and hopefully that's good for the wider industry. We can only hope that when it comes to judging, that decisions are based on what's best in the eyes of judges that aren't influenced by commercial factors. It also begs the question of how much relative credibility awards afford to the winner. I wonder, for instance, does it bring tangible financial reward to have a gong from one of these awards, or is it just a chance for industry types to have a party and get a bit drunk?

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John ONeill said: Hi Michele Is there any example of someone in Ireland going the "complex" route? What is it (in a n

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:47:42 +0000

John ONeill said:

Hi Michele
Is there any example of someone in Ireland going the "complex" route? What is it (in a nutshell)
I'm still wound ip about the spam mytown.ie sent and am looking at the distinct possibility of just having to let it go. Grr

Thanks
John

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Michele Neylon said: Ralph Why should there be a place for commercially centred awards that do nothing to enrich the ind

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:57:35 +0000

Michele Neylon said:

Ralph

Why should there be a place for commercially centred awards that do nothing to enrich the industry or its participants?

All they seem to do is enrich themselves (literally!)
Michele

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Michele Neylon said: John If you want to wage your own little war against spammers that's fine, but please don't try to

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:58:51 +0000

Michele Neylon said:

John

If you want to wage your own little war against spammers that's fine, but please don't try to use my comments section as a place to get free link juice.
Your link has been removed

Michele

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Ralph said: Well lets take the market argument. Why, if there's apparently a commercial appetite for sponsors t

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:09:37 +0000

Ralph said:

Well lets take the market argument.

Why, if there's apparently a commercial appetite for sponsors to pay for it and for companies to attend, should there not be a place for it?

Clearly some people/companies feel it has a value or it would have withered and died before now. No?

In this case I thinks it's reasonable to let the market decide, whatever our misgivings about the actual merits it brings to the industry.

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Daragh said: I could be wrong Michele, but I think I remember Damien telling me that there will be a charge at th

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:45:13 +0000

Daragh said:

I could be wrong Michele, but I think I remember Damien telling me that there will be a charge at the door.

There is room for more than one awards event - they all contribute to publicising the industry, and that's good. A little competition is also good for everyone, it'd be terrible if there was just the Golden Spiders.

Well done to Damien for setting these up, they're already well on the way to being the most significant and meaningful of the lot.

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John McCormac said: It is about time the Zeddies had a replacement. The IIA's Netvisionary awards are fine but the indus

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:27:20 +0000

John McCormac said:

It is about time the Zeddies had a replacement. The IIA's Netvisionary awards are fine but the industry needs something more. The Golden Spiders have only marginally more credibility than the late and unlamented Web Ireland NIBAs. Over the years, it seems that the GS awards function on the greater fool principle. They exist in order to extract money from people who are so uncertain about their relevance to the industry that they have to pay to have their site judged by the GS "experts".

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Damien Mulley said: Michele and everyone else. I just want to apologise and clarify that there is a charge for tickets f

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:48:27 +0000

Damien Mulley said:

Michele and everyone else. I just want to apologise and clarify that there is a charge for tickets for the night. A ticket is €30 to attend on the ceremony. Winning does not depend on turning up, we'll post the Award out.

We could have done free tickets but there was a worry it would be valued less if it was free in, leading to guilt-free cancelations without notice. A paid for ticket also means someone wouldn't mess and block book 100 and then not turn up and it also covers some of the costs, bringing down the cost of sponsorship of categories and thus allowing smaller companies to be able to come in and be sponsors.

Again, sorry for the confusion.

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Michele Neylon said: Damien 30 euro is practically free, so I wouldn't worry about it :) Michele

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:49:53 +0000

Michele Neylon said:

Damien

30 euro is practically free, so I wouldn't worry about it :)

Michele

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Salubri said: Hey Michele - I put up a polldaddy survey today over on my blog (see above) about whether it is wort

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:48:56 +0000

Salubri said:

Hey Michele - I put up a polldaddy survey today over on my blog (see above) about whether it is worthwhile in IT to go green?

Specifically do people in Ireland consider Carbon Neutrality as a factor when selecting a software vendor? (I'm working in the software industry hence the focus).

It's a very short survey and I'll have results and some thoughts on the issue up at the start of September; your feedback would be nice...

To quote a famous frog: It's not easy being green... :-)

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Cristine said: http://sn.vc has a shorter domain and also allow to track the hits statis]]>

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:22:00 +0000

Cristine said:

http://sn.vc has a shorter domain and also allow to track the hits statistic of your shortened URL.

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Michele Neylon said: Christine Interesting site - thanks for the link Michele

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:40:12 +0000

Michele Neylon said:

Christine

Interesting site - thanks for the link

Michele

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Ken said: Hi Michele - I'd love an invite if there are any left - Thank you so much! -- Ken

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:06:53 +0000

Ken said:

Hi Michele - I'd love an invite if there are any left - Thank you so much! -- Ken

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Michele Neylon said: Ken I've sent you an invite Michele

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:08:37 +0000

Michele Neylon said:

Ken

I've sent you an invite

Michele

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