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Somewhere over the rainbow

broadband, Cloud Computing, InternetBy joanm02/09/2015Leave a comment

  In a recent survey carried out by a group of marketing students in IT Tralee on IT training needs of SME’s in Kerry. 83% of business owners stated that upgrading technologies is to costly, whereas 90% of business felt that their dependence on IT was increasing over time, s 55% of business owners felt…

Casting an eye on Windows 10

Big Data, broadband, Cloud Computing, Internet, Operating systemsBy joanm05/08/2015Leave a comment

Windows 10 is the latest release in a series of operating systems from Microsoft the first of which was DOS, followed by  Windows 3.1, 3.11, Windows 95, 98, Windows Millennium, XP, Vista, Windows 7 and 8 and now Windows 10.  In the years here in West Kerry, I have worked with all of these systems…

High Speed Broadband slowly making its way to DIngle

broadband, InternetBy joanm29/04/2015Leave a comment

We all have a particular interest in the arrival of high speed broadband in Dingle with the Internet connection crawling along at snail’s pace.  My interest is so great that I am considering working through the night and taking days off so that work can get done in a reasonable manner.

Facebook page or a website?

Internet, Social media, West KerryBy joanm19/02/2015Leave a comment

The question is often raised should I have my own webpage or is a presence on social media such as Facebook sufficient. To develop a website with your own domain name e.g. www.mywebsite.com You enter into a contract with a webservice provider and as such you rent a space on the Internet into which you…

Why do I need to have Java?

Internet, Programming, Security, UncategorizedBy joanm29/10/2014Leave a comment

It is the time of year when accountants work in to the small hours.  More than one person over the next few weeks may ask themselves “What is Java, and why do I need it?”. Java is a programming language that is used to develop applications for the web, Blu-Ray players, set top boxes and…

Building a Social Network, a bit like Lego

Internet, Personal Computing, Social mediaBy joanm10/10/2014Leave a comment

Popular social networks have only been in existence for 10 years and in that time they have  become an intrinsic part of the lives of all who use technology. The 15 most popular social networks  in the world today are, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google Plus +, Tumblr, Instagram, VK, Flickr, Vine, Meetup, Tagged, AskFm,…

Every question has an answer

apps, Cloud Computing, Data protection, Internet, Personal Data, Security, West KerryBy joanm03/09/2014Leave a comment

In the past days there has been a lot of publicity about the theft of private images and their distribution on to the wider Internet without the consent of the owners of the images.  This occurred because the photographs which the people thought they had deleted had been uploaded to their iCloud account, their iCloud…

It has to come through the Pipe !!

broadband, InternetBy joanm22/07/2014Leave a comment

Who would have foretold the extent of present day use of the Internet and the way it has grown since the world wide web was invented in the 1990’s. It can be said that the Internet is as important as a water connection to any  businesses in the west of Ireland.  Even though it is…

Online reputation

Internet, networking, Social media, West KerryBy joanm19/02/20143 Comments

While the majority of us will not be concerned if any one overheard what we did or said on the Internet, it is necessary for a business to maintain a good online reputation.   Companies offer online reputation management as a service but in a small business there is an amount you can do yourself.  …

The dog won’t listen to music anymore

audio processing, Internet, mpegBy joanm04/12/2013Leave a comment

It takes thinking to understand how all the eight notes of an octave and their sharps and flats, can be reduced to ones and zeros and then be reproduced as the magnificent sounds that arrive at your ear.  This is the technology of digital recording and playing devices Digital sound recording converts a human voice…

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