Iarnrod Eireann/CIE have announced a massive overhaul of the DART network in Dublin to integrate public transport around the capital. Details of their proposal can be found in the Irish Times today. What struck me was the similarity between the diagram of what they are proposing and the plan put forward previously by transport lobby …
…specifically I found myself namechecked on the Irish Times blog page of Shane Hegarty in his blogroll. Not sure what I’ve done to warrant such a mention other than rant interminably about things that most people have far to little time to care about, but it is an honourable mention. From the look of his …
The Irish Independent carried an interesting article on its website today which poses the question if it is such a good idea to be announcing our existence to the Universe by sending targetted messages to far off galaxies (as opposed to the random waffle and piffle that bounces out as a by-product of our TV, …
I saw this link on the BBC this morning and it made me think of the potential implications for the quality of information presentation if MS Word docs begin to be localised not just to national languages but to regional dialects within those language families. The implication for the quality of information presentation, and the …
The IAIDQ, an organisation I’m involved in for Information & Data Quality, has launched IQTrainwrecks.com as a resource to collate and comment on media stories highlighting the cost and impacts of non-quality information. Here’s an example of one of their posts. Our Electoral Register features there as do a few other stories. The IAIDQ team …
The mother of young man who I hope will be in a position to (legally) buy me a pint around the time of my 50th birthday has set up a nice blog called Tir na nÓg. It is full of nice musings on things maternal and political. The young man is called Oisin. He didn’t …
Astute followers of the recent General Election in which there were a number of reports of problems with our national electoral register will doubtless be wondering where my comments on that issue might be. Rest assured that I haven’t forgotten about it and am working on collating the media reports of issues and tracking down …
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Two Fianna Fail Ministers have suggested that the media are obsessed with the Taoiseach’s finances. I’d have to agree with them. There is a whole lot more that they can look at other than that issue. Like The likely fate of the newly discovered national monument in the middle of the M3 The divisive nature …
A few hours ago the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland Douglas Bain, announced that electronic voting would be considered for future elections in Northern Ireland as a result of what he had seen in Scotland where e-voting was used this week for elections. Fast forward to now… the Scottish election is in a state …