The Irish government spends lots of money trying to support people who want to start their own business. For example, there are enterprise boards that run subsidised courses, organise networking events and offer financial and mentoring assistance etc. Even before I started freelancing, I was used to seeing adverts for “start your own business” talks [...]

I have not bought much furniture for my apartment yet. I am still recovering from the trauma of searching Dublin furniture shops for the bare essentials! However, I have got my priorities right. While I don’t have a dining table, I have sorted out a home for our computer book collection. I parted with about [...]

I was at the opening day of the 3 day Mashup Camp event at the Guinness Storehouse yesterday. It was a very late decision to go, because I was late finding out about it and we were only confident of being able to attend for one day. Somehow, I managed to sacrifice my precious Saturday [...]

When I took a break from blogging last New Year’s Eve, I did not think I would be gone this long. But you never really know how things will turn out. I have wanted to start blogging again so many times lately, but something kept holding me back. If I was not too busy with [...]