Get your message out to NYC (and the world)
April 30, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Thanks to Twitter, the live Open Coffee hook up has been picked up by NYC digital media producer, Chuck Boyce. He’s going to cover the Irish Open Coffee Stream-Up on his show, ChuckTV. He’s a three-time Microsoft MVP award winner, has a presence on blip.tv and his show focuses on digital media: the big picture.
VIEW OPEN COFFEE ON BLIP TV HERE.
So apart from getting to talk live to your buddies at the various Open Coffees in Ireland in a mac and pc hook up, and apart from getting your message out on the www, you’ll now be featured on one of the more popular digital media news shows in the US. All of this for the price of a cappachino!
What to do?
- Any time from 11.05am you can log on here: http://www.onlinemeetingrooms.com/index.php?page=login
The six seat option should be selected with pop ups allowed.
Port 443 or 1935 needs to be allowed if you are behind a proxy - If you’re stuck, get help here: http://www.onlinemeetingrooms.com/index.php?page=faq
- Now the ’secret password’ will be “Coffee” – make sure you do the upper case C
Be sure to get a good night’s sleep tonight. Don’t forget incidentals like hair and make up! And of course have a killer 90 second pitch ready.
Tune in to Open Coffee this Thursday
April 28, 2008 at 1:33 pm
As it happens, Dublin, Limerick and Waterford are all having Open Coffees at the same time this week. So the plan is to connect and go nationwide!
Note for your diary: this Thursday, 1 May we’ll be broadcasting live from Open Coffee. It normally kicks off in Dublin from around 9.30am, but our country cousins don’t start until 11am. I suppose cows have to be milked and all! Imminent podcaster Bernie Goldbach, Onlinemeetingrooms.com Maestro Joe Garde and I have just tested the connection for a live hook up this Thursday.
Want to take part? Here’s how:
- Come along to The Morrison Hotel for Open Coffee Dublin, take part in the chat that will be broadcast live online. If you have an event or something worthwhile to promote, prepare a short/Twitter style plug and you can have some free advertising time.
- If you can’t come in person, log on from your desk or home. Am thinking that if you’re based outside the city centre or you work for an organisation that doesn’t see the value of giving you a couple of hours off to go and have coffee with your mates, then this option is for you! On Thursday at 11.05am, log on and take part. All the details you need are here.
The plan is as follows:
- We’ll hook up with Limerick and Waterford at 11am
- There will be short twitter style introductions of who’s present
- Dublin will have been on for an hour or so. We’ll share the main topics of conversation that have taken place with our friends outside the Pale. And hopefully have some lively discussion.
- If anyone has anything they particularly want to promote, now’s your chance!
Are we getting our Niceness back?
April 24, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Over the course of this week, I can’t help noticing how NICE everyone is here in Ireland!
We’re getting our chat back. Returning calls and being pleasant. I’ve even had some smiles from Centra shop assistants.
And I wonder why?
- Is it because the Celtic Tiger Bubble that is farting out hot air as it deflates is giving us all a chance to get back to our real selves again? I’ve written before about ‘busy sickness’ and how my home town of Dublin was changing into a city I didn’t recognise. One where people would bump you on the street if you happen to slow down. All of us with a sense of urgency to rush around the place like little ants.
Other Signs:
- Taxi drivers have stopped talking to me about their holiday homes in Spain and are recommending books again (albeit gruesome ones about rape and murder).
- While passing the Head Office of a large property company this morning, in the sunshine, there were quite a few smokers hanging around outside. Have they got a little time on their hands?
Or maybe it’s me?
Am sporting a bit of a tan. Am feeling relaxed and happy. Loving it that if you smile at someone, they smile back. Maybe this is why tourists love us so much. Anyway, it’s good. And I hope it lasts.
While I was away… Twitter’s gone Mainstream
April 22, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Can you believe it? I took myself off on a 5 week holiday and not a mention of it on the blog. The thought did cross my mind at various times while soaking up the sun on Brazil’s gorgeous beaches, or breathing deep the air of the rainforest … but hey, that little thought was cast back to where it belonged (dark recesses).
While I was away – Twitter went mainstream
The signs were there…. I use my Gmail account for Twitter and there was a steady stream of ‘add’ notifications going on. Most were people I don’t know. And hardly any were marketing. But the daily numbers were growing.
Just a moment ago, Paul Walsh tweeted about breaking the 1,000 followers mark on twitter. I don’t believe he’ll try to sell his Twitter account like the dude in the US is trying to – with 1500 followers.
Neatly summed up (again today!) in Tech Crunch article on how Twitter has become a monopoly:
For others the Twitter habit started long ago. And for most people, it is yet to start. But the trend is clear: Twitter is becoming an Internet utility. And their monopoly power via the network effect they’ve earned means they don’t have to worry much about downtime. We’ll all still be sitting here patiently, waiting for it to return.
But the ultimate sign of mainstream has got to be the Coca Cola Earth Day home page. Recognise the little birdy?
