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Leon
Online (Earned!) Media and Dublin Web Summit
Written on February 8th, 2010 by Leon
Had a good, educational and inspiring day in Dublin yesterday!
In the morning I caught Damien Mulley’s talk on the benefits of Social/Online Media and although I’m fairly heavily involved in this area already there was plenty to learn, proved by all the notes I took! The new idea is that you have to “earn” your online space and give great value in return for followers, connections, search rankings and sales leads.
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Domain and Hosting Renewal Advice
Written on February 1st, 2010 by Leon
I’m prompted to write this after a recent experience with a client who ignored my once yearly invoice for Domain and Hosting renewal a little too long (one of many!). If you have a website then you will almost definitely get a yearly or monthly bill from either your hosting company or web designer for 2 things at least: Read the full article »
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Business Startup Advice
Written on February 1st, 2010 by Leon
Maybe I’m qualified to give business startup advice or maybe I’m not but here’s what’s worked for me so far!
I would highly recommend starting your own business, especially in the current climate. You know it’s unlikely you’ll ever be happy in your 9 to 5, doing the same thing day in day out and all for the benefit of someone else. Working for yourself means no more boss looking over your shoulder, no more restrictions on your time, no more journey times (if you can work at home!), no more repetition (self employment is never boring!). However you might also be saying goodbye to a regular wage and some security! Read the full article »
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Avatar 3D Review
Written on January 27th, 2010 by Leon

Took my time going to see this but finally managed to catch it last weekend in the Gaiety Cinema Sligo. It was difficult to avoid all the hype about this film in the last few months and the danger was that it would never live up to its hype. Some early reports suggested as is common with these films that the whole thing was FX and no plot. Well I’m happy to say that for me and my 3 fellow cinema goers it lived up to all expectations and surpassed them! Read the full article »
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Complete Beatles Chords & Lyrics
Written on January 25th, 2010 by Leon
Here’s a handy PDF for Beatles lovers and musicians, the entire Beatles catalogue of songs with lyrics and chords!
Credit to Sergio Palumbo for compilation.
Enjoy!
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Where The Streets Have No Name, Kinda!
Written on January 12th, 2010 by Leon
Dug this recording out of an old pile on the computer. It’s me, Karl and Frank from about 2005 in Leitrim. We intended to record the whole U2 song properly but something went funny just after the start. It became an epic, delay laden instrumental with Asian influences and manic laughing!
It’s 13 mins long but bare with it, it’s funny near the end… We were sober, honest..
Podcast: Download
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Wordpress Visual Manual
Written on January 11th, 2010 by Leon
In addition to the many Wordpress Video Tutorials I have on this Blog, I’d like to provide a simple, downloadable and printable PDF instruction manual on how to do some of the most common and basic things in Wordpress. The PDF is a series of 12 annotated screenshots form version 2.9.1 of Wordpress which is the latest version at the time of writing this article.
Download the Wordpress Manual PDF
Get the Free Adobe Reader to view this PDF if you havn’t already.
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Wonderful Tonight Clapton
Written on January 10th, 2010 by Leon
Michael on Bass, Me on Acoustic and Lead Guitar and Eimear singing. Recorded and mixed in Reverb Studios.
Podcast: Download
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All I Want Is You U2
Written on January 10th, 2010 by Leon
Me on Acoustic and Lead Guitar, Michael on Bass and Bongos and managed to get my partner Eimear singing! Recorded and mixed in Reverb Studios.
Podcast: Download
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Add a Contact Form in Wordpress
Written on January 6th, 2010 by Leon
Here’s a video tutorial on how to add a contact or enquiry form to a wordpress page or post using the Contact Form 7 plugin.
* Update: The value pasted into the “Mail – From” field and the “Message Body” should be [name] and not [text* name] as outlined in the video.
Podcast: Download
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