This talk will be about boards.ie, Ireland's largest community website: its evolution, some statistics, where it fits into the Irish web landscape, and some of the things our members do.
This talk will give some background to the setting up of 091 Labs, Galway's hackerspace, and also more generally about open spaces for creative collaboration and the principle of doocracy.
This talk will discuss extracting data from Twitter, describing some recent trends both globally and from an Irish perspective.
This talk will describe WebFinger, a method whereby e-mail addresses are made more valuable, by letting people attach extra information such as profile data or avatars to them as a means of online identity.
This talk will discuss WebID, a secure identity system based on FOAF and SSL, and how it can be used to create distributed social networks from blogs. The talk will also mention some potential applications for WebID-based systems including government services.
This talk discuss the Facebook Platform and some recent developments from the world's largest social network.
This talk will discuss how non-government organisations and charities can leverage social media to assist with worthy causes, using the SpunOut.ie website as an example in point.
This talk will be about Fergus' experiences setting up a consumer Internet company in Silicon Valley, from raising capital from venture capitalists to technical infrastructures and team capabilities.
This talk will discuss context-aware multimedia content sharing, social communities and mobile advertising.
It is universally agreed that mobile access to the Internet is growing in importance. What hasn’t been agreed is the debate of native apps vs. web apps for accessing online content. This talk will cover the arguments for and against each approach.
Werner will discuss the impact of social media on solver search strategies, and the use of social channels to contact problem solvers.
This talk will discuss identity management in a corporate environment, in particular in the context of globally distributed corporations, and related aspects such as presentation and reputation of an individual.
This talk will describe methods to derive maximum impact from your LinkedIn profile and connections.
