Keith Bohanna's public updates
March 7th, 2010
Facebook Connect - List of links & resources to help decision making
While I love using the internet and enjoy the rapidly changing dynamic of sites and social media I was reluctant in V1 of dbTwang to consider engineering Facebook Connect into it. Want to reconsider that now and starting by looking up res
March 3rd, 2010
Free Bizspark event in Dublin next Monday
I cannot make this event (my dbTwang bootstrapping still requires me to do consultancy work) but it looks worth attending. Late sharing this with apologies:Microsoft BizSparkCampWhere and When?· Monday, March 8th – 9am
March 1st, 2010
More changes afoot for the City and County Enterprise Boards?
Received this today from a friend of mine:_____________From: dan.kenny AT enterprise-ireland . comSent: 01 March 2010 To: ******************Subject: eTenders - Notice CancelledA notice that you have registered an interest in has been canc
February 22nd, 2010
F**k The Recession - YourCountryYourCall and Gateway Ireland
We kinda fudged the F**k The Recession when we launched bizcamp.ie last year - but it is what we meant :-)Your Country, Your CallOver at www.yourcountryyourcall.com they do not use those kinda phrases - not with the president and her husb
Shanti MicroFinance - London Party on 9th March 2010
One of the few charities I support is Kiva - an organisation which takes small amounts of money and lends them onto entrepreneurs in the developing world, and more recently in the US too.Sheetal Mehta is a London based entrepreneur who al
February 2nd, 2010
If you are a Metal fan then this one is for you
If so head on over to the dbTwang blog and make sure your fav metal guitarist is on the list.We will include every name left in the comments in our Feb monthly poll which opens next Tuesday. The January one, which ended with Brian Setzer
February 1st, 2010
Bizcamp Dublin Sept 2009 - Full Income and Costs disclosure
UPDATE - the google doc was published by muppet here with no sharing, it has now! Embarrassed by how late this is and thought I had better get it up before the date for the next bizcamp.ie is announced (which it will be very soon).Bizcamp
January 31st, 2010
Conversion and back to basics
from a venturebeat post by Bruce Judson entitled: The start-up chronicles: My Website’s not working: Now what?In undertaking this effort, I made the decision to look hard at two different types of sites: BillShrink.com (which, from a br
January 27th, 2010
If you like a blog - nominate it. 2010 Blog Awards
For this years Irish Blog Awards. Nominations (linked here) will close on the 5th of February at 3pm.
Get a move on. Have your say. Don't moan afterwards if not.
keith
Google Analytics session notes - Joanne Casey, Radical.ie
First blog post in quite a while. Sitting in on an Analytics session with Joanne (www.radical.ie) and we are touching on some of the advanced features. All relevant for dbtwang.comModifying the code - Joanne covered the need to change the
December 15th, 2009
So long SOHO...
One of the great things about dbTwang is having a co-founder. I did solo founder before and it was a longer and lonelier path to follow.Virtual working has diluted some of the benefits - even with us spending more time in Fintan's place w
December 12th, 2009
The Sword In The Stone
Starting Wednesday for 4 nights nights the blockbusting Sword in the Stone.
Watergate Theatre, Dreamstuff
Keith
December 8th, 2009
Got a subscription/freemium business? Free webinar 14th Dec
I spent about 180 euros on a report last week -
and having digested about 2/3's of its pages it was worth the price.
The business behind it are holding a free webinar on this topic next week - more details of the report and t
Discussing embedded video's
The virtues of YouTube content being discussed by an engaged and informed group.
Keith
December 6th, 2009
Toyota IQ - the important (Christmas Tree) question answered.
At this time of year this is the question on the minds of every aspiring IQ purchaser - will it hold a normal sized Christmas tree?The answer is yes - a 6 foot tree, a 6 foot driver and his daughter fit nicely.Here is the tree without the
December 3rd, 2009
Toyota IQ, the money trail
I have had the IQ for just over 4 months now and more than anything aware of just how much money it saves on petrol.
I have done just over 8,000km in 4 months and so annualised that would be approx 24,000km.
At 4.3 litres per 100 km
December 1st, 2009
Head of Technology required for London based startup
Ed Bussey was figleaves.com and was associated with Zyb. I ran into him on the iGAP program and this came this evening via Linkedin messages.I’m looking for a head of technology to join the founding team of my next start up - Trigga New
New CEB grant types from 1st January - much more flexible
This is the first information I have seen on the new City and County Enterprise board grants:Priming GrantMaximum -50% of investment below €160,000, or below €300,000 if projects clearly demonstrate potential to graduate to Enterprise
Great blog post series on customer validation/conversion/metrics
Via recommendations on Google Reader I signed up to ash maurya who is a founder of CloudFire (dead simple photo/video sharing for busy parents).He is working through the build and validation of a paid-only service for media sharing and he
November 29th, 2009
Free 81 page book: guide to software pricing
From Startupcfo (a ning based community started by Mark MacLeod) came this - "Don't Just Roll the Dice" by Neil Davidson. It is wide ranging and covers everything from psychology to competitors and fairness with an advanced section with
November 25th, 2009
Contrast - party, party, party
I may have to temporarily get over my dislike of being around talented young people if I get to the Contrast 1 year old party on Friday evening. Either that or just stay grumpy and quote shitmydadsays for the evening :-)"I'm having a
Mak
Amanda & Lorna talk social media
Amanda Webb (http://spiderworking.com/blog) shared her thoughts on how social media works for herself and her client.
Her presentation here:
Social Media CampaignView more presentations from keithbohanna.
She drew my att
November 12th, 2009
November 8th, 2009
iGAP - the first two days. My thoughts
Monday and Tuesday last week (2nd and 3rd November) saw myself and Gerry McQuaid sitting in Trim, Co Meath representing dbTwang alongside 14 other businesses, a number of EI'ers, some of the Internet Growth Alliance founders, the coaches
November 6th, 2009
Barcamp Cork One Week Away - 23 great topics so far
I wanted to go to this barcamp. I booked to go to it - as an attendee and speaker. But now have to pull as have been invited to the Irish Software Association awards this day week in Dublin. I know there are many of you who would dance ti
November 4th, 2009
Winning International Business - 18th Nov
We are in the thick of seminar and conference season and this one is right on topic having just come away from 2 days on the very first iGAP programme.Event Date : 18 Nov 2009
Time : 9am to1pm Location : Radisson BLU Royal Dublin Hotel,
Upcoming conferences, one with 25% discount code
In Ireland - Content is King, from their site:This
is a conference for anybody who wants to learn exciting new things
about how to create winning websites, viral movies, compelling blogs,
and outstanding podcasts.It is sponsored by the
October 27th, 2009
Email Marketing veteran tells us how tomorrow
Denise Cox has been working with email newsletters for as long as I have been using the internet.
She is featured prominently in the IIA's Email Newsletter training course tomorrow. Details and booking here.9.30: 7 Critical Steps to M
October 24th, 2009
Toyota IQ mid Term Review
Been living with the Toyota IQ for a couple of months now so time for a review of the inside of the car.(for irregular readers I am one of 4 bloggers who won the use of the baby auto for 5 months in return for blogging about it).Lets star
October 23rd, 2009
South East Event Manager Required - Part Time
From a friend last night, could be interesting for someone with an events background:Event ManagerThe Green Party wishes to employ a part-time Event Manager from November 2009 to March 2010. This role carries responsibility for the organi
October 13th, 2009
Our first dbTwang screen cast
Fintan uploaded this to youtube earlier this afternoon - our first general intro to dbTwang and the initial functionality it offers to people who love guitars - everyone from enthusiasts to collectors.
The beta continues to be delayed
October 12th, 2009
Busy & Behind
I am extremely busy right now - consequently rejigging how I organise myself and my workflows. If you need to get to me and I am not answering - resend the email, text me, whatever you need to do. Nothing personal just backed up.keith
October 8th, 2009
October 2nd, 2009
Startup Metrics for Pirates - AARRR
Dave mcClure is good, this is his talk from FOWA London
Startup Metrics for Pirates (FOWA London, Oct 2009)View more presentations from Dave McClure.
keith
October 1st, 2009
Kevin Rose #fowa
Kevin Rose/Dig
Twitter - one way and really simple
Digg - leader board - worked really well, top people got uber icons
[in dbTwang we could use this for comments, guitars, group activity]
Focus on 2 or 3 things - stop overbuilding
Kevin Rose #fowa
Kevin Rose/Dig
Twitter - one way and really simple
Digg - leader board - worked really well, top people got uber icons
[in dbTwang we could use this for comments, guitars, group activity]
Focus on 2 or 3 things - stop overbuilding
September 29th, 2009
Just in (via Web2Ireland) - welcome changes to CEB grants approach
Thanks to Conor O'Neill for this - lifted straight from the Web2 Ireland blog:The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and
Employment, Ms. Mary Coughlan, T.D., has today announced new
initiatives aimed at supporting the developm
Old Fashioned Sweet Shops
One of the businesses attending my Social Media workshop this morning is the Slip Sweet Shop. They are modelled on the sweet shops of your memory with jars of sweets lining the shelves and some old fashioned brand names on the counter.Per
September 28th, 2009
Social media talk - new slide inspired by (THE) John Keyes
Today I am fortunate to be working. Hacking my way through 21 legal docs relating to various aspects of the previous and soon to be current dbTwang funding rounds, collaborating on a 38 page training tender document and writing a 3 hour s
September 27th, 2009
Vodafone 360, could be stickier than an unlocked iPhone. Beware!
This is one number which is getting worked heavily this year - U2's tour is the 360 and now Vodafone using it to name their upcoming new service (shame they are not Blackberry 'cause then there would have been synergy).
I was invited (
September 25th, 2009
Helping us to feel good about ourselves - from IT article on bizcamp
Cross post from www.bizcamp.ieWritten by Ian Campell who spent a couple of hours at the event last Saturday it captures the mood really nicely.
Full article linked here.
Extracts:
PUTTING
ANY talk of recession to one side, about 300 b
September 23rd, 2009
Bizcamp - as many presentation as we could find
Alan O'Rourke did a great job gathering as many of the talks, blog posts etc as he could find for the day.See them in this post here.keith
September 21st, 2009
Twitter, Facebook & Linkedin for business. Free workshop in Kilkenny
I would never, ever consider myself an expert on social media. But I do enjoy it, watch it and learn from others regularly.The benefit of that (together with 3 real casestudies who will be there to share their experience) is FOC in Kilken
September 20th, 2009
Well done on TC50 Joe and Eamon of Cloudsplit.com
Quick one to say well done to Joe Drumgoole and Eamon Leonard who spent a very productive week in San Francisco at Techcrunch 50 with cloudsplit.com - it will monitor your Cost of Cloud use. Here is a quick video interview with the lads.
Bad news - IQ wheels not too small for a clamp
Thomas St yesterday morning just after 8am.
Group of us having breakfast in advance of bizcamp.
David Scanlon looks out window and says "har, har - someone is getting clamped"
I look out the window (behind me) and say "Dave y
September 18th, 2009
dbTwang welcomes Colm Lyon on board as we close a follow-on round
Thanks to Gordon Smith (and John Collins in the background) for the nicely written article in the Irish Times today. It was triggered by our closing a follow on Angel Round in the last couple of weeks bringing our total to date to just un
September 17th, 2009
AIB CC security is going to kill me
Anyone else any experience of this? 4 or 5 times a year AIB lock down my CC because of some transaction or another causing them an issue and we go through a telephone call process to unlock it.Which is kinda ok during the day (nice to kno
September 16th, 2009
Twitter and Facebook for business
Here is a copy of the presentation I did for 2 workshops this morning at the South East Women in Business conference - well done to the City and County Enterprise Boards in the South East for a great event. And myself and Krishna De enjoy
September 14th, 2009
IQ - What will the neighbours say?
I have been driving the IQ for 2 months now I guess and while I was going to post on the fuel consumption I managed not to take a note of the km when I did last fill so save that for the next one.
So what did the neighbours say? Loads
Bizcamp Speaker Schedule up - 5 rooms, 40 speakers, 1 panel
The speaker schedule for Saturday's Bizcamp in the Guinness Store House is up on the bizcamp site here.Download here as well (2.1 Mb pdf): Download Bizcamp Dublin Sat 19th Sept TimetableWe have 40 slots so there are 5 concurrent streams o
