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Facebook & Twitter are revolutionising how parents stalk their college-aged kids

Niall Byrne — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:21:51 +0000

E-Mom Gloria Bianco shows The Onion News team how physical distance is no obstacle to a parent’s ability to keep tabs and interfere on all aspects of their children’s lives.

Linkage: How to do Facebook in work, smart websites, Wall-E’s puzzle & photography awards

Niall Byrne — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:18:57 +0000

Where’s Wall-E?
Ulric Collette‘s Genetic Portraits series splices together photographs of family members.
Turn Facebook into an office-friendly spreadsheet.
A list of inspirational and thought-provoking websites to make you smarter.
The best of the 2011 International Photography Awards.

A collection of obnoxious responses to misspellings on Facebook

Niall Byrne — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:19:21 +0000

Oh dear. Go Mrs Johanson. Full list here.

Daithí’s all in a loop

Niall Byrne — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:37:37 +0000

Not a week goes by without another musician dreaming up a great way to utilise digital media to promote their music. Last week, it was former Golden Silvers singer Gwilym Gold with his own mobile non-static non-linear mobile app format Bronze in which the song is never heard the same way twice. The same could be true for this week’s digitally-minded musician, Daithí O’ Dronaí, the Galway fiddle player and runner-up in Sky One’s Must Be The Music programme, who released the rather fine Embrace EP a couple of months back.

Daithí’s music is notable for his style which incorporates loopstations, Kaoss Pads, drum machines, synths and his trusty fiddle to loop up arrangements into a full-bodied song both live and on record. So it would seem a perfect fit for Daithí to release an iPhone app which offers downloaders to opportunity to play with loops of his songs in real-time. The app has a remix function in which you are offered the opportunity to remix his song Pool. In an interface that will be familiar to those who use music-making software like Reason, Fruity Loops or Ableton, the screen has 15 different buttons and each one triggers a loop from the song. You can sequence these loops at will, all in time with the song’s time signature, bringing in parts of the song and dropping others out. You can also apply delay and equaliser effects as you go.

It’s a great fun bit of software. The app was developed with the help of Galway interactive music company Rocudo who have developed an online remix platform with an emphasis on mobile and social networking for musicians.

“At the end of the day it makes you stand out from the crowd and that’s what matters most,” Daithí says emphasising the promotional push of such technologies. iPhone users can get the Daithí app for €1.59.

If we needed any more proof that new media companies are the new rock ‘n’ roll ever since Kanye and Katy Perry turned up in Facebook offices last year, well look what happened in Facebook’s European HQ in Dublin last week. BellX1 played a gig on the roof of the building and the big surprise was that the social network founder Mark Zuckerberg himself was in the audience. Normally it’s the band that would meeting fans but the band approached Zuckerberg after the gig and gave him a copy of their latest album. You can watch the gig at vimeo.com/bellx1live.

Kraftwerk’s iPhone app & other links of the week

Niall Byrne — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:29:01 +0000

Kraftwerk have a generative music iPhone app.
The Supermoon: A gallery of the biggest moon in 20 years.
Facebook vs. Reality
Which movie does the object come from?
The secret day jobs of indie musicians.

How to leave no trace on Facebook when you’re not logged in & other links

Niall Byrne — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:10:01 +0000

Proof airlines need to redesign boarding passes.
Twitter users asked Astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock for a picture of Ireland from space and he duly obliged.
Youtube users now upload 35 hours of video per minute.
A programmer has written a computer script that randomly buys him cheap things from eBay.
How to leave no trace on Facebook when you’re not logged in.

Meet Boo: the cutest dog ever & other links

Niall Byrne — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:20:51 +0000

Google Maps directions from Japan to China include “Jet ski across the Pacific Ocean”.
The top 8 reasons why rappers make better businessmen.
The Mad Men office floor plans.
Meet Boo – the cutest dog ever.
The first ever photograph of a human being.

How to add all friends to an event in Facebook

Niall Byrne — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:54:12 +0000

If you’ve ever had to send out an event invite on Facebook you may have noticed that there is no easy way to invite ALL your friends.

But with this bit of code, you can do just that.
javascript:elms=document.getElementById('friends').getElementsByTagName('li');for(var fid in elms){if(typeof elms[fid] === 'object'){fs.click(elms[fid]);}}

1. Go to the event page.
2. Press ‘Select guests to invite’
3. When the invite friends popup appears, paste the above code into your browser URL.
4. Voila! All friends are now invited!
5. Press send.

Linkage: How to suck at Facebook & other links

Niall Byrne — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:42:42 +0000

Holy F**k announce new album on Chat Roulette
Speaking of new ideas, the Canadian band left a constant stream of their new song along with info on the new album Latin America on the dodgy video chat site.
Prefix Mag

How to suck at Facebook
Eight types of friends to avoid on Facebook if you want to keep your social sanity.
The Oatmeal

10 hidden surprises In Lady Gaga’s Telephone video
A Star Wars reference? 10 things you may have missed in Gaga’s epic new video.
Read at Buzzfeed

Linkage: iTunes’ 25 most-downloaded songs

Niall Byrne — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:39:30 +0000

iTunes’ 25 most-downloaded songs
With the world’s most popular digital music store fast approaching 10 billion downloads, Apple released the data on the most popular songs bought by iTunes customers. The list which is topped by Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling is almost exclusively made up of songs released in the last five years.
See the full list at Idolator.

My City vs Your City
Using Last.FM data, this site shows you the most popular artists in head-to-head between two global cities of your choice.
My City Vs Your City

“How do I login to Facebook?”
Proof if it were needed that there are plenty of stupid people on the internet. I’d wager these are the same people who leave the wealth of dumb Youtube comments.
Read about the RedWriteWeb Facebook confusion.

The 20 Best iPhone apps

Niall Byrne — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:14:07 +0000

With over 100,000 applications now available in the Apple store and with the rising ubiquity of the the iPhone in Ireland, many of you might be wondering what apps to use. Here are 20 of Day and Night’s must have killer apps.

Dictionary.com – a complete English dictionary and thesaurus downloaded to your phone (free).
Wikipanion – searches Wikipedia in a faster time than the official app (free).
iCensus – Search the National Archive of Ireland’s 1911 Census from your phone (€2.99).

Movie Genie

eBuddy – Instant message facility which can connect to MSN, Yahoo, Gmail and Facebook. Available for free and in a pro version with extra features (€2.39).
Ireland Rail/ Dublin Buster – Essential travelling apps with realtime route and arrival information (€1.59/ free).

Entertain Me! – Comprehensive nationwide listings guide from Entertainment.ie (free).
Georgina Campbell’s Ireland Guide – Find a good place to eat anywhere in Ireland. This app gets your current location and shows you info and reviews of the best restaurants and café in the area (free).
Skype – Essential mobile version of Skype gives your iPhone a cheaper way of making international calls and sending texts while abroad (free).
Remote – Use your iPhone to control iTunes on your computer (free).
Eirtext – Use your allocated O2, Vodafone, Meteor or Three online texts through your phone (free). The pro version allows international texting and scheduling (€2.99).
iGmail - If you don’t use iPhone’s native Mail app, this super-fast Gmail one is for you (free).
Bloom – Brian Eno’s musical instrument/composing program/piece of art enables anyone to create musical patterns and melodies by just touching the screen (€2.99)
Tweetie 2 – The most fully-featured Twitter app available. Features multiple accounts, image and video sharing, instant loading and lots more (€2.39).
Boxcar – The only thing that most Twitter apps don’t do can be fulfilled by Boxcar which sends you push alerts when you get a reply or a message. Also works with Facebook and email (free).
Facebook – Update and check your social profile anywhere (free).
WifiTrak – Helps you find free and open Wi-Fi hotspots no matter where you are in the world (€0.79).
The Secret of Monkey Island – Play the classic Lucasarts PC game on your phone in both updated and classic versions. Get the nostalgia flowing (€2.99)
Scrabble – Addictive iPhone version of the classic board game. Play against friends over Wi-Fi too (€2.99)
Shazam – One of those apps that makes people want an iPhone. Shazam listens to a song playing from a stereo or radio and within seconds, can tell you what the song is as well as discography and purchase information (Free).

Sites of the Week: Clients from Hell, STFU Marrieds

Niall Byrne — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:20:42 +0000

Music Marketing
Irish-based site that looks at new ways the industry can sell music in these tumultuous, shifting times.
http://musicmarketing.ie

Clients from Hell
“I don’t want to pay for the red words on my website, can you use less red so that I can get a discount?” Plenty more face palms abound on this web design horror stories site.

http://clientsfromhell.tumblr.com

STFU Marrieds
This site calls out married couples who practice the Facebook equivalent of P.D.A in their status updates. Whether it’s annoying exaltations of love or domestic tiffs over the dinner for all to see, we don’t want to know.
http://stfumarrieds.tumblr.com