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Why I Love Mondays
 Alexis Bouckaert, Digital Creative Director, Rothco since March 2010. Company: Rothco is one of Ireland's most successful advertising agencies, with some of Ireland's biggest and best known companies as clients such as AIB, Currys, Hibernian Aviva, Crisis Pregnancy Agency, Birds Eye and Coca-Cola Bottlers. Job description: I'm responsible for the digital creative output, so my time is shared between brainstorm sessions, creative concept development and art direction. I also work on design as much as time allows. Likes: I really love the design and the problem-solving parts of my job. Read more...
TechCrunch seeks Irish tech stories
 TechCrunch Europe, the European edition of the widely read tech blog, is looking for stories and views from the Irish tech scene. Editor Mike Butcher last week wrote in a blog post that the blog would like “guest posts for TechCrunch Europe, written by people on the tech scene in Europe”. Speaking to Prosperity’s Digital Ezine he said “it’s not very dissimilar to a newspaper calling for readers’ letters. But we’re a blog so we ask people to write guest posts.” However, Butcher commented that he has found the amount of people willing to contribute from Ireland astoundingly low. Read more...
New categories for web awards
 The 2010 Realex Payments Web Awards are now open for nominations and sponsorship of categories. The awards, which are held annually, are open to anyone in Ireland. Following close to two months of nominations and website evaluation, the awards process will culminate with an awards ceremony in the Mansion House in Dublin, on Sunday, October 10. This year there have been a number of changes to the award categories. These include the addition of Best Mobile App, Best SME/Small Business Website, Best Facebook Page, Best Web Only Publication and Best Guerilla Social Media Campaign (Zero Budget). Read more...
Setting off for three-day creative industry event
 There are just two weeks to go before the Early Bird tickets run out for the Offset2010 event for people working in or interested in the creative industry, students and recent graduates. One of the event directors is Bren Byrne, an illustrator, who says that the event, which takes place on October 1, 2 and 3, is set to become an annual event. “We had such a positive response to it that we moved to the Grand Canal Theatre this year. Last year we sold out eight weeks beforehand.” The three-day event, which is almost one of a kind in Europe, is taking place in the Grand Canal Theatre which can accommodate about three to four times the number that last year’s event could - 2,000 in the main room and 300 in a second room. Read more...
Pub Standards raises the bar
 A new monthly networking event, Pub Standards, has begun in Dublin for people working in or with an interest in web design or web development. One of the organisers, Eamon Leonard of EchoLibre explains that Pub Standards is structure free, there is no format, no leader, no agenda, it’s just people coming together to talk about what they’re passionate about over beers. “It was born in the UK about five years ago. The thinking behind it is very simple: get people together who like to talk about what they like doing and have beer and that’s it.” About 25 people attended the first one in mid August. Leonard says that conversations he overheard varied from UX design to systems design, database, schematics, beer, boys, girls, general, to America’s Got Talent. “The conversation ranged from not just technical stuff right through to everything.” Read more...
Do you have a story we could cover? Prosperity is encouraging businesses to submit suggestions directly to by email to e-zine editor, Elaine Larkin Elaine@prosperity.ie or to mention it to your consultant at Prosperity.
Don’t have any news right now? The e-zine will be published twice a month, so please feel free to put us on your PR list. Stories should be relevant to the Irish digital media economy, with a particular emphasis on expansion and development of the sector.
Would you like to feature in the “Why I love Mondays” feature to tell people about your job and experience? Email elaine@prosperity.ie today.
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