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Brought to you by Blacknight, this is tech news from an Irish perspective, with Michele Neylon and Conn Ó Muíneacháin.

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Glasgow.com Domain is For Sale. We Interview Tommy Butler [Audio]

Tommy Butler owns the domain name Glasgow.com , but now it’s up for sale, and in a podcast interview with Technology.ie he talks about his reasons for selling, his thoughts on the value of domain names, his strategy for domain success, and why a good domain is a business asset. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 39:58; 23MB; MP3 . A native Glaswegian, he’s especially proud to have owned and run Glasgow.com, which he bought in 1999 for an undisclosed sum. It wen...

May 05, 2016

The Blood and Sweat of Irish People [Audio]

Michele goes on something of a patriotic rant on this week’s podcast – well it is the centenary of the 1916 Rising . “Forget about these bloody multinationals who are set up over here and have absolutely no loyalty or ties to the country. What about the Irish companies built on the blood and sweat of Irish people?” Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 35:20; 20MB; MP3 . Not that he’s got anything against multinationals, he explains. It’s the disproportionate emph...

Feb 08, 2016

Podcast: Compost, Lost Lobsters and Silly Traffic [Audio]

Blacknight CEO Michele Neylon and I got together in his office on Friday for our first podcast chat of 2016 – and it’s been a busy year so far. Michele brings us up to date on his recent trips to Las Vegas and Turkey and talked about a recent spate of phishing attacks which are specifically targeting Irish users. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 30:15; 17MB; MP3 . We talk about International Data Protection Day, and the Digital Rights Ireland legal challenge ...

Feb 01, 2016

Podcast: Super-Grumpy!* [Audio]

On today’s podcast I talk to Michele about Star Wars: The Force Awakens – which I have seen and he hasn’t. Don’t worry – it’s a spoiler free zone . Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 20:51; 12MB; MP3 . We also talk Teresa Mannion, TV reporter turned YouTube viral star, who I interviewed earlier this week at the launch of OMiG Summit in Galway. Blacknight is a sponsor of OMiG Summit . It’s on in Galway on January 21 – see you there! We also look ahead to The Bla...

Dec 18, 2015

Ho-ho-hosting! Podcast with Michele Neylon [Audio]

Thanks to a busy run of events recently, it’s been a while since Michele and I got together for a podcast so we had a lot to talk about in today’s episode. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 33:34; 12MB; MP3 . In fact it’s Michele’s second podcast this week: he was a guest on the Domain Name Wire podcast on Monday with Andrew Allemann where he talked about new TLDs and the IANA transition. “It’s in the endgame” he says about the latter, but he fears it might st...

Dec 11, 2015

Safe Harbour Ruling Strengthens Europe’s Hand – An Interview with Simon McGarr [Audio]

Simon McGarr is our guest on today’s podcast. He’s the solicitor representing Digital Rights Ireland , who were granted amicus curiae status in the case regarding the EU-US ‘Safe Harbour Agreement’, which the EU Court of Justice ruled invalid this week . Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 21:34; 12MB; MP3 . The case arises out of a complaint by an Austrian man named Max Schrems, who asked the Irish Data Protection Commisioner to investigate whether his data hel...

Oct 07, 2015

Galway is Startup City: Podcast with Tracy Keogh [Audio]

Tracy Keogh is our guest on today’s podcast. She’s been involved in startup events for many years and recently joined Bank of Ireland as Startup Community Manager for Galway. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 07:18; 4MB; MP3 . There’s more going on in Galway than we generally hear about, she says, with co-working spaces opening up in the developing Innovation District in the city centre. We talk about the Kickstarter just launched by game developers 9th Impact...

Oct 01, 2015

Podcast from the Padded Cell [Audio]

Today’s podcast is recorded in Michele Neylon’s office at Blacknight HQ in Carlow. It’s our first show recorded there since we refurbished it with echo-absorbing acoustic panels . Michele jokes that I’ve put him in “a padded cell” – but the sound quality is hugely improved! Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 34:31; 20MB; MP3 . It’s also the first show recorded using our new Zoom H6 audio recorder . With 2 built in stereo channels, plus the ability to plug in 4 ...

Sep 25, 2015

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