The Obama campaign team haven’t just dropped their legions of volunteers now that the election is over. Apart from their requests for donations to fund the DNC’s debt and the transition phase, they’ve also sent out an email today (in David Plouffe‘s name) asking volunteers to give feedback on the campaign. It’s good to see [...]
November 19th, 2008 at
18:15 in
Politics (Outside Ireland) | tags:
barack obama,
david plouffe,
dnc,
grassroots,
opinion,
survey,
transition,
us election,
volunteer,
volunteering |
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Delighted that Matt Cooper was able to cover my Vodafone/Blackberry Storm Paddy Tax story on The Last Word today. He was joined by Adrian Weckler of the Sunday Business Post. Audio here:
November 18th, 2008 at
23:32 in
Technology | tags:
adrian weckler,
blackberry storm,
ireland,
matt cooper,
paddy tax,
paddytax,
sunday business post,
today fm,
vodafone,
vodafone ireland,
vodafone.ie |
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Well, that was some two weeks. The Obama campaign is over – ending in victory, of course – and I’m back to Ireland today. (…well, it was “today” when I started writing this last Sunday.) The Obama campaign was, overall, a masterclass in grassroots activism. The sheer numbers of people contributing to the campaign – [...]
November 17th, 2008 at
10:15 in
Politics (Outside Ireland) | tags:
alexandria,
autonomy,
barack obama,
cialdini,
congress,
data,
data protection,
decision making,
democratic committee,
expectations,
field office,
fundraising,
george w bush,
grassroots,
ireland,
john kerry,
john mccain,
obama campaign,
ownership,
senate,
staff,
training,
us election,
us elections,
virginia,
volunteering,
volunteers,
voter registration |
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Rip Off Ireland is at it again. It wasn’t enough for O2 to rip off Irish customers who wanted an iPhone, now Vodafone are ripping off those who want a Blackberry Storm. Back in March, Pat Phelan exposed the O2 Paddy Tax on the iPhone. Now, I’m exposing the Vodafone Paddy Tax on the Blackberry [...]
November 15th, 2008 at
11:00 in
Technology | tags:
apple,
blackberry,
blackberry storm,
cell phone,
consumer association of ireland,
contract,
dundalk,
iphone,
ireland,
james doorley,
mobile phone,
netherlands,
newry,
northern ireland,
paddy tax,
paddytax,
price plans,
rim,
rip off ireland,
rip off republic,
storm launch,
uk,
vodafone,
vodafone ireland,
vodafone netherlands,
vodafone uk |
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Ciaran Cuffe was just on Morning Ireland complaining that the Czech President refused to sign into law a Bill allowing Civil Unions in the Czech Republic. Didn’t Ciaran and his colleagues vote against a Civil Unions Bill last year in the Dáil? How is that different? Posted from my phone from the car on the [...]
In Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris. Haven’t been here for years, but remember vaguely not liking it. Now I know why. It takes 15 minutes to get from the runway to the terminal building. That’s not including the time required to get the gantries in place, etc – just taxiing time. Security is both shite [...]
November 9th, 2008 at
13:00 in
Random Rocks,
Security | tags:
airline security,
airport security,
ams,
amsterdam,
bruce schneier,
cdg,
charles de gaulle airport,
dublin airport,
food,
laptop,
paris,
schiphol airport,
Security |
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Just met some of the EI118 passengers in Dulles Airport (IAD). They’re on their third trip to the airport, having failed to depart yesterday evening as planned. They were initially left on the plane on the tarmac for five hours yesterday. This afternoon, they were brought back to the airport and put on a plane [...]
November 9th, 2008 at
03:41 in
Random Rocks | tags:
aer lingus,
ams,
amsterdam,
bebo,
bryan dobson,
cdg,
dub,
dublin,
dublin airport,
dulles,
flight delay,
iad,
jfk,
new york,
paris,
RTÉ |
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For the licence payers’ sake, lads. Two posts? How much time, effort and money was spent setting that up? C’mon, Charlie. Give us more, and give us comments! (Hat tip to Suzie)
Well, it’s all come to an end. There’s a more detailed post in the works about the Obama campaign and my experiences, but that’ll take a couple of days to complete. From all-you-can-eat sushi to getting thrown out of a restaurant, I’ve had a really great time here, mainly thanks to the great people I [...]
November 8th, 2008 at
20:35 in
Politics (Outside Ireland) | tags:
air france,
alexandria,
barack obama,
dc.omg,
jeff le,
mark warner,
stage door cafe,
sushi,
us election,
us elections,
virginia |
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Virginia called just seconds before the election as a whole. It’s been some trip. All my American friends are already unsewing the Canadian flags from their luggage.
