Jack Dorsey, creator, founder and chairman of Twitter (pictured); Niklas Zennstrom, founder of Skype; and Michael Breidenbruecker, founder of Last.fm will attend a conference in Dublin in late October. The conference, simply known as Founders, is the work of a group of young European tech company founders and will be an invite only event, which will be attended by 100 high profile attendees. Keynote speakers include Dr. Justin Lin, chief economist of the World Bank, and Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament. The CEOs of the IDA and Enterprise Ireland will present to the attendees. An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen T.D., will also address the group.Some Irish company founders are on the organising committee, including Eamonn Fallon (Daft Media), Dylan Collins (Jolt Online) and Iain MacDonald (Weedle). Barry O’Leary, CEO IDA Ireland, said, “This is an excellent forum for IDA to engage with the CEOs of many of the world’s fastest growing technology companies and to share insights on future trends.” It may also be a good opportunity to show the founders of these tech giants all the affordable, available office space in Dublin.
The performance matters
Written by Stephen
Okay, so this isn’t a blog post about digital marketing but it certainly is one of the best examples of how useful digital media can be. While 96.7% of all content on YouTube is dross and nonsense, it is also the world’s largest server for video art and performance art. Please don’t watch this video if you are over sensitive to Man’s pathetic condition and can’t stand to be reminded of the true depth of our collective, post-modern, existential futility. Otherwise fire ahead and enjoy. Olivier de Sagazan appears to have swallowed the lurid ghost of Beckett with the oil paints from Bacon’s last studio. And for that he must be admired.