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Opening Irish minds to innovative thinking
Intellectual property expert and author Professor James Boyle of Duke University, USA was at the Science Gallery, Trinity College, to launch a new series designed to support the development of Ireland as a global centre for science, technology and innovation (STI). The series was conceived as a platform where Irish and international experts can tackle...
YouTube’s tutorial for copyright ‘villians’
As the saying goes, ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’, but when it comes to Google and its video site YouTube, the message is becoming increasingly clear – ‘shoot the messenger to protect the copyright holder’. YouTube is facing tougher and tougher criticism from US and global lawmakers for not ‘doing enough’ in the fight against online...
Pegbar event for budding animators
On Friday, the 15th of April 2011, Pegbar, the social network for animators in Ireland will host a series of short talks, in the Science Gallery, Naughton Institute, Pearse Street, Dublin 2. The event aims to give attendees an insight into the creativity and technology behind video animation. The organisers describe this as, “A must...
Thinking about drinking
The fourth annual DARE2BDRINKAWARE.ie awards ceremony was held in Dublin last night. This year’s competition highlighted how students can use digital technologies and social media to comment on young people’s attitudes to drinking. An online, interactive comic – where readers can make drinking choices on behalf of the ‘hero’ – and a ‘Big Brother’ style...
eBay.ie announces Ireland’s first Online Fashion Week
eBay.ie, along with some of Ireland’s fashion industry leaders will host Ireland’s first online fashion week. Taking place from Monday March 28th – Friday April 1st, eBay will host five daily online fashion talks. These live, interactive fashion events will be streamed on eBay’s Stylehunter page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/stylehunterireland. The fashion industry leaders will take...
Sony Production Awards – winners announced
The winners of the Sony Production Awards 2010 have been announced. The awards were open to both broadcast professionals and students and entries had to be short films of up to three minutes based around the theme of ‘fusion’. The winning entry in the professional category was Steffen Zelmanski from Germany for his short animation...
Zuckerberg the comic hero?
First there were the newspaper columns, next the documentaries, then the movie and eventually the comic. What, you may ask, took someone so long to create a comic based on Mark Zuckerberg? He is, after all, the Lord of the Geeks. Mark Zuckerberg: Creator of Facebook is the comic’s catchy title and it hits the...
World’s first cinematic 3D live opera for Dublin
This Wednesday (23rd February) will see a world first in Ireland, as ENO and Sky 3D collaborate to bring the first live opera in 3D to cinema screens. ENO’s new production of Lucrezia Borgia, directed by Mike Figgis, will be broadcast in Ireland from the Ormonde, Stillorgan as well as on Sky 3D and Sky...
The National Print and Projected Image Finals
The Irish Photographic Federation (IPF) National Print and Projected Image Finals, in association with Epson Ireland, will take place in The Douglas Hyde Theatre in Athlone on February 19th and 20th 2011. Over the weekend both professional and amateur photographers from all over Ireland will compete in the finals, following the regional competitions. Finalists will...
The great digital debate
The first Digital Debate of #ge11 (General Election, 2011) goes live today. Organised by Newstalk and YouTube, listeners and users can pose questions to the main party leaders. The top 10 questions, as voted for by the public will be sent to each leader who will upload their video response to the questions asked. A...
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival app released
Windmill Lane Digital, a new division of Windmill Lane Pictures, has launched the official app for the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. It comes in both iOS and Android. The app “compliments the traditional festival programme by allowing users to browse the array of films and events on offer, read a detailed synopsis and book...
No better time to document these times
What a time for documentary film makers, perhaps the most interesting since the advent of hand-held 35mm cine cameras in the 1920s and 30s. Today’s digital film technology is accessible and affordable to a vast number of people in a multitude of economies. Social media has allowed film makers of all kinds the opportunity to...
