I recently attended the Fairsay Ecampaigning Forum in Oxford, which is a two day gathering of web and campaigning people from NGOs for discussions and idea-sharing. It’s an excellent event – I came away with loads of ideas and a strong feeling that Irish charity web people should be getting together too! So I’m putting [...]

[Oops...I wrote this post back in November about the Offset creative festival, and somehow forgot to post it. Here it is now, so it is.] Some of my high points from Offset 2009: Scott from AAD, who did a great job of balancing a presentation of their work with a wider discussion about design and [...]

My lovely employer Oxfam Ireland is, in its own words, a campaigner for a fairer world.  Our major campaign this year is on Climate Change, which ties in perfectly with the theme of this year’s Blog Action Day.  There are many things you can do to take action on Climate Change, from the easy to [...]

Today is Blog Action Day, and the theme for 2008 is Poverty. I’m the Web Co-ordinator and Graphic Designer for Oxfam Ireland, as you’ll know if you follow this blog. There can sometimes, for me, be a disconnect between the work I’m doing and the work that we do. Sometimes it’s hard to connect sitting [...]

I am back, back, back! from holidays and ready to post a few updates on this poor neglected site. I attended a symposium this morning on Privacy vs Publicity in the Virtual World, which was put on by the Darklight Festival. The keynote address was given by Daniel J. Solove, of the George Washington University [...]