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Farewell

27 April, 2012

Farewell All things must pass and by extension all good things, such as New Tech Post, must come to an end as well. Due to other commitments and lack of sufficient funding, neither John Breslin or myself are able to support the NTP project in its current configuration any longer. It has been two fascinating years looking at cutting edge developments in the world of technology and it has been a... Read More

Metricfire - A One-Stop Shop for Application Metrics

26 April, 2012

There are many ways to launch a startup, and none of them are particularly easy. There’s a huge element of risk involved for all concerned. However, as the importance of startups finally becomes apparent to the powers-that-be, the tools and opportunities available to tech entrepreneurs in countries like Ireland is taking some of the fear out of it. This is no doubt a good thing, but perhaps some... Read More

The Value of IP

25 April, 2012

One of the ironies of our high tech age is that developers and designers seem to know very little about the value of software as a product. There are all kinds of encouragements and advice on how to be a lean startup, to utilise Agile for development, to ship early and often and so on. But these are just methods to attaining a given goal in, hopefully, a faster and better way. Admirable as some... Read More

Speeksy: Social Discovery Through Facebook

24 April, 2012

Social discovery is an online space that has been emerging over the last couple of years. It is a throwback to some of the original ideas that the first social networks were built around. Friendster was about meeting new people through mutual friendships. Likewise, MySpace was a very social way of discovering new music. In contrast, Facebook, with its multiple levels of privacy settings is very... Read More

RoleConnect: Cutting Out the Middleman in IT Contracting

23 April, 2012

Kieran Logan founded Cork-based RoleConnect as a result of personal experience. He had been working as an IT contractor for almost 10 years doing software development and systems design. He obtained most of his work through recruitment agencies. However, 2004 he became the CTO of a small company and was in a position where he was required to hire contractors from time to time. It struck him that... Read More