Keith Shirley

Damien Mulley has started a competition to test peoples Search Engine Optimisation skills (SEO). Unfortunately I won’t have time to dedicate to it but I couldn’t resist adding a quick ad for tests when I was messing around with Google Adwords.

So now you know – If you see ads from me for Geansai Gorm it’s not because I’ve gone into the clothes business or gone mad. I’m also not wasting my own money on this – I’m using a coupon.

Update: As I’m not taking part I’d be glad for anyone to gain a bit of link love. Feel free to add a comment here with links. There is a spam filter in place but I won’t be blocking anything that is reasonable.

Update 1 Dec 2008: I will be publishing a new post later today with some details of how the Geansai Gorm ads actually did. Keep an eye out for it.

Update 1 Dec 2008: 15:12: The Geansai Gorm Analysis is now available.

I recently changed the name of this blog to practical technology. My main focus will be on software and technology that is of interest to small business users. Occasionally I’ll get sidetracked and talk about some gadgets or enterprise level solutions – either because they impress me or because they provide good examples of where the technology we are using daily can lead to. I’ll also cover some tax or funding issues as I come across them. If I’m putting in the effort to learn them for myself then I want to be able to pass that on.

Blog posts have been a little sparse here lately and that’s mainly because I’ve been really busy (although I admit I did take a weeks holiday in between). Some of the things I’m currently working on are:

• A complete redesign of the Shercom website to concentrate on managed backups
• The IIA Social Media Working Group has some deadlines coming up soon and I really want to make the most of the opportunity to contribute
• I am still preparing the groundwork for a proposal for a research masters degree
• I will be teaching IT a few hours a week at the Carlow Institute of Further Education
• I have some course material to prepare for a course in Google Adwords I’ll be giving
• I have some course material to prepare for courses in IT for small businesses that I’ll be giving
• I am helping two customer’s completly overhaul their network and IT infrastructure
• Our house build has finally started
• Occassionally I sleep

No need to fret however – I have a backlog of reviews and reports that I hope to work on soon and publish here.

Stay tuned

Keith