We finally got to the cottage in Falmore at about 9:30pm, almost an hour and a half after leaving Mount Errigal and six hours after arriving in Belfast. My own mission elapsed time at that point was 24 hours of travel time and 33 hours since any real sleep. There Continue Reading →
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Northern Ireland Time Warp
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The plan was to rent a car when we landed in Belfast and then drive across the country to the west coast of Donegal. Good plan… and in theory, the ride should only be about 3 hours. Of course – neither of us had been there before, we were both Continue Reading →
From Newark to Belfast
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My trip began with a train from Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station to Newark Airport in New Jersey. Once there I met my sister Katie and we began the adventure! After passing through security we’d found our way to the departure lounge, but we still had almost two hours before boarding. Continue Reading →
The Journey Begins
The first leg of the trip didn’t start exactly as planned. I’d wanted to park at the Philadelphia Airport, take SEPTA to 30th Street, then Amtrak to Newark – but Friday afternoon traffic and a necessary post office stop has me parking at 30th Street Station instead. The upside? I’ll Continue Reading →
Pre-Flight Checklists
It’s been fifteen years since I’ve flown internationally, so getting ready for this trip has been a bit of an adventure itself. For example – did you know that the United Kingdom still uses Pounds but the Irish Republic uses the Euro? Also – powering devices from the US isn’t Continue Reading →
Category Pages
As we’ve been helping clients bring their WordPress content online, we’ve found that as part of building a way for them to manage their own content – we needed to find a way to easily build and maintain pages with their own specific content. Luckily, WordPress has it’s own built-in Continue Reading →
Taking a Break from Facebook
Jenna Wortham wrote a blog post for the New York Times today reporting on the Pew Research Center’s survey, as part of the Internet and American Life Project, citing that more than half of Facebook’s users have taken a break from the site at one time or another. These users Continue Reading →
Seven Social Media Trends for Consumers
Last week Patricia Redsicker wrote a piece published in the Social Media Examiner blog which provided a wonderful summary of the 2012 Nielson Social Media Report. The summary listed the seven key findings from the report as: More time invested in Mobile Pinterest Usage Continues to Rise Social Networking Generates Positive Continue Reading →
Free Speech is Still Protected (Mostly)
In a timely article in the New York Times this week, Stephen Greenhouse reports on the National Labor Relations Board finding in favor in some cases where employees were less than complimentary about their employers on social media. While outright harmful comments probably won’t be tolerated – you might have Continue Reading →
A Change in Focus
When Ardara Media began, we went into business with an eye toward helping new and evolving businesses make their mark on the web. We did this by focusing on website development, social media, and some technology support. This was a great start, and we had some real success. But it Continue Reading →