The Voice Uk vs The Voice of Ireland

So I'm slightly embarrassed by the fact that The Voice UK is 100 times better than The Voice of Ireland. I mean we get Brian Kennedy and they get Will.I.Am.

I was amazed to see that for once Ireland had aired a show before it had aired in The UK only to be completely devastated when the coaches for The UK were revealed. They have the legendary Tom Jones, Jessie J, Will.I.Am and our very own Danny O'Donoghue from the Script. Also presented by the gorgeous Holly Willoughby and the ever so yummy Reggie Yates.

 

Now I completely understand (well as I'm aware) the BBC has a much bigger budget than RTE but that doesn't take away from the fact that straight away our viewings were more than likely cut in half due to the Voice UK. The only thing really keeping people watching was BRESSIE and its not hard to know why :)
It seems pretty clear to me that Irish television has a long way to go :/ but in saying that if I could sing I would probably still try out for the Voice of Ireland because I would be terrified of the reaction of the coaches on The Voice UK ;)

This says it all :) enjoy

Voice UK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX38z_Ar9yI

Voice Ireland:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd75CtE9vII

xx

Clara Lara

OK so as you are all aware I'm sure :) We did our assignment on Clara Lara.

The aim of this assignment was to take somewhere in the industry and re-brand it. So we decided to completely change Clara Lara by giving it a new name, logo and slogan. We named it "Wild Wood Park" and our slogan was show your wild side.

We wanted people to remember the name, a sort of roll of the tongue effect while having the fun element Incorporated by "showing your wild side" :)

We wanted to give ourselves a challenge and decided by re-branding it we could do anything we wanted to it. This even gave us the opportunity to create our own website, which was a fantastic experience. The Clara Lara website itself is in a sense shocking, when you click on the different tabs most of them are either unavailable or full of pop ups claiming you have won €20,000. By creating the new website we were able to modernise the website by having facebook links, twitter links and my favourite an online booking system. This will drive more traffic to the website and create forums where people can ask questions.

I strongly believe that Clara Lara should take some of these recommendations on board. This will allow them to come in as possibly the best adventure park in Ireland and by expanding the park to cater for adults and teenagers as well they are opening up to a much broader audience allowing them to make the most out of this fantastic location where the park is situated.

Hope you enjoyed reading :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIY3BF-OozI&feature=fvst



Youtube

I'm absolutely loving you tube at the minute....Where else would you find the most absurd, weird and wonderful videos all posted by individuals who are either trying to have a laugh or really feel strongly about something. You could spend hours upon hours searching through ridiculous videos and not even notice the time go by. I have often sat down to do something on the computer and found myself completely distracted by YouTube.

For me personally I go to you tube to find music videos and videos that could keep me laughing for days. One that had me in stitches was: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HttF5HVYtlQ this video has had over 5 million views which is amazing.

Other videos that have grabbed my attention were: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzzYfDin5Dw

If you were in any sort of a bad mood then you tube would be the place to go and just search funny videos, there are thousands of videos to keep you entertained for hours, you will soon forget about your bad mood!
Its also the only place you can go if you missed something that you really wanted to see or news that might be important to you. It is a way to get yourself noticed for a talent or just for being plain silly.

It seriously gets a thumbs up from me :)

Mobile Commerce/Wireless Technology

Over the last few years you can really start to notice the difference in Mobile phones. The main one now is the "smart phones" which allows you to have the Internet amongst other things no matter where you are.

It’s all a bit strange to me and I still find it mind boggling (ooh ;)) how wireless technology works. I just can’t get my head around it at all and don't think I ever will.


In my opinion, Apple has really taken charge of the mobile commerce world with the Iphone now probably being the most popular smart phone out there. Not only do they have smart phones but they also have touch screen TVs, Laptops, Computers and Ipads. These can all be connected to Wireless networks which allow you to surf the web as well as look up simple things like the weather.


I just feel if this is what has happened in the last couple of years what is going to happen in the future :O really cant understand it!!!!

Technology Fast

So for my technology fast I decided to give up email for 48hrs…now to be fair I chickened out and took the easy option because I rarely use email anyway so this was of no trouble to me…needless to say I would have been lost with out my phone and I seriously don't use the word lost lightly.

Isn't strange how attached we become to technology?

If my phone goes dead my thought process goes into overdrive and I become concerned about how people are going to contact me and even when i leave it at home just to charge I feel like there is something missing. I certainly don't think that this is a good thing. And its all because of these: Smart phones as they are known

I remember the days when we didn't have phones to fuss over and worry about and if someone wanted to contact you they would ring the house phone and ask for you. The only time I use the house phone now is if my bill goes over on my mobile :O even when someone rings the house phone now my reaction is shocked. Technology is just going to keep growing and growing, so what can we do but except it and make the most of it?