Ed Sheeran

Can't believe I only just discovered this version of You Need Me! Still my favourite song from 2011, really hope 2012 brings an opportunity to go and see the kid live. Figered crossed for a date in Dublin!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sheeran
http://www.ticketmaster.ie/Ed-Sheeran-tickets/artist/1560779

I've started that part of my career where every cup of coffee is started by adding an extra shot of espresso.

Screenfilming

I'm doing a project right now for which I am filming my screen activity all day. Back in the day I would have worried for my computer, but I've got to say the MacBook Pro is handling it great. I'm using Camtasia, but I wouldn't know enough about this stuff to give you a real review into how good it is. I'm going to be doing a lot of video editing with it later, so maybe I'll be more insightful then. All I know so far is this is far better kit than iMovie, but then again it's far more expensive too.

Temple Bar Gallery and Studios

Visited the Temple Bar Gallery over the weekend - a mistake. Liam O’Callaghan, an artist who says he set out to make music, has gone and lined up a bunch of old speakers, record players and amplifiers, to make some noise come out at the same tempo. Hoorah. As for how it looks - well I suppose it was lined up all pretty and straight. Its lit by two huge spotlights, the rest of the room being clouded in what sunlight can make it through the full wall tinted glass. The muffled hustle of the tourists just on the other side of the planes makes the room feel isolated and peaceful. I liked being there, as briefly as I could be persuaded to stay. It made me want to listen to some good music. Unfortunately, O'Callaghan makes no effort to make his display sound creative and rhythmic, like those performers that bang garbage around or like the street drummers that you might find on Henry Street. This exhibition is unfortunately boring, and not as entertaining as the multitude of amateur artists that can be found performing in the D2 area all day and night.

1-Up!

You know work is getting really serious when it is too warm to wear your hoody. Good thing I've got my mushroom belt on today. I'm going to need at least three lives to get to the weekend!

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I love these days when the DART actually pulls in on time, and I get a nice big breakfast before rushing to my desk. Melon and grapes on the menu today - I've got my health face on. Give it time. Come 10:30, chances are I'll be sucking the teet of the coffee machine, begging for energy hits to be intravenously served to my jugular. There's something nice and graphic for you to spend the morning pondering.

To distract from that image, why don't you check out this beautiful thing: Architect Michael Maltzan’s “Lens” Wins St. Petersburg Pier Competition.

I love green and futuristic architecture. It makes me wish I had a friend like Ted Mosby in real life to push towards my vision of a green city.

Disclaimer!

Until we can have gadgets on the new Dynamic layout, this is my disclaimer. Three cheers for Legal!

This is my personal blog. I am sharing my personal advice, news, tips and thoughts on a bunch of different stuff. But I should make very clear that absolutely nothing on any of my posts here represents the views and opinions of Google Ltd.

Playing With AdWords Editor

Argh, I hate when meetings are cancelled at the last minute. Oh well, guess I'll go and do some real work.

Here's some proactive advertiser support: If you manage many or large accounts, have you considered using AdWords Editor? The tool is incredibly functional, and does tonnes of nifty things. Been playing with uploading mass amounts of location targetting options this morning, something which would be impossibly mind numbing in the AdWords interface.

One Day Left Till Friday

Logging into phones once more - another exciting day ahead! :P

The DART never runs on time anymore. I should really have started getting the earlier one a while ago. Having said that, I should really have topped up my phone a while ago. And I should have started planning my holiday. Yeah, this sounds good. I think I'll action this one as Priority Level 1 today. Not before I scour the pages of Mashable first though. My favourite article for today: Obama Wants to Answer Your Questions In A Google+ Hangout.

I got this stuck in my head all day. #GuiltyPleasure after all those years of teasing my Dad for listening to Abba.

Pay Day

Always a good day. Just realised that the Irish Government took 41% of my bonus! Still, it's nice to be reminded I'm not paying 40% income tax.

Got a couple more hours to spare before I need to make dinner (chicken pasta with my own home made sauce and everything!) so I think I'll whack open CodeAcademy and run through a few more lessons.

Intro

Hi, my name's El. I am currently 23 years old, and work as an Online Media Associate for Google in Dublin, Ireland.