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Gaelic (Gaidhlig) events in Edinburgh - September and October 2011

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:00:00 +0000

Friday 09.09.11 – 1.30pm Ceòl ‘s Cofaidh – Tollcross School, Fountainbridge. TX Pupils Pre-Mod...

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Contact from Recruitment Agencies

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:00:00 +0000

I typically get a lot of calls from Recruitment Agencies. Usually it's about 20-25 a week. At 5-10 mins a call plus the inevitable telephone tag that goes on when I phone back and they are busy, this...

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Bilingual Gaelic / English news from Nova Scotia

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:30:00 +0000

There is a regular newsletter (approximately weekly) published by the Office of Gaelic affairs in Nova Scotia, Canada. For backissues, please see the Iomradh-Sùileachaidh nam Meadhannan (Media...

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Gaelic events in Edinburgh - August & September 2011

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:49:00 +0000

Please send any updates to John Macleod <john@andarach.com> Saturday 13.08.11 – 3.30pm Cànan is...

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Edinburgh Book Festival : Gaelic events Aug 2011

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:11:00 +0000

----- Forwarded message ----- From: "John Macleod" <john@andarach.com> To: <john@andarach.com> Subject: Gaelic events - Edinburgh Book Festival Date: Thu, Aug 11, 2011 10:18 A'...

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2 New And Exciting Gaelic Courses For Glasgow

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:22:00 +0000

The Moray Language Centre will be setting up 2 new and exciting TIP (Total Immersion Plus) centred Gaelic In The Home and Altram Courses in Glasgow in 2012. These full time courses are user-friendly...

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Gaelic events in Edinburgh - August 2011

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:00:00 +0000

Monday 01.08.11 – 11.00am Gaelic Coffee Morning – Café Nero, Frasers, West End. Conversational opportunity for Gaelic speakers of all ages &...

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Gaelic in Scotland, renewal and growth

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 10:00:00 +0000

Having recently returned from a holiday in Oban, I thought it would be appropriate to comment on the state of Gaelic having been involved in promoting the language for over 10 years while I lived in...

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A note to Larry Page of Google

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:30:00 +0000

Hey Larry. In your recent earnings call you commented on Facebook and its lack of data portability. However, in the Google camp we have the disappointing Google data portability standpoint which...

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DSDM, Agile and PRINCE2

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:34:00 +0000

Following my previous articles on Agile in a PRINCE2 environment and Agile project management, I wanted to go into some more detail here on DSDM and some issue on adding PRINCE2 to an Agile project...

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Agile and PRINCE2

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:00:00 +0000

In January 2008, I posted an article on PRINCE2 and Agile which it seems has been #1 in Google for those search terms ever since and consequently has received a great deal of attention,...

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The future of social media

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:00:00 +0000

Recently, French media banned the words "twitter" and "facebook" on TV. Well, that's what the press would have you believe. Here is the original decision in French. The real (not hyped up) story is...

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Gaelic arts news - Dè tha dol?

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:37:00 +0000

Forwarded excellent message on Scots Gaelic events and news ----- Forwarded message ----- From: "Alexander Macleoid" <alexander.pne@gmail.com> To:...

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Gaelic Events in Edinburgh - June/July

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:52:00 +0000

Wednesday 01.06.11 Exhibition (7 wks) on Life...

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Gaelic events in Edinburgh - May/June 2011

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Tue, 03 May 2011 12:29:00 +0000

----- Forwarded message ----- From: "John Macleod" <john@andarach.com> To: "'John Macleod'" <john@andarach.com> Subject: Gaelic events in Edinburgh - May/June 2011 Date:...

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Gaelic events in Edinburgh, February 2011

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:00:00 +0000

Wednesday 23.02.11 – 7.15pm Ulpan Gaelic Learning course (1hr 30m), Tollcross Comm. Centre, Fountainbridge. (Cont: 0131 664 2228)Wednesday ...

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Manran in top 40 bid for Gaelic with charity single

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:30:00 +0000

Forwarded from my friends at Fèisean nan Gàidheal: Fèisean nan Gàidheal is supporting Mànran in their bid to get into the Singles Charts with their Gaelic Song, “Latha Math”. Please pass this round...

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Albannach, Whisky and Restaurant, London

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:14:00 +0000

Tonight I ate at Albannach (Scots Gaelic for 'Scottish') at Trafalgar Square, London. I used to do restaurant and pub reviews when I travelled a lot (you can read some of the previous reviews here)...

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London school closure status

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:33:00 +0000

Please visit opencheck for the latest info on school closures in London. For a quicker way of getting the info just for your school, you might be interested in the following steps. Once you have...

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Manifesto for a modern society

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:44:00 +0000

It's been a while since I posted to this blog. Have moved to London, worked for Directgov, moved the blog to a new plaform, changed my main site hosting provider, changed the hosting provider for a...

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Fed up with rip off hotels

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:02:00 +0000

A rant at the hotel industry and their standards. I am fed up being ripped off with crap food, especially crap food that is overpriced and you take all evening to serve me. Where do I start? ...

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UK General Election

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Today Gordon Brown is predicted to call the general election. Here's a few more predictions In 2006 I said an uninspired Labour would feed into the hands of the SNP in Scotland and the Tories in...

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BBC fail - my correct name is not permitted

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:38:00 +0000

BBC displays another example of the Scunthorpe problem. I am no longer allowed to use my name on the BBC site. See the screendump (click to enlarge) and also my previous experience with Microsoft on...

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Gaelic events in London Feb 2010

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:15:00 +0000

A CHÀIRDEAN CÒIRE! / DEAR FRIENDS! Seo agaibh (mar fhàidheil .pdf) an àireamh a’s ùire de’n chuairt-litir LUNNAINN NAN GÀIDHEAL – 02/2010. Attached (as a .pdf file) is the latest edition of...

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End My Credit Crunch explained

craig@siliconglen.com (Craig Cockburn) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000

People have been writing to me about End My Credit Crunch (http://www.endmycreditcrunch.com) and how it works, so here's a quick explanation. There a twitter account @uncrunch, with a supporting...

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