Green Card Ireland

Working in Ireland has never been easier. New legislation coming into effect next month gives foreigners instant access for 2 years via a Green Card. All you need is a job offer and make at least €60K. And if your occupation is in the selected list of eligible occupations then there is only a €30k requirement.

YouTube

I had a few hours to kill today so i decided to drain the day away by surfing YouTube. I've been guilty of this a few times, and im sure you have too. But up until today i had basically seen videos fall in three categories: comical (ie comedians, tv commercials, etc), pirated (ie simpsons) or cheesy-sleazy. But for the first time today, after filtering out all that nonsense i actually struck into the core of YouTube and what makes it such a revolutionary service: the ability to give real artists a medium to reach the world without the help of a big label.

Here's a great 10min short film entitled Who Wants to be an Amerikan by a Canadian Film Student Aaron Beckum.

And here is Mia Rose, who literally 4 weeks ago was just a girl with a great voice, and after posting a few videos of her singing is in the process of signing a record deal. Most of her songs are covers...but she's also posted a few of her own songs, for example Husband to Be - after being posted for only 3 weeks, has been viewed over 500,000 times! Listen folks, 10 years ago, she would be sitting in some grungy recording studio try to put together a "demo tape" and trying to sell it at "gigs" hoping that some "scout" would stumble upon her and sign her to their label.

The times a' changin'.

New Years Resolution

Hope everyone enjoyed their holidays. I had a great time in toronto after which i flew back to Dublin to celebrate the New Year (which by the way turned out to be one of the best parties we've thrown, i passed out at 4 but it was still going strong till 7).

I usually never make new years resolutions, i think it's one of those things that was invented by the marketing group at some Fitness Gym conglomerate and somehow has embedded itself in our society. But generally, making resolutions, ones that if successfully achieved would make you a happier/wiser/healthier person, should be done all the time, not just once per year.

When i was on the coast in Croatia last year, i thought to myself...this is a beautiful place, but the best way to see this part of the world would be from a sail boat...maybe one day i will come back and do it again the right way. At the time it was a dream...and really, it still is a dream. But there's no better feeling in the world than turning a dream into a reality...and the first step is to learn how to sail. I live next to the Irish Sea, it's windy here _all_ the time, the Irish National Sailing School is in dublin, i have no excuse. My newest resolution is to learn how to sail by summertime.