Vote "DeV". You know it mocks sense!

DeVore

Did they withdraw JMCC or did he ask to be withdrawn? I thought the latter but nosey minds would like to know

DeV.

Beruthiel

Ave wrote:

Isnt this like vote rigging?.

how exactly is this any different then some politician knocking on your door? :rolleyes:
perhaps as you are new you don't know Dev, however a lot of us hear do

seamus

Ave wrote:

Isnt this like vote rigging?

Not really. Vote rigging would involve somehow through malicious or fruadulent means, influencing people's choices, or physically changing people's votes after they're cast.

Really what he is doing is saying - Oh, btw there's an award type thing going on over there. I'd like to win, and I'd appreciate it if you vote for me if you think I should win too.

There's no arm-twisting, bribing, in fact nothing unsavoury going on here at all.

boards.ie is like having a big group of friends whom you can ring and ask to support you when you go on "You're a star" or "Celebrity Farm" or "IIA Internet Awards".

Mac daddy

Done vote Dev

leeroybrown

Ave wrote:

Isnt this like vote rigging?

Not really. It could possible affect the outcome but if you don't make any attempt to affect the outcome of a vote you will probably lose. Also, if Tom didn't mention it someone else would have and in a far more compelling fashion. Voting for people you know or support is the entire basis of a voting system. Otherwise we would have to select random winners.

Ave wrote:

Firstly, how many people that you are asking to vote, know any of the other "contestants"?

This sentence is a little vague. If you mean 'have any information about the other candidates' then I'd say 50:50.

Ave wrote:

Secondly, how many are qualified to make a judgement?

Everyone is qualified to make a judgement. It's an open online vote. I went to the trouble of reading up a bit before voting, mainly as I wanted to vote without placing a bias against anyone else.

And thirdly, "There is one vote per category and only three people per company can vote." is rather obvious.

As is the means of circumventing it. Can I not vote in my capacity as part of another organisation (ligitimately so in my case). People might well chose "Boards.ie" as a company name purely on the basis of simplicity but many have other associations.

DeVore

Ok. I'm stating this now. I'm Never EVER going on "You're a star!". I dont care if its for sick kids. I'd be like "Too bad Timmy, you're sh*t out of luck!"

DeV.

RuggieBear

DeVore wrote:

Ok. I'm stating this now. I'm Never EVER going on "You're a star!". I dont care if its for sick kids. I'd be like "Too bad Timmy, you're sh*t out of luck!"

DeV.

but you haven't ruled out Celebrity Farm......i'll donate another 10....

spongebob

DeVore wrote:

Did they withdraw JMCC or did he ask to be withdrawn? I thought the latter but nosey minds would like to know

They withdrew him from the voting at his request Dev....the latter.

M

WhiteWashMan

DeVore wrote:

Ok. I'm stating this now. I'm Never EVER going on "You're a star!". I dont care if its for sick kids. I'd be like "Too bad Timmy, you're sh*t out of luck!"

DeV.

i can see it now on the front page of the irish mirror

Interweb Guru Murphy in Child Hate Shocker...

Mercury_Tilt

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DeVore

Actually we WROTE the system for the Zeddies (well, Regi did) and it was as tight a system as you could possibly get. We caught several groups doing some dodgy things to win! (Not that I doubt that some people voted twice!).
The Golden Spider... now that was a farce of epic proportions. They tried to rule all our votes as null and void... and then thought better of it!

These things are "who has the most online mates" awards. Getting nominated is really the acheivement.

Thanks for the votes guys, its appreciated.

DeV.

po0k

>clixed<

Optikus

Done.

Töpher

Optikus wrote:

Done.

Ditto.

sutty

Man this is like the "Golden Spider" all over again


Puppy soup anyone?

voted btw

Mercury_Tilt

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BEAT

just voted for ya, good luck!

jmcc

DeVore wrote:

Did they withdraw JMCC or did he ask to be withdrawn? I thought the latter but nosey minds would like to know

I asked to be withdrawn. It was not right for a PR company to be sponsoring an award for journalism. Journalism is about more than just recycling press releases. The SR guys are definitely out on their own in terms of original content. My views on ENN's ecologically friendly publishing operation are well known.

Regards..jmcc

Moriarty

Shortlist is out.. http://www.iia.ie/articles.asp?id=745

...

2004 Net Visionary Shortlist

The Net Visionary Award 2004 will be announced with the category winners on the 25th of November in Clontarf Castle.


Category Shortlist

Contribution
Tom Murphy Boards.ie
Peter Finnegan Dublin.ie
Dr. Mark Magennis National Council for the Blind

Innovation (Sponsored by Netsource www.netsource.ie )
Alan Finan Irish Stock Exchange
Martin Curley Intel Ireland
Martin McKay Texthelp

Technology Journalist (Sponsored by Kinman Public Relations www.kinman.ie )
Jamie Smyth Irish Times
John Kennedy Silicon Republic
Matthew Clarke Electricnews.net

E-government
Frank Daly Revenue.ie
Gerry Mally/Phil O'Flattery Motortax.ie
Theresa Fitzpatrick CRO.ie

Internet Marketing
Fergal O'Byrne Fergalobyrne.com
Aoife Davey Giftvouchershop.ie
Cathy McGovern Inspiration
Valerie Sorohan Irishjobs.ie

Web Designer Excellence (Sponsored by IE Domain Registry www.iedr.ie )
Fergal Lawler Strata3
Peter Kelly Logicimage
Alan O'Rourke Spoilt Child Design

Web Developer Excellence (Sponsored by Brightwater Recruitment www.brightwater.ie )
Kiran Shah Irishjobs.ie
Maurice Lynch Café Slim
Aodhan Cullen Statcounter.com

Online Trader (Sponsored by Realex Payments www.realexpayments.com )
Brendan Hughes VHI
Brendan Rice Aer Lingus
Kevin Greene Anotherfriend.com
Lulu O'Sullivan 4Gifts.ie

New Entrepreneur
Aodhan Cullen Statcounter.com
Ray Douglas Activitybreaks.com
Shane Deasy Bitbuzz

Education Contribution
Matt Glowatz UCD/Web IT
Joe Hegarty Intel Ireland
Seaghan Moriarty Digilogue

Mobile Internet Contribution
Donal McGuinness Its Mobile
Hilary Cullen O2
Paul Farrell O2

...

billy the squid

The Net Visionary Award 2004 will be announced with the category winners on the 25th of November in Clontarf Castle.

and the list of things to celebrate on the 27th gets longer and longer

the €3000 for ssf
boards hitting the 2 millionth post
and Dev winning this award

now are we able to vote for this round as well or is that closed off to iia members or something.

spongebob

billy the squid wrote:

and the list of things to celebrate on the 27th gets longer and longer

The BIG DAY for the visionaries is TODAY .....we should know by 10PM .

Hopefully its a Boards clean sweep or near clean sweep .....somthing worth drinking to at the w/e n'est pas ?

M

Sleepy

Any news?

amp

Hello and here is the news at far too early on a Friday morning:

Iraq - people dead
Ireland - tribinual
Blair - smiling
Boards - led by a Net Visionary

And here's the weather with Bubbles..

joe.

Congratulations Tom

Agent Smith

so....emm..... beers on dev?

seamus

Is it linked yet, or are amp's hands crumbling pieces of soot, it's so hot off the press?

RuggieBear

Well done Dev.

From today's IrishTimes.....

Jamie Smyth, was named the Irish Internet Association's technology journalist of the year

The managing director of the Internet service provider Netsource, Mr Tom Kelly, won the overall title of Net Visionary


Other category winners include:

[glow=4]Mr Tom Murphy of Boards.ie[/glow];
Mr Martin McKay of Texthelp;
Mr Frank Daly of Revenue.ie;
Mr Fergal O'Byrne;
Mr Fergal Lawler;
Mr Kiran Shah;
Mr Brendan Rice;
Mr Aodhan Cullen;
Mr Seaghan Moriarty;
Mr Donal McGuinness

_sheep

Congratulations

Beruthiel

[glow=4]Mr Tom Murphy of Boards.ie[/glow];

\o/ yey!!
congrats tom!!

woosaysdan

\0/ celebrate good times come on! \0/