Reviews

  1. Building an email newsletter from scratchAn email newsletter is a small publishing operation with a direct line to its readers. Unlike a social post that can disappear from a crowded feed, a useful…
  2. Why I Love Slow Travel and Hate ItinerariesI have never been good at travelling with a timetable. Give me a city, a few loose intentions and enough time to get pleasantly lost, and I am content. Give me…
  3. Coastal walks within an hour of Dublin that earn the detourDublin sits on a stretch of coast that gets written off too quickly. Travellers who land at the airport tend to point themselves toward Temple Bar, Trinity's…
  4. Crafting headlines that earn the clickEvery day, billions of headlines compete for a sliver of attention. The average person scrolling through their phone in a queue at a Melbourne cafe or glancing…
  5. My favourite marketing books that weren't written by marketersMost reading lists about marketing start with Ogilvy and end with Godin. Mine is different. I've spent most of my working life around agencies and small…
  6. What Ireland’s 2024 election means for technology policyIreland’s 2024 general election produced a result that looked familiar at first glance. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael remained the two central forces, while Sinn…
  7. How to Find Good Coffee in a PubA pub is rarely the first place Australians name when discussing a serious coffee. Melbourne has its espresso bars, Sydney has cafés on nearly every busy…
  8. A History Of The Dublin Tram SystemDublin’s tram story begins with horses, narrow streets and the practical demands of a rapidly growing city. Long before the Luas became part of the capital’s…
  9. Why Guinness Tastes Different In Ireland And AbroadA pint of Guinness can taste remarkably different depending on where it is poured. The change is often blamed on the water, the distance from St James’s Gate,…
  10. The truth about working remotely from DublinDublin is an appealing base for an Australian remote worker: compact, sociable, historically rich and connected to the rest of Europe. A morning can begin with…