Conor’s Bandon Blog

Pat Phelan’s recent post about losing weight and giving up ciggies highlighted that we all stand a better chance of success if we do some online group supoort of each other via Twitter/Facebook. The bruv in law came up with Fat Club. So here we go:

#1 – The first rule of Fat Club is, you must talk all the time about Fat Club online.

#2 – The second rule of Fat Club is, you MUST TALK about Fat Club online.

#3 – If someone says stop, goes limp or taps out, the de-fatting has just begun.

#4 – Lots of guys fighting fat.

#5 – One kilo at a time.

#6 – Baggy shirts, running shoes.

#7 – De-fatting will go on as long as it has to.

#8 – Every night at Fat Club, you have to weigh yourself and Tweet/Facebook it

I’m in. Anyone else?

Well Bandon Film Society has gone and done it again with this brilliant idea.

In association with Partnership for Change they are organising a Special Christmas Charity Screening for Bandon Flood Appeal on Wednesday 30th December 2009 in St Peters Church, Bandon at 8pm

The movie is one of my top 5 of all time, The Princess Bride, starring the angelic Robin Wright.

If you don’t live in Bandon, get into your car and drive here for this. If you don’t live in Ireland, fly here. The recent showing of the original Phantom of The Opera in St Peter’s was a tour-de-force.

Not only will you enjoy a genius movie but you’ll be helping by contributing to the Irish Red Cross and St Vincent De Paul.

Further Information Contact:
Declan Waugh Tel: 023-8841933 M: 086-3853363

Watch this video from Tony Hsieh the CEO of Zappos, which sold this summer to Amazon for $928m.

I have ordered the Zappos Culture book he mentioned (just email ceo@zappos.com and they’ll post you a copy) and downloaded the Tribal Leadership audiobook from here (use California 90210 for your address in the registration screen). Wonderful stuff.

Most Irish businesses are still a decade behind the US exemplars when it comes to customer service. But one of our clients who really seems to get it is Louis Fitzgerald Hotels.

The most inspirational thing I’ve seen in a long long time. Gary Vaynerchuk is amazing. Note, audio is NSFW.

Fantastic mix of features in the PsiXpda. For those who loved Psions, this will suit you. For those who work in the corporate world, your IT department will love it, as it runs XP!

The PsiXpda handheld computer in action at Le Web from Conor O'Neill on Vimeo.