Vote "DeV". You know it mocks sense!

DeVore

Hey all,

I (and by association, this site, the admins, the mods and the users) have been nominated for the Irish Internet Association's "Net Visionary for Social Contribution" award.

I honestly never thought I'd see the day when the "establishment" recognised whats going on over here, but there you go!

Online voting has opened now at http://www.netvisionary.ie/votenom.html and will remain open only for one week!

Despite always having been the Face of the A(dmin)-Team I feel weirdly self conscious about asking utter strangers to vote for me. But if you feel that we've done something to contribute to the social fabric of Ireland and the Irish through this site then I humbly ask you for 5 minutes of your time and your vote.

One last thing, the IIA have announced that they will accept only 3 votes from any one company so please dont enter Boards.ie in the Organisation field. Put your employer, uni or school there instead. Its more accurate and will prevent me ending up with like, 3 votes.

DeV.

Jim

He'll give you candy and tell you funny stories.

DeVore

and bring you to pet the non-existant puppies in the forest...

DeV.

Dr. Loon

Done... and well done!

sharkman

Done .. You got mine ! Well deserved .

koneko

Done and done.

I wanna see the puppies.

DeVore

They're juuuuust a little further into the forest....

DeV.

seamus

Done too..

Jim

koneko wrote:

Done and done.

I wanna see the puppies.

Get in line girl, most people have to pay for that service.

I wonder if any of the other nominees will get anywhere near your total votes, as it says on the site "Irelands biggest web based community"

koneko

I still don't see any puppies, just a scary man in a raincoat...

RE*AC*TOR

Voted for ya, good luck, have to say if (when) you win it will be most deserved.

Thanks
RE*AC*TOR

Gordon

Done, and another boards freak friend of mine voted for you too. Boards.ie doesn't just stop at Ireland.

Winters

If you win will we have a party?

Shall there e punch and pie?

_sheep

GL, getting several people to do so as well as we speak

DeVore

koneko wrote:

I still don't see any puppies, just a scary man in a raincoat...

and now... its just a scary man.... *evil grin*

DeV.

DeVore

Winters wrote:

If you win will we have a party?

Shall there e punch and pie?

yes. And not one but two clowns...

DeV.

Beruthiel

done
and feck the puppies (though a curry would be nice around now)

I want me some drugs and male hookers!

Sleepy

Done, well deserved!

Beruthiel

DeVore wrote:

yes. And not one but two clowns...
.

you and regi?
you and cloud?
you and eck?
I give up! :eek:

threebeards

Done (but only because of your "straight shooting and no nonense analysis...!!!)

Well Done

MadsL

Winters wrote:

If you win will we have a party?

Shall there e punch and pie?

I vote for e punch....

Agent Smith

Tom Murphy first went online in 1989 and quickly became involved in the USENET discussion system. An IT consultant by trade Murphy harboured a love for online interaction in any form and in 1998 he and four others
started Boards.ie. Unfunded and run with the voluntary help of 200+
moderators it employs no one and has no "head office". It is non-profit
making but despite its lack of funding it has become the Republic's biggest
community site. Founder and MD of Spin Solutions, Founder of Electronic
Frontier Ireland and regular commentator on the IT industry Murphy is known
for straight shooting and no nonsense analysis.

ITS ALL LIES!!!




yes, i voted, and got my mate to Vote as well

Stark

Done.

JohnK

Voted

Imposter

Congrats. I voted earlier BUT just to put a spanner in the works. If you read the nomination and voting rules:

Stage 5
The voting procedure will be as follows: Anyone may vote by completing the required details on the IIA Net Visionary Voting Page. Details required are Voting Persons (a) Full Name, (b) valid E-mail address & (c) Company / Organisation.

Only one vote per person with a maximum of three voters from any one Company or Organisation. Only the first three votes received will count with the named member contact person having precedence over all other voters from the Company / Organisation.

The company must be a paid up member of the association in order to vote.

KevIRL

voted.

best of luck with it!

delly

Done.

BTW are they the Andrex puppies?

Dingatron

Voted and good luck!

PiE

Heh, Figment is up for the "Web Designer Excellence" award too.

Well done guys.

mr_angry

As the only one in the list who bothered to supply a bio, you would have got my vote anyway! Will there be an awards ceremony where we can get drunk and rush the stage???

Maybe we can dress up as a forest?

leeroybrown

Done. You would think that they would take the time to get a proper biography for each of the candidates in all categories rather than just a few thrown all over the place. It made the decisions on some of the other categories awkward.

There's a minimum of three Boards.ie people (including Tom) nominated.

RuggieBear

voted too.....

DeVore

I only knew about Alan O'Rourke (Figment) who is up for Design Excellence.

I dunno about the rules of voting, I was told people from Boards could vote though that extra line seems an addition...

DeV.

Third_Echelon

Got my vote anyway... well deserved in my opinion...

WhiteWashMan

its all come a long way since the subvertive socialist ideas that we used to harbour.
i remember when there were things like morals, standards, a keen ideology to not let the bástards grind us down, and an avid, almost rabid obsession to use a proxy account for playing quake.

now, its about the fame, the fortune, the money, the loose women (who should really be captured) and a benevolance that far outstrips anything that Mao-tse Tung gave to the chinese people.

having said that, andrex pusspies did make me change my mind. im such a cheap corperate whore at heart

leeroybrown

DeVore wrote:

I only knew about Alan O'Rourke (Figment) who is up for Design Excellence.

AFAIK, Tom Doyle (2bscene) in the "Web Developer Excellence" category is tomED.

Shiminay

WhiteWashMan wrote:

its all come a long way since the subvertive socialist ideas that we used to harbour.
i remember when there were things like morals, standards, a keen ideology to not let the bástards grind us down, and an avid, almost rabid obsession to use a proxy account for playing quake.

now, its about the fame, the fortune, the money, the loose women (who should really be captured) and a benevolance that far outstrips anything that Mao-tse Tung gave to the chinese people.

having said that, andrex pusspies did make me change my mind. im such a cheap corperate whore at heart

What he said
I wonder what's on http://www.boards.ie:27910
(fiver says I got the wrong port number and someone smarter than I, probably Alastair, :rolleyes: will correct me)

DeVore

LOL @ WWM

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.

Boards has really changed over the years, its always amazed me in that regard. I think thats partly why, like everything else in my life, once it was reasonably successful I didnt just abandon it in the search for more shiny objects. I think its the curiousity of what its going to do next that keeps me interested!

DeV.

DeVore

Kharn, its 27901 but can you imagine the packetloss ?! I dont think we ever ran Quake servers on Boards. MP and Rev and the boys were much better at it then we were.

DeV.

Jim

First your journal, then feedback, now an announcentment?

Careful you don't get addicted Dev, like that preist, Fr.Chillywilly....

Villain

The company must be a paid up member of the association in order to vote.

Is this a list of members:

http://www.iia.ie/members.asp

stevenmu

DeVore wrote:

Boards has really changed over the years, its always amazed me in that regard. I think thats partly why, like everything else in my life, once it was reasonably successful I didnt just abandon it in the search for more shiny objects. I think its the curiousity of what its going to do next that keeps me interested!

DeV.

Sounds like you're preparing the acceptance speech already !

smoke.me.a.kipper

voted, and good luck

PiE

leeroybrown wrote:

AFAIK, Tom Doyle (2bscene) in the "Web Developer Excellence" category is tomED.

And isn't John McCormack of Whoisireland (under the Tech Journalist section) our very own jmcc?

I could be drastically wrong.

leeroybrown

irish1 wrote:

The company must be a paid up member of the association in order to vote.

Is this a list of members:

http://www.iia.ie/members.asp

Please note you do not need to be a member of the IIA to nominate or vote for these awards.

Their homepage and T&Cs seem to disagree. Hmmmm.

GoneShootin

Done - I also signed up my girlfriend to the cause.

I'll be waiting for the positive karma in the post!

leeroybrown

PiE wrote:

And isn't John McCormack of Whoisireland (under the Tech Journalist section) our very own jmcc?

Now that you remind me, I reasonably sure he is. That makes a minimum of four.

DeVore

Yup... jaysis... I keep forgetting that all these people I know through work are also on Boards...

DeV.

Mixie

Voted. G'luck

Rabies

I voted for some one else.





Ok, no i didn't. Call your hired thugs back.

sharkman

GoneShootin wrote:

Done - I also signed up my girlfriend to the cause.

I'll be waiting for the positive karma in the post!

So will I .. Be jayses I'm signin up the whole street .