Paul Melrose

Screenr: Screencasting Tutorial Video

Paul Melrose — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:42:48 +0000

Content creation is becoming easier, cheaper (even free), and sharing your content is just as doable. If you want to tip your creative toe in world of online content creation, then screencasts are a very nice way to start. If you take care with your preperation and pick a good topic, people will really appreciate [...]

Google Plus & Creative Kit: Uploading photos and Image Editing

Paul Melrose — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:57:58 +0000

Google Plus quickly became a favoured platform by photographers soon after its launch. Professionals, semi-professionals and amateurs like myself are sharing and learning from each other. Getting your photos onto Google Plus is pretty easy, but there are a few tricks that can help you better label and even improve you images. So, if you want a [...]

Jim Radcliffe's Photography

Paul Melrose — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:07:33 +0000

A few days ago I went looking for reviews of the Pentax K-5 and came across a site called Boxed Light, the photography site of Jim Radcliffe. Jim isn't on G+ (but some people such as +David Bennett have already pointed him out), so I'm just pointing you to a guy who [...]

The Most Evil Building in Ireland

Paul Melrose — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:20:19 +0000

In 1725, William Conolly, Ireland’s richest aristocrat, built a hunting lodge on top of Montpelier Hill, overlooking Dublin city and sitting at the foot of the Dublin Mountains. Today it stands abandoned, and generations of Dubliners have told their children of the dark and evil acts that happened therein. The original name of the house [...]

Google Plus Introduction Video (4 of 4)

Paul Melrose — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:56:47 +0000

In this final video I show you how to post new content, how to re-share content from others, and how to comment and interact with other users. My general advice on this is add value. Don’t just re-share, but rather say something about the content you what people to see. Bring something new to the table and [...]

Google Plus Introduction Video (3 of 4)

Paul Melrose — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:42:57 +0000

This third video focuses on Circles, perhaps the most useful and, when you first meet them, tricky aspect of Google Plus to master. Circles can let you communicate with very large numbers of people and yet they facilitate quite intimate sharing and discussions.

Contents: Adding People and Managing Circles

Google Plus Introduction Video (2 of 4)

Paul Melrose — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:40:55 +0000

This is the second of my four Google Plus introduction videos. I see many people create very weak profiles, and by this I mean they do not share enough information to let others know what their general interest are. I am circled by many people who tell me nothing about themselves, so they give me no [...]

Google Plus Introduction Video (1 of 4)

Paul Melrose — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:18:51 +0000

Recently I showed a lecturer with the Dublin Institute of Technology how Google Plus works, and I promised to create some content that she could share with others as a general introduction to Google+. While Google+ is relatively easy to use, at least compared to Facebook, there is still a bit of an initial learning [...]

Co. Wicklow, Ireland

Paul Melrose — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:31:32 +0000

These photos were taken in Wicklow, the county south of Dublin. The old gravestones in a few of the photos are part of the Glendalough Monastic settlement, which dates back to St. Kevin, who died in 618. The large tower in the first photo is also part of that settlement. It is believed that it [...]

Bill Gates and Paul Allen: Our Henry Fords?

Paul Melrose — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:25:39 +0000

I was on G+ when news of Steve Jobs’ death broke. Within an hour there was a constant and unbroken stream of reflections and expressions of sadness and appreciation. Many posters wrote of early memories of their first Mac, and how Apple had sparked their love affair with technology.

The impact Jobs had [...]