Irish Rose Consulting

We ventured out into the frozen evening last night to shoot some pictures at Menomonie’s WinterDaze 2008 parade and fireworks. The parade was organized by our good friends at Main Street Menomonie. Congratulations to the whole crew of volunteers who made this event a great outing.

• Our friend JoAnn Stormer, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program and founder of the Wisconsin Nonprofits Association, was featured in an Executive Q&A column in the Wisconsin State Journal. Irish Rose Consulting is proud to help WNA with their web site.
• Mark Lewis was recently named the new Executive Director of the Dunn County Economic Development Corporation. Welcome to Dunn County Mark!

• LaserMoleskine
  Custom laser-etched Moleskine notebooks. Pricey, but very cool!
  (tags: moleskine)

• Photoshop Brushes
  A good collection of Photoshop freebies.
  (tags: photoshop design)
• Presenting with style
  A presentation from the founder of the Presentation Zen blog on better presentations. Lots of good tips here.
  (tags: presentation powerpoint)

• Paul Graham at Startup School 08 | Omnisio
  A good talk on how to create a successful startup – including a surprising plug for benevolence.
  (tags: startup entrepreneurship)

• Freebase: an open, shared database of the world’s knowledge
  Cool stuff.
  (tags: database opensource)

• Census Atlas of the United States
  The first comprehensive atlas of population and housing produced by the Census Bureau since the 1920s. Data from decennial censuses prior to 2000 support nearly 150 maps and figures, providing context and an historical perspective for many of the topics p
  (tags: census reference statistics population)
• AfriGadget
  A blog showing ingenious gadgets from Africa. Basic needs-type stuff, but they get the job done.
  (tags: africa technology)
• CodeIgniter – Open source PHP web application framework
  CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for PHP coders who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications.
  (tags: php framework)

• Yahoo Releases Internet Location Platform
  An interesting API from Yahoo for dealing with real-world locations.
  (tags: geo api location)

• plasq.com – Comic Life for Windows
  Software to make your own comics. I might try this for graphics for my next presentation.
  (tags: comics photo)
• Unique Skins – Custom Vinyl Skins For Mobile Phones, iPod, MP3 Players, Gaming Consoles and More!
  Design a protective vinyl skin for your laptop or MP3 player. Cheap!
  (tags: skins laptop)

• Annals of Innovation: In the Air: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
  An article from Malcolm Gladwell on the process of invention. Very cool. I want to do that kind of stuff when I grow up.
  (tags: innovation invention Gladwell)
• Psychology of Intelligence Analysis — Central Intelligence Agency
  The CIA’s manual on intelligence analysis. Some good info here for consultants and others that must take in a lot of information.
  (tags: intelligence analysis thinking)
• Printable Paper
  Print your own graph and note paper.
  (tags: paper templates)