So bad, it's good #digthisviz

Re-made the map on my website (gaapitchfinder.com) using Tableau instead of Google Maps. It should be more usable for mobile users now, which was a big issue before. If anyone wants to lend me a hand, check out a few local pitches and let me know if there's anything awry.

Each light is a GAA pitch in Ireland (with a patriotic twist) The GAA

Delighted to have designed the front cover for a new book ‘Grassroots - Stories From The Heart of the GAA’ by PJ Cunningham. The cover looks great (Cooper seems to be a fan!) and I'm excited to give it a read. Ballpoint Press

Read all about it! GAA Grassroots – Stories from the heart of the GAA – has been compiled by former Irish Independent Sports Editor PJ Cunningham gaa.ie/news/gaa-grass…

#SpotifyWrapped A year of hard work and dedication has finally paid off, abba-solutely delighted.

With €15m in funding, Fran Quilty’s Conjura is ready to come out of ‘stealth’ thecurrency.news/articles/81258…

This week's latest tech news from Launchpad Ireland: 📝 Ireland's right to remote work bill 💰 Series B for Workvivo by Zoom 🐶 Social Media for dog food Read, subscribe and share 👇 launchpadirl.substack.com/p/remote-work-…

Starling Bank withdraws from Ireland 🏦 on Launchpad Ireland launchpadirl.substack.com/p/starling-ban…

🔒 Satya raises $55m in Series B funding 💰 Enterprise Ireland launches a new start-up fund, up to €100k 🎧 Kinzen gets acquired by Spotify Read more👇 launchpadirl.substack.com/p/100k-for-iri…

The anti-social behaviour in Stoneybatter has gone too far

A late New Year's Resolution, trying to post on my newsletter once a month! 🚀 The latest edition of Launchpad Ireland talks about @ObbiGolf, Series B funding for Inscribe and more! A quick 3-minute read 📖 launchpadirl.substack.com/p/no-handicap-…

Excited to attend the Modern Data Summit organised by Modern Data Stack! 🚀 Looking forward to connecting with data industry leaders and learn about the latest trends and innovations in the field! moderndatastack.xyz/summit #moderndatastack23

Thrilled that my GAAPitchFinder data was used in a recent article on RTÉ News 🥳 Great work Gerard McCarthy, Amelia and Hannah Shen from Maynooth Geography for their amazing analysis!

Exciting stuff. Played with this a bit today. It's like an Iceberg starter kit that bundles storage with the catalog and compaction. Systems looking to support Iceberg writes will have an easy time targeting S3 tables catalog, because they don't need to add compaction 1/n