Digital Acla Blog

Awake Women of the West! New Business Starts in Mayo.

digitalacla — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:07:41 +0000

Its never easy launching a new business but trying to start up in a recession requires a particularly determined entrepreneur. So it is worth highlighting and praising the women of Co. Mayo who have started the following businesses over the last year or so:

Forgotten Frocks
Go on, be honest girls. How many dresses and outfits do you have at the back of the wardrobe, or in the attic, that you’ve worn once or twice and haven’t looked at since? How about making a little bit of money back from your purchases during the ‘party years’? Forgotten Frocks is a new web site offering pre-loved womens clothing at knock-down prices. Sellers can advertise their party dresses, bridal wear, debs dresses, communion wear, handbags, accessories and more. And buyers can pick up a bargain at knockdown prices. A winner all-round for savvy buyers and sellers.

Koochie Koo
With Ireland currently undergoing a baby boom, maybe opening a nursery store and baby boutique during a recession is not such a daft idea. This shop has a fantastic location in the retail park in Westport and stocks quality buggies, travel systems, cots and nursery furniture as well as a choice selection of baby and toddler clothing and accessories.

Nappy Happy Cakes
Still on the baby boom theme, how about these little beauties for your new little beauties? Nappy cakes are a great idea as new baby gifts – they look fantastic but when you get into them (and yes, its a real shame to unpick them) they are choc full of useful stuff that the new parents will really appreciate.

Terisina Fitzpatrick Photography
Wedding photography, corporate photography (events, fashion, products) and portrait photography offered in the Newport and Westport area. Keeping with the baby theme, photographer Terri specialises in photographs of new born babies as well as toddlers and children. Book a studio session in Newport, or book Terri to cover your wedding, corporate or family event.

Sleek Lingerie
Following on from the baby boom theme, the idea for Sleek Lingerie came about after its founder struggled to fit into her pre-baby clothes without a little bit fo help from shapewear. Now the sleek.ie web site offers a select range of shapewear, maternity underwear, and silhouette-enhancing lingerie.

Blackfield Clothing
Not quite a start-up, Blackfield Clothing has been designing, making and selling funky adults and children’s clothing on Achill Island for a few years now. But with a stylish new e-commerce website, and a new range for 2011, they are always worth a mention. The Hot-Totz range of kids clothing is always a great gift idea.

Congratulations to all the women behind these new businesses in Mayo, and best of luck to you all in these challenging times.

Achill Island hits WordPress home page

digitalacla — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:07:37 +0000

A blog post by Lucy, an American student living Galway, about her day trip to Achill Island has been featured on the WordPress.com home page. Filed as the featured item in ‘posts about Travel’, this little promotion brings Lucy’s fabulous photo-essay – and Achill Island itself – to global attention via the great reach of the WordPress site and associated networks. I hope that Lucy’s blog, brilliantly-named ‘You Say Goodbye and I Say Menlo‘ – gets the attention it deserves from this link by WordPress, and of course that Achill might get a bit of a boost too! Following on from Reb Stevenson’s beautiful photo essay of her trip to Achill (Bad Weather + Deserted Village = Happy Me), it seems the American-Canadian visitors are doing a fine job of promoting Achill and the west of Ireland.

For more information on Achill Island and its Deserted Village, see Achill Tourism or Visit Achill.

WordPress home page with Achill feature

A Day on Achill Island

digitalacla — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:05:16 +0000

Beautifully shot photo-story from Canadian blogger/journalist Reb Stevenson about her day on Achill Island: Bad Weather + Deserted Village = Happy Me.

McAfee Customer Service Nightmare

digitalacla — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:35:14 +0000

Poor customer service, particularly telephone ‘help’ lines and tech support lines, is one of those things we’ re just having to get used to these days. We’ve all been there … frustrating automated telephone responses, being bounced from one person or department to another, issues being ‘closed’ before you get a satisfactory resolution, unhelpful ‘help’ staff, curt and disinterested ‘help’ staff, hidden clauses and conditions, and so on. When I had an issue this morning with some sort of conflict between Thunderbird and McAfee, I searched online to see if anyone else had had the same issue and whether there was a fix available. I came across this post by blogger and photography artist Sally Jane: McAfee’s Anti-Spam failiure with Thunderbird 3. It’s a damning indictment of McAfee’s so-called tech ‘support’, but what I can’t get over is the patience of Sally. A full seven months of to-and-fro with McAfee, constantly being told the same thing (uninstall and reinstall, and it will resolve the issue), and yet she still managed to stay calm and polite with them. That woman deserves a medal!

Hello world!

digitalacla — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:33:02 +0000

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!