![]() Next thing you’re a star of the digital age, a piece of content keeping servers hopping from China to the Dublin docks. You think you better let one go the other way. Because if you don’t the game is stop-start to a maddening degree.īut then what’s a minor infraction compared to a middling one? Can you spot one at 100mph with a load of other things going on? What if you get the sense that in the desire to “let it flow” that you have unintentionally given an edge to one side over the other? But even then the human element remains key – you have to know where and when to overlook infractions. We’ll know Artificial Intelligence has truly arrived when there’s a bot that knows every rule and can spot the infringement as it happens. The outside noise from beyond the field is, at best, distracting. Nearly everybody on the pitch is trying to test or at least influence you. There are numerous tussles going on at a given moment, most highly physical, some of them even involve the ball. The pitch is longer than 140m, more than 80m wide. Unreasonable doesn’t even begin to describe what’s asked of him. He’s the one guy on the field who cannot win. At half-time he was jeered to the roof by Limerick supporters. ![]() Liam Gordon was escorted from the pitch on Sunday as a precaution against angry Clare fans getting to him. Those that do it in front of a crowd of thousands and an infinite supply of social media judges have my admiration, even if I haven’t always spoken to them in that manner. My stress levels were up around the same level as the fella who was at the controls of Hawk-Eye when it malfunctioned. I wasn’t sure if it was over or not, and called it a point. I was conscripted once to umpire a kids game. Kanturk – the only place where people come to watch 30 minutes of hurling. All you’ll hear is: “No, sorry, I have to leave at half-time.” Go there and you’re asked to step in as an umpire. There’s a covered stand next to the pitch in Kanturk and the regulars know not to position themselves to the left of the structure. ![]() Who in their sober mind would want to be a referee? Once the adrenaline levels have returned so somewhere around their typical level you are left with the knowledge that theirs is the impossible job. You won’t see me tweeting in anger about an official, or drawing a line from his eyes to the offence, asking HOW DID HE NOT SEE THAT!? If I have any redeeming quality, it’s that once the game is a result I’ll leave there. The temperature rises during competition and I sometimes behave in a way that’s not reasonable. I’m probably every bit as irritating as a selector. Nor can I explain it away as the misadventures of youth. I’ll admit, the content and tone of what I’ve said to to them is not something I’d stand over here. This fella? Commenting on officials? He has more front than the Cusack Stand. The man himself, Charlie Miller of CM Hairdressing #legendįrom football to surf shacks – the rise of WeDo Scotland’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner, Stuart Hunter of Advance Global Recruitment.ANYONE WHO HAS refereed a game I’ve played could well have looked at the headline and asked themselves if I’m having a laugh. MSP Annabelle Ewing on Youth & Women’s Employment (she even had a MadeBrave® moleskine!) ![]() Ian – blue steel – LeBruce, head honcho of Cappuccino Ads (they put ads on coffee cups – genius!) Josh Carson and his beard of wonder (that’s where he keeps all his techy genius) from Geared App Inspiring young people to develop their ideas and realise their ambitions – Anthony Gerrard, Cheif Exec of Bad Idea. Next up, Ryan from Flavourly (he doesn’t look this serious all the time, we promise). They were joined by international hairdressing legends, tech start ups and lifetime achievers – here are just a few of the great speakers from the event…įirst up – our Andrew talking about Flavourly (wow, how relevant – it’s as if someone planned it all!) This year, our Andrew did a joint talk with our pal Ryan from Flavourly about building fun, exciting businesses in today’s market. Posted On Read Time 1 minute read Our Andrew and Ryan from Flavourly were amongst the great speakers at this year’s WeDO Scotland Annual Conference.Įvery year, WeDO Scotland host their annual conference, bringing together some of Scotland’s greatest business minds to talk about their experience as entrepreneurs. ![]()
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