1st
Jul
Greetings wordees! (word owners)
I have embarked on a mission to meet as many wordees as possible around Europe. In an effort to find out more about why you guys bought a word, why you chose that word and how it has changed your lives I will be having little interviews with you guys.
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30th
Jun
TBWP was featured on the RTE news at 6pm on Friday 27th June. The interview was recorded during the Silicon Ireland event that we attended and took part in.
RTE
You can view the RTE news clip here or view the longer news special interview here.
Silicon Ireland
View the Silicon Ireland video interview here.
Thanks to Philip Bromwell from […]
20th
Jun
The Big Word Project is part of the racecourse for the world’s first internet balloon race! How do you like our little Raccoon balloon in the bottom corner of the homepage?
Our Balloon is racing for the definition of words everywhere. We had to choose the Raccoon as its definition is still one of our favourite […]
18th
Jun
We received an email from Cat a while back when we did the BBC Worldservice interview. I (Paddy) embarrassed myself as I did not know how to pronounce our longest word, Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and Christina decided to help me out. I decided that everyone should learn how to pronounce this massive word, if even […]
14th
Jun
The Big Word Project Display
This week we have been exhibiting our work over the past semester in our University. It’s been great being able to show off our work in a gallery setting as our stuff is usually all online and a lot of people in the art community do not get to see […]
10th
Jun
We are speaking at the Silicon Ireland conference in Dublin on the 26th June!
This event will have a range of speakers offering advice to start-ups seeking seed or “Angel” funding and how to get it. There will also be the chance for 4 businesses to pitch their ideas to the assembled delegates.
There will be ample […]
28th
May
We came across a fantastic project recently called ‘Fifty Thousand Shirts‘.
On Monday, May 19, one week after the quake, reports surfaced estimating that 50,000 lives would be lost in this tragedy—our vision is hope. One by one, fifty thousand hand drawn tally marks create the “x” on your shirt, each one representing a life that […]
22nd
May
You guys have redefined 5,000 words! Great stuff! We really appreciate all the support you have given us
Number 5,000 was ‘Sharable‘ and links to Need it Take it, a sharing site for things you no longer need/want.
Thanks Need it Take it!
Word of the day
Need - a requirement, necessary duty, or […]
8th
May
We’ve reached 4,000 redefined words! Thank you so much everybody for making this project work! We really appreciate all your support, we couldn’t have had the success so far without everyone who has bought words and blogged about us.
Special thanks to the purchaser of word number 4,000 who redefined ‘Luggage‘.
We look forward to […]
23rd
Apr
We were lunchtime guests today on UTV’s U105 radio station with Lynda Bryans. The interview went really well so thanks to Lynda and the team. Exciting stuff getting on the radio!
Word of the day
Radiogenic - Suitable for broadcasting by radio