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About Ciara
Ciara Byrne is a technology journalist whose work has appeared in VentureBeat, O’ Reilly Radar, Techcrunch, The New York Times and Forbes. Based in Amsterdam, her interests include cleantech, mobile health care, big data, European startups, technology in emerging markets and cycling in high heels.…
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Features
Beyond the news…
How charity:water became tech’s favorite non-profit (VentureBeat)
Appsterdam: A haven for Indie app makers? (VentureBeat and New York Times)
Dating with data (O’ Reilly Radar)
Smart grid in Europe is all about renewables (VentureBeat and New York Times)
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Written Interviews
A selection of my favourite interviews.
Cory Doctorow: Tech Companies exploit the way we undervalue privacy (VentureBeat and New York Times)
An insider speaks on the cult of Etsy (VentureBeat and New York Times)
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Technology Overviews
Overviews of new technology fields.
Do you need a data scientist? (VentureBeat)
What’s cooler than a million dollars? Changing a million lives (VentureBeat and New York Times)
Can your smartphone save your life? (VentureBeat and New York Times)
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In print
Future Now was a 10-page spread in CODE magazine’s “2012 Survival Kit” Issue. It profiled 6 startups with big ideas.
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Speaking Gigs
Moderator: “How to get funded?” investor panel, Dublin Web Summit, Nov 2011.
“How to pitch to the tech press (unplugged)”, Appsterdam lunchtime lectures, Oct 2011.
“How to pitch to the tech press (unplugged)” Hackers and Founders Amsterdam, Aug, 2011.…
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Other Projects
Product Animation for AuthenTec.
Concept and Production by Ciara Byrne. Motion Design and Sound by Explainimate.
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Opinion
A few opinion pieces,
Women in Tech: What to do now (VentureBeat)
How to pitch to tech journalists (VentureBeat)
Top 8 ways to annoy a tech blogger (VentureBeat)