We have a diverse portfolio of clients in different industries that results in a challenging set of projects and we’re looking for a developer with an insatiable drive to problem solve through code.

We’re looking for a lead developer to join our team in Kenmare to work on online projects arising from our internet strategy consultancy. We are looking for someone friendly, flexible and curious – and of course skilled.

Aonach’s raison d’etre is to help organisations do business more successfully on the internet and the developer we seek will be someone who can share our vision of how code can breathe life into an online strategy.

To offset the challenges you’ll face while coding, the position is located in Kenmare Co. Kerry and comes with spectacular views and a satisfying pace of life. Kenmare is on the coast of Kerry (South West Ireland) and is one of the food capitals of Ireland with great cafés and restaurants.

Remuneration will be dependant on the candidates skillsets and experience, contact us if you would like to chat about salary.

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Desired Skills & Experience

• A burning interest in the internet is essential
• We’re looking for a problem solver
• We want elegant code!
• Senior-level PHP/LAMP developer with 3+ years experience
• Competent in SQL
• Excellent knowledge of Javascript and JS libraries, HTML5 and CSS3.
• Strong Unix/Linux knowledge
• Experience in CMS development required eg. WordPress, drupal etc.
• Knowledge of Magento would be an asset.
• Strong interest in UI.
• Ability to follow, complete and report on comprehensive test processes.
• Ability to work in a team environment
• 3 – 5 years web development experience. B.A. or higher in Computer Science, Multimedia or similar preferred.

The Process

Simple, easy and uncomplicated. Send us your CV info@aonach.com and we’ll get right back to you!

We would like to wish everyone a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year! Best regards from all the team at Aonach. We look forward to talking to you in the new year. Our offices will be closed from 23rd of December until 3rd of January 2012

The speed is impressive and is a clear signal that Google is serious about speed as a usability issue.

They have focused on two consumer purchasing triggers for one of the filter options – Price and Duration of flights and have come up with an interesting approach.

Combining this with their Hotel Finder they are shaping up to a serious force in online travel. Is this a threat or an opportunity?

See this search for Barry Packaging in Google.ie:

The new site links (12 in a double column) also have a URL and a little snippet. This dominates most of the above the fold real estate in the search results and will mean that brand owners will dominate the results for their brands should Google roll this out. Naturally it will have huge implications for affiliates and other distribution partners – particularly those who have invested heavily in SEO in an attempt to dominate the brand search results for Brands that have been slower to move online.

This is what the Site links were like in the “Classic” results:

In light of Google’s recent refocusing on prioritizing product efforts there may be an indication that they are serious about this – so probably worth paying attention to developments here…

The search is unsurprisingly very slick and the hotel details pre-load on the listing page so when you click on an individual hotel the speed is amazing! The mapping feature is uber-cool! You can select multiple within a destination that you are interested in by dragging a selection polygon around the hotels. I’ve no idea how useful this actually is, however it’s going to be a talking point. When you click the “Book” for a property you get a strange pop up list of advertisers (with pricing) for this property followed by the hotels own site. One interesting feature is that the price is quoted both with and without all taxes and fees for transparency. So at the moment it’s kind of like Tripadvisor without the advice. Although there is a strong emphasis on reviews and imagery for the property…

Only lists hotels in the U.S. for now.

Kind of hard to imagine how this type of project doesn’t lead to a conflict of interest with Google’s advertising base in the hospitality sector – but lets keep an open mind as we know that my favourite company can do no evil!

$54.91 a click? There must be some margin on that product!

It’s refreshing to meet someone who’s not trying to flog his product to all and sundry and Quentin is the first to admit that wind power is not for everyone – “the key to wind energy viability is a suitable site“. To help consumers understand the viability of their site Turbotricity offers a free desktop site survey. (Basically you give them key data points on your site and they work out the theoretic available wind). They have also published a very useful free video lecture series on alternative energy:

Introduction to renewable energy

Free online video training on renewable energy. This course has been run by Quentin Gargan at Ardnashee for a number of years. The course is a great way to get a basic understanding of the practicalities of installing renewable energy for your home. All training material is provided in good faith to help you understand the principles of wind energy.

This is a really impressive story for a small start up targeting the global yoga instruction market. We’ve used Youtube to help build the brand and its reach. Now Yogatic is watched in over 220 countries and territories and has over 25,000 subscribers. Naturally, this has involved a lot of hard work: 210 instructional videos uploaded. Two of these have gone viral with over 1.5M views each and 20 videos have in excess of 100,000 views…

Yogatic! is based in West Cork in Ireland in a remote location and this is an exciting story of reaching a global audience. Importantly the views are translated into DVD sales and the two Yogatic titles have sold into 46 countries worldwide.