John Breslin | |
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![]() John Breslin (2018) | |
Born | |
Nationality | Irish |
Education |
Catholic University School Mary Immaculate Lisdoonvarna |
Alma mater | University of Galway ( BE, PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Academic, entrepreneur, author |
Employer | University of Galway |
Known for | boards.ie, SIOC, PorterShed, Old Ireland in Colour |
Website | http://www.johnbreslin.com |
John Breslin ( Irish: Seán Ó Breisleáin; born 1973 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish engineer and full professor at the University of Galway. He is co-founder of the Irish websites boards.ie and adverts.ie. He co-authored the Irish bestselling book Old Ireland in Colour in 2020, Old Ireland in Colour 2 in 2021, and Old Ireland in Colour 3 in 2023.
In 1998, Breslin set up an Internet forum to discuss video games [1] which evolved into boards.ie, one of Ireland's largest indigenous websites. [2] He was awarded Net Visionary awards by the Irish Internet Association in 2005 [3] and 2006. [4]
In 2006, Breslin co-founded adverts.ie, an online classified ads website and spin-off from boards.ie. The adverts.ie site was acquired in a joint venture by Distilled Media Group and Schibsted Media Group in 2015. [5]
In 2007, Breslin met the Collison brothers while Patrick was studying at MIT, and came up with the name for their first company, 'Shuppa', during a brainstorming session over dinner. [6][ non-primary source needed]
In 2010, Breslin set up the New Tech Post, an online technology publisher. [7] A San Jose office for the New Tech Post was announced by Breslin in March 2011. [8]
In 2011, Breslin was announced as a co-founder of StreamGlider, a visual real-time dashboard for tracking interests across various types of devices, along with Nova Spivack and Bill McDaniel. [9] [10]
In 2004, while working as a researcher at DERI, Breslin founded the Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities (SIOC) project, a Semantic Web framework for sharing social data [11] and used in web applications [12] such as Yahoo! SearchMonkey, [13] Drupal 7 [14][ non-primary source needed] and the Newsweek website. [15]
Breslin's research publications have focused on the Social Semantic Web, and he co-authored two books on this topic in 2009 [16] and 2015. [17]
In 2015, Breslin co-founded the Galway City Innovation District to create startup-friendly spaces in downtown Galway. [18] The first space, the PorterShed, is a refurbished former Guinness building that opened to startups in April 2016. [19]
In 2019, Breslin set up the Old Ireland in Colour project, which uses a combination of artificial intelligence techniques (such as DeOldify) and human artistry to colourise and restore historical photographs of Ireland and Irish people from the 19th and 20th centuries. [20] [21] An Old Ireland in Colour book with some of these photographs, featuring captions written by historian Sarah-Anne Buckley, was published by Merrion Press in October 2020. [22] Breslin spoke to Ryan Tubridy about the book on The Late Late Show on 20 November 2020. [23]
Old Ireland in Colour was the number one bestselling book in Ireland from 15 to 28 November 2020 and from 6 to 26 December 2020 according to Nielsen BookScan. [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] It was also the official Christmas number one for 2020 according to Nielsen BookScan. [29] It also won Best Irish-Published Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2020. [30]
A second volume, Old Ireland in Colour 2, also co-authored with Sarah-Anne Buckley, was published by Merrion Press in September 2021. [31] Old Ireland in Colour 2 was the number one bestselling book in Ireland from 21–27 November 2021 according to Nielsen BookScan. [32]
Breslin served as secretary of the American Council on Exercise from 2017 to 2019. [33]
John Breslin | |
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![]() John Breslin (2018) | |
Born | |
Nationality | Irish |
Education |
Catholic University School Mary Immaculate Lisdoonvarna |
Alma mater | University of Galway ( BE, PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Academic, entrepreneur, author |
Employer | University of Galway |
Known for | boards.ie, SIOC, PorterShed, Old Ireland in Colour |
Website | http://www.johnbreslin.com |
John Breslin ( Irish: Seán Ó Breisleáin; born 1973 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish engineer and full professor at the University of Galway. He is co-founder of the Irish websites boards.ie and adverts.ie. He co-authored the Irish bestselling book Old Ireland in Colour in 2020, Old Ireland in Colour 2 in 2021, and Old Ireland in Colour 3 in 2023.
In 1998, Breslin set up an Internet forum to discuss video games [1] which evolved into boards.ie, one of Ireland's largest indigenous websites. [2] He was awarded Net Visionary awards by the Irish Internet Association in 2005 [3] and 2006. [4]
In 2006, Breslin co-founded adverts.ie, an online classified ads website and spin-off from boards.ie. The adverts.ie site was acquired in a joint venture by Distilled Media Group and Schibsted Media Group in 2015. [5]
In 2007, Breslin met the Collison brothers while Patrick was studying at MIT, and came up with the name for their first company, 'Shuppa', during a brainstorming session over dinner. [6][ non-primary source needed]
In 2010, Breslin set up the New Tech Post, an online technology publisher. [7] A San Jose office for the New Tech Post was announced by Breslin in March 2011. [8]
In 2011, Breslin was announced as a co-founder of StreamGlider, a visual real-time dashboard for tracking interests across various types of devices, along with Nova Spivack and Bill McDaniel. [9] [10]
In 2004, while working as a researcher at DERI, Breslin founded the Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities (SIOC) project, a Semantic Web framework for sharing social data [11] and used in web applications [12] such as Yahoo! SearchMonkey, [13] Drupal 7 [14][ non-primary source needed] and the Newsweek website. [15]
Breslin's research publications have focused on the Social Semantic Web, and he co-authored two books on this topic in 2009 [16] and 2015. [17]
In 2015, Breslin co-founded the Galway City Innovation District to create startup-friendly spaces in downtown Galway. [18] The first space, the PorterShed, is a refurbished former Guinness building that opened to startups in April 2016. [19]
In 2019, Breslin set up the Old Ireland in Colour project, which uses a combination of artificial intelligence techniques (such as DeOldify) and human artistry to colourise and restore historical photographs of Ireland and Irish people from the 19th and 20th centuries. [20] [21] An Old Ireland in Colour book with some of these photographs, featuring captions written by historian Sarah-Anne Buckley, was published by Merrion Press in October 2020. [22] Breslin spoke to Ryan Tubridy about the book on The Late Late Show on 20 November 2020. [23]
Old Ireland in Colour was the number one bestselling book in Ireland from 15 to 28 November 2020 and from 6 to 26 December 2020 according to Nielsen BookScan. [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] It was also the official Christmas number one for 2020 according to Nielsen BookScan. [29] It also won Best Irish-Published Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2020. [30]
A second volume, Old Ireland in Colour 2, also co-authored with Sarah-Anne Buckley, was published by Merrion Press in September 2021. [31] Old Ireland in Colour 2 was the number one bestselling book in Ireland from 21–27 November 2021 according to Nielsen BookScan. [32]
Breslin served as secretary of the American Council on Exercise from 2017 to 2019. [33]