Dr. John Breslin
Digital Enterprise Research Institute
National University of Ireland, Galway

Plans for World Domination:
Past, Present and Future
John Breslin
Co-Founder
boards.ie Ltd.

Past: History of the Boardsverse
 1998 - 1 Forum - 1 Member (Me!) - Began
life as quake.ie WWWBoard
 2000 - 20 Forums - 1,500 Members - Cloud
Boards becomes boards.ie
 w/ DeVore, regi, Vexorg, tr1n1ty … ecksor
 2005 - 500 Forums - 50k Members - 3.5M
Posts - 3TB Transfer Per Month
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Present: Boards Culture
 Forums - Ranging from David Hasselhoff and
Wanderly Wagon to Irish Skeptics and
Conspiracy Theories (crazy people)!
 Wiki - Boards + Wiki = Biki
 Blogs - 160 Active
 Gathering Cards
 Boards Beers
 Hallowe'en Fancy Dress Pa