is: The Phenomenon of the Facebook Status
300,000 Hits on Facebook Status Generator
August 16th, 2010It will not come as much of a surprise that the most popular page on the website is the Facebook Status Generator, a system that gives people the chance to ‘borrow’ any number of weird and wonderful status updates to pass of as their own, and contribute to the status generator with their own wacky thoughts. Well I am delighted to report that over the weekend the status generator achieved it’s 300,000th hit, which brings me great delight.
To celebrate this fact I have decided to offer 100% of the royalties that I receive from the book and website traffic to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
MSF is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance where needed regardless of race, religion, politics or sex to populations in danger in more than 70 countries.
So for everyone that has purchased the book, be safe in knowing that your purchase has gone to make life a little easier for those suffering in the most inhumane circumstances.
And for that, I am deeply grateful to you…
Independent Newspaper
April 20th, 2010Today there is a piece in the Irish Independent Newspaper looking at facebook from the perspective of ‘too much’, so of course they picked up a copy of ‘is’ and had a look at the ‘too much information’ chapter to see some of the crazy and disgusting things that some people may list as their status update. Read the article by clicking here
200,000 Hits
March 28th, 2010Since it’s set up, this website has been doing fantastically well and has proved very popular, to the extent that last night it reached the 200,000 hits mark, which is phenomenal for a 5 month old website.
One of the most fasinating aspects about all of this is how it has appealed to people from nearly every country in the world, and recently it has been receiving hits from nowhere… which I believe to be some crazy person on a ship in the middle of nowhere. So hello mate, hope its nice down there in the Indian Ocean?
And to everyone else, thanks for the support, and I am glad that you enjoy the status generator so much.
Win Star Wars Tickets
March 5th, 2010Win 2 tickets for Star Wars the Musical at the Point / 02 this Sunday 7 March 2010 at 1:30pm.
Facevalue of tickets are €70, but you can win the pair of tickets just by going to the Facebook Status Generator page of the website and submit your favourite / funniest Facebook Status and the winner will receive the tickets for the worldwide best selling show STAR WARS Musical.
http://www.theisbook.com/status-generator/
Dont forget to leave your name and email. The winner will be contacted by close of business Saturday!
Best of luck.
100,000 Hits
January 20th, 2010Since it’s set up, this website has been doing fantastically well and has proved very popular, to the extent that at the weekend it reached the 100,000 hits mark, which is phenomenal for a 14 week old website.
So thank you to everyone for all your continued support!
Royalties to Victims Charity
December 18th, 2009Books to the Troops and Royalties to the Victims of Terrorism
I have just started a charity based on the book called ‘Books to the Troops and Royalties to the Victims of Terrorism’
Self explanatory really, I will send boxes of my book to the Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and I will donating the Royalties earned during the entire year of 2010 to Victims around the world that have suffered because of Terrorism since 9/11/2001. I have given all the royalties to date to different charities so I thought I would just concentrate on one charity for all of next year. This one will help people from all over the world, so please join this group and get the name of this very worthwhile cause out there.
Please click on this group to join and help us get to 911,911 members. Thank you. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=191773736241
Countrymix 106.8FM
December 18th, 2009I had the best time earlier this week when I popped in the Countrymix106.8FM Studios with Lynsey Dolan, who is now one of my favourite Radio DJ’s. We had a good old chat about Facebook Statuses and the world in general, which I thoroughly enjoyed and hope to repeat again some time soon. Also, Thanks must go to Karen Lawless for sorting everything out. Lynsey is on-air every weekday morning from 9am with a detailed look at what’s happening around the City and in your World. http://countrymix.ie/ I highly recommend it!
Eastcoast FM
December 16th, 2009Today I had a fantastic time with the Eastcoast FM crew and managed to get on the radio with Declan Meehan not once but twice. I also had a good look around at how the station is run, and what all the buttons and knobs are for. I would like to say a big Thank You to Joe, Claire, Declan, Laura and all the team out there, and wish them all a very successful 2010. To listen to Eastcoast FM, please follow this link http://www.eastcoast.fm/
World News Review
November 25th, 2009The book receives a fantasic review in Worldnews.com which gives the book some much needed publicity in North America
http://article.wn.com/view/2009/08/10/Romance_TMI_in_Patrick_Hamilton_Walshs_is_The_Phenomenon_of_/
Funny/Strange review
November 23rd, 2009212articles.com features this hilarious review of my book, which I think is another review that has been translated into a foreign language and then re-translated into English.
http://www.212articles.com/articles/70112/1/The-Phenomenon-of-the-Facebook-Status/Page1.html
Budgethotel Review
November 23rd, 2009Review of ‘is’ in November 2009 edition of Budgethotel
Longford Leader Review
November 23rd, 2009Book review in the Longford Leader:
http://www.longfordleader.ie/leader-book-reviews/is-The-Phenomenon-of-the.5807116.jp
2,300 Hits: Henry
November 20th, 2009Mainly thanks to Thierry Henry’s handball in the Ireland v France World Cup Play-off, many people where searching for appropriate Status updates for to reflect their frustrations in their Facebook and Twitter accounts, which resulted in the website receiving exactly 2,300 hits in the 24 hours following the game.
1,000 Hits
November 5th, 2009Yesterday was the first time that this website had over 1,000 hits in a single day, which is a great achievement for a website that is not even three weeks old! The fantastic thing about all of this is that the hits came from all over the globe, and the site is increasingly receiving traffic from ever more exotic locations.
Worldwide Attention
October 30th, 2009This week alone the Status Generator has received over 5,000 hits, and this is made all the more impressive when we consider that this interest has come from every continent, and from places like Iran, the Phillippines, Ecuador, South Africa, and throughout North America and Europe.
Thanks everyone for your support, it is greatly appreciated!
EzineArticles review
October 27th, 2009The book has been receiving some good online reviews, and the sources that are including the reviews seem to be spreading out, for example: http://ezinearticles.com/?Is—The-Phenomenon-of-the-Facebook-Status&id=3115026
Australian Newspapers
October 27th, 2009Today a review of the book was included on Page 2 of the mX Newspaper throughout Australia, accompanied with a picture of me, the Author. I have not seen the review yet, but by all accounts it was very good, and I am very grateful for the coverage.
eBay listing
October 26th, 2009Someone has taken to selling copies of ‘is: The Phenomenon of the Facebook Status’ on eBay.co.uk. If anyone is interested in bidding for a copy the book is listed under the title ‘is’ by Patrick Hamilton Walsh. Good Luck.
Damien Mulley
October 19th, 2009Damien Mulley, Ireland’s premier blogger, and the man behind the Irish Blog Awards, today featured the Status Generator contained within the website at the top of his ‘Fluffy Links’ which I am very pleased with (to say the least). If you have not signed up to read about Damien’s unique view of the world then you ARE missing out! Do it! http://www.mulley.net/
N. Ireland media coverage
October 15th, 2009Today the book has received a lot of very positive media coverage in Northern Ireland, including my local newspapers The Strabane Chronicle and The Ulster Herald, which should keep my parents busy with the neighbours for the next week or so.
Promotional Pictures
October 12th, 2009My very good friend Rick Dawg, takes time out of his busy photographer lifestyle to take a few promotional pictures for me, enabling me send them of to the various media personnel that require them for reviews on my book.
First Phone Interview
October 11th, 2009I conduct my first telephone interview with the media for a piece in the Ulster Herald, a very respectable newspaper in my home country of N. Ireland… which may surprise my friends and family when they open it and see a picture of me, and my name on the bottom of the book!
98FM Radio Appearance
September 28th, 2009One of Ireland’s most popular radio shows, The Adrian Kennedy Show is doing a phone in on the subject of Facebook, so I call in and contribute to the debate, and manage to get ‘is: The Phenomenon of the Facebook Status‘ mentioned in the process!
mX Sydney Review
September 26th, 2009mX Sydney are doing a review of ‘is’ their daily free morning newspaper, which I am very happy about as the book was completed whilst I was living in Sydney, a city that love!
InDublin Review
September 24th, 2009InDublin Magazine are in contact in relation to reviewing the book for their ‘On the Couch’ Book review section, which is very exciting as I have been a long time fan of the magazine.
Link to review: 
In Dublin – On the couch Book Review
MenuPages.ie Competition
September 20th, 2009MenuPages.ie are keen to include the book in the competition section of their wonderful monthly ezine, and I am more than happy to oblige, providing three signed copies.
Media Coverage
August 29th, 2009Recent media coverage has resulted in an increased level of reader feedback from around the world on various websites, which has been very pleasing, although some of the feedback has been quite surprising, leaving me a different outlook on the book!
Recent Media Reviews
August 14th, 2009The wonderful review that the book received in the DC Examiner, has lead to the review being carried in numerous other media sources around the world including (to name a few):
- Hollywood Hello
- Canadian Post
- World News
- NZ Entertainment
- Edmonton Post
- The Indian Press
The Examiner Review
August 7th, 2009Camille Tuutti-Winkler, the highly respected DC Books Examiner, from The Examiner in Washington DC has contacted the publishers in relation to writing a review on ‘is‘ which is very exciting.
Signed Copies available in Waterstones, Dublin
July 11th, 2009The manager of Waterstones Bookshop, Dawson St,. Dublin has put a limited number of signed copies of ‘is‘ on the shelves for those can could not make it to the book signing.
Mr.Walsh signing a copy of the book.
First Book Signing, Waterstones, Dublin.
July 9th, 2009I will be attending my first book signing later today in Waterstones Bookshop, Dawson St., Dublin, so come along, as your support is very welcome.