NAMAland, the application

Someone drew my attention to the NAMAland application yesterday, and having previewed the application I must say that it has put a big smile on my face – it’s a clever application for iphones and Android phones and an innovative use of technology. I haven’t seen the application on a real phone yet (will later today) but the indications are that it is a bit special. The creator of the application is Conor McGarrigle and you can find him at www.stunned.org

Conor says that the application is based on the data in the NAMAwinelake developers spreadsheet which you can access here. The spreadsheet was started here back in May 2010 though a couple of weeks ago it caused a bit of an internet sensation (by reference to the modest presence of a blog devoted to NAMA) as it became more widely “discovered” and it took most of one Sunday evening to communicate to those who picked up the link to the spreadsheet about what the spreadsheet information was and wasn’t. This communication was particularly needed after some wild claims were made about the information being leaked, about overt political skulduggery and confusion at  some of the associations shown on the spreadsheet, be they of assets, companies or people. There are a couple of explanatory entries here and here to explain the background and content of the spreadsheet.

I have communicated with Conor and congratulated him on what looks like a very clever piece of work. I have asked him to make clear the description of the information contained in the spreadsheet, mostly for his benefit so that he doesn’t have the distraction of dealing with irate (or litigious) property owners or indeed users/downloaders who might be expecting something different. The application itself is here.