Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:00:00 GMT Davy Sims is a member of the steering group of Digital Circle - the representative body of the Digital Content Industry in Northern Ireland. This is the regular podcast by leading members of the industry. http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ This podcast may be freely distributed ds@simsdigitalmedia.com (davy sims) Business, Media, en ds@simsdigitalmedia.com (davy sims) Davy Sims Podcast Davy Sims is a member of the steering group of Digital Circle - the representative body of the Digital Content Industry in Northern Ireland. This is the regular podcast by leading members of the industry. Davy Sims digital content, content creation, digital media, media, Northern Ireland, Belfast no Davy Sims Podcast dcpodcast@simsdigitalmedia.com http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/images/dclogo100x86.jpg http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ Digital Circle Logo Andor Technology is a specialist camera maker. The business started 20 years ago at Queens University. Earlier this week they posted a hike of 65% in pre-tax profits for the year to the end of September. The company said its profit had amounted to £2.11m, up from £1.28m last year Gary Wilmot is Head of Engineering at Andor Technology in Belfast. We began talking about Andor’s main products. Thu, 07 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Davy Sims) 20090507http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Paul McKeever from Front talks about the recent Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco Andor Technology is a specialist camera maker. The business started 20 years ago at Queens University. Earlier this week they posted a hike of 65% in pre-tax profits for the year to the end of September. The company said its profit had amounted to £2.11m, up from £1.28m last year Gary Wilmot is Head of Engineering at Andor Technology in Belfast. We began talking about Andor’s main products. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 9:10 no Paul McKeever, Managing Director of Front http://www.designbyfront.com/about/ was one of about a dozen businesses from Northern Ireland who went to the Web 2.00 conference in San Francisco. In this podcast he talks about his impressions of the event. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Davy Sims) 20090428http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Paul McKeever from Front talks about the recent Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco Paul McKeever, Managing Director of Front http://www.designbyfront.com/about/ was one of about a dozen businesses from Northern Ireland who went to the Web 2.00 conference in San Francisco. In this podcast he talks about his impressions of the event. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 11:09 no This edition of the podcast is from Barcamp Belfast held in the Art College this weekend. Almost 400 people signed up on the web site for what was billed as is “a user-generated unconference for designers, developers, startups and geeks to share and learn in an open environment”. It’s organised almost entirely by Andy McMillan with the support of a few friends. Much bigger than first planned it moved from an intended smaller venue to occupy 2 floors in the Art College. Here are some links to interviewees on the podcast: Barcamp Belfast - http://barcampbelfast.com/ Andy McMillan - http://goodonpaper.org/ Lee Munroe’s Blog - http://www.leemunroe.com/blog/ Front - http://www.designbyfront.com/ Reva Health Presentation: http://blog.revahealth.com/blog/2009/03/bizcamp-limerick-how-to-be-wrong-and-still-be-right.html Bean and Gone Artisan Coffee - http://www.beanandgone.com/ Cupcake Camp NI - http://cupcakecampni.org/ 4IP - http://www.4ip.org.uk/ 38 Minutes - http://38minutes.ning.com/ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Davy Sims) 20090426http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Barcamp Belfast This edition of the podcast is from Barcamp Belfast held in the Art College this weekend. Almost 400 people signed up on the web site for what was billed as is “a user-generated unconference for designers, developers, startups and geeks to share and learn in an open environment”. It’s organised almost entirely by Andy McMillan with the support of a few friends. Much bigger than first planned it moved from an intended smaller venue to occupy 2 floors in the Art College. Here are some links to interviewees on the podcast: Barcamp Belfast - http://barcampbelfast.com/ Andy McMillan - http://goodonpaper.org/ Lee Munroe’s Blog - http://www.leemunroe.com/blog/ Front - http://www.designbyfront.com/ Reva Health Presentation: http://blog.revahealth.com/blog/2009/03/bizcamp-limerick-how-to-be-wrong-and-still-be-right.html Bean and Gone Artisan Coffee - http://www.beanandgone.com/ Cupcake Camp NI - http://cupcakecampni.org/ 4IP - http://www.4ip.org.uk/ 38 Minutes - http://38minutes.ning.com/ Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 22:44 no This podcast is normally about web content, but this time its a very different content – the recording and monitoring of termerature. Paddy Hearty is the director of Kelsius. Kelsius is a service that automates the process of temperature monitoring in controlled storage and testing environments within the healthcare sector It’s also a is a fully automated monitoring system that ensures full compliance with food safety requirements. Davy Sims met Paddy at the Science Park in Belfast. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Davy Sims) 20090419http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Kelsius - Paddy Hearty of Kelsiustakes the temperature of the business This podcast is normally about web content, but this time its a very different content – the recording and monitoring of termerature. Paddy Hearty is the director of Kelsius. Kelsius is a service that automates the process of temperature monitoring in controlled storage and testing environments within the healthcare sector It’s also a is a fully automated monitoring system that ensures full compliance with food safety requirements. Davy Sims met Paddy at the Science Park in Belfast. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 09:34 no Lee Munroe modestly describes himself as a 24 year old web designer from Belfast. Like many emerging talents in web and interactive media he wants to put back into the design community through projects like webdesignire.com. He first came to the public eye with the Big Word Project which he built with Paddy Donnelly. There’s more in Wikipedia. I met Lee at the Art College in Belfast where we kicked off talking about his latest project Lookaly.com. One site we didn’t mention in the interview is sponsorlee.org . With a £2000 target Lee is running the London Marathon on 26 April to raise funds for Action for Kids. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ http://www.digitalcircle.org/2009/01/07/digital-circle-podcast-14-creative-industries-innovation-fund/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20090410http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Podcast 15 - Lee Munroe Interview Lee Munroe modestly describes himself as a 24 year old web designer from Belfast. Like many emerging talents in web and interactive media he wants to put back into the design community through projects like webdesignire.com. He first came to the public eye with the Big Word Project which he built with Paddy Donnelly. There’s more in Wikipedia. I met Lee at the Art College in Belfast where we kicked off talking about his latest project Lookaly.com. One site we didn’t mention in the interview is sponsorlee.org With a £2000 target Lee is running the London Marathon on 26 April to raise funds for Action for Kids. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 11:19 no Kate Keys is Business Development Officer for the Arts Council for Northern Ireland. At a presentation in the Presidents Club in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, Kate outlined the Creative Industries Innovation Fund to a large and eagar audience. The fund is administered by the Arts Council for Northern Ireland and is open to all creative businesses here. Davy Sims spoke to her afterwards. You can find out more information about the fund on the website www.digitalcircle.org Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ http://www.digitalcircle.org/2009/01/07/digital-circle-podcast-14-creative-industries-innovation-fund/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20090107http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Digital Circle Podcast 14 - Creative Innovation Fund Kate Keys is Business Development Officer for the Arts Council for Northern Ireland. At a presentation in the Presidents Club in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, Kate outlined the Creative Industries Innovation Fund to a large and eagar audience. The fund is administered by the Arts Council for Northern Ireland and is open to all creative businesses here. Davy Sims spoke to her afterwards. You can find out more information about the fund on the website www.digitalcircle.org Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 5:47 no For the first time, HP Labs http://www.hpl.hp.com/bristol/ have moved out of their home in Bristol, to hold their a two day conference on Media Scapes – or Mscapes http://www.mscapers.com/ . Described by one of the speakers as a New Medium, mscapes has been developing since about 2003 and has achieved global interest. Visiting the two day mscapeFest08 http://wiki.mscapers.com/bin/view/Events/MscapeFest08 in Belfast’s W5 were producers, developers, designers and educationalists from Canada, USA, Singapore, Taiwan, Spain, Denmark, Netherlands and many other countries. Davy Sims spent 2 and 3 December at W5 at the conference which was opened by Northern Ireland Finance Minister Nigel Dodds http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news/news-dfp-021208-finance-minister-opens On the podcast, Jo Reid from HP Labs http://www.hpl.hp.com/bristol/ Brian Lamb from Ulster Mediascapes http://www.ulstermediascapes.com/ John Bustard who produced Armoy Armada http://www.armoyarmada.com/ Bill McCluggage from Dept of Finance http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/876/826 You can find out more by going to the mscapers.com where you can download the tool kit, browse some 500 mscapes and get involved with the forums and with other people developing the project. Wed, 3 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ http://www.digitalcircle.org/2008/12/03/digital-circle-podcast-13-mscapes/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20081203http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Digital Circle Podcast 13 - mscapes For the first time, HP Labs http://www.hpl.hp.com/bristol/ have moved out of their home in Bristol, to hold their a two day conference on Media Scapes – or Mscapes http://www.mscapers.com/ . Described by one of the speakers as a New Medium, mscapes has been developing since about 2003 and has achieved global interest. Visiting the two day mscapeFest08 http://wiki.mscapers.com/bin/view/Events/MscapeFest08 in Belfast’s W5 were producers, developers, designers and educationalists from Canada, USA, Singapore, Taiwan, Spain, Denmark, Netherlands and many other countries. Davy Sims spent 2 and 3 December at W5 at the conference which was opened by Northern Ireland Finance Minister Nigel Dodds http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news/news-dfp-021208-finance-minister-opens On the podcast, Jo Reid from HP Labs http://www.hpl.hp.com/bristol/ Brian Lamb from Ulster Mediascapes http://www.ulstermediascapes.com/ John Bustard who produced Armoy Armada http://www.armoyarmada.com/ Bill McCluggage from Dept of Finance http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/876/826 You can find out more by going to the mscapers.com where you can download the tool kit, browse some 500 mscapes and get involved with the forums and with other people developing the project. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 27:20 no Around 100 people turned up for the official launch of the Digital Circle in the BBC Blackstaff Studio with an audience drawn from all parts of Northern Ireland's Digital Content Industry, stakeholder organisations, government and related industries. The launch marked another milestone in a 4 year journey. Only last January the Content Strategy was published. This Launch marks the end of the planning and the where the content industry takes control of the direction that Digital Circle will go. Following Adrian Lennon's and Stephen Mullen's speeches, Matt Johnston led a question and answer session with the audience and the Steering Group members. Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20081127chttp://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Digital Circle Podcast 12 Part3 - The Launch Event The Question and Answer Session Around 100 people turned up for the official launch of the Digital Circle in the BBC Blackstaff Studio with an audience drawn from all parts of Northern Ireland's Digital Content Industry, stakeholder organisations, government and related industries. The launch marked another milestone in a 4 year journey. Only last January the Content Strategy was published. This Launch marks the end of the planning and the where the content industry takes control of the direction that Digital Circle will go. Following Adrian Lennon's and Stephen Mullen's speeches, Matt Johnston led a question and answer session with the audience and the Steering Group members. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 21:55 no Around 100 people turned up for the official launch of the Digital Circle in the BBC Blackstaff Studio with an audience drawn from all parts of Northern Ireland's Digital Content Industry, stakeholder organisations, government and related industries. The launch marked another milestone in a 4 year journey. Only last January the Content Strategy was published. This Launch marks the end of the planning and the where the content industry takes control of the direction that Digital Circle will go. Adrian Lennon the chair of Digital Circle Steering Group made the keynote address. You can hear that speech in the previous podcast. The next to speek was Stephen Mullen from Invest Northern Ireland. Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20081127bhttp://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Digital Circle Podcast 12 Part2 - The Launch Event - Stephen Mullen Around 100 people turned up for the official launch of the Digital Circle in the BBC Blackstaff Studio with an audience drawn from all parts of Northern Ireland's Digital Content Industry, stakeholder organisations, government and related industries. The launch marked another milestone in a 4 year journey. Only last January the Content Strategy was published. This Launch marks the end of the planning and the where the content industry takes control of the direction that Digital Circle will go. Adrian Lennon the chair of Digital Circle Steering Group made the keynote address. You can hear that speech in the previous podcast. The next to speek was Stephen Mullen from Invest Northern Ireland. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 5:38 no Around 100 people turned up for the official launch of the Digital Circle in the BBC Blackstaff Studio with an audience drawn from all parts of Northern Ireland's Digital Content Industry, stakeholder organisations, government and related industries. The launch marked another milestone in a 4 year journey. Only last January the Content Strategy was published. This Launch marks the end of the planning and the where the content industry takes control of the direction that Digital Circle will go. Adrian Lennon the chair of Digital Circle Steering Group made the keynote address. Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20081127ahttp://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Digital Circle Podcast 12 Part1 - The Launch Event Adrian Lennon Around 100 people turned up for the official launch of the Digital Circle in the BBC Blackstaff Studio with an audience drawn from all parts of Northern Ireland's Digital Content Industry, stakeholder organisations, government and related industries. The launch marked another milestone in a 4 year journey. Only last January the Content Strategy was published. This Launch marks the end of the planning and the where the content industry takes control of the direction that Digital Circle will go. Adrian Lennon the chair of Digital Circle Steering Group made the keynote address. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 10:54 no The Digital Circle holds its official launch on Wednesday 26 November. The event is open to all businesses in the Northern Ireland Digital Cnntent Industry. It will take place in BBC Blackstaff Studios on Great Victoria Street Belfast. The event will be hosted by Adrian Lennon the chair of Digital Circle. Davy Sims spoke to Adrian and to Matt Johnston the DC Facilitator about the launch, plans for an election and why the whole industry should get involved. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20081124http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Digital Circle Podcast 11 - The Launch The Digital Circle holds its official launch on Wednesday 26 November. The Digital Circle holds its official launch on Wednesday 26 November. TThe event is open to all businesses in the Northern Ireland Digital Cnntent Industry. It will take place in BBC Blackstaff Studios on Great Victoria Street Belfast. It will take place in BBC Blackstaff Studios on Great Victoria Street Belfast The event will be hosted by Adrian Lennon the chair of Digital Circle. Davy Sims spoke to Adrian and to Matt Johnston the DC Facilitator about the launch, plans for an election and why the whole industry should get involved. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 7:31 no Whether it is Internet Protocol, Intellectual Property, Innovation for the Public, it's the 4 in 4IP which is important. Ewan McIntosh of Channel 4's 4IP Fund was in Belfast on Thursday 11 November 2008. Ewan is Digital Commissioner for Northern Ireland Scotland and north east England and is planning to make regular visits here for open meetings. I met him in one of Belfast's posher venues, hence the opera in the background. For more information and to contact Ewan go to http://www.4ip.org.uk/ and http://www.38minutes.co.uk/ And a note about Digital Circle. The official launch will be soon. You can sign up for free membership now through the blog, http://www.digitalcircle.org Members will be voting for the steering group. There will be a podcast about all that soon and you can follow it all on the Blog. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20081113http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Digital Circle Podcast 10 - 4IP Whether it is Internet Protocol, Intellectual Property, Innovation for the Public, it's the 4 in 4IP which is important. Ewan McIntosh of Channel 4's 4IP Fund was in Belfast on Thursday 11 November 2008. Ewan is Digital Commissioner for Northern Ireland Scotland and north east England and is planning to make regular visits here for open meetings. I met him in one of Belfast's posher venues, hence the opera in the background. For more information and to contact Ewan go to http://www.4ip.org.uk/ and http://www.38minutes.co.uk/ And a note about Digital Circle. The official launch will be soon. You can sign up for free membership now through the blog, http://www.digitalcircle.org Members will be voting for the steering group. There will be a podcast about all that soon and you can follow it all on the Blog. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast, Channel 4, 4IP 10:01 no This is the second in the DC Podcast's series about winners of the Northern Ireland Department of Trade and Investment's Broadband Content Initiative one year on. In this podcast we profile the Constant Comedy Website and talk to Philip Morrow and Kieran Doherty from the site and the competition creator, Paul Robinson. Plus clips from Colin and Brian Northern Ireland daleks, Cutter of the Yard, Diarmuid Corr' Australian Place Names and the Extreme tea Drinker. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20081024http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Digital Circle Podcast 09 - Constant Comedy This is the second in the DC Podcast's series about winners of the Northern Ireland Department of Trade and Investment's Broadband Content Initiative one year on. In this podcast we profile the Constant Comedy Website (http://www.constantcomedy.com) and talk to Philip Morrow and Kieran Doherty from the site and the competition creator, Paul Robinson. Plus clips from Colin and Brian Northern Ireland daleks, Cutter of the Yard, Diarmuid Corr' Australian Place Names and the Extreme tea Drinker. For more information go to www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/dgitalcircle/index.shtml Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 14:53 no http://www.digitalcircle.org/2008/10/17/digital-circle-podcast-08-crisis-what-crisis/ The Digital Circle Podcast returns to the studios of One Zero Zero in boomtown Belfast. And it's getting tough out there. Here are some headlines just from this week; 'C4 pulls plug on digital radio plan', 'Viacom and CBS cut profit forecast', 'US online advertising blow', 'Surprise! Web ads aren't immune from the credit crisis', 'Tanking economy may lead to spear-phishing and social engineering scams'. And a confidential Power point from Sequioa has been distributed on the web with the heart warming title 'R.I.P. Good times' So with that in mind we have brought together a panel to discuss. And there is music, too. Escape Act are being Crafty Devils and releasing their album track by track through blogs. For more information go to www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/dgitalcircle/index.shtml This weeks' panel are Michelle Gallen who is just back from the Irish Web Awards. Her business is Liquid E-Learning. Raiuri McNally is Media Director with Bluecube Interactive. And Rich Dale is a member of Escape Act and works with Crafty Devil. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20081017http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Digital Circle Podcast 08 Crisis What Crisis? The Digital Circle Podcast returns to the studios of One Zero Zero in boomtown Belfast. And it's getting tough out there. Here are some headlines just from this week; 'C4 pulls plug on digital radio plan', 'Viacom and CBS cut profit forecast', 'US online advertising blow', 'Surprise! Web ads aren't immune from the credit crisis', 'Tanking economy may lead to spear-phishing and social engineering scams'. And a confidential Power point from Sequioa has been distributed on the web with the heart warming title 'R.I.P. Good times' So with that in mind we have brought together a panel to discuss. And there is music, too. Escape Act are being Crafty Devils and releasing their album track by track through blogs. For more information go to www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/dgitalcircle/index.shtml This weeks' panel are Michelle Gallen who is just back from the Irish Web Awards. Her business is Liquid E-Learning. Raiuri McNally is Media Director with Bluecube Interactive. And Rich Dale is a member of Escape Act and works with Crafty Devil. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 27:57 no The Slugger O'Toole Awards event was held in the Belfast W5 centre on 7 October 2008. This is the first glittering and glamorous Slugger Awards and almost all of the politicos, digicenti, bloggerati of any note and general hangers on are gathered for what would have been a Red Carpet Reception. But Red, like Blue like Green Orange and even Yellow have political connotations, so the carpet was ignored and we all just had a night on the tiles. Slugger O'Toole has been following Northern Ireland politics for about six years. It is the oldest political blog in and about Northern Ireland. If it is not the most read, it is certainly among the top titles. And it is read widely. Slugger O'Toole is a place where the Blogosphere and Main Stream Media meet. The web site is read by Journalists, Political Professionals and bloggers alike. Founder Mick Fealty is no journalist in the traditional sense, but is probably more of a journalist that many news reporters. If it is a journalists role not just to report events, but to seek context and wide comment on events Mick fits that role. There were awards for External Representives (MPs, MEPs and others), Journalism, Local Council of the Year, Local Councillor of the Year, Local Newspaper of the Year, MLA of the Year, Participation and Involvement, Political Blogger, Stormont Committee Chair of the Year, Up-and-coming Politician of the Year and Jobsworth of the Year. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20081007http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ Digital Circle Podcast 07 - sluggerotoole.com Awards 2008 The Slugger O'Toole Awards event was held in the Belfast W5 centre on 7 October 2008. This is the first glittering and glamorous Slugger Awards and almost all of the politicos, digicenti, bloggerati of any note and general hangers on are gathered for what would have been a Red Carpet Reception. But Red, like Blue like Green Orange and even Yellow have political connotations, so the carpet was ignored and we all just had a night on the tiles. Slugger O'Toole has been following Northern Ireland politics for about six years. It is the oldest political blog in and about Northern Ireland. If it is not the most read, it is certainly among the top titles. And it is read widely. Slugger O'Toole is a place where the Blogosphere and Main Stream Media meet. The web site is read by Journalists, Political Professionals and bloggers alike. Founder Mick Fealty is no journalist in the traditional sense, but is probably more of a journalist that many news reporters. If it is a journalists role not just to report events, but to seek context and wide comment on events Mick fits that role. There were awards for External Representives (MPs, MEPs and others), Journalism, Local Council of the Year, Local Councillor of the Year, Local Newspaper of the Year, MLA of the Year, Participation and Involvement, Political Blogger, Stormont Committee Chair of the Year, Up-and-coming Politician of the Year and Jobsworth of the Year. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 17:17 no http://www.digitalcircle.org/2008/10/02/digital-circle-podcast-06-sonic-academy/ In April 2006 the Northern Ireland Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment announced the unique Broadband Content Initiative. It was launched in order to get exemplars of what Northern Ireland companies can produce. During this series of DC podcasts Davy Sims will look at how the winners have progressed since November 2007 when the final six were unveiled. In this edition, the Sonic Academy in Belfast and the man who had the idea and drove the project, Paul Robinson Project Manager Department Enterprise Trade and Investment. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20081002http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ DC Podcast 06 - Sonic Academy In April 2006 the Northern Ireland Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment announced the unique Broadband Content Initiative. It was launched in order to get exemplars of what Northern Ireland companies can produce. During this series of DC podcasts Davy Sims will look at how the winners have progressed since November 2007 when the final six were unveiled. In this edition, the Sonic Academy in Belfast and the man who had the idea and drove the project, Paul Robinson Project Manager Department Enterprise Trade and Investment. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 17:29 no 10 Square was the venue for the first Digital Island Meet Up event in Belfast organised by the All Island Digital Media Network Project. Network facilitator Anton Mannering http://antonmannering.com/ has already organised similar events in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick. Davy Sims spoke to Anton and others at the event including Michelle Gallen of Liquid e-Learning www.liquidelearning.com Diarmaid Lynch of Switch New Media www.switchnewmedia.com and podcast regular Matt Johnston http://cimota.com/blog/ from Digital Circle www.digitalcircle.org. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20080925http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ DC Podcast 05 - Digital Island Meet Up Report 10 Square was the venue for the first Digital Island Meet Up event in Belfast organised by the All Island Digital Media Network Project. Network facilitator Anton Mannering http://antonmannering.com/ has already organised similar events in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick. Davy Sims spoke to Anton and others at the event including Michelle Gallen of Liquid e-Learning www.liquidelearning.com Diarmaid Lynch of Switch New Media www.switchnewmedia.com and podcast regular Matt Johnston http://cimota.com/blog/ from Digital Circle www.digitalcircle.org. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 9:15 no In this edition Davy Sims is joined by Jeff Peel from Quadriga Consulting who has recently published a white paper on Web 2.0 and Marketing. From postscript5.co.uk Grace Smith who on Twitter Grace describes herself as a Freelance Web Graphic Designer in love with web standards and social media. Matt Johnston is the Digital Circle co-ordinator. But in his online life is known as Cimota. He's one of the contributers to Infurious, the people behind Murderdrome the digital comic for the iPhone which recently hit the headlines when Apple decided that cartoon gore was just not their thing - Have they never watched the Simpsons? They join Davy Sims to discuss digital marketing and promotion in Northern Ireland but more importantly from Northern Ireland to the world. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20080919http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ DC Podcast 04 - Jeff Peel Grace Smith Matt Johnston In this edition Davy Sims is joined by Jeff Peel from Quadriga Consulting who has recently published a white paper on Web 2.0 and Marketing. Grace Smith runs postscript5.co.uk. On Twitter Grace describes herself as a Freelance Web Graphic Designer in love with web standards and social media. Matt Johnston is the Digital Circle co-ordinator. But in his online life is known as Cimota. He's one of the contributers to Infurious, the people behind Murderdrome the digital comic for the iPhone which recently hit the headlines when Apple decided that cartoon gore was just not their thing - Have they never watched the Simpsons? They join Davy Sims to discuss digital marketing and promotion in Northern Ireland but more importantly from Northern Ireland to the world. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 20:20 no The Digital Circle Podcast. About, for and listened to in vast numbers by the Digital Content Industry in Northern Ireland. If you do not know what the Digital Circle is, you can get a briefing from our first podcast. Russell Moore the Digital Marketing Director of Fire IMC and Cecilia McAllister Northern Ireland Manager of Skillset join Davy Sims to discuss digital skills and training. Scotland should get its own digital television channel. So says a report published on 8 September by the Scottish Broadcasting Commission. The commission set up just over a year ago by First Minister Alex Salmond said that Scotland needed a publicly funded digital channel on the same lines as the Welsh-language channel S4C. Acting chairman of the NI Screen Rick Hill reflects on whether a Digital Channel for Scotland a realistic idea. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20080911http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ DC Podcast 03 - Skills, Training and Talent The Digital Circle Podcast. About, for and listened to in vast numbers by the Digital Content Industry in Northern Ireland. If you do not know what the Digital Circle is, you can get a briefing from our first podcast. Russell Moore the Digital Marketing Director of Fire IMC and Cecilia McAllister Northern Ireland Manager of Skillset join Davy Sims to discuss digital skills and training. Scotland should get its own digital television channel. So says a report published on 8 September by the Scottish Broadcasting Commission. The commission set up just over a year ago by First Minister Alex Salmond said that Scotland needed a publicly funded digital channel on the same lines as the Welsh-language channel S4C. Acting chairman of the NI Screen Rick Hill reflects on whether a Digital Channel for Scotland a realistic idea. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 19:38 no Davy Sims visits Creative Camp Belfast with interviews with organiser Andy McMillan, blogger Alan in Belfast, speakers David Braziel, David McDonald, designer Grace Smith, musician Richard Dale. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20080907http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ DC Podcast 02 Davy Sims visits Creative Camp Belfast with interviews with organiser Andy McMillan, blogger Alan in Belfast, speakers David Braziel, David McDonald, designer Grace Smith, musician Richard Dale. Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 14:46 no What is the Digital Circle, where did it come form and what is the ambition? Those and more questions are answered by Adrian Lennon of beingonline.co.uk who chairs the DC Steering Group, Ian Graham from Momentum NI (the Northern Ireland ICT Federation), and Matt Johnston the DC's newly appointed co-ordinator discuss plans for the Digital Circle. Also, Mairin Murry talks about plans for Creative Camp Belfast. The podcast is presented by Davy Sims Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:00:00 GMT http://www.digitalcircle.org/podcast/ dc@simsdigitalmedia.com (Digital Circle) 20080905http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/digitalcircle/ DC Podcast 01 What is the Digital Circle, where did it come form and what is the ambition? Those and more questions are answered by Adrian Lennon of beingonline.co.uk who chairs the DC Steering Group, Ian Graham from Momentum NI (the Northern Ireland ICT Federation), and Matt Johnston the DC's newly appointed co-ordinator discuss plans for the Digital Circle. Also, Mairin Murry talks about plans for Creative Camp Belfast. The podcast is presented by Davy Sims Davy Sims business, digital content, digital industry, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Web, audio, podcast 20:20 no