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THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL CONTENT at Dundee University Incubator
December 1, 2009 from 1:45pm to 6pm
Digital Content will change more in the next seven years than the last 20. Are you ready? What's going to happen to TV & Film? Could you spot the next Spotify, iplayer or wii? What will become of news? Are you ready to get the most out of next g...
November 18
Colin Gilchrist and Robin Morris are now friends
November 2
A conversation to consider from Digital Tonto
November 2
Caroline Winn and Colin Gilchrist are now friends
October 31
Colin Gilchrist and Keith McMean are now friends
October 29
October 19
Nice one Colin, have been following this new development in the Drum. This is a stand up job! No doubt the haters will offer some of their 'expert' derogatory insights into social media but that's what you get with the Drum vultures. Great stuff.
October 16
Colin Gilchrist added a blog post
I've been asked to blog for The Drum magazine... not sure if that's a good or bad thing, let the battle commence: My first post: Social media is the answer to life, the universe and everything
October 16

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Tell us what company or organisation you're part of
Managing Partner of Red Dress an amazing web design and online marketing agency focussing on trends.
Tell us what you're passionate about in digital media or creativity
Raising awareness in the opportunities in online social media. Applying creative thinking and creative application to promote products and services.
What's your main business?
Social media, Mobile, Design, Music, Television, Education, Civic and social innovation
Which nation or region are you based in?
Scotland
What are your main reasons for being here?
Finding partners for projects, Selling your skills, Getting to know 4iP, Finding out information, Getting ideas
Any other details you want to add?
I went out with my old school mate Hugh Macleod's sister (gapingvoid.com).
Red Dress is Digital Face and TruthBrands joining forces - the name came from here:

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Colin Gilchrist

Social media is the answer to life, the universe and everything

I've been asked to blog for The Drum magazine... not sure if that's a good or bad thing, let the battle commence:

My first post: Social media is the answer to life, the universe and everything

Posted on October 16, 2009 at 3:04pm — 1 Comment

Colin Gilchrist

Fashion meets Quantum Film Production



Live now at www.19RM.tv QMorphic and Roland Mouret join forces to present the RM Spring Summer 2010 show in a groundbreaking and unique way. QMorphic f… Continue

Posted on October 14, 2009 at 1:59pm —

Colin Gilchrist

Reasons why businesses are slow to adopt social media policies



There are still reasons why businesses are reticent to get involved in using social media, it was written in Social Media Today but essentially they are:
1. Employees will waste time with it - some companies have banned access, e… Continue

Posted on September 27, 2009 at 8:30am —

Colin Gilchrist

More than 500 newspapers sign up for online news charging scheme



I read this morning about a company called Journalism Online who launched in April this year - it's been set up by Steven Brill the Yale Lecturer and journalist; they are effectively asking for multiple w… Continue

Posted on August 17, 2009 at 1:08pm — 1 Comment

Colin Gilchrist

Start up companies and investment opportunities

I meant to post this a while back - the following video is an indication of the Scottish appetite for start ups and the investors circling.

I had an interesting conversation with an investor recently who was very very keen to invest in excess of £4m but was struggling to find a business in his area of expertise with a proven business model that would give him a better return in 3 years than if the money sat in a high interest account - an interesting paradox where there are people desperately l… Continue

Posted on July 29, 2009 at 7:20pm — 1 Comment

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At 5:28pm on July 24, 2009, Ross McCulloch said…
Thanks for the offer Colin, I'll be in touch.
At 9:26am on July 8, 2009, Sally Johnston said…
Ta da!
At 8:50pm on July 7, 2009, George Falconer said…
Hi Colin, just been looking over the Thinktastic site - it looks Fantastic (doh!) I'm a big fan of anything that highlights and celebrates all that's creative and inspiring in Scotland. This thinking is even allowed to creep into the day job now and then :)

I'll be keeping an eye on it.
At 4:08pm on July 3, 2009, John Pope said…
I think that the second article should give some comfort. Best of luck
At 3:29pm on July 3, 2009, John Pope said…
Hi Colin

We spoke at the ECM a while back. I noticed your call to arms(/spoons) for Tweetabits and thought this might be of some comfort. http://tinyurl.com/lhmh6r and also http://tinyurl.com/n6osja
At 12:58pm on June 1, 2009, Peter Evans said…
Hi Colin
Yep aiming to make it to ECM but have been waylaid so far. Hope to meet you there sometime soon
cheers
pete
At 3:21pm on May 19, 2009, Mike Stevenson said…
Hi Colin

I've joined. Thanks for the steer and any advice?
MIke
At 11:04am on May 13, 2009, Scottish Enterprise said…
Hi Colin, good to connect with you and your company.
At 4:13pm on January 9, 2009, Jamie Bryan said…
Hi Colin, It would be good to get a chat sometime- I've been looking into
mobile marketing - mainly iPhone [although we cover all handsets] have you guys worked on any mobile marketing campaigns?
 
 

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