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Ewan McIntosh, 4iP Digital Commissioner

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Tell us what company or organisation you're part of

Channel 4 Television Corporation's Innovation for the Public (4iP) Fund

Tell us what you're passionate about in digital media or creativity

I want to see how big ideas can change people's thinking or help them discover themselves and their world around them in ways they didn't know they could.

What's your main business?

Gaming, Social media, Mobile, Design, Music, Programming, Education, Civic and social innovation, Copywriting

Which nation or region are you based in?

Scotland, Northern Ireland

What are your main reasons for being here?

Finding partners for projects, Getting ideas

Any other details you want to add?

You can read my more edu-focussed blog here: http://edu.blogs.com and see my key beliefs on new technologies here.

You can see where I am today over on Dopplr.

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4iP Invests In Slugger O'Toole: Local political news networks

Investing in the stability and growth of the UK’s political blog with arguably the most local reach represents what Channel 4 and 4iP is all about. This week 4iP announced its investment in the Northern Ireland-based political blog Slugger O’Toole...

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Stuart Cosgrove commented on Ewan McIntosh's blog post '4iP Invests In Slugger O'Toole: Local political news networks'

Great to see this grow and influence Ewan - a great example of what traditional media has singularly failed to do - create a democratic space for debate in post-Troubles Ireland. as a nod to traditional lyrics here they are: The Irish Rover On...

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Ewan McIntosh commented on George Falconer's event 'THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL CONTENT'

I'd have *loved* to come along to this but will be at the Online Information Conference in London, a long-standing commitment.

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Posted on November 26, 2009 at 12:03pm — 1 Comment

Featured Member of the Week: Paul Evans from Slugger O'Toole

Paul Evans splits his time between London with his company Memeserver Ltd and in Belfast where he helps organise activity around Slugger O'Toole.

He's just finished working on the second annual… Continue

Posted on November 24, 2009 at 1:00pm —

Citizen Journalism vs Being Human: "People act different behind a camera"

Techcrunch examines the roll of soldiers at the Fort Hood tragedy, not in helping stem the blood, but in snapping with mobile phones the injuries their comrades receive. The comparison is made to the strangely unhuman position one cellphone user puts himself in in Iran:

"The second video is much less heartwarming, but far more terrif… Continue

Posted on November 9, 2009 at 12:42pm —

Have your Embarrassing bits checked out in Glasgow

The Embarrassing Bodies team hit Glasgow tomorrow (Saturday) to help with your aches and pains. For the stars of the digital world, enslaved to binary and widgets, showing your awkward smells, bumps and boils seems a small price to pay for a s… Continue

Posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:57am —

How to fail your pitch before you've even started

The VentureBeat blog gives superb advice for anyone pitching their idea, from Jason Cohen, a startup entrepreneur who's been there and done it three times already and now sits on the other side of the table as an Angel investor.

The four sins Jason picks out are the same four we see frequently at… Continue

Posted on November 5, 2009 at 11:39am — 1 Comment

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At 1:40pm on September 17, 2009, Ed Baker said…: LOl.. yeah the tie is a bit much for someone running a .com! Hope you're well Ewan. Ed

At 12:57pm on September 3, 2009, Coll Maclean said…: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to 38..well done Ewan,just read the re.mail...............you have a winner here Look forward to the next year !!
Rgds Coll

At 11:14am on September 3, 2009, Coll Maclean said…: Hi Ewan Thanks for this site, introduced by neighbour David in our Office complex here in Glasgoew, One of the better Networking sites , I reall glad I joined & look forward to good use in the coming months,already made some good business contacts

At 2:15pm on August 27, 2009, Kate Ho said…: Hi Ewan,

Any chance you can drop me a line ASAP? My office number is 0131 650 4412.

Thanks,

Kate

At 12:35pm on May 19, 2009, Kyle Murdoch said…: Hi Ewan,

Is there any chance you could send a broadcast message out about a new group i have set up to all the members on the network?

http://38minutes.ning.com/group/podcastmattersocialmediapodcast

Thanks

Kyle

At 11:04pm on April 27, 2009, Jim Montgomery said…: Hi Ewan,

Have updated info on my profile, and you'll see some more at my blog JimMontgomery.Co.Uk, it's going to take me a few days to get up to speed with the site and who's here, whats available, but am surely looking forward to connecting with others.

Jim

At 4:31pm on April 22, 2009, Steve Antoniewicz said…: Hi Ewan,

Thanks for the connection, as a newbie to 38mins, I've not really had a chance to get active yet, offline business is getting in the way.

Steve

At 2:53pm on April 9, 2009, Katherine Hui said…: Hi Ewan,

I'd love to meet as well. I am actually going to be in town next thursday so I will do my best to pop in!

Cheers,

Katee

At 9:02am on April 7, 2009, Nicola More said…: My first day was great thanks, Caroline has done a great job settling me in. I get the Scotrail train from Waverley, thought it was the only option. Now I'm curious in case NXEC is cheaper! See you later today then x

At 7:24am on April 7, 2009, Joanne Jacobs said…: Thanks Ewan... although I think it's really Katie who is in to iPhone dev! I'm the Aussie who enjoys the apps but is most associated with using mobile media to create greater efficiencies for information access :)

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