I’ve got used to hearing the statement “We’d get rid of that building but it isn’t worth anything”.  My reaction is always the same: “I’ll take it then”.

Certainly, some buildings are falling down, some lend themselves to no obvious purpose, and some are mired in bureaucracy.  But no value at…

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Just a quick post to say to all you iPad owners out there, that my new app Paint Sapien has just been released on the app store.

It's a paint simulation app, meaning that the "paint "pigments interact, truly mix and blend with each other. Also sports a cool pressure sensitivity feature using the iPad camera.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paint-sapien/id430608121?ls=1&mt=8

The…

Yes, it's true. We've sold SprintGPS Fitness Tracking to US fitness company Peaksware. Whilst we're a little sad to see it go, this project has been a real success story. It was our first app after all and we built it in-house entirely from scratch. It was our response to the new global opportunities for sales via the App Store and our chance to lead the…

For all you Beat-nikkers, left-fielders, double-dippers, flow-makers, brain-juicers, soul-grippers & those of uncharted waters we are very proud to announce the new Vimeo Channel for our comedy puppet show 'The Beat Hotel'.



A channel inspired by the coolest hotel this side of bohemia. Be part…

Shed Media Scotland’s new 3 part comedy series Sugartown will be on BBC One starting Sunday 24th July at 10.25pm while Koco Drama are currently filming on location in and around Glasgow for Young James, a 3-part BBC series based on the student life of James Herriott.

FiftyFifty, the world’s first charity iPhone app exploring the issues around the genetic condition Huntington’s Disease (HD), has been launched by Scottish charity, Scottish Huntington’s Association. 

Free to download from the Apple iTunes Store, FiftyFifty will allow users to guide two characters through a series of important life choices and - unlike real life - rewind and change the outcome.

The Scottish Huntington’s Association iPhone app was designed and developed…

Sometimes I get interviewed by journalists.  No matter how carefully you choose your words the feeling persists that in amongst those seemingly reasonable answers to seemingly reasonable questions you have offered an unfortunate quote out of context.

So the choice is simple.  Say nothing…

We've just posted our latest Blipfoto contributor profile on the Blipfoto Blog.

Katherine Ellis is a mum and wife by day, an international club diva singer by night. Here she talks about the struggles and tensions between these two sides of her life and, of course, why she takes a…

This week I've been trying to get the work out about a workshop entitled "Open Source, Geo and Health" (#gecohealth) which will take place at Edinburgh Napier University on 9th August 2011.

I think this may be of interest to 38Minutes folk with interest in mapping, social innovation, health, open source and similar areas.

The event is free to attend (and catered!) and we have some super presentations and hands on workshops already lined up - you can find full info on the…

Righto, I'll be all over that there internet radio for the next few days at Get Ready To Rock Radio.

Tonight, sees my weekly Rockin' The Blues show, where I'll be, um, rockin' the blues.  That's at 8pm, Her Majestys Great British Time.

Saturday 16th July will see me presenting a Jethro Tull Rock Profile at 6pm, and Sunday 17th July will see a Dream Theater Rock Profile on air at 8pm.…

British Academy Scotland Awards 2011 Call for Entries

Eligibility and Rules for the British Academy Scotland Awards including Awards Information and Entry Form are available here:…

Yup, the vast majority of groups have been deleted, as site volunteer Gavin explains in this post.



It's a bit scary to go from hundreds of…

Well since the rest of the UK is gleefully heaping scorn upon the News of the World I feel it would be remiss of me not to do that very British thing of hopping onto the proverbial bandwagon. And I'm even cheeky enough to simultaneously criticise their journalism and steal their…

From the aircraft window a panorama exploited in a hundred movies.  On the ground a reminder that the English language has a rival.

Travel shows us other ways of living and makes us reconsider the things we take for granted.  Design is a way of imagining what those…

I note similar namesake 38degrees is running a petition against the impending BSkyB takeover by a Mr R. Murdoch, in the light of the recent phone hacking scandals.

As free thinking media independents I thought it might be interesting to draw your attention to it. 50,000 signatures and rising.

http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/murdoch-deal-petition#petition

So why change the 38minutes groups?

Since the site launched and over 3000 folks have joined up there has been the ability to create a group at will. Over time many groups were duplicated or were left with just a single blog post and many were also created as a company page which defeats the point of the network as companies can be created as members.

The ‘wanted’ group has been a great success for its targeted ability to look for and find jobs, both full time…