Episode 7 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast features a really interesting interview with Kathleen O’Donnell and Nathan Woodcock, both from Fragomen LLP. They are experts in immigration law and provide a fantastic overview of the system and how it affects both companies and individuals.

In the second half of the show, Mel and Chris go through some of the city’s digital sector highlights from the last month or so. That includes info on the Channel 4 bid, IoT Tribe North’s accelerator programme, the Urban Flows Observatory competition, and a whole host of news and success stories from Sheffield companies.

Finally, I need to say something about the sound quality. It’s not quite as it should be for some irritating technical reasons, but once you get used to it, you should be all right. Hopefully, the content makes up for it.

We’re really keen to get your feedback on the podcast. You can share your thoughts with us on Twitter or on the #-podcast channel in the Sheffield Digital Slack community.

Thanks again to Alex Mclean – aka Yaxu – for the show’s intro music, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

This episode of the Sheffield Digital Podcast was recorded in two parts. In part one, you’ll hear me interview Bella Abrams, Chief Information Officer at The Sheffield College. We talked about how the College recently became an associate sponsor of Sheffield Digital, as well as ways that the College can feed into and work more closely with digital sector companies.

The second half of the show is almost back to normal as Chris and Mel take you through the latest going on in the city’s digital sphere. They announce speakers for the first Digital Conference, our new associate sponsor, Benchmark Recruitment, a whole load of new jobs going in the city, Sheffield’s winners at Tech North’s Northern Stars, and a whole lot more too.

Go grab a cup of tea and have yourself a relaxing listen. And in case you’re wondering, I was away on my holibobs.

Every episode comes with a list of links to all of the various people, companies and topics that we reference. Here is that list for episode six.

We’re really keen to get your feedback on the podcast. You can share your thoughts with us on Twitter or on the #-podcast channel in the Sheffield Digital Slack community.

Thanks again to Alex Mclean – aka Yaxu – for the show’s intro music, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Check out the AlgoMech Festival 2017, which takes place 8–12 November.

We’re on to episode five of the Sheffield Digital Podcast. This time, we’re joined by Mark Goddard from user research and design studio, Paper. We talk a lot about the decisions Mark and his co-founders made when starting the company. I think it makes for a really interesting look at the process and how there is no one way of doing things. We also cover legup.social, the bi-monthly event that Paper organises, and how that fits in with their business.

In other topics, we briefly talk about Sheffield’s first digital conference, which comes on the back of the digital confab last month. Mel talks about the Women in Tech event she recently attended at Google Digital Garage, before calling on people to help set up a regular meetup. There’s mention of Sky Betting & Gaming, which is up to a couple of things – first a CoLab programme as well as a recruitment drive to fill 30 open vacancies in Sheffield. Finally, we run through the digital-based nominees for the Sheffield Chamber Business Awards.

There’s plenty to chew on, so go find your headphones and get stuck in. If you enjoy listening to the show, please tell someone else about it. We’d love for it to reach as many people as possible.

Every episode comes with a list of links to all of the various people, companies and topics that we reference. Here is that list for episode four.

We’re really keen to get your feedback on the podcast. You can share your thoughts with us on Twitter or on the #-podcast channel in the Sheffield Digital Slack community.

Thanks again to Alex Mclean – aka Yaxu – for the show’s intro music, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Check out the AlgoMech Festival 2017, which takes place 8–12 November.

In episode four of the Sheffield Digital podcast, we speak to Rachel Ferla, who is currently part of the team running Google Digital Garage. She tells us about how the Garage came to be in Sheffield and how she came to work there helping people develop their digital skills. We also ask Rachel about Google’s decision to keep the Garage open until April and look at the impact of the Google Garage bus.

Our second topics is the Meta Meetup. We look back at the first meetup for meetup organisers earlier this year and then go on to talk about plans for the next event, which is coming up later in October. Chris then reflects on the third Digital Conflab and goes over what comes next, now that the notion of a ‘digital coalition’ is out in the wild.

Next, Mel tells us all about some interesting associate lecturer positions that are coming up at Sheffield Hallam University. Then finally, we talk about Sheffield’s Channel 4 bid before going through a list of upcoming events that you might very well like to attend.

I’m completely biased, of course, but I think that should you decide to pop on your headphones and give the show a listen, you’ll really rather enjoy yourself.

Every episode comes with a list of links to all of the various people, companies and topics that we reference. Here is that list for episode four.

We’re really keen to get your feedback on the podcast. You can share your thoughts with us on Twitter or on the #-podcast channel in the Sheffield Digital Slack community.

Thanks again to Alex Mclean – aka Yaxu – for the show’s intro music, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Check out the AlgoMech Festival 2017, which takes place 8–12 November.

In this episode, Mel covers a recent visit to AMRC's Factory 2050 facility by a number of digital businesses. We go through some upcoming events and Chris (Dymond) explains maker spaces and where to find them in Sheffield.

The second episode of the Sheffield Digital Podcast is here and this time we're joined by a very special guest in Mark Gannon, Sheffield City Council's new CIO.

Having recently announced our partnership with the Council, this is a great opportunity for you to hear all about how it happened, what it means and what we hope it will bring. The episode also includes a brief update on the city's various tech-hubs-in-progress and the release of our new Slack guide and code of conduct.

There’s also time to look ahead to a few events for your calendar. Make a brew, grab your headphones and settle in.

A big thank you to Alex Mclean, aka Yaxu, for kindly letting us use part of one of his live algorave performances as the intro to the show, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

With every episode, we provide a list of links to all of the various people, companies and topics that we reference. Here is the list of links for episode two.

We’re really keen to get your feedback on the podcast. You can share your thoughts with us on Twitter or better still, on the #-podcast channel in the Sheffield Digital Slack community.

This first episode of the Sheffield Digital podcast includes an intro to Sheffield Digital itself, Appt's experience in China, our partnership with the AMRC and a list of upcoming events you might like to attend. There's also the story behind the Google Digital Garage Bus. Hosted this week by Iain Broome, Mel Kanarek, Chris Dymond, with our guest, Neill

Here is a list of links to the various people, companies and topics that we mentioned in this episode.