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Greg Maguire is attending Matt Johnston's event
Game Developers Conference at Moscone Center, San Francisco
March 9, 2010 to March 13, 2010
The Game Developers Conference® has grown from an informal gathering in the living room of a notable game designer 23 years ago, to a weeklong conference for more than 17,000 industry insiders. The GDC remains the most comprehensive developer event…
on Wednesday
Kevin Coyle commented on Matt Johnston's event 'Belfast Met iPhone Course start date'
Tried to book on course this morning but Fully booked!
on Wednesday
Kevin Coyle might attend Matt Johnston's event
Belfast Met iPhone Course start date at Belfast Metropolitan College
January 28, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm
Belfast Metropolitan College have released details of their iPhone course. Starts on the 28th January, and us every Thursday evening for 15 weeks. It costs a mere £68 and is being run by an experienced developer. There are only 16 places available.…
on Wednesday
Andy McMillan and Jonathan Cusick are attending Matt Johnston's event
South by Southwest (SXSW) at Austin, Texas
March 12, 2010 to March 21, 2010
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Fostering creative and professional growth alike, SXSW is the premier destination for discovery. Joi…
on Tuesday
Brendan McGoran is attending Matt Johnston's event
South by Southwest (SXSW) at Austin, Texas
March 12, 2010 to March 21, 2010
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Fostering creative and professional growth alike, SXSW is the premier destination for discovery. Joi…
December 18
Matt Johnston added 3 events
December 18
Matt Johnston added a blog post
TIGA, in partnership with UK Trade and Investment Tradeshow Access Programme, is offering grants of £1400 for eligible businesses to attend GDC 2010. Between March 9-13, GDC returns to the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, for five days o…
December 17
Trevor Bradfield commented on Matt Johnston's group 'Support, General & Admin'
At last!!! I was wondering if there was a place for people offering alternative services to you media people!!! If you have any IT technical problems that are holding you back from doing your work, then give us a call on 9266 1190 and we can get you…
December 15
Trevor Bradfield joined Matt Johnston's group
Support, General & Admin
Not a Digital Media Company? Not involved directly in the creation or management of Digital Media? Actively looking at Digital Media companies as your customers? Offering Accountancy help? Law advice? Export advice? Training? JOIN HERE!
December 15
Matt Johnston and Darren Nash are now friends
December 11
Darren Nash joined Matt Johnston's group
Film & TV Creatives SIG
A Special Interest Group for creatives working in Film and TV
December 11
Darren Nash joined Matt Johnston's group
Animators SIG
A Special Interest Group for Animators in 2D and 3D
December 11
Aidan McGrath commented on Matt Johnston's group 'FUNDING & INVESTMENT working group'
Thanks Darryl, I'll tweet that.
December 11
Darryl Collins commented on Matt Johnston's group 'FUNDING & INVESTMENT working group'
Thanks Aidan. Here's a link to it online A Guide to Venture Capital - Intertrade Ireland
December 11
Aidan McGrath commented on Matt Johnston's group 'FUNDING & INVESTMENT working group'
A Guide to Venture Capital - Intertrade Ireland has published a useful little booklet covering the VC sector in Ireland. Surprisingly there are over 30 sources of VC funds available on the island. Well worth reviewing.
December 11
Matt Johnston added an event
Belfast Met iPhone Course start date at Belfast Metropolitan College
January 28, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm
Belfast Metropolitan College have released details of their iPhone course. Starts on the 28th January, and us every Thursday evening for 15 weeks. It costs a mere £68 and is being run by an experienced developer. See page 22 of the Belfast Met pros…
December 11

Profile Information

Name of Business (or Freelancer)
Digital Circle
What's your main business?
Facilitation for Digital Content companies in Northern Ireland.

I've been involved in the Digital Content industry for years in IT support and funding BarCamp and OpenCoffee events around the country. My company, Mac-Sys, funded BarCamp 1 and 2 and was a major sponsor of OpenCoffeeClubBBQ which was held in Terryglass in summer 2008.

I also have a few other projects I'll bore you with if you ask.
List your technologies and competencies?
Networks, IP, Mac, iPhone, writing, editing, telling stories, entrepreneurship
Add your portfolio web site
http://cimota.com/blog
Any other details?
I'm interested in any Digital Content companies in the province - I'm particularly interested in companies working in digital content for mobiles.
Interested in...
investment & funding, skills & training, export & internationalisation, innovation & creativity

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Matt Johnston

Access exhibitors funding for GDC 2010

TIGA, in partnership with UK Trade and Investment Tradeshow Access Programme, is offering grants of £1400 for eligible businesses to attend GDC 2010.

Between March 9-13, GDC returns to the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, for five days of learning, networking, and inspiration. Join this global community of programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, and business decision-makers as we convene to e… Continue

Posted on December 17, 2009 at 3:07pm —

Matt Johnston

Digital Circle Update - December 2009

Welcome to the Digital Circle December update. We've got two events planned this month (both today) and a lobbying group started for South by SouthWest (SXSW) in March 2010.


Digital Circle Sub-group: Investment and Funding
 Tuesday, December 8, 2009 from 4pm to 6pm.
Venue: Momentum, NISOFT House, Ravenhill Business Park, Belfast
This is a meeting of the Digital Circle Investment and Funding Group. The agenda of this group is to identify and counter challenges to digital media companies… Continue

Posted on December 8, 2009 at 11:37am —

Matt Johnston

Small Firms Development Programme (Newtownabbey)



Download the application form.

If your business is located in the N… Continue

Posted on December 2, 2009 at 5:00pm —

Matt Johnston

Presentations from last week's HMRC R&d Tax Credits and EIS briefing

Things to take home:

Talk to David Stewart at HMRC and explain the process of your business. Lots of businesses have managed to get (income) tax back from HMRC even though the owners didn't think they were doing R&D at first.

Digital Circle 24.11.09.ppt (10 MB PPT)

ORTUS are offering EIS certification for free until the end of 2009. EIS provides a lot of benefits to a business… Continue

Posted on November 30, 2009 at 10:30am —

Matt Johnston

Holywood based company develops iPhone app for Grand Opera House

A local creative digital agency has developed a new mobile technology tool for the 114-year old Grand Opera House in a major step for the arts in Northern Ireland. iPhone users will

… Continue

Posted on November 17, 2009 at 3:48pm —

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