Sheffield Digital Podcast

Episode 46 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast sees Mel and Chris talk to James Taylor from Roaring Mouse PR about their fantastic new initiative called Startupscale. What the heck is Startupscale? It’s a “pioneering two-year business experiment designed to accelerate the development of tech startups in Sheffield and across the North of England.” Essentially, it’s a chance to get access to expert men...

This is a very special episode of the Sheffield Digital Podcast, as it includes all of the interviews from the autumn Sheffield Digital Showcase. Chris Dymond spoke to a collection of Sheffield’s excellent tech folk to present and celebrate some of the  digital work produced in the city. Don't forget, you can also watch the talks as well as listen to them. Joe Handsaker, the Founder and CEO of  El...

Episode 44 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast is up on the airwaves and features a great interview with Katie Fenn and Amy Benson, co-founders of Front End Sheffield, and organisers of the upcoming Front End Sheffield 2020 conference. Katie and Amy are both established developers and members of Sheffield’s digital community. When they and the Front End Sheffield team launched the meet up last year,...

Episode 43 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast is available now and features all the city’s digital sector news and updates from directors, Mel Kanarek and Chris Dymond. We kick off the episode with a series of good news items, from new Arts Council funding for Museum Sheffield to the good folk at Spaces Acero signing up for another year of sponsorship. Later on in the show Chris shares some informat...

Episode 42 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast is out and this time we’re joined by Ben Carlin, founder of Megaverse and Immerse Sheffield, a meetup for people who work in immersive technologies. We absolutely loved this conversation with Ben. He shared his early experience in Cornwall and taking part in the BBC’s Robot Wars, before moving into the world of theatre and virtual reality (VR). Ben has r...

Episode 41 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast is out in the wild and contains an announcement – that we’re taking on ownership of the Open Tech Calendar. This is a chance for you to hear Chris explain how this all came about and why we think Sheffield Digital can take the project forward. Since Sheffield Digital started, the Open Tech Calendar, which was created by James Baster of JMB Technologies,...

Episode 40 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast features a fascinating interview with Rohit Chakraborty from the Urban Flows Observatory at the University of Sheffield. The Urban Flows Observatory is a brilliant project that collects and analyses the city’s physical data. Rohit has played a big role in the project’s development with a particular focus on air pollution. In our chat, we asked Rohit all...

Episode 39 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast is available now and we’re shaking things up a bit. This is our first show where we separate our usual interview from the news and updates. And this show is the latter! In the first part of the show you can hear Mel and Chris talk about how things are going with Sheffield Digital (really well!) as well as some of the challenges that we face (time! resour...

Episode 39 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast is available now and features an interview with Scott Burkinshaw, Tax Partner at Shorts and Head of Radius, the company’s new service set up to help tech businesses with R&D tax credits and innovation funding. It was great to speak to Scott about all manner of things, including the innovation landscape in Sheffield, the city’s strengths and weaknesses, a...

We’re back after a brief summer hiatus with a brand new episode of the Sheffield Digital Podcast. We were delighted to have Katie Taylor, Sales and Marketing Lead at Kollider Projects, join us to share all sorts of exciting updates on the progress being made at Castle House. She gave us a fantastic overview of what’s happening on each floor of the building, from Kommune down at the bottom to the t...

This is a very special episode of the Sheffield Digital Podcast, as it includes all of the interviews from last month’s Sheffield Digital Showcase. Our very own Chris Dymond spoke to a collection of Sheffield’s finest tech folk to present and celebrate some of the excellent digital work produced in our fine city. Kisha Bradley, the founder of Bright Box Makerspace , talk about kids in digital and...

The Sheffield Digital Podcast is back and this time features a cracking interview with Bella Abrams, Director of IT at The University of Sheffield. This is the second time Bella has been on the show, so it’s fantastic to hear her talk about the work she’s doing since moving from Sheffield College. And that work is plentiful! Bella talks about how the challenges of leading a large team at such a hu...

In the latest episode of the Sheffield Digital Podcast we interview Jonathan Bray, Deputy Head of Digital at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), and Jamie Hinton, CEO of Sheffield digital technology company, Razor. Jonathan and Jamie tell the story of how Razor came to collaborate with the AMRC following an introductory event ran by Sheffield Digital, which came shortly after the fo...

Episode 33 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast has landed and it features a great interview with Sam Chapman, CIO and founder of The Floow, the Sheffield company using tech to make mobility safer and smarter for everyone. It’s a fascinating conversation as Sam explains the way data is used to improve road safety, among other things, and the way it’s changing industries. We also hear about Sam’s role...

Episode 32 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast was recorded in front of a live audience at Spaces Acero, as part of the first Sheffield Digital Festival. We interviewed Hannah Chaplin, founder of Receptive, the Sheffield startup that has just been acquired by Pendo. We were so pleased to have Hannah on the show to talk about her journey. From project management to founding her own companies, with Rec...

Episode 31 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast is here and features an interview with Ben Atha, Director of MilkLab Media and founder of The Developer Academy. We talk to Ben about how the Academy offers Sheffield folk a new way to learn how to code and make a change in their career. From pricing to the importance of face-to-face learning, Ben shares his approach to testing up The Developer Academy s...

Episode 30 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast is now available and features an interview with Red McKay, CEO of Bossa Nova Robotics in Europe. The company set up shop in Sheffield in 2018 and we loved hearing Red’s enthusiasm and passion for his home city. From transport links and house prices to general quality of life, Red talked about why Bossa Nova chose to have its first Europe office in Sheffi...

It’s time for episode 29 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast! We were delighted to welcome Sharna Jackson, Artistic Director at Site Gallery and soon-to-be-published children’s author. Sharna has an action-packed background in arts, culture and all things digital. We spoke to her about her career so far, how she ended up in Sheffield and some of the ways that digital technology may influence the team...

The podcast is back with a smashing episode that features our interview with Tim Brazier, who is Head of Service Design at Good Things Foundation and founder of Sheffield Design School. We talk to Tim about his career so far and how where we end up might not always be where we thought we’d go. It’s great to hear to Tim share the journey from project management to service design and how he’s helped...

In November 2018, our very own Chris Dymond interviewed a group of talented Sheffield kids and their parents , as they were preparing to head off to the World Educational Robot Contest in Shanghai. They were the UK’s first entrants and it had been quite a journey before they even boarded the plane. Well, now they are back from Shanghai with even more of a story to tell in Episode 27 of the Sheffie...

Episode 26 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast is here just in time for Christmas and what better way to sit back, relax and enjoy a nice break. This is something of a special episode, as me, Mel and Chris share some of our highlights from the last 12 months, before going on to look at what 2019 might bring. In the show, we take it in turns to answer the following four questions: What is your city/co...

We have a podcast special for you with episode 25 – it’s all the talks from the first Sheffield Digital Showcase event. If you couldn’t make it on the night or you just want to relive it all again, this one’s for you. What is the Sheffield Digital Showcase? We’ve long wanted to create a space for Sheffield’s companies and freelancers to present a significant piece of work they’ve recently produced...

Episode 24 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast features an interview with Iain Simons, director of the National Videogame Museum (NVM) which has just opened in our fair city. We spoke to Iain from the NVM itself on the day of the launch. It’s a fascinating insight into the process of opening such a brilliant new addition to Sheffield’s tech and cultural landscape. Iain covers a range of topics, inclu...

This is a very special episode of the Sheffield Digital podcast because Chris sat down with the Sheffield children (and their parents) who have won a place in the finals of the World Educational Robot Contest, which takes place in Shanghai next month. It’s an incredible achievement for these kids who are the first to represent the UK in the world finals. It’s amazing to hear them talk to so passio...

In episode 22 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast, Mel and Chris interview Richard Motley, former head of the Cultural Industries Quarter Agency and now director of Integreat Plus, a not-for-profit social enterprise consultancy. Richard has been involved in place-making for the creative and cultural industry for a long time. He provides a fascinating insight into the history of the CIQ Agency and the...