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I (honestly) never tried to bribe people someone to name check Caffeinehit. That would (of course) be very unprofessional and improper! Anyway, big thanks to Justin Davies @ NinetyTen for dropping our name on this video.

Well, I thought that it was about time I did a post (of sorts).

Things have been slightly odd here as of late. If there is such a thing as a credit crunch it really doesn’t seem to be affecting us (touch wood) as it has done some other companies I know. So we’re finding ourselves going through the same busy peaks and troughs that you get with work coming in, the peaks and troughs are just magnified. One minute you think “oh shit, there’s nothing to do”, the next thing you know it’s “oh shit, how are we going to turn this lot around!?”.

Fortunatelty though we now have Alen here who has been working tirelessly on Gighit and fine tuning the Caffeinehit website. I’ve just got back from New York, the original reason was for FOWD, a real disappointment (compared with FOWA). Luckily there were some very interesting meetings after that which made the trip worthwhile, watch this space in the coming weeks.

So… If you hadn’t gathered there really was no reason for a post today, I just felt that it was time to post something! Either way, there’s some very exciting stuff in the pipeline so make sure you check back soon…

Channel 4 has just launched an exciting ideas based website - 4ip. The press release from the NinetyTen website is below.

Caffeinehit did the design for this, so we’re pleased to see that it’s live and are looking forward to seeing what happens with it in the future. Anyway, on with the press release…

Channel 4 Launches 4iP to Create New Digital Businesses with Help from NinetyTen

London, UK | October 15, 2008: NinetyTen has created the ideas submission system at the heart of a new Channel 4 venture which will stimulate public service digital media across the UK. The new venture, called 4iP (4 Innovation for the Public), officially launches on October 15th.

4iP will allow anyone to submit new digital business ideas at www.4ip.org.uk. 4iP will then uses the expertise of Channel 4’s digital team to fine-tune the ideas and turn them into viable businesses.

In the first stage, the ideas are reviewed by Channel 4’s team of digital managers who will suggest ways in which the ideas could be improved upon. The second stage will take some of the stronger ideas further, and use the knowledge base of Channel 4 to help build a financial and business plan around the ideas. As the ideas pass through 4iP’s network, the ideas will become more and more robust, with the strongest ideas coming out the other end with support from Channel 4.

Marcus Page, IS Business Development Manager from Channel 4 commented: “With 4iP we are being pro-active in finding original interactive media products & services, as digital platforms become increasingly important. NinetyTen’s expertise in creating the ideas submission system was a key element in the overall creation of the 4iP website and over the last few months we have been impressed by their hard work and expertise.”

David Atkins, CEO of NinetyTen said: “4iP is a great way of harnessing the creative potential that’s here in the UK, so it has been a great project to be involved in. As we have experienced in the last few months, more and more businesses have started to understand that social networking technology like ours has become a fundamental part of their business - it is not just a nice-to-have any more.”

NinetyTen is a specialist provider of social media technologies that can be incorporated into new and existing digital media. The company was formed by an experienced team of technology entrepreneurs who have all founded and run a number of successful video, telecoms and digital businesses.

About 4iP

Announced as part of Channel 4’s Next on 4 strategic blueprint, 4iP is a major new initiative to encourage innovation on digital platforms, which aims to re-invent public service media for the digital age. A collaboration between Channel 4 and a series of regional development agencies and funding partners from around the UK, the editorial focus will be on working with the best talent, both individually and within digital production.

Over the next two years Channel 4 and our 4iP partners will be investing up to £50m in content and services which will help it deliver public purposes on new platforms, in new ways, for new audiences.

Well, it’s official! Caffeinehit has a new recruit, Alen Mujezinovic our new Senior Developer is heading up all of the development adventures over here at Caffeinehit Towers. SO, if you need ANY development work, social networking applications - anything, Caffeinehit now has the capability to do anything and everything you could possibly want.

We’ve tempted him over from the (slightly) chillier climbs of Zurich. Expect to see some seriously exciting stuff from Caffeinehit before the year is out…

Anyway, Alen. Great to have you on board… Can’t wait!

PS: A massive thanks to Kieran and the guys at Playfire, I seriously owe you some drinks!

A very quick post really. I wanted to say a massive thank you to Steve for getting the Caffeinehit blog working with Wordpress. It’s working brilliantly and now sits perfectly with the rest of the site.

I’d recommend him 100% so if you need any Wordpress hacking done then you can find him at Peeled Carrots.

Finally, the much hyped Startup Predictor from YouNoodle has gone live. A very impressive little application which (I’m sure) is incredibly accurate.

I’m wondering how I’m going to spend my retirement. Caffeinehit has been valued at $14,400,000 for in three years time (August 1st 2010). Lovely.

Well, I missed it - Caffeinehit’s (official active) 1st birthday. I realised that I left MTV on 6th July 2007, although I didn’t start ‘working’ until August 16th 2007 but I guess my official freedom was 6th July so that should be the date.

Anyway, what a first year it’s been. It’s been great, so thanks to all my fab clients and my amazing grilfriend for her support.

Roll on year 2! Let’s see what happens…