Introduction
Redcatco provided the blogger and photographer in residence (Benjamin Ellis) for Digital Mission. Digital Mission supports digital businesses from the UK looking to expand into overseas markets, or attract US investment. The trade mission is lead by Chinwag on behalf of UK Trade & Investment. This page highlights the writing, photography and coverage produced around the New York 2008 Digital Mission.
Benjamin Ellis wrote a guest post for TechCrunchUK (over 10,000 subscribers): “21 UK digital firms hit NYC…” and mentioned the mission in a number of Redcatco blog posts: “On a (Digital) Mission to New York” “The Power of Being There” “August Top 10 and Review!” “Out of Hours – September Gone”
Blog Posts Written for the Chinwag digital community site:
- Final preparations for Digital Mission
- Digital Mission – departure arrival and day 1
- Digital Mission day 1 – or is that 2?
- Digital Mission – let the show begin
- Digital Mission – Separated at Birth?
- And they’re back – Digital Mission
Press Coverage
The Digital Mission was featured in national publications and blogs, including The Guardian (here and here), The New York Times, Blog talk radio and SmallBizPod.
Digital Mission Photography
Photographs, taken by Benjamin Ellis and provided under the Creative Commons Attribution License. They can be freely re-used, providing Benjamin Ellis / Redcatco and the Digital Mission are credited or linked.








