Stuart Verschoyle

My Childhood Dream to Make a Difference

Born and raised in Guildford, I found myself interested in IT at around 11 years old at school many moons ago. Even more so when I was first introduced to the "world wide web" by my godfather who is paralysed from the neck down from an unfortunate trampolining accident. He had been given special software and hardware so he could use the internet and communicate with the outside world even though he was stuck at home. Because of this, I moved to Bournemouth to study Multimedia Communications at a university and found my interest in website development and human computer interaction. Unsurprisingly, my dissertation was based around my godfather on creating user-friendly computer software for those with disabilities.

Being able to create something unique that the whole world could see and make use of is an amazing concept to me; and I’ve found just the right technology for this.

How Was Digma Born

Like for most of us, the pandemic period has been bumpy as I was furloughed and made redundant. Interestingly, my girlfriend had also just become pregnant at the time and I had a new mortgage to pay. I carefully considered all the risks and decided it’s now or never - and that's how I started to slowly build Digma.

Of course, it wasn’t without a little help from my long-term friend Chris from primary school that I’ve known for 34 years. As he came back from Singapore, we joined forces and have been building this interactive player together ever since. Chris has been working on the CMS whilst I have been coming up with the UX and have given a good go at sales and business.

The Digma Platform

Having the ability to instantly retrieve information at the touch of a button - or at the the tip of your fingers - has become part of everyday modern life.

Yet amidst this progress one neglected area that has yet to be modified is today's mobile video technology.

Our prerogative was to develop a new, exciting and practical way to retrieve important and timely information within video content. To drastically move on from the clunky and frustrating process of scrubbing backwards and forwards on a timeline. A process that seems so archaic in today’s accelerated technological climate.

Committed to the concept of retrieving timely content on demand, our aim was to take video technology into the next era.

The result is DIGMA, a newly developed video player suited for every type of industry. From cook-a-long videos and drone fly through tours, to marketing and real estate.

The platform has gone through many iterations and we came to a conclusion that it’s best to cater for all types of industries at all levels. We have price plans which suit small campaigns, small companies and agencies, with the ability to white-label our product.

We offer templates and plugins which can easily be implemented with very little knowledge of design and look professional at the highest standard. Now we have launched our CMS and would love to have you on board with us on this journey.