Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Balls, bibs and cones

    I was recently accused (in the nicest possible way) of being a ‘digital leader’. This is a kind of catch all senior role/position that has grown in currency in the last year or so, particularly in and around the civil service. Shortly before the GDS exodus Mike Bracken wrote a post about if you ‘Hire…

  • Interesting elsewhere: Bring on the Bots

    Here are a few links to things that have sparked my interest recently. More and more I find myself drawn to ideas and technologies that are about making data truly human-readable – but in some kind of of automated, artificially (not very) intelligent way. I’ve written about the ‘robo-reporting‘ and my thoughts on ‘conversational interfaces‘…

  • Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

    There was a time when it seemed like this was a staple of every interview anyone attended. It seems to have, thankfully, gone out of style now but once upon a time it was the go-to question. My standard answer back then was that I wanted to be Head of Web/Online/Digital for a major university.…

  • Why I blog [at work]

    Carrie, who heads the GOV.UK blog platform, recently wrote a post that provides a bit of an insight into the GDS approach to blogging. It is an interesting read and well worth a look. It shows a level of, I guess, discipline in how they handle things – I am sure it makes their Press…

  • Day Note

    Quite a while ago I read this ‘day in the life’ post from somebody at 18F in the States, enjoyed the post a great deal and decided at some point I’d have a stab at the format myself. Today is finally that day. Like most days I dragged myself out of bed just before 06.30…