Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Open Singularity – Civil Service Innovation Challenge

    Open Singularity – Civil Service Innovation Challenge

    This morning I came across this Civil Service Innovation Challenge that offers the opportunity to win a trip to California to undertake the Singularity University ‘Executive Program’. Singularity University is a slightly odd Silicon Valley corporate learning start-up with some big name corporate backers and some high profile founders. I’m not sure it would usually…

  • 5th July 2015 #jukesiejobs

    5th July 2015 #jukesiejobs

    Only eight jobs made it in to my Evernote list this week – an eclectic mix as well.   Zak is building a really interesting team at the Bristol Museum service – they are trying new things and taking a few risks – well worth a look if you are a usability type: User Researcher…

  • MVPing with #jukesiejobs

    MVPing with #jukesiejobs

    You might have noticed over the last few Sundays I have been playing around a little with the hashtag #jukesiejobs over on Twitter and elsewhere. Basically after all my recent experiences trying to recruit for ONS and the constant difficulty we have had in getting on eye-balls on the job ads* I have been wondering…

  • Surfing the wave of change

    Surfing the wave of change

    [I’ve been trying this surfing metaphor a lot lately to try and explain the idea that the kind of work I am doing – and the perceived success of some of it – is less to do with me or even my team and more to do with a change in conditions that allowed these…

  • The Internet of Stuff

    The Internet of Stuff

      Try as I might I can’t muster any enthusiasm for the whole ‘internet of things’ movement. I can acknowledge that there are likely benefits in it somewhere but most of the ‘smart home’ stuff I’ve read about to date sends me straight to snooze mode. On the other hand I find myself increasingly excited…