Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Meet Mosaic

    I’ve been pretty busy recently – between work (aaarrggghhh) and failed personal projects (boohoo) so I am going to forgive myself for missing the launch of Mosaic (though not sure I can be excused by missing so much of the preamble.) Mosaic is a really interesting experiment, an appropriate term given the focus of its…

  • Fancamp

    an unconference for the comic-con crowd A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…well the 1930’s in London and New York anyway. Two different groups of science fiction fans got together to partake in the first two sci-fi conventions (and then rowed over who was legitimately first for years to come.) The Futurians…

  • Trying something new for 30 days

    One of the things we tried as part of out in-house ‘digital festival’ was a daily ‘digital cinema’. Basically we booked out our meeting room, supplied popcorn and showed a couple of interesting videos from around the web to whoever showed up. To be honest it wasn’t a resounding success (unlike the rest of the…

  • A cognitive surplus surplus

    So that was quick. The dream has died. They say there are no original ideas anymore and also that timing is everything. Both these things seemed to conspire against me on this occasion.* I’m feeling a bit low about this to be honest as I had worked myself up in to a bit of a…

  • Coping with Commuting

    My commute is a subject never far from my thoughts. I wake up wondering what public transport calamity will befall me that day. I fall to sleep wondering if I remembered to charge the devices that make my commute bearable and often get up to check. I have a commuting rhythm and any slight knock…