Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • 52: Week Four

    A very civilised four day week this week so this is going to be a short update for a short week. This week was very meeting heavy – even compared to previous weeks. Time spent at my desk was a rare and wonderful treat but for the most part the meetings continue to add useful…

  • Anker Astro2: the commuters friend

    My life is basically a series of trips on public transport punctuated by occasional other activity (work, social life etc). My current job is responsible for a minimum of 13 hours a week of commuting – the vast majority of that on a train route that has no wifi, minimal 3G connectivity and worst of…

  • #opentech 2013 – a game of two halves

    Yesterday I attended #opentech (well some of it) for I think the third time. It is something of a unique event these days I think – on paper it looks like a pretty normal tech event but when you look a bit closer you see just how special it is. In some ways it feels…

  • 52:Week Three

    My 3rd week showed no sign of letting up with the learning curve – though there was less travel this week as I skipped my trip to Titchfield and am working from home today (even if that proved to be a challenge – the problem is always the last thing you check and I was…

  • Facts are Sacred by Simon Rogers

    Simon Rogers starts his book with a quote from C.P.Scott, first editor of the [Manchester] Guardian, from 1921; “Comment is free, but facts are sacred.” It is safe to say I have mainly been on the ‘comment’ side of that equation as far as how it relates to the web (particularly when you consider the…