Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • The Day Job

    Been a while since I actually wrote anything about what I’m actually up to at work – probably since I stopped doing the ‘weeknotes’ so probably nothing much about the (not so) new job. I’ve been working for the MRC eight months now and am finally starting to feel settled and as such am considering…

  • The Coming of the Cookie Monster

    OK in all liklihood this post won’t make a lick of sense. That is not entirely my fault as I’m trying to make sense of something that seems more than a little crazy. Tomorrow (May 26th 2011) the revised Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations come into force in the United Kingdom, bringing us into line…

  • The @nytimes ‘human voice’ experiment

    The New York Times has embarked on something of an ‘experiment’ this week. They have uncoupled their RSS feeds from their Twitter account so no more automated posting and instead have replaced it with two ‘social media editors’ selecting and writing the tweets and also contributing to the conversation in the stream. This article gives…

  • Col Needham at the Festival of Ideas [#foiimdb]

    It is safe to say I’m a fan of IMDb.com. Not only does it combine two of my favourite things – movies & technology (well three really these days with all the TV coverage!) but it is also a company born in Bristol (albeit by a Manc!) that has genuine worldwide impact. It has always…

  • The new (digital) guvnor

    The new Executive Director of Digital Efficiency and Reform Group, Cabinet Office was announced today and it has caused quite a positive ripple in my corner of the Twitter-sphere. Mike Bracken, most recently the Digital Development Director at the Guardian, has been appointed and if his online contributions and the words of colleagues are anything…