Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Cash for QuangoCamp

    The lovely chaps at moreopen (otherwise known as Steph and Dave) have generously given me a bit of ‘seed’ funding to turn #quangocamp into reality. The downside (for me at least) of this act of generosity is that now I’m going to have to go ahead and actually make this happen! I’ve got a few…

  • Not a (digital) native

    A term that comes up again and again in reference to the wider world of the web – and in particular around both mobile and social media – is ‘digital native’. I’ve seen a little burst of it being used again recently and while this is all old news for the folks who occasionally read…

  • The Unveiling of #Alphagov

    As my favourite 20th century philosopher once said; Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Bueller, F – 1986 So despite nominally being on annual leave today I was catching up on my Google Reader and scanning my Twitter feed and so was…

  • Drumbeat 2011 – Media, Freedom and the Web

    Alongside landing my job with the MRC probably my best experience last year (at least relevant to this blog) was my involvement as a blogger and conference attendee at the Mozilla Drumbeat Festival in Barcelona. I met a whole heap of interesting people and had a great time exploring Barcelona for the first time as…

  • Watching the Wikipedians

    I spent a few hours yesterday at Bristol University listening to a few members of Wikimedia UK (and Alex making a guest appearance from DC) give some extremely helpful insights into the world of Wikipedia (and some of its related projects.) While I’ve never been an active editor of Wikipedia I have followed the project…