Author: Matt Jukes

  • [JISC] Weeknote 30/33

    Another week off so another short update. Be Bettr has really come together now – I’ve already got a great bunch of speakers and am actually going to confirm two more next week. It will be a packed day and it is nicely balanced in theory as well. The chance of sponsorship has increased as…

  • Book for Be Bettr

    So slightly earlier than I planned I have opened up Be Bettr for registration. The first 20 tickets are £10 each (well £10.90 due to the Eventbrite fee). I might expand the number of ‘early bird’ tickets depending on the demand as I am only looking to cover the cost of the venue and would…

  • Considering ContactZilla

    I got my invite to ContactZilla a little while ago now but for one reason or another haven’t really had time to give it a proper once over until now. It is worth admitting upfront that I currently don’t really use any kind of system to manage my contacts – I have details in LinkedIn…

  • The Kindle has landed..

    On July 31st I gave in and pre-ordered one of the ‘latest generation’ Kindles (apparently it is NOT the Kindle 3). Until then a combination of the price, lack of (easy) support for PDFs plus a slight uneasy feeling about it not allowing ePub had put me off but the new look and especially the…

  • [JISC] Weeknote 29/33

    I am on leave this week and next and for the first time in a long time have completely switched off my work email and am taking a proper break from the day job – before the day job takes a permanent break from me 🙂 It hasn’t all been getting Mayorships of local pubs…