Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • 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…

  • What the hell do I do?

    As the likelihood of a freelance future increases day by day I find myself in the rather difficult position of trying to articulate what it is I actually do. This is proving considerably more difficult than I had hoped and is giving me some significant cause for concern. After all if I can’t get it…

  • Lanyrd Launches

    Lanyrd is a new ‘social conference directory’ that was released out into the wild this morning and has already been a big hit on Twitter – which to be fair is very much the target market for the site. Lanyrd first and foremost is an events calendar that offers one place to find out what…

  • Mozilla Drumbeat Learning, Freedom and the Web Festival

    So the Drumbeat Festival opened for booking this week. I have booked my flights to Barcelona and I think I have decided on a hostel/hotel – the Gat Xino – apparently it is in a slightly sketchy area but it doesn’t sound too bad (but what the hell do I know – I’ve never been…