Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • [JISC] Weeknote 23/33

    What a week. I think I’ll still be recovering well into week 24! Monday I took a bit of a step into the past and spent some time with the JISC Communications team discussing my ideas about using the open ePub standard as the platform for a move from a predominately print and PDF model…

  • UKOER10 Fringe #fukoer

    So it is the morning after the night before, the Fringe happened and I survived. I think/hope it went well for the people who came along. I was a bit worried (as anyone who follows me on Twitter will have seen!) early on as there weren’t many people in attendance and those that were there…

  • Reading about ePub interactivity

    For a couple of reasons I’ve been thinking alot about the idea of ‘digital publishing’ lately. In particular the idea of digital magazines rather than books. With the Coalition ban on marketing outputs it might finally be the day that there is a significant shift from glossy print publications to genuinely digital formats in the…

  • [JISC] Weeknote 22/33

    I’ve decided to try and keep these weeknotes going for a while but they are likely to now split between what I’ve done at work and what I am doing to facilitate my next career move. We’ll see how it works. Started the week with a trip up to Sheffield for IWMW10. It was only…

  • Ignite Bristol 2 #ignbrzl

    Last night was the second Ignite Bristol – this one taking place at the Tobacco Factory Theatre rather than the Polish Club where I spoke at the first event. This did rather represent a general step up for the entire event – it was MUCH bigger this time with a crowd of over 200 people…