Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • [JISC] Weeknote 5/33

    This week had two pretty overwhelming themes – process and synthesis. First though a quick rant about just how poor the IT infrastructure we have to work with internally is. From about 4.30 last Friday til past midday on Monday we had no email at all. For an organisation that essentially runs on email (for…

  • Disastrous Digital Economy Bill

    If I’m honest I’m a bit useless when it comes to politics and causes. There are some things that I am passionate about but they exist in a different little box in my head than it is appropriate to share on this blog. That said the disastrous Digital Economy Bill is currently being pushed through…

  • Darth Google video

    Very clever video that is just another part of the increasing backlash against Google. Privacy concerns in particular seem to create a new mini-crisis for Google every couple of weeks (Buzz was a disaster and Streetview has as many doubters as supporters). To be honest even I have had a look at some of my…

  • Joining the Cult of the iPhone

    So after much fuss and nonsense I eventually gave in to the inevitable and got myself an iPhone. To some extent I remain a little annoyed at myself (especially as Vodafone announced both the Nexus One and the HTC Desire only days after I ordered it!). But no crying over split milk, what is done…

  • [JISC] Weeknote 4/33

    This week seems to have flown by but like they say “time flies when you are having fun..” and for the most part this week was really good – which is something of a surprise as it didn’t look like it would be on paper. A good chunk of Monday was spent contributing to a…