Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • 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…

  • MJ Phone Home

    Last week my Crackberry shuffled off this mortal coil after hanging on in deep intensive care for a couple of weeks. This was a sad day. Not because it left me phoneless – it was actually pretty simple to dig up another handset – even if it was a 5 year old Nokia – but…

  • [JISC] Weeknote 3/33

    This week I spent some time pulling information together to update NJ about the technical side of the UKOER project and JorumOpen – this inevitably led to me reading more about it myself and jotting down new ideas. Later in the week the proposal from CETIS around new technical OER projects was given the nod…