Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • JISC Rapid Innovators invade Manchester

    Yesterday I was lucky enough to be invited to attend a really impressive event hosted by UKOLN (with support from JISC) at the City of Manchester Stadium. The event continues today but I was unable to stay the distance 😦 The event brought together JISC Rapid Innovation projects alongside a number of other people with…

  • Quango Web Managers Workshop – an IWMW for the rest of us

    I’ve always been a big fan of the Institutional Web Managers Workshop and think Brian and latterly Marieke have done a great job fostering a genuine community amongst web staff in HE. The thing is when I have attended in the past it wasn’t quite a perfect fit for me. Whether I was at ESRC,…

  • My latest 4iP longshots..

    Today is the last day for the latest tranche of 4iP proposals to be submitted and as the football is dull (boring, boring Chelsea) and there has been a bit of a lull in the cricket I have dusted off a couple of ideas and submitted them. One of the ideas has been around for…

  • Six of the Best: the non-work websites that I love

    As a weekday nomad I find myself using the web in a slightly different way than I was used to at home (where I had a flat full of other distractions). These are six sites/apps that seem to have overtaken my browsing. There are a couple of less well known choices amongst the giants.. 1)…

  • Hello, is it me you’re looking for..

    The guys at Carsonified launched a new app to support their FOWA events this week. It was another piece of rapid innovation similar to the development and launch of Mattinator a while back but this one seems much more fun. Hello essentially creates an event specific social network to encourage more face-to-face meetings using Twitter…