Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Reviving the Brizzlecamp idea

    So yesterday I was in my standard January 1st mood (not helped by a storming hangover it has to be said) and I wrote my review of 2009 while in not the best state of mind.  That said when I re-read the post today there wasn’t much about it that I would change despite feeling…

  • 2009 – The Year I Was Sent to Coventry

    This time last year I wrote a bit of a review of the year that had just passed and was happy enough with what I wrote to promise myself I’d do it again so here I am.  2009 however was not a year I particularly want to dwell on.  Certainly from a professional point of…

  • Mobile Roadie: DIY iPhone App for your event

    I wasn’t at LeWeb last week – it has never been one of those events that has appealed to me and the bad press it got last year certainly didn’t do much to change that opinion.  It seems to have been more warmly received this year though and one of the real hits was Mobile…

  • Eventgineering: getting wifi right at events

    Anyone who has read this blog for a while will know I am fascinated by the way events have been changing in the last few years.  The rise of the unconference, live streaming and the backchannel are all elements I have written about before and I firmly believe we are only at the start of…

  • Introducing ‘New Street Hell’

    My new job at JISC means I spend alot of time on trains as do many of my colleagues and one thing we all agree on is that Birmingham New Street station is some kind of outpost of hell here on earth.  With this in mind, and because I am prone to do stupid things,…