Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Socialnomics video: “Lies, damned lies, and statistics”

    Apparently that famous quote was originally by Benjamin Disraeli and was just made famous by Mark Twain, so that covers my bit of learning for the day 🙂 This video (found thanks to Mia on Twitter) throws an awful lot of unverified stats at you in a very short time but for the most part…

  • The Web Moneypit

    I have been following with interest the story of the Birmingham City Council website that is coming in at a bargain £2.8 million and a mere three and a half years late!  I haven’t read anything that really justifies a disaster of this magnitude and the story of a CMS that ‘officials discovered the software…

  • British Armed Forces embrace social web

    So it appears (via Mashable) that the Ministry of Defence  has released some guidance that rather than ban the use of social media (which is what the US Marines apparently did recently) actually actively encourage troops to do so within reason.  The guidance is somewhat remarkable in the fact that it demonstrates a high level…

  • Ups and Downs

    So week 2 is done and dusted and I’ll soon be heading back up to the Midlands for week 3.  This week has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride if I am honest on the one hand I found the lodging situation much better and even managed to avoid eating in the Star and…

  • Netflix culture

    As someone who has just started a new job and has dutifully read all the HR policies and procedures (honest!) I read this Netflix presentation with a mixture of jealousy and awe.  It isn’t a perfect document and does make an awful lot of assumptions about the sort of staff they have working for them…