Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • The Tyranny of the Hit

    I had the misfortune this week to get stuck at Birmingham New Street station for an additional hour and in desperation for something to pass the time I picked up a copy of the Economist (it was on offer and the new Wired wasn’t in!).  Since I stopped working in a library (which was more…

  • The Future of the Bookshop in a Social Web World

    I don’t think it is any secret that my one real ambition is to own my own bookshop.  When work isn’t going well (which has happened pretty regularly these last couple of years) I spend an awful lot of time thinking about it.  Then again when things are going pretty smoothly like at the moment…

  • When Content Was King..

    For one reason or another this last week has had me thinking alot about my early days working on the web.  I started my web career in 1998 working at the library at the University of the West of England and back then the only qualification you needed to be left in charge of the…

  • Makers by Cory Doctorow (Book Review)

    Lets put this out there straightaway; I’m a fan of Cory Doctorow.  I have listened to him speak a couple of times, make a point to read what he has to say around issues like copyright, publishing and innovation, occasionally dip in to Boing Boing for a bit of light relief and very much enjoyed…

  • Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk (Book Review)

    I first encountered Gary Vaynerchuk at FOWA Miami a couple of years ago.  I’d never heard of him nor his video blog but the Carsonified guys were (and remain) big fans of his so I was interested to see his talk.  As it turned out I only lasted a few minutes as his OTT personality…