Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – ouch

    So after a day of considerable Twitter speculation it seems that the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills is a goner and will be replaced by a new super-Department under the Lord of Darkness, Peter Mandelson. DIUS has only been around for 2 years by my estimation and apart from some really great work in…

  • Putting the Fun in Functional

    Another presentation that has been around for a while but I have only just discovered (thanks to Dave Briggs) is Putting the Fun in Functional by Amy Jo Kim which I have found really interesting and useful. I’m not a gamer in any shape or form, never really liked them, although I did enjoy elements…

  • The Cool-er ebook reader

    As is so often the case these days I came across the Cool-er, the latest ebook reader on the block, via a tweet from Jag Gill and as I remain extremely interested in all things ebook I followed the link and was suitably impressed. The website is nice and clean and the reader look, well,…

  • Copy as Interface by Erika Hall

    This presentation is over a year old but I have just discovered it via a link on the 4iP blog so Ewan has my sincere thanks as this is a great presentation. One of the things I do at Jiva (at least in theory) is write the copy for the apps. I struggle with this…

  • ‘HE in a Web 2.0 World’ report

    This week saw the launch of the final report from the Committee of Inquiry into the Changing Learner Experience titled HE in a Web 2.0 World.  This Committee (which despite its close ties to JISC is actually independent as I understand it) was formed in my final months at JISC so this report has been…