Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Fall of a HERO

    So it seems as if hero.ac.uk – a website that was once a shining beacon of higher education collaboration, and one that still generates enviable traffic and Google rankings – is being allowed to quietly wither and die.  As far as I know there has been no announcement but a quick look at the staff…

  • A summer of conferences..

    Looks like conference season is fast approaching for me so I thought I would just quickly run through three events I’m very much looking forward to.  Yep I’m aware that a normal person would be looking forward to music festivals or a decent vacation in the summer not geeky conferences! The Social Technology Summit in…

  • Big Brizzle Barcamp?

    We love a festival in Bristol – whether its a Festival of Ideas, a Harbour Festival, a Film festival, Music festival…heck we even have an Interesting Games festival and on one of my looooooong bus rides home from work recently I wondered what what a mix that love of festivals and a barcamp might look…

  • A few things I want to learn

    Some time on Friday I came across a blog post (via the power of Twitter) by @pipstar called 100 Things I Want to Learn which really got me thinking.  Its come about due to her thinking about the idea of a DIY Masters (something that Andy Gibson at School of Everything has also been writing…

  • JISC 09 Aftermath

    This week I attended the JISC Conference in Edinburgh for the first time as a delegate instead as a member of the organising team. The JISC Conference was a big annual landmark for me throughout my time at JISC and it was never exactly what you would call a fun experience for me – its…