Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Remixing Youtube – Thru You

    I doubt there are many people out there who haven’t come across this by now but nevertheless it is so damned impressive that I thought I would join in the love fest for it. Stan Schroeder at Mashable says it best I think “Israeli musician Kutiman has taken hundreds of YouTube samples – often non-musical…

  • The Rise of the Airgonaut

    The Save the Words site was brought to my attention by a post Alan Levine and I thought it looked kind of fun.  The site is…interesting.  Its certainly striking and different, I’m not actually sure whether I like it or not but its an impressive bit of work – particular for this sort of ‘campaign’.…

  • JISC Conference 2009

    This year is going to be the 1st time I have attended a JISC Conference without having to work (3 years of near nervous breakdowns and one managing the backchannel and social web elements) so I am very much looking forward to it.  The move to Edinburgh is another big change to traditions (and certain…

  • The New Director of Digital Engagement for HMGov

    Last night a flurry of tweets brought to my intention the fact that the government is recruiting a new Director of Digital Engagement.  This new post is really quite senior and has a pretty impressive job description to say the least (and a pretty nice potential salary!).  It seems to me that most of the…

  • Scott McCloud at TED

    Scott McCloud is a bit of a hero of mine – he brings more insight to the world of comic books (and lets be clear I read comic books not ‘graphic novels’) than the medium probably deserves and having just re-read Zot for the first time in years he was a pretty decent creator himself…