Author: Matt Jukes

  • becoming a beanbagger..

    A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Beanbag Learning and offered my take on the site and how it could move forward (not that anyone had asked!).  That started a very social media style chain reaction via comments on my blog, some Facebook messaging, a handful of emails, a few beers in the 7…

  • getting satisfaction..

    I’ve had quite a bit of time time to think about stuff just lately and in particular trying to get a better handle on what it is I actually do for a living and whether it makes any sense and particularly what is it that keeps me so committed to this pretty vague career.  So…

  • Playing with Posterous

    Posterous got Techcrunched over the weekend and it sounded pretty interesting so I had a bit of a play with it and have to admit I was impressed. Posterous is the latest entry into the micoblogging world but its real beauty is in its simplicity.  It has the easiest signup procedure I’ve ever encountered and…

  • WordCamp UK

    WordCamp UK – an unconference for users and fans of WordPress – takes place in Birmingham on the 19th and 20th of July.  It looks like it should be a good event with support from Automattic (developers of WordPress) and some pretty innovative UK users of the (more than a) blog software. After dissapointingly realising…

  • Events 2.0 roundup..

    I’ve read a few interesting bits and pieces the last week or two about events again so I thought I’d just put together a quick post covering them. Tony at Crowdvine has written an interesting post on the Crowdvine blog about adding an unconference element to an existing event which is something I think is…