Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Charity Begins at Home(page)

    Charity Begins at Home(page)

    Every around this time (my last pay packet of the year) I try to even out my rampant consumerism by making a few charitable donations to a rotating cast of worthy recipients. This year I am going to promote my choices on the run up to Christmas in my newsletter as well – see if…

  • Week 36/52

    Week 36/52

    It is Fake Black Friday* and I am cream crackered. It has been a full-on week and after my adventures at Silicon Milk Roundabout last weekend (and ThoughtBubble the weekend before) I just don’t feel like I’ve had enough downtime to maintain my energy levels. Since I caught Covid the first time I’ve never really…

  • Thanksgiving 2022

    Thanksgiving 2022

    I’m not American and god knows with hindsight it feels like one of those holidays you might want to rethink given the history but I like the parade, love an excuse for more Turkey and mostly just like it as a prompt to call out some things for which I am thankful for. So I…

  • Five year plan

    Five year plan

    I’ve never had much of a career plan. Hell, I’ve never had much of a career. From a certain angle and with the benefit of time it starts to look a bit coherent but for the most part it is based on luck, some poor decisions and being in the right place at the wrong…

  • Silicon Milk Roundabout review

    Silicon Milk Roundabout review

    Yesterday I attended Silicon MilkRoundabout* – the digital/tech job fair that takes place a couple of times a year in Spitalfields. I’ve been a couple of times before but mainly just out of curiosity and once with a very light touch day job interest supporting another one of the TPX group companies. Never as part…