Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • [book report] True Believer – the rise and fall of Stan Lee

    [book report] True Believer – the rise and fall of Stan Lee

    hatchet job (plural hatchet jobs) (idiomatic) A journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a very unfavorable manner; a work of criticism which aims to destroy a reputation. Synonyms: slam piece, hit piece, traducement, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, defamation. This book by journalist Abraham Riesman is the very definition of a hatchet job. Relentless in its…

  • S01E10: React

    Not really feeling the work talk this week.  The week started with the tsunami of racist reactions to the Meghan/Harry interview with Oprah and then the news of what had happened to Sarah Everard hit and was followed by a flood of first person accounts from women about the harassment and abuse they have endured.…

  • Busman’s holidays

    Busman’s holidays

    One of those Facebook ‘memories’ reminded me that today is the anniversary of heading off to my one and only visit to SXSW (long after it had jumped the shark) in 2015 and it came hot on the heels of a reminder of my trip to Miami for FOWA conference back in 2008. I paid…

  • WFH WTF SOS (1 year later)

    WFH WTF SOS (1 year later)

    This time last year I wrote about my concerns about the sudden shift to remote working – at the time thinking it would be a couple of months. My main worry was really that I was bad at it. I’d struggled with remote at mySociety and nothing made me think I’d changed. I was worried…

  • S01E09: Repeat

    S01E09: Repeat

    Wasn’t a bad week but I was a bit flat performance wise. Emotionally and mentally last week took quite a bit out of me and then the announcement of a new acquisition for the Group that would (eventually) be joining us in F4 was quite a lot to take in. Never a dull moment. I’ve…