Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • 2021 wanderlust wishlist

    2021 wanderlust wishlist

    Even before the shit hit the fan this year I was already planning on taking some time out in 2021 and nothing that happened from March onwards has changed that ambition. I was on my knees in November 2019 teetering on the edge of another burnout and, while I managed to pull back from the…

  • A few of my favourite things (2020 edition)

    A few of my favourite things (2020 edition)

    These are things I read/watched/listened to that came out in 2020 (well became available here in 2020 on streaming services I guess!). No re-watches (Parenthood), re-reads (Powers), final seasons (the Good Place) or things I discovered long after everyone else (Parks and Rec). What a fucking year. Top 5 comics Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen –…

  • 2023: A year in (p)review

    2023: A year in (p)review

    It has been a while since I wrote one of these. After the shit show that was 2020 I guess the inclination just faded away and truth be told 2021 was no bed of roses either. Still this was a big year for a bunch of reasons so I dug around in the sofa cushions…

  • My Alpha Alpha

    My Alpha Alpha

    Today is the six year anniversary of launching the ‘ONS Alpha’ into the wild. It is also the ninth birthday of GDS and it feels appropriate that they share a day as one wouldn’t have existed without the other. Working on the Alpha (ONS have done many Alphas since – many more complex and better…

  • November 2020

    November 2020

    Well November has been a challenge. As I wrote at the end of October I got myself into an altercation with a car at a pedestrian crossing. I did not walk away. I had the operation to repair my foot on the 2nd of November. It turned out to be quite a bit more involved…