Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Not Not Binary No More

    Not Not Binary No More

    I have finished my interim role at Essex CC – which led to a lot of people thinking I’d left Notbinary – just in time for Notbinary to disappear and for me to once again change my LinkedIn details which should further muddy the waters. The company has gone full Megazord and combined with Disruption,…

  • September 2020

    September 2020

    Today is my final day as interim Head of Product Management at Essex County Council. Sort of. I’m tapering off a little by doing five days across October to sweep a few things up but those are specific tasks and my day to day responsibilities finish today. I’ve really enjoyed my time there – a…

  • Jobs I failed to get

    Jobs I failed to get

    I enjoyed the recent posts from Terence and Sam about their experiences not getting jobs and never one to miss out on a blogging trend here is mine. Early Online Publication – 1997ish I had to do a writing test as part of the interview process – nothing too fancy. The interesting thing was to…

  • 2020: The year I forgot how to read

    2020: The year I forgot how to read

    We all know 2020 has been terrible and weird and unsettling…and don’t forget ‘unprecedented’. One of the things I know I’m not alone in was the effect those early days of COVID concern had on my ability to read for pleasure – and here we are staring down the barrel of October (and the foretold…

  • Writings from the Web of Words

    Writings from the Web of Words

    There were a great couple of blogposts this week that fall into my broad ‘working in the open’ / ‘web of words’ category of interest. Matt Webb (the man I tend to credit/blame for #weeknotes) wrote a great post about his 15 rules for blogging. These five rules were my personal favourites and closest to…