Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Painting thru a pandemic

    I love graffiti. I have done since I was 11 years old. I’ve destroyed more notebooks than I can count tagging and doodling designs, travelled the world taking photos of walls and spent a small fortune on art for my flat. All that said it had been more than 25 years (give or take the…

  • Studio space scheming

    Studio space scheming

    Despite my avowed determination not to return to my pre-COVID life of Buses, Trains and Budget hotel rooms (the forgotten sequel to Planes, Trains and Automobiles) I also know I can’t cope with a winter stuck in my tiny flat working in my bedroom – not without real risk of some mental health issues! So…

  • No Pret? No problem.

    The current campaign to get people back into offices is notable for a few things;  That there is consistent correlation between ‘back to office’ and ‘back to work’ which seems to be disingenuous at best. ‘Office’ workers have been working non-stop since all this kicked off. The fact that those notoriously soft on workers and…

  • Has COVID killed my escape fantasy?

    Has COVID killed my escape fantasy?

    Almost everybody I know in digital/tech land has some kind of escape fantasy. Opening a yoga studio or a food truck. Writing a novel or trekking around Asia. I am no different. When work things get on top of me in the past I’ve always retreated to the same fantasy. My bookshop. At this point…

  • August 2020

    This has been a month of pretty severe ups and downs and I’ve had to take the last few days of the month off to try and recharge and take stock. On the positive side I finally got out and went for lunch/drinks with two of my closest friends which was lovely, I’m still really…