Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Avoid learning too many lessons from these ‘unprecedented times’

    Avoid learning too many lessons from these ‘unprecedented times’

    There is no doubt that COVID-19 has radically changed the way many people are working and has accelerated the take up of digital tools more than anything…ever.  There is excitement about all the previously barricaded doors it is opening across institutions (to be fair this is partly a displacement activity from all the stress and…

  • As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a…Beastie Boy

    As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a…Beastie Boy

    Last night I watched the ‘Beastie Boys Story’. Like their book ‘Beastie Boys Book’ it is an entertaining, funny and emotional retelling of their lives in the band and in particular a love letter to the missing third member of the group – Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch. There is a famous line at the start of…

  • Personal principles for product in a crisis

    I enjoyed reading these ‘principles for design in a crisis’ by Lou and a cast of 100s and the evolution of them published by the California Digital Service team as their Crisis Standard. It got me thinking about my own product principles at the moment. I’m working directly on some COVID stuff, advising on some…

  • Lock down viewing..so far

    I am lucky that work has been keeping my busy and focused but I’ve also tried hard to maintain some downtime – not easy as I live in a tiny one bed flat (albeit one with a garden), am not exactly exercise friendly and haven’t been able to calm my mind enough to read for…

  • Web(inar) of Words

    Once upon a time I was pretty determined to run an event called the ‘Web of Words’ about blogging, newsletters and working in the open. I did a bunch of work but then I got ill, changed jobs, had a bout of anxiety issues and decided to shelve things. Now I’m wondering whether that given…