Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Tour of Duty?

    I was interested to read about this Number 10 meeting with ‘big tech‘. It kind of reminded me of the whole ObamaCare ‘Tiger Team’ thing that basically spawned the USDS. I know I have taken a few pokes at Dominic Cummings but this doesn’t sound like a dreadful plan – the focus on getting talent…

  • Micro March (13)

    Friday the forking 13th. I’m not an especially superstitious guy but I have tended to avoid travel or big meetings on this date. Not today though. Late afternoon yesterday the Norwegian Government made a series of announcements about their upgraded response to Coronavirus. It was pretty comprehensive and immediately wiped out any remaining confidence I…

  • WFH WTF SOS

    When not frozen by panic one of the interesting things about watching Coronavirus Twitter is mass move to remote working from individuals and organisations across the spectrum who are suddenly having to challenge some of their misconceptions and prejudices about home working. There is a growing amount of useful content out there – this from…

  • Micro March (12)

      OK it is clear that things are moving at a bit of an uncomfortable pace at the moment. Yesterday I was pretty relaxed about the whole Coronavirus thing – well about the being in Oslo during it element at least. Today I am solidly in the twitchy realm. This didn’t help –> Please see…

  • Micro March (11)

    First the big news. The Coronavirus has finally hit home for me. They have closed the office (seriously subsidised) canteen from today. This is a big blow as the food was really nice – including a hot meal choice – and was only a little over three quid! It would be cheap at home –…