Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Picard perfect

    Picard perfect

    I am enjoying the new Picard series. It is a bit jarring to hear so many eff-bombs being dropped in the Star Trek universe and some of the violence is pretty un-Trek like but I’ve enjoyed it a lot more than any recent forays in to this world. Catching up with Riker, Troi, Hugh and…

  • Micro March (14)

    Got back to Bristol late last night. The feeling of relief was physical. Unfortunately what I think is just a cold (or maybe my usual early hayfever) has gotten quite a bit worse so all things considered I’ve decided to go the full self-isolation route for a week. This isn’t helped by the fact the…

  • 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…