Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • The Security Service

    One of the great frustrations of being a supplier to Government – particularly with the amount of time we spend embedded on-site with Government teams – is the security pass situation. Regularly working in locations where you need to be permanently escorted and can’t even go to the loo, let alone a meeting room or…

  • Multi-hyphenates

    I come from an earlier age of the internet-era. The web in particular was all a bit new and it felt like everybody was really just making it up as we went along. An age before certifications. More than anything it was the age of the generalist. So many people I know from 1998-2008 who…

  • A rose by any other name..

    I’m about to start doing a piece of consulting work for a non public service client – which is rare for me. It is however very much a ‘digital transformation’ focus and it has been…Reassuring? Worrying? I don’t know…just how similar it all is to the work I have been doing for the best part…

  • The Bad News Bubble

    Earlier this week I indulged in a bit of sub-tweeting; https://twitter.com/jukesie/status/1224589591639928832 Inevitably folks read this vague tweet from their own perspective and I got a bunch of varied replies. Actually I was reacting to reading about the shambles at the Iowa Caucus and how it was being laid at the feet of a failed mobile…

  • Dog days

      Thursday lunchtime I was working at our WeWork in Holborn and had been banished from our little office into the shared space for reasonable reasons. This is something I usually avoid if I can. I don’t much like the atmosphere/vibe and it is always too noisy for me to really concentrate. Also there are…