Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • 8.4…demob happy/horrified

    8.4…demob happy/horrified

    This has been one of those short weeks that somehow feels like three times activity than space have been crammed in without much care as to the effect – a little like my packing for Canada really. It was just as well it was Bank Holiday Monday as my recovery for a day drinking session…

  • 8.3…darling buds of May

    8.3…darling buds of May

    This week has very much felt like the end of term or something – though not in the watching videos in class sort of way and more in the scrambling to finish assignments and mentally preparing for a lot of change after a bit of a break. I finished my project in Taunton – 3…

  • Travel Carry Kit

    There has been a certain amount of incredulous reaction to my going on a 21 day trip to Canada and the US and intending to do it with a single carry on backpack…well plus my Everyday Sling. It forced me to do an equipment check just to be sure – it all fits fine and…

  • 8.2..he is risen

    8.2..he is risen

    How was your Easter? Mine was spent hugging my new air purifier (thanks for the idea Mr O’Neil) and embracing my new life as a shut-in to escape the pollen infected hellscape of the outside world. This did mean an unusual amount of adulting was undertaken. I’ve always taken a perverse pleasure in how un-digital…

  • Reciprocation in the Republic of Newsletters

    I’ve been doing a bit of thinking recently about my jobs newsletter (again – it happens semi regularly without coming to many/any conclusions). It was always a bit of a niche idea – a regular, curated list of jobs that were kind of digital without being too techy and pretty public service/interest without always being…