Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Comics catch-up…

    My to-read pile of comics next to my main chair has become so high it is structurally unsound so I thought I had better work through it a bit and add a few reviews here as part of #NaBloPoMo — the pile is still pretty high and I have more to collect from Excelsior so there might…

  • Seven: of Nine

    This is my ninth blogpost in nine days for #NaBloPoMo. I have another nine already written and scheduled. An additional nine are vaguely planned and sketched out if only in my imagination. I might just do this. Commuting was even worse Monday and Tuesday. So much so that I have now bitten the bullet and…

  • My Every Day Carry

    Now I’m back on a daily commute I’m trying to travel a bit lighter and keep things to the bare necessities — which do seem to be a bit more than bare these days! I love the Peak Design Sling — I think it was designed to be a camera bag but it is a real Tardis of a…

  • It doesn’t have to be crazy at work

    This the latest book from Basecamp founders DHH and Jason Fried. A few years ago they penned a pretty influential tome called ‘ReWork’ which effected a whole generation of start-up founders, small business owners and pretty much anybody involved in an internet related business. This seems to be seeking a similar place in the hearts…

  • Weak code ownership or innersource

    When I was at the BBC one of the goals of the Datalab was to look into embracing a ‘weak code ownership’[1] or ‘inner source’[2] model for our work. Broadly this meant working according to open source principles by allowing other teams to use and contribute to your code as long as they abide by…