Digital by Default

Category: thoughts

  • The RSS Roundabout

    I think it might have been Mr Briggs who recently said on Twitter something like “if nothing else Google closing Reader has reinvigorated the RSS market”. Sounds like something he might say smart chap that he is. I have probably used Google Reader more than any web service other than Twitter and Gmail. It has…

  • Dream (digital) destinations

    As I tend to travel solo I am prone to taking the ‘busman’s holiday‘ route. I like to tie my holidays in to events or activities not a million miles away from what I do for a day job to give things some structure amongst the sight-seeing and drinking 🙂 It also gives me something…

  • Don’t have a boss, don’t be a boss

    Based on a recommendation from Zak (who had it recommended by Doug) I have just finished reading the $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau. It is an interesting read (though it should be called the $600 Startup as thats the average most often referenced!) and rather than dwell on the traditional topic of web/app startup it…

  • Why I am (still) not learning to code..

    Over the last couple of years it has become de rigueur for all and sundry (at least in my corner of the world) to announce that they are going to learn to code. They sign up for Codeacademy or one of the many other online tools and beaver away learning basic Javascript, Python or some…

  • Evernote ever after

    I tried Evernote for the first time in the summer of 2010. It was getting a lot of hype and some people I knew and respected were big fans so I signed up but could never really get in to it. Then when I started at the current job two things changed – 1) I…