Digital by Default

Category: thoughts

  • Not a (digital) native

    A term that comes up again and again in reference to the wider world of the web – and in particular around both mobile and social media – is ‘digital native’. I’ve seen a little burst of it being used again recently and while this is all old news for the folks who occasionally read…

  • Watching the Wikipedians

    I spent a few hours yesterday at Bristol University listening to a few members of Wikimedia UK (and Alex making a guest appearance from DC) give some extremely helpful insights into the world of Wikipedia (and some of its related projects.) While I’ve never been an active editor of Wikipedia I have followed the project…

  • WordPress Woo(hoo!)

    I think it is pretty well established at this point that I am a fan of WordPress. It has become my go to solution for all manner of projects in the last couple of years and while a number of my illustrious developer & designer associates have rather fallen out with it I’ll admit that…

  • The MySociety Masters in Public Technology Idea..

    Tom Steinberg from MySociety has posted an idea today about the need for a Masters (or equivalent) in Public Technology. I think it is a really interesting post and I agree with about 90% of it. The bit I don’t agree with is the focus on software engineers – probably because I’m not one! I…

  • Outsourcing Web Teams?

    During my seven hour train journey back from Scotland last week I had plenty of time to catch up on my reading and one thing I spotted got the gears turning in my head in a manner that was perhaps neither constructive nor positive 🙂 However a few days have passed and I can now…