Digital by Default

Category: thoughts

  • Shall We DEACTivate?

    The Digital Economy Act is now a reality and is likely to remain so whoever wins the election (despite the fact the LibDems have pledged to repeal it) so rather than just moan about it on Twitter and join another Facebook group I thought it might be good to try and do something a bit…

  • No More Freebie Ning

    One way or another Ning has been on my mind alot lately. Starting with the ongoing spam issues that I have with the Libraries of the Future Ning site that I set up in a previous role and have rather grudgingly maintained, through to the issues Mike has had with the Bathcamp network that briefly…

  • The Coming of the X-Net

    So the Digital Economy Bill was passed last night. Despite a well organised and well supported online campaign the majority of MPs simply did not engage in the debate and passed the bill with very little understanding of the potential damage it is going to do to the ‘real’ digital economy (not the backwards looking…

  • BERG, Popular Science+ and the coming of the iPad

    A few months ago BERG released a video that displayed their vision of how a magazine might work on the then mythical Apple Tablet. Called Mag+ it was very much a ‘concept’ video and I guess I wasn’t alone in thinking it had as much chance as being a reality as some of those concept…

  • Ada Lovelace Day: Kathy Sierra

    It’s Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging to draw attention to the achievements of women in technology and science, and I’ve taken the pledge to write about a female heroine of science or technology. I am lucky enough to work in an organisation that is filled with intelligent, technologically minded women. JISC and…