Digital by Default

Category: thoughts

  • Eventgineering: getting wifi right at events

    Anyone who has read this blog for a while will know I am fascinated by the way events have been changing in the last few years.  The rise of the unconference, live streaming and the backchannel are all elements I have written about before and I firmly believe we are only at the start of…

  • The Tyranny of the Hit

    I had the misfortune this week to get stuck at Birmingham New Street station for an additional hour and in desperation for something to pass the time I picked up a copy of the Economist (it was on offer and the new Wired wasn’t in!).  Since I stopped working in a library (which was more…

  • The Future of the Bookshop in a Social Web World

    I don’t think it is any secret that my one real ambition is to own my own bookshop.  When work isn’t going well (which has happened pretty regularly these last couple of years) I spend an awful lot of time thinking about it.  Then again when things are going pretty smoothly like at the moment…

  • When Content Was King..

    For one reason or another this last week has had me thinking alot about my early days working on the web.  I started my web career in 1998 working at the library at the University of the West of England and back then the only qualification you needed to be left in charge of the…

  • Makers by Cory Doctorow (Book Review)

    Lets put this out there straightaway; I’m a fan of Cory Doctorow.  I have listened to him speak a couple of times, make a point to read what he has to say around issues like copyright, publishing and innovation, occasionally dip in to Boing Boing for a bit of light relief and very much enjoyed…