Digital by Default

Category: thoughts

  • Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk (Book Review)

    I first encountered Gary Vaynerchuk at FOWA Miami a couple of years ago.  I’d never heard of him nor his video blog but the Carsonified guys were (and remain) big fans of his so I was interested to see his talk.  As it turned out I only lasted a few minutes as his OTT personality…

  • Time for a CMS ‘remix’

    For better or worse Content Management Systems have been a big part of my professional life these last 10 or so years. I am convinced that they are directly responsible for at least 25% of my grey hair and I have never been involved in a CMS project that didn’t cause me headaches of some…

  • Quango Web Managers Workshop – an IWMW for the rest of us

    I’ve always been a big fan of the Institutional Web Managers Workshop and think Brian and latterly Marieke have done a great job fostering a genuine community amongst web staff in HE. The thing is when I have attended in the past it wasn’t quite a perfect fit for me. Whether I was at ESRC,…

  • My latest 4iP longshots..

    Today is the last day for the latest tranche of 4iP proposals to be submitted and as the football is dull (boring, boring Chelsea) and there has been a bit of a lull in the cricket I have dusted off a couple of ideas and submitted them. One of the ideas has been around for…

  • Six of the Best: the non-work websites that I love

    As a weekday nomad I find myself using the web in a slightly different way than I was used to at home (where I had a flat full of other distractions). These are six sites/apps that seem to have overtaken my browsing. There are a couple of less well known choices amongst the giants.. 1)…