Digital by Default

Category: thoughts

  • Moving to Becta

    So apparently it is that time of year again and time for me to make another major decision about my professional future that causes sleepless nights. After almost exactly a year at Jiva I have resigned and will be moving to Becta as Head of e-Communications in a little over a month. I’m sure most…

  • Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – ouch

    So after a day of considerable Twitter speculation it seems that the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills is a goner and will be replaced by a new super-Department under the Lord of Darkness, Peter Mandelson. DIUS has only been around for 2 years by my estimation and apart from some really great work in…

  • Putting the Fun in Functional

    Another presentation that has been around for a while but I have only just discovered (thanks to Dave Briggs) is Putting the Fun in Functional by Amy Jo Kim which I have found really interesting and useful. I’m not a gamer in any shape or form, never really liked them, although I did enjoy elements…

  • The Cool-er ebook reader

    As is so often the case these days I came across the Cool-er, the latest ebook reader on the block, via a tweet from Jag Gill and as I remain extremely interested in all things ebook I followed the link and was suitably impressed. The website is nice and clean and the reader look, well,…

  • ‘HE in a Web 2.0 World’ report

    This week saw the launch of the final report from the Committee of Inquiry into the Changing Learner Experience titled HE in a Web 2.0 World.  This Committee (which despite its close ties to JISC is actually independent as I understand it) was formed in my final months at JISC so this report has been…