Digital by Default

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  • My 10 Social Media Principles

    These days it seems ‘de rigueur’ to work according to a set of Principles. I blame GDS 🙂 At work I have outsourced the heavy lifting to Aviation House and just follow these https://www.gov.uk/designprinciples but I’ve been thinking a bit about my own, personal principles when it comes to this blog and particularly social media.…

  • 10 minor #mozfest musings

    I missed the second full day of #mozfest so don’t feel I can really do it justice with a full review but thought I’d just jot down a few general thoughts. 1. The Science Fair was amazing this year. Sooooo many great projects being demo’d and the crowd was seriously engaged. It was a little…

  • A Thankyou Note for Ada Lovelace Day

    Today is Ada Lovelace Day – you can learn more about the day and person at findingada.com. The tl;dr version though is that its a day to celebrate the achievements of women in science and technology. The usual format in the blog posts celebrating the day is to pick a woman who inspired you and…

  • Remembering @petef

    Today is three years since Pete Ferne passed away. I didn’t know Pete for that long but in the time I did he had a considerable impact on the way I thought about my career and the wider web community. He really was a lovely bloke and stands out as the cleverest guy I’ve ever…

  • How I Work (with apologies to Lifehacker!)

    I love the ‘How I Work’ series on Lifehacker and recently they encouraged people to contribute their own – I saw Doug had done one and despite the fact I am about the least organised and productive person I know I thought it might be fun to take a stab at the questions 🙂 Location:…