Digital by Default

Digital by Default

Igniting my passion

On Wednesday evening I was grateful to be a speaker at the 9th Ignite Bristol. I spoke at the very first one which I wrote about here. At the time the Polish Club setup seemed pretty intimidating though looking back I didn’t know lucky I was! The venue for this latest event was ‘The Lantern’…

November 29, 2013
The Redecentralized IndieWeb

I’ve been following a couple of ‘movements’ online for the last few months that I’ve found interesting and certainly share quite a few principles with but somehow I just don’t quite click with either of them. I think the people behind (and supporting) redecentralize.org and indiewebcamp.com are almost certainly right in what they are trying…

November 24, 2013
Big up blog.gov.uk

One of the less trumpeted corners of the new GOV.UK digital landscape is fast becoming my favourite piece. The blog.gov.uk platform is quietly becoming a treasure trove of ideas, advice and understanding. I am currently subscribed to 16(!) blogs from this single platform (btw the combination of Feedly Pro and Press on my phone continues…

November 23, 2013
A ‘Remote’ review

‘Remote‘ the new book by the team from 37 Signals is an interesting thing. In some ways it feels like the first ‘mobile first’ book I have ever read. The format – a series of short essays (barely more than blog posts) loosely stitched together into themed chapters seems perfectly targeted at people snatching a…

November 12, 2013
Heroes of Hell’s Kitchen

The comics behind the Marvel/Netfix announcement I think it is well established I am a comic book geek who also loves his ‘genre’ television shows so it probably comes as no surprise that I let out a little squeal of delight when I read the recent Marvel/Netflix announcement. I have never really had the connection…

November 10, 2013