Digital by Default

Digital by Default

Ghost of a chance

A few months ago I wrote about the fact that I had backed Ghost on Kickstarter. Pitching itself as ‘just a blogging platform’ and ‘free.open.simple’ (though it cost me 60 quid to back!) it appealed to me mainly as I was interested in having a little something extra in my arsenal rather than *always* relying…

September 22, 2013
52: Week Twenty One

Key of the door. I’m taking a much needed flexi-day today as my last break ended up before the opposite of restful due to the dental problems. It has been a somewhat strange week. The boss is away which also leads to some slightly odd emails finding their way to Sam and I. Sam has…

September 20, 2013
Digital by default discussions: Frankie Roberto

I’ve been following Frankie on Twitter since what seems like the dawn of time (well at least the dawn of Twitter!) and over the years we have bumped in to each other at various barcamps and other geeky events. For his sins he used to work with Mike at the Science Museum but he has…

September 15, 2013
52: Week Twenty – #100days special

I am not going to write about my week this time (just as well because it was a shocker) but instead I’m going to take some time to take stock of where I am after 100 days in the role. I think the main thing is that is is a **much** bigger job…

September 13, 2013
Vergaderziekte: meeting sickness

I have been told that the Germans have a word for everything but it is the Dutch who have come up with the word that sums up the reality for my working life these days I think. Vergaderziekte: meeting sickness. At some point I think you end up attending so many of them that (a)…

September 11, 2013