Digital by Default

Digital by Default

Thinking through a conference website

I’m involved with the planning of a couple of events at the moment and maybe not surprisingly I am obsessing a little bit over getting the web presence aspect right. One of the events is relatively high profile and very much a topic that will mean it gets noticed by webby types so first and…

March 22, 2010
[JISC] Weeknote 5/33

This week had two pretty overwhelming themes – process and synthesis. First though a quick rant about just how poor the IT infrastructure we have to work with internally is. From about 4.30 last Friday til past midday on Monday we had no email at all. For an organisation that essentially runs on email (for…

March 19, 2010
Disastrous Digital Economy Bill

If I’m honest I’m a bit useless when it comes to politics and causes. There are some things that I am passionate about but they exist in a different little box in my head than it is appropriate to share on this blog. That said the disastrous Digital Economy Bill is currently being pushed through…

March 17, 2010
Darth Google video

Very clever video that is just another part of the increasing backlash against Google. Privacy concerns in particular seem to create a new mini-crisis for Google every couple of weeks (Buzz was a disaster and Streetview has as many doubters as supporters). To be honest even I have had a look at some of my…

March 15, 2010
Joining the Cult of the iPhone

So after much fuss and nonsense I eventually gave in to the inevitable and got myself an iPhone. To some extent I remain a little annoyed at myself (especially as Vodafone announced both the Nexus One and the HTC Desire only days after I ordered it!). But no crying over split milk, what is done…

March 14, 2010