Digital by Default

Digital by Default

When Content Was King..

For one reason or another this last week has had me thinking alot about my early days working on the web. I started my web career in 1998 working at the library at the University of the West of England and back then the only qualification you needed to be left in charge of the…

November 22, 2009
Makers by Cory Doctorow (Book Review)

Lets put this out there straightaway; I’m a fan of Cory Doctorow. I have listened to him speak a couple of times, make a point to read what he has to say around issues like copyright, publishing and innovation, occasionally dip in to Boing Boing for a bit of light relief and very much enjoyed…

November 12, 2009
Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk (Book Review)

I first encountered Gary Vaynerchuk at FOWA Miami a couple of years ago. I’d never heard of him nor his video blog but the Carsonified guys were (and remain) big fans of his so I was interested to see his talk. As it turned out I only lasted a few minutes as his OTT personality…

October 31, 2009
The Jukesie JISC Projects Map

I’ve been back at JISC a week now and am starting to get my head around my new role. At the moment it is a strange mix between the familiar and comfortable and the unnervingly new and different but I’m sure it will settle down! I have an interesting portfolio of work to get my…

October 26, 2009
Another D’oh Moment

So after only a little under 3 months at Becta I have resigned and rather luckily found myself in a postion to head straight back to JISC. Alot of issues led to this decision and I won’t go into them in any depth but suffice to say I wasn’t comfortable with some aspects of the…

October 7, 2009