Digital by Default

Digital by Default

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – ouch

So after a day of considerable Twitter speculation it seems that the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills is a goner and will be replaced by a new super-Department under the Lord of Darkness, Peter Mandelson. DIUS has only been around for 2 years by my estimation and apart from some really great work in…

June 5, 2009
Putting the Fun in Functional

Another presentation that has been around for a while but I have only just discovered (thanks to Dave Briggs) is Putting the Fun in Functional by Amy Jo Kim which I have found really interesting and useful. I’m not a gamer in any shape or form, never really liked them, although I did enjoy elements…

May 26, 2009
The Cool-er ebook reader

As is so often the case these days I came across the Cool-er, the latest ebook reader on the block, via a tweet from Jag Gill and as I remain extremely interested in all things ebook I followed the link and was suitably impressed. The website is nice and clean and the reader look, well,…

May 21, 2009
Copy as Interface by Erika Hall

This presentation is over a year old but I have just discovered it via a link on the 4iP blog so Ewan has my sincere thanks as this is a great presentation. One of the things I do at Jiva (at least in theory) is write the copy for the apps. I struggle with this…

May 19, 2009
‘HE in a Web 2.0 World’ report

This week saw the launch of the final report from the Committee of Inquiry into the Changing Learner Experience titled HE in a Web 2.0 World. This Committee (which despite its close ties to JISC is actually independent as I understand it) was formed in my final months at JISC so this report has been…

May 17, 2009