Digital by Default

Digital by Default

JISC09 Meetup

As it looks like alot of people will be in Edinburgh the day before the JISC Conference (#jisc09) I thought it might be a good opportunity to have a few real life drinks and conversations with people we usually only engage with on Twitter. The Haymarket is apparently a friendly, big pub close to the…

March 18, 2009
JISC, Rapid Innovation and Transparency

There appears to be something of a mini-revolution going on at JISC these days particularly coming out of the Information Environment team and their relationship with UKOLN. Support for events like Mashed Libraries, the CRIG Roadshow and the hugely successful Developer Happiness Days, as well as a commitment to blogging, Twitter and a general move…

March 17, 2009
Seven Things You Don’t Know About Me

I’ve been tagged by Stuart Brown from the OU to take part in this meme – usually I don’t bother but Backpass is becoming a bit more personal as I blog more at Jiva and this is a nice way to continue that and plus I actually have something to write. Most people who know…

March 12, 2009
Remixing Youtube – Thru You

I doubt there are many people out there who haven’t come across this by now but nevertheless it is so damned impressive that I thought I would join in the love fest for it. Stan Schroeder at Mashable says it best I think “Israeli musician Kutiman has taken hundreds of YouTube samples – often non-musical…

March 11, 2009
The Rise of the Airgonaut

The Save the Words site was brought to my attention by a post Alan Levine and I thought it looked kind of fun. The site is…interesting. Its certainly striking and different, I’m not actually sure whether I like it or not but its an impressive bit of work – particular for this sort of ‘campaign’.…

March 5, 2009