Digital by Default

Digital by Default

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
JISC Conference 2009

This year is going to be the 1st time I have attended a JISC Conference without having to work (3 years of near nervous breakdowns and one managing the backchannel and social web elements) so I am very much looking forward to it. The move to Edinburgh is another big change to traditions (and certain…

March 4, 2009
The New Director of Digital Engagement for HMGov

Last night a flurry of tweets brought to my intention the fact that the government is recruiting a new Director of Digital Engagement. This new post is really quite senior and has a pretty impressive job description to say the least (and a pretty nice potential salary!). It seems to me that most of the…

February 17, 2009
Scott McCloud at TED

Scott McCloud is a bit of a hero of mine – he brings more insight to the world of comic books (and lets be clear I read comic books not ‘graphic novels’) than the medium probably deserves and having just re-read Zot for the first time in years he was a pretty decent creator himself…

February 16, 2009
Fun at Bristwestival

So I’ve now had a day or two to recover from Bristwestival and I have to say that I think it was a great success and alot of fun. As hoped I got to meet a few Twitter types face-to-face for the first time, enjoyed a number of pints of Bitburger (following on from several…

February 14, 2009