Digital by Default

Digital by Default

[Make things open] Picking a platform

As a side-effect of my evangelism for working in the open I semi-regularly get asked for recommendations about which publishing platform someone should use and how they should get started. Firstly before even choosing a platform I think you need your own domain. You really cannot rely on any web service to last these days…

June 8, 2025
I use this [update 2025]

Mr Briggs shared his new Macbook Air setup – with his gazillion apps(!) – so I thought I’d so a quick update on my setup (mainly as my desk is reasonably tidy since I had to move it a little!). Hardware Absolute bog standard Mac Mini M1 from 2021.HP 27″ (V27ie G5) display from 2024…

June 5, 2025
The Process

Coco posted this on Bluesky yesterday; …and as I am deep into putting together my Camp Digital talk I thought I would try and unpick my ‘process’ (or lack thereof). I’d had the germ of an idea for this talk for a couple of years and that idea was always closely coupled with the thought…

May 30, 2025
A decade of Internet of Public Service Jobs – aka #jukesiejobs

I started my #jukesiejobs side project 10 years ago this weekend with a thread on Twitter (or it might have been next weekend – I am not 100% sure and I have long since deleted my Twitter account) of vacancies I had spotted with a couple of roles I was trying to fill myself at…

May 25, 2025
2025 jobs newsletter survey results write-up

I last did a survey digging into the state of [public service digital] job descriptions in July 2020 though I did do one in 2022 just about why/how people use the newsletter. In 2020 257 people responded ~ but it was peak Covid era and nobody had anything else to do! This time I got…

May 15, 2025