My car is five years old now, perhaps a bit more. I haven’t had it that long since I didn’t buy it from new. Cars always strike me as such bad value as they lose so much of it as you drive it out of the showroom and so, when using my own money, second … Continue reading Double dealing
A lurch to the right
Image thanks to Today It’s astounding Time is fleeting Madness takes its toll But listen closely (Not for very much longer) I’ve got to keep control So starts the song ‘Let’s do the timewarp again’ from the Rocky Horror Show. Over the last weeks we have been living our own horror show with the over-hyped … Continue reading A lurch to the right
Why you should go to #CyberFest – Managing Cyber Security Risk in the Space Market
Image thanks to The North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence. Space, it’s the final frontier apparently but did you know that the North East has a thriving space sector? The North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence was set up in 2014, to offer opportunities and partnerships to unlock market opportunities. ‘The Centre will … Continue reading Why you should go to #CyberFest – Managing Cyber Security Risk in the Space Market
Ban cars
See what I mean... We like to visit Hexham. It is not too far away, has some nice cafes and the walks through the park are pleasant. Going there feels like a little holiday. We have our route that we follow, parking at the bottom of Cowgarth before making our way to the Refectory cafe. … Continue reading Ban cars
On your side
Image thanks to Morning Star It seems that Truss has the wind in her sails. It looks more and more likely that her next stop will be number 10 Downing Street. How and why are questions for another time. Last week, during one of the hustings she made a speech in which she said ‘If … Continue reading On your side
Why you should go to #CyberFest – Protecting my small business in an online world
According to some research carried out for CyberNorth by students at Northumbria University, nearly two thirds of businesses recognised that their organisation had been compromised by a cyber security incident in the last year. Only one in five businesses, however, were confident that they had put enough steps in place to at least mitigate the … Continue reading Why you should go to #CyberFest – Protecting my small business in an online world
Different perspectives
This year’s Craft Cyber Eyes is taking real shape. This is the third year that we have been running an arts programme in conjunction with Creative Fuse North East, as part of #CyberFest. Once again I am amazed by what the artists are bringing to the challenge. Last Thursday I was back at the John … Continue reading Different perspectives
How many political parties?
Image thanks to VoxPoliticalOnline I hear it said so many times that we live in a two party system. This is clearly not so as there are nearly a dozen parties represented in parliament. It is the case however, for many of us our choice of politicians is very limited. For large swathes of the … Continue reading How many political parties?
Why you should go to #CyberFest – Online fraud is a crime
Centre for Professional and Executive Development, TUD, Darlington The third event in this year’s #CyberFest sees us heading to Teesside, at the Centre for Professional and Executive Development (CPED) - Teesside University, Darlington Campus, to be precise. While the whole of the festival is supported by Waterstons, in addition, this event is supported by The … Continue reading Why you should go to #CyberFest – Online fraud is a crime
Something I should have done
It was a while ago. It’s now over five years since I left Durham County Council. Looking back I still feel that I (we) achieved a lot. Through the freedom agenda (freedom from location, freedom from hierarchy and freedom from dogma) I changed the way that the department thought about itself, giving individuals much more … Continue reading Something I should have done
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 