Image thanks to DailyNLP I’ve been thinking a lot recently about that seemingly unstoppable voice inside my head. I gather everyone has one but please tell me if this is not so. I think of it both as a friend and foe. It has helped me solve many a problem throughout the years and my … Continue reading Little voice
NPD
Image thanks to EnglishExplorer.com I’ve finally got round to watching ‘Dark Woods’, the latest from Walter Presents. It’s got everything I like in a TV drama, it’s well written, full of great characters, and dark. I love watching crime thrillers in a foreign language. Somehow it adds another level of intrigue to the plot. Anyway, … Continue reading NPD
Football or politics
Image thanks to the BBC A conversation with my son in law can only ever go one of two ways, football or politics. This time it was the latter. We don’t always see eye to eye on everything political though we are mainly in tune. I’d hate for you to think we were like Alf … Continue reading Football or politics
First meetup of the year
This year is hurtling by. Already the first CyberNorth meetup of the year has been and gone. Before Christmas it seemed so far away. This was such an important meeting as we wanted to lay out our plans for the coming three years and, in particular, get a steer from the sector that we were … Continue reading First meetup of the year
Holding events
Image thanks to natptax.com Holding an event is so different these days following the seemingly inexorable rise of the online event. In the good old days, if indeed they were, holding an event took planning, coordination and a lot of effort. Not that they don’t these days yet the bar to entry has been set … Continue reading Holding events
I’ve never met him
Image thanks to Indy100 I’ve never met the Prime Minister and, to be honest, I hope I never do. My impression of him therefore comes only from the media. I get plenty of opportunities to create an impression of him as he is all over the media, traditional and social. I can’t turn on the … Continue reading I’ve never met him
Let the train
Travelling used to be such a major part of my working life. I was always on the move. Before I joined the public sector I was driving 60,000 miles a year on top of getting the train or taking to the air. I could be in Glasgow one day, Bristol the next or Paris or … Continue reading Let the train
Flexible working (again)
Image thanks to Advice First The first session of our Digital Peer Network got off with a discussion on hybrid and flexible working. Throughout the pandemic many of us have been able to, and indeed required to work from home. Overnight the world changed and those who had advocated that much work coil be done … Continue reading Flexible working (again)
Antivaxxers
I’m not one of them. I have had my two shots as well as my booster and, no doubt if offered another COVID-19 injection I will be there in the queue. I have also had all my injections at school and my children have had theirs so I can’t be accused of being against vaccinations. … Continue reading Antivaxxers
Chasing funding
It’s that time of year when our thoughts turn to funding. Already we are into the second week of the last quarter of the financial year and the perennial question looms. Will we be able to secure enough money to carry on for another year? Not all of my income comes from funders but for … Continue reading Chasing funding
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 