I watched with interest the story unfolding about the advertising issue between the Co-op and The Spectator. For those of you who may not be aware of it, the Co-op has decided to stop advertising in The Spectator because of its transphobic articles. The Spectator got its dig in first by banning the Co-op from … Continue reading It’s all at the Co-op
Are we going to go back?
#CyberFest 20 is finally underway. After months of thinking about it, in what has been the strangest of years, September is finally upon us and as we all know now, September is #CyberFest. Putting the events on takes some effort and I am glad that I have some help. Clare at Beaconhouse Events helps me … Continue reading Are we going to go back?
Being on Team A
Somehow I got involved in a Virtual Community Panel for Not-Equal. How, I’m not so sure but perhaps from when I was involved with them as part of #CyberFest and the North East Initiative on Business Ethics. Not-Equal is a network which brings together researchers, communities and partners from industry, public and the third sector … Continue reading Being on Team A
Replayed
We’ve been played. We’re still being played and they will keep doing it to us as long as it works. Despite the enormous problems in the world we are easily distracted by something farcical or irrelevant. Our eyes are diverted from the real issues of the day. This has been going on for years but … Continue reading Replayed
The day after
I was having a nightmare! Not only had I lost my broadband (as I write this, ten days later, it is still not live) but the cursor on my beloved chromebook kept freezing, to the point that I had to send the whole thing back to the manufacturer (as I write this, ten days later, … Continue reading The day after
Coffee at Pink Lane
At all costs we want to stir up some sort of feeling in others. Our soul abhors a vacuum. At all costs it longs for contact - Hjalmar Soderberg, from Doctor Glass. It was good to meet up with Mike again. I have known him from my days at North Tyneside and we make the … Continue reading Coffee at Pink Lane
Big Issue
There are many big issues that swirl around in my head. A friend of mine once said to me that you should pick your battles, you can’t fight on all fronts yet these days I am not short of choices. I only have to open the papers or go on social media to get my … Continue reading Big Issue
Creative fuse 2.0
Sometimes life turns full circle. When I first left Durham and set up Guerrilla Working, one of the first contracts I won was to deliver The Rural Cultural Business Innovation Programme, as part of Creative Fuse North East. I say I won it but it was a collaboration with my good friend Justin Souter. It … Continue reading Creative fuse 2.0
Cluster lead
Being a cluster lead, or manager is an odd job. There isn’t really a job description or a definitive list of things that you have to do to be successful. Each of the four of us at Dynamo share notes yet we tend to operate in our own way. We’re skilled enough to bring our … Continue reading Cluster lead
I don’t need it
The biggest issue faced by the economy is not Coronavirus, nor indeed Brexit but the realisation that we can do without many of the things that we thought were essential. The pandemic may well have caused the recession, Brexit may yet make it worse (who knows) but coming out of it will be no easy … Continue reading I don’t need it
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 