Throughout the 1970s and the early 1980s I spent a large amount of my life in Newcastle. Although I didn’t live in the city, or town as we know it, I went to school there from 1971 to 1978 and the university from 1978. At the back end of the decade I did live in … Continue reading Eldon Square 5G
The simplest of things
Humans are amazing creatures. We’ve plumbed the depths of the oceans and have sent crafts billions of kilometres into space. We’ve created beautiful works of art and developed evermore complicated ways of killing each other. There seems to be no bounds to our curiosity and intellect yet it is the simplest of things that continue … Continue reading The simplest of things
Waiting, waiting, waiting.
If you’ve been following my blog, you will know that we have been getting some building work done at the back of the house. It wasn’t a big job but went on longer than it should. Anyway, the structure is up now and the gardener has arrived to relay the patio. As I write this … Continue reading Waiting, waiting, waiting.
Where are all the flies?
Image thanks to Jenkins Pest. Back in the day, a drive down the motorway would have meant carnage on your windscreen as you ploughed your way through millions of flying insects. A long journey would require a good wipedown of the front number plate. Indeed you could even buy ‘fly squash remover’ at your local … Continue reading Where are all the flies?
Strike out
I can’t let the debacle with CrowdStrike go by without comment. It is so ironic that software designed to protect businesses from cyber security attacks caused a huge amount of disruption. Its strapline after all is: Stop breaches. Drive business. According to Microsoft, 8.5 million Windows hosts were affected by CrowdStrike’s blunder, which is 0.6% … Continue reading Strike out
A funny kind of business
The strange thing about being involved in running a cluster organisation is that it is not like a normal business, if such a thing exists. Every day I get spam emails telling me how I can grow the business, get more leads and turn them into customers, have a more sticky website and drive traffic … Continue reading A funny kind of business
Hold your nose
Image thanks to Nina Katchadourian Tony Fitzpatrick I haven’t blogged much about politics over the last month, partly because I only write once a week now and partly because I was in danger of repeating myself. I cannot, however, avoid last week’s elections, which were spectacular for a number of reasons. I thought long and … Continue reading Hold your nose
The sea designs the boat
Image thanks to the Vasa museum I enjoyed listening to Tom Chatfield’s talk at Thinking Digital this year. I can call him Tom as we met when I went to buy his book ‘Wise Animals’. He even wrote a nice inscription on the inside cover. I always come away from Thinking Digital with books as … Continue reading The sea designs the boat
Building Work
I apologise to anyone who has had to sit through an online meeting with me over the last few weeks. We’ve been getting some building work done on the house, with a lot of banging and drilling, making it quite difficult, at times, to be an active participant. Since COVID, this has been a regular … Continue reading Building Work
Synchronicity
As my life transitions from work to whatever comes after that, my children have taken to buying me gifts that prepare me for the future. The presents are usually books, some to draw in, some with activities to do and some just to read and make me think. One of the book presents is ‘The … Continue reading Synchronicity
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 