Several factors have been driving this year’s #CyberFest. Firstly and obviously the key driver is to meet its aims. These are to raise awareness of the North East as a place to address cyber resilience; to get people engaged in the Dynamo work stream and; to educate and inform of the threats and opportunities from … Continue reading Driving #CyberFest
Poetry as a Service
A poem for all occasions, rhymes for all situations. Words from cyberspace, any subject, any taste. Just enter your description, the app provides encryption. Passions will be stirred and algorithms will be whirred, Spews out a transcription, tailored to the subscription. With no human intervention to dilute original intention. Racks of faceless servers provide poetry … Continue reading Poetry as a Service
The world according to me
I used to think of myself as a liberal, of the bleeding heart kind until I read ‘Sapiens, A Brief History of Humankind’, or rather listened to the audio book by Yuval Noah Harari. What made me stop and think, figuratively rather than literally as I was driving at the time, was that liberalism included … Continue reading The world according to me
7 days
This year I avoided ‘The A-Z Blogging Challenge’. I thought about it for a few weeks before hand and even had what I was going to talk about mapped out, yet in the end I simply lacked the motivation. At times I feel I am over-committed and the prospect of having to write for 26 … Continue reading 7 days
Marshmallow challenge
One of the ways we got the delegates to engage with each other at the Rural Cultural Business Innovation Programme, was through the Marshmallow Challenge. I love it. It makes me laugh every time I see it run. It is quite simple. Each group, it is essential that there several people in the group, has … Continue reading Marshmallow challenge
#130story
I know James, I got involved with his Tech Diary and bump into him from time to time at Campus North and the various events that go on around the region. I also picked up on his great idea, #130story, created back in the day when Twitter only had 140 characters. The idea is to … Continue reading #130story
Honest work
Some friends of ours have a house that they are renovating. It is in a small faded village close to the sea. It is a work in progress. They have decided to do as much of the work that they can themselves, both in a bid to keep costs down but, more importantly, to put … Continue reading Honest work
