Day 76 – 29 April 2014 and day 25 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. ‘The lexicon of man’s inhumanity to man has a new word and that is Yarmouk,’ said the spokesperson on Radio 4. ‘Shame on all of us that in a United Nations led refugee camp people are dying of starvation’ … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 76 (Yarmouk)
A year of work in progress – day 75 (Xenophile)
Day 75 – 28 April 2014 and day 24 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. X was always going to be a difficult letter. I could have chosen a word with an x in it like extraordinary and started from there. I could have chosen a more obvious word like x-ray and used it … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 75 (Xenophile)
Work Spring
Day 23 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. We all remember the Arab Spring, a period of intense disruption across the Arab world leading to regime change and greater democratisation. Ironically starting in the winter of 2010 it is still rumbling on. Old orders have been replaced and in some cases old orders have … Continue reading Work Spring
A year of work in progress – day 74 (Verbs)
Day 74 – 25 April 2014 and day 22 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. For some reasons when teaching a language in this country we are obsessed with trying to conjugate verbs. Each language has a slightly different approach and mastery of these is seen as essential. Of course we learn to conjugate … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 74 (Verbs)
A year of work in progress – day 73 (Understand)
Day 73 – 24 April 2014 and day 21 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. The key to solving any problem is first to understand. Doing can come later. Our immediate reaction when faced with an issue whether it is a simple problem or a catastrophic disaster is to do something - anything. We … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 73 (Understand)
A year of work in progress – day 72 (Thirds)
Day 72 – 23 April 2014 and day 20 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. ‘Have I ever given you my three jobs speech?’ I say this to my team regularly and they usually shake their heads either because they can’t remember it or more likely they are too polite and know I’m going … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 72 (Thirds)
A year of work in progress – day 71 (Soft machine)
Day 71 – 22 April 2014 and day 19 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. ‘I’ve bought this Dad but it’s a bit heavy going and I can’t get into it.’ My youngest daughter handed me a thin paperback as we made to say our goodbyes. ‘I thought you might like to give it … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 71 (Soft machine)
Romans
Day 18 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. What did the Romans ever do for us? Not a lot apparently. I live in the barbaric and pagan lands to the north of the wall that for two millennia has split this island in two. Hadrian did his best to keep the tribal Scots at … Continue reading Romans
Quiddity
Day 17 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. I came across the word quiddity in a book. It was called ‘The Quiddity of Will Self’. I picked it up because I liked the cover and thought that it was an eponymous title but it turned out to be by Sam Mills. (That will teach … Continue reading Quiddity
Productive time
Day 16 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. Productive time should be one of our key focuses for our year ahead. Not productivity, that is something different. The number of outputs per hour is the responsibility of the delivery services rather than the ICT Services. What I mean is that we should focus on … Continue reading Productive time
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 