Image thanks to Freepik You never have enough time to apply for funding. It all seems so easy at the start but as you get into it, the task becomes greater and greater until despair takes over. You hear about an upcoming funding round and you get your head around what it is that you … Continue reading Those forms (again)
The event season
It is upon us again, that time of year where there are so many events to go to that you really are spoilt for choice. Our annual CyberFest begins tomorrow and we already have more than twenty events lined up. Most days have something and on other days we have had to double up. Others … Continue reading The event season
Quality over quantity
Image thanks to Freepik I’ve organised many workshops during my working life but preparing for a series of workshops over several months was a new challenge. We’d been talking about the Cyber Security Innovation Centre for many years and had a clear idea of how it would work, yet when we finally got the nod … Continue reading Quality over quantity
Comparison for startups
Image thanks to Freepik.com When we make comparisons, why do we only ever look up? We only ever consider those who seemingly have more rather than less. Bigger, faster, better, richer rather than smaller, slower, worse or poorer. Among the people I know, the pool of people below is much larger than the tiny pool … Continue reading Comparison for startups
The market will correct itself
Image thanks to Freepik When we first bought our house, back in the day, we took out an endowment mortgage. I don’t know if such a thing exists these days yet they promised the earth. Basically, if I recall correctly, you borrowed the money for the house, paid the interest only and took out an … Continue reading The market will correct itself
Have you got your tickets yet?
Image thanks to Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock Well, have you? Unless you’ve been living on the moon over the last few months you cannot have missed the much hyped reunion of 90s band Oasis. It’s been everywhere, social media, magazines, radio and even the television news. To be honest, they are not my thing. I was into … Continue reading Have you got your tickets yet?
Where’s the money come from?
Image thanks to pixels.com Talking to a potential business partner over the last few weeks I found that the question of how they make their money came to my mind. It’s an old chestnut for me, partly because I am interested in different business models but, more importantly, I don't want to enter into a … Continue reading Where’s the money come from?
Eldon Square 5G
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.
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 