Day 46 – 11 March 2014 Twelve days without paper now if you don’t count the odd bits that people shove in your hands from time to time. Last night I had my first Area Action Partnership meeting in Stanley without the white stuff. The cold sweats and night terrors are diminishing but I still … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 46
A year of work in progress – day 45
Day 45 – 10 March 2014 I’ve been off-net for two working days. I haven’t looked at my email until this morning. I even switched off the synchronisation on my phone just in case I got tempted. And I did. Thursday morning was difficult and I must confess to feeling withdrawal symptoms. Two whole days … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 45
A year of work in progress – day 44
Day 44 – 5 March 2014 On Monday I left my pen at home. Yesterday I managed to go out with no money on me. No wallet, no credit cards, nothing. Fortunately I managed to get away with it but I think old age is creeping up on me. I need to do that thing … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 44
A year of work in progress – day 43
Day 43 – 4 March 2014 I seem to mention Digital Durham all of the time and so I should. It is important to the region, not just the County and takes up a fair chunk of my time. It’s so important that it isn’t even on my ten things to achieve this year. There … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 43
A year of work in progress – day 40
Day 40 – 27 February 2014 Last night went well. Everyone listened and there was lots of interest as well as questions and a few laughs. I nearly messed up big time though. I thought I’d sent the wrong presentation to Mid Durham Rural. Pam sorted it out though. Only seven meetings today. We have … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 40
A year of work in progress – day 39
Day 39 – 26 February 2014 I got up early this morning to try and stitch together a report that three of the Heads of Service had been trying to write. There are some things that I can’t put in my blog until they are agreed and this was one of them. Hopefully I will … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 39
A year of work in progress – day 38
Day 38 – 25 February 2014 Today I was mostly at the Education Development Centre (EDC) in Spennymoor. The morning was taken up by another of the Customer Services workshops that I described on day 19. The building was different but the format the same. The focus of the training was around the ICT Strategy, … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 38
A year of work in progress – day 36
Day 36 – 21 February 2014 Day three without paper and all is going well. I have resisted so far but I nearly fell into a trap yesterday when talking to Lee. I reached for my pen to make a note and fortunately didn’t have it on me. Lee offered me the use of his … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 36
A year of work in progress – day 34
Day 34 – 19 February 2014 Last night I decided that I’m going to try and go paperless. I’ve been agile for some time and am obsessed with being more personally efficient yet I still hang onto the vestiges of the old way of doing things. I carry a day-book around with me in which … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 34
A year of work in progress – day 31
Day 31 – 14 February 2014 Valentine’s Day is the day when love hangs heavy in the air. What better way to spend the morning than with BT? We have a meaty contract with them to deliver the broadband infrastructure for the Digital Durham programme and so it’s important that we maintain excellent relations throughout … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 31
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 