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 42

Day 42 – 3 March 2014 It’s the start of another week and another month.  It’s just a short week this time as I have a couple of days off at the back end.  I’m catching up on the last of this year’s holiday.  Use it or lose it springs to mind. My quest to … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 42

A year of work in progress – day 41

Day 41 – 28 February 2014 For personal reasons I worked from home today.  I had a couple of reports to write anyway, one on a Digital Strategy following the meeting on Monday and a second which I had not expected at all.  Apparently I had an update to do on Building Schools for the … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 41

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 37

Day 37 – 24 February 2014 This morning I woke up with the clock saying 2:22.  I then woke up with it saying 5:55.  How weird is that?  I just had to get up. This morning started with a meeting to look at a Digital Strategy.  This is something that I’ve been thinking about for … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 37

A year of work in progress – day 35

Day 35 – 20 February 2014 It’s good to leave home when it is light.  I was able to leave a little later this morning as my first meeting was with NCFE just down the road. My first day without paper wasn’t without its moments but I managed.  I had to sign a couple of … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 35