Life is never that black or white and the way that a question is phrased will often determine the outcome. Nudge told us that. So when you are asked do you want to view pornography online yes or no, how are you going to answer? If the question is ‘Do you want to want children … Continue reading Will you be saying yes or no to pornography?
The broadband on the bus
If I had a bucket list it would have got a big tick today as I got to drive our new bus. Well it wasn’t quite a bus, more of a second hand mobile library but I have been excited about getting behind the wheel ever since we’d managed to stop her from going to … Continue reading The broadband on the bus
And man will live for evermore
Man will soon leave his flesh behind. He will shed his skin and exist only as an electronic entity in a virtual world. It may take a thousand years, it may take a million but the process has already begun. We have entered the fifth evolutionary epoch and there is no turning back. Every day … Continue reading And man will live for evermore
I feel so insignificant now after Thinking Digital 2013
Another great day at Thinking Digital getting to hear speaker after speaker who is involved in or has done unbelievable things, things that make your hair curl, things that you find it difficult to get your head around and things that make you feel as if what you have managed to get through in your … Continue reading I feel so insignificant now after Thinking Digital 2013
The contract signed
It should have been a great day and it was. Yes, it was a great day, the culmination of at least two year’s work that will bring a twenty five million pound investment into the region and maybe more. The contract was signed to help bring superfast broadband to our corner of the North East … Continue reading The contract signed
Having a job title can stop people from hearing
Sometimes having a job title can be very restricting. Somehow it can define you, categorise you and even place you in a pigeon hole from which you find it difficult to emerge. I work in information and communications technology, ICT. In fact I don’t, I work in management and just happen to ply my trade … Continue reading Having a job title can stop people from hearing
Cut cost and save money. Beware of fallacious arguments.
I received this in my email this morning (I’ve removed all reference to the organisation that sent it as that is not the issue): ‘As the [Government’s] Digital by Default agenda moves swiftly forward, it is now more important than ever for the public sector to embrace new digital technologies. According to the Government's Digital … Continue reading Cut cost and save money. Beware of fallacious arguments.
A casualty of the digital age
Access to digital services must be a force for good and we must work hard to improve broadband accessibility and service take up across the country to ensure economic competitiveness. After all ninety per cent of jobs require some degree of ICT skill, over fifty per cent of jobs are only advertised online and those … Continue reading A casualty of the digital age
On the radio
Today I have done something for the first time, something that I have never done before; I have been on the radio. Not a national station but Bishop FM 105.8 serving the towns and villages in that corner of Durham. I’m not sure how it came across for the listening public but on reflection it … Continue reading On the radio
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 