Day 7 – 10 January 2014 About a quarter of our business is traded, that is with customers outside of the Council. Gaining and losing customers is a natural part of the business cycle. As long as we gain more than we lose then we will be OK. I don’t like to lose any business … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 7
A year of work in progress – day 6
Day 6 – 9 January 2014 It is not often that we get a chance to make a direct impact upon the good people of the county. ICT is usually in the background (or in the basement in most cases) but it is different with the Digital Durham programme. Our aim is to provide, or … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 6
Today we start a new job
It feels like the end of a journey, one that has lasted nigh on three years. It feels like we’ve been working to get meaningful broadband across the County forever. For the people who need it, the 170,000 on the wrong side of this digital divide, I’m sure it feels the same. And in many … Continue reading Today we start a new job
It’s all Dutch to me
The CD disappeared into the slot in the dashboard and some unknown yet familiar sounding music emanated from the speakers. A woman’s voice with just the faintest hint of an accent welcomed me to ‘Learn Dutch in 3 months’. Her name was Leif. This is it, the start of my latest learning venture. The task … Continue reading It’s all Dutch to me
A modern deprivation
We were making our way back to the car having spent the last few hours in the hospital when we were approached by a young man. He was slightly unkempt and had passed by us a couple of times in an obvious hurry as if he was looking for something. By his appearance, if asked, … Continue reading A modern deprivation
Our inexorable journey towards our virtual destiny
So you thought I was a bit off-beam with my blog 'And man will live for evermore' in that man and machine will become one? It wasn’t meant to be a dystopian view of how the machines would take over, where our creations would eventually enslave us but rather a utopian view of how man … Continue reading Our inexorable journey towards our virtual destiny
What happens when the free stuff runs out?
I’m writing this on Word Press and it’s free. I find I use Twitter all the time, I get most of my news from it and for some reason it always makes me laugh and it’s free too. I also use LinkedIn quite a bit and dabble with Facebook from time to time but I … Continue reading What happens when the free stuff runs out?
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 