Day 218 – 17 December 2014 I wrote this during breaks in a Microsoft event at the Hilton Hotel in Gateshead. I was logged on to Durham’s system using our virtual private network and through the hotel’s wireless network. I had caught up with my email however before I had left home to get the … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 218
A year of work in progress – day 217
Day 217 – 16 December 2014 I don’t think that I’ve ever been to Derby before that is until today. I’d been passed it, perhaps even through it but don’t recall ever stopping there. I might have been there for the football in the dark and distant past. This morning five of us made the … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 217
A year of work in progress – day 215
Day 215 – 12 December 2014 Number nine on my list of ten things to achieve this year was to finish my book. Well technically this one is in the bag. I’ve finished it but haven’t published it. I keep meaning to read it through and am thinking of publishing it for the Kindle. I … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 215
A year of work in progress – day 214
Day 214 – 11 December 2014 Assuming that I am not struck down by pestilence or God’s will then there are ten days left of this blog. You may recall that I set out to achieve the same number of things this year and so it felt like a good idea to finish off with … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 214
A year of work in progress – day 213
Day 213 – 10 December 2014 Despite the weather bomb the 4:45 pulled away on time from Newcastle Central Station. Leaving home at such an ungodly hour reminded me of the years that I worked in Cambridge when I would regularly leave at such time in the morning. All that was on the road were … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 213
A year of work in progress – day 211
Day 211 – 8 December 2014 It was way back in June, day 98 to be exact, when I first delivered some training on how to ‘drive the desktop’. This morning it was my turn to deliver it again as part of the Durham Manager development programme. The idea behind it was that many people … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 211
A year of work in progress – day 208
Day 208 – 3 December 2014 It may be winter outside but in my heart it’s spring. There was a sharp frost when I got out to the car this morning. The weather was quite frigorific, as they say. I haven’t fallen this year into the usual mad rush to get everything finished by Christmas … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 208
A year of work in progress – day 207
Day 207 – 2 December 2014 I must start off with an apology. Yesterday I may have inadvertently given the impression that I would be on the VIP table for the Great Staff, Great Stuff awards event. It turns out that I was close but it was no cigar. I was on the next table … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 207
A year of work in progress – day 206
Day 206 – 1 December 2014 I was never going to make it to Meadowfield by half past eight, even if I left early, which I did. Getting though the road works and down to Durham would have been hard enough but to get across the city was a step too far. I had four … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 206
A year of work in progress – day 205
Day 205 – 28 November 2014 Black Friday turned out to be grey. Low cloud tuned to fog and gave the day a depressing start. When did this happen? Not the weather but when did a day that marked the point that American businesses moved from being in the red to making a profit and … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 205
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 