Day 155 –11 September 2014 I struggled to get started this morning. I don’t know if it was because I gave blood last night or the mist that hung in the air. Today is pregnant with history, is it really thirteen years since the attack on the twin towers? The world seems to be caught … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 155
A year of work in progress – day 134
Day 134 – 31 July 2014 Mobile phones seem to have been the theme for today. They were a key component of my one to one with Don first thing and I had two meetings with separate mobile providers later on in the morning. We’ve managed over the last eighteen months to consolidate all of … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 134
A year of work in progress – day 101
Day 101 – 5 June 2014 I had no presentations today but I did go and check my laptop with the projector in committee room two as it didn’t show the video correctly yesterday. In a way that was fortunate as most of the rude bits were left off the screen. I have the same … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 101
A year of work in progress – day 99
Day 99 – 3 June 2014 Broadband Delivery UK keeps telling us that we are running one of the best programmes across the country. Apparently we are in their top five out of forty four. I’m not sure how they judge this or how we could get to number one, even if we wanted to. … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 99
The rise of artificial intelligence
It looks like artificial intelligence is back on the agenda. Technology has moved on sufficiently to make the breakthrough required a possibility. Interesting. This begs two questions: What is artificial intelligence and; isn’t its development inevitable anyway? I’ve always liked thinking and talking about evolution. It’s a fascinating subject and helps describe why we and … Continue reading The rise of artificial intelligence
A year of work in progress – day 93
Day 93 – 23 May 2014 I wasn’t sure whether today would count or not. A domestic issue resulted in me, or rather Pam, having to rearrange all my appointments (there were only nine of them and so could have done without) but I ended up doing enough work between times to justify its inclusion … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 93
A year of work in progress – day 92
Day 92 – 22 May 2014 So, before I get onto today it’s worth recapping on something from yesterday which happened after I went to press. I try to keep my blogs to around five hundred words and I could have filled a book. Over lunch there was a session on the future of the … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 92
A year of work in progress – day 70 (Optimist)
Day 70 – 17 April 2014 and day 15 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. I am a congenital optimist, I just can’t help myself. Maybe I was born with it. My glass is always half full, the grass is always greener on my side of the fence and life is a string of … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 70 (Optimist)
A year of work in progress – day 51
Day 51 – 19 March 2014 I’ve been asked to speak at the first Dynamo conference at the beginning of May. Dynamo is a new group that has been set up to represent the ICT sector in the North East. I’ll not get carried away however as I think there will be forty of us … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 51
A year of work in progress – day 27
Day 27 – 10 February 2014 Today I was in Slough, at O2’s offices. I’d entered a competition to win some help from The Local Government Digital Fund. I hadn’t expected to get anywhere but got shortlisted into the last six and was asked to present my thoughts at a Dragon’s Den style event. I … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 27