I’ve been at Thinking Digital today. It started yesterday afternoon with some workshops but the main event takes place today and tomorrow. If you have never been you should. Once you have been you’ll want to come back again and again. It is the must attend event of the year. So why is it such … Continue reading Unfolding plans 71 – Thinking Digital makes your head hurt #TDC15
Unfolding plans 68 – I’m really really looking forward to #TDC15
Next week I will be attending Thinking Digital 2015, one of the leading events in the North East digital calendar. I’m not sure if this is the third time or the fourth that I have been. It doesn’t matter because they are great events and I take so much away from them. They are an … Continue reading Unfolding plans 68 – I’m really really looking forward to #TDC15
Unfolding plans 67 – She was there to give a message
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Once again I was down in London the other day and had the pleasure of going through Kings Cross Station. Now I like the station and love what the architects have done with the front portico and waiting areas. It’s no St Pancras yet it is still … Continue reading Unfolding plans 67 – She was there to give a message
Unfolding plan 66 – the lone oddball
I must admit to suffering from the odd pang of... well I’m not sure what it is. I’ve been working for a while now on trying to change the way that the people work. It is over a year since I gave up my office, threw out my desk and became a nomadic worker. I’ve … Continue reading Unfolding plan 66 – the lone oddball
Unfolding plans 65 – excite young people about technology
Number one on my list of things to achieve this year was to try and get more women to work in the ICT industry. We recently interviewed for some apprentice vacancies. Of the nineteen applicants not one of them was female. It’s going to be a long shot yet there seems to be some momentum … Continue reading Unfolding plans 65 – excite young people about technology
Unfolding plans 63 – I have to show you this
I was walking along floor two, on my way to a meeting with HR when someone barked my name. Three times they shouted ‘Phil – Phil – Phil’. At first I thought they were shouting for a dog but realised eventually they wanted to attract my attention. There may be easier ways of getting hold … Continue reading Unfolding plans 63 – I have to show you this
Unfolding plans 62 – Stuffocation
Before you start, I didn’t buy ‘Stuffocation – Living more with less’ by James Wallman. I borrowed it from my youngest daughter when I was last visiting her flat. She always has some interesting books to grab as if I don’t have enough to read already. We share similar tastes in reading material, a little … Continue reading Unfolding plans 62 – Stuffocation
Human Zoo
Day twenty six of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’. I’ve made it to the end. I’ve managed to write over thirteen thousand words on a subject I knew very little about until now and made some new friends along the way. So what have I grasped (pun definitely intended)? Firstly that being handed is not … Continue reading Human Zoo
Generation Y
Day twenty five of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’. Being left-handed has been a problem throughout the ages. Perhaps a mild irritation would be a better description or even a slight inconvenience. Either way I have been thinking about whether or not handedness will become a bigger or smaller problem in the future. The answer … Continue reading Generation Y
Xenophobia
Day twenty four of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’. I’m getting very close yet X is a real corker. There are only about one hundred and twenty words in modern English that start with the letter X compared to the 1,025,109.8 in the language. (This is the estimate by the Global Language Monitor for January … Continue reading Xenophobia