The future has arrived. The new Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch is finally out. You can wear it on your wrist and it can respond to your voice and run apps. It sounds fantastic and will no doubt be another step forward in the personal technology arms race. The future has always been about technology, … Continue reading This is not a technical revolution
Give me the keys that unlock people
Everybody has a key that can unlock them. Most have more than one and they are someone that they trust. It could be a member of their family, their partner or their mother perhaps. It could be a colleague at work or a close friend. It could be an upstanding member of society like a … Continue reading Give me the keys that unlock people
We’ve been hanging on for 7600 years
MP Fiona Mactaggart announced this amazing statistic at a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee the other day. ‘Stressed Britons spent a total of 76 centuries on hold to Government phone lines last year.’ It later turned out that she was out by a factor of ten and that she meant to say 7.6 centuries … Continue reading We’ve been hanging on for 7600 years
Less homes where no-one works
According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics, the number of jobless homes (where no-one is in work) has dropped by 182,000 since records began in 1996. This is the lowest percentage recorded. Employment Minister Mark Hoban said: ‘it’s good news that the number of workless households has fallen by more than 425,000 … Continue reading Less homes where no-one works
The story is in the information
I’ve had a long held belief that we should not get hung up on the numbers. We measure so many things at work and make decisions based upon what the numbers say yet all they are telling us is a story. The numbers are an insight into what is happening. They are not what is … Continue reading The story is in the information
Different life forms
If I was an alien life form who had somehow managed to make its way to Earth, perhaps from the far side of Alpha Centauri using a parallel form of physics that we are yet to understand and I was to land in the high street of an average British town, what would I think? … Continue reading Different life forms
Freedom of information
What is a freedom of information? Is it a place where information lives, like a fiefdom, or a kingdom? Is freedom a collective noun for information, like a pride of lions or a parliament of crows? A freedom of information. Can information ever be truly free? Can it roam the Serengeti of the mind or … Continue reading Freedom of information
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 