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 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 212
Day 212 – 9 December 2014 Before I start, I have to tell you that we’ve been trialling some of these new Windows Surface Pro devices, half laptop and half tablet (perhaps a laplet or a tabtop?). Initial reaction has been good, indeed Paul in Audit was heard to mention that it was better than … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 212
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 210
Day 210 – 5 December 2014 Some months ago, when it was warm, Tony and I agreed to help Alli and Ashley to do some leaflet drops (Tony then claimed to know nothing about it!). It was all to improve the Digital Durham take up. Today it was very cold and it didn’t seem such … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 210
A year of work in progress – day 209
Day 209 – 4 December 2014 There is a bridge in Paris across the Seine to which lovers have attached thousands upon thousands of padlocks as tokens of their undying love for each other. They write their names on the padlock and toss the keys into the water below. The bridge is called the Pont … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 209
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
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 