I give blood. I do so out of a sense of civic responsibility though it could be because I am pompous and enjoy that feeling of self-righteous smug satisfaction. I have a silver card which is somewhere between twenty five and forty nine donations. I don't think I'll ever get to eat at the Palace. … Continue reading Bloody efficient
A glowing ego
I am enjoying mentoring, or is it coaching? No matter how many times I have been told what the difference is it never seems to stick. Either way, I am doing it as part of the Executive Women in ICT course we have helped put on. It is going well. I enjoy being a mentor. … Continue reading A glowing ego
Cumulating
The cloud will be the saviour of all mankind if you believe the hype. It will feed the hungry, liberate the poor and satiate our warring bloodlust. The world will be a better place thanks to the cloud. But how can a simple hosting arrangement, the rewriting of software or a transfer of revenue make … Continue reading Cumulating
Stick to the rules
What do you do if someone breaks the rules? Discipline them? Perhaps, but you can't go down this route unless you expect to carry it through which means ultimately, the threat of dismissal. People who break the rules should expect the threat of the sack. That may be fine if it is something big, such … Continue reading Stick to the rules
Block chain
I would like to talk about blockchain, if I really knew want one of those was. In my mind it is a way of linking related data from multiple data sources in a continuous link. Wikipedia says it is a distributed database that maintains a continuously-growing list of ordered records called blocks. We are like … Continue reading Block chain
Just stop it
I have a to-do list. I put all of those action points from the notes I take every day into a task within Outlook. I transfer those which relate to bigger prices of work into separate tasks and so what is left are the miscellaneous bits and bobs. They are the detritus of my quotidian … Continue reading Just stop it
Apprentices again
I applaud the government's position on apprentices. This is not a political statement. I'm not permitted to make them in my current role. Anything that gets more young people into employment is fine by me. Even better if they are in a technical arena. The government stance is in providing skilled people for real jobs … Continue reading Apprentices again
The technology gets in the way
Somehow we always end up talking about technology. That could because we work with the stuff, yet technology is built by people, to be used by people for the benefit of people. So all of our conversations should really come back to people. But somehow we always end up talking about tech. We’re up in … Continue reading The technology gets in the way
Shaping Water
The Shape of water is a book by Andrea Camilleri. It is a quote from a Bruce Lee films. It is the shape that our service needs to be. This is a topic that I keep coming back to. It haunts me and excites me. Water can be any shape. Try it. It can be … Continue reading Shaping Water
That’s floor 5 done
Finally, I now know where our bat database is kept. Not the actual database, that is in the data centre (the bat cave?) but rather the place where it is used. Where else but in the belfry at County Hall? Okay, we don't actually have a belfry but it is right up near the roof … Continue reading That’s floor 5 done
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 