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 50
Day 50 – 18 March 2014 I had a day off yesterday, the last of this year’s. I’ve timed it quite well as there are only eleven more days left of this fiscal year. Holidays have always presented a small problem for us as the year in which you an accrue them and take them … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 50
A year of work in progress – day 48
Day 48 – 13 March 2014 I woke this morning feeling a little nervous. I was up for re-election. Since Tom left Sunderland I have been the chair of the North East ICT Managers group (NEICT) and today was the Annual General Meeting. It’s something I’ve enjoyed doing and I think the group is more … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 48
A year of work in progress – day 45
Day 45 – 10 March 2014 I’ve been off-net for two working days. I haven’t looked at my email until this morning. I even switched off the synchronisation on my phone just in case I got tempted. And I did. Thursday morning was difficult and I must confess to feeling withdrawal symptoms. Two whole days … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 45
A year of work in progress – day 43
Day 43 – 4 March 2014 I seem to mention Digital Durham all of the time and so I should. It is important to the region, not just the County and takes up a fair chunk of my time. It’s so important that it isn’t even on my ten things to achieve this year. There … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 43
A year of work in progress – day 40
Day 40 – 27 February 2014 Last night went well. Everyone listened and there was lots of interest as well as questions and a few laughs. I nearly messed up big time though. I thought I’d sent the wrong presentation to Mid Durham Rural. Pam sorted it out though. Only seven meetings today. We have … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 40
A year of work in progress – day 39
Day 39 – 26 February 2014 I got up early this morning to try and stitch together a report that three of the Heads of Service had been trying to write. There are some things that I can’t put in my blog until they are agreed and this was one of them. Hopefully I will … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 39
A year of work in progress – day 38
Day 38 – 25 February 2014 Today I was mostly at the Education Development Centre (EDC) in Spennymoor. The morning was taken up by another of the Customer Services workshops that I described on day 19. The building was different but the format the same. The focus of the training was around the ICT Strategy, … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 38
A year of work in progress – day 35
Day 35 – 20 February 2014 It’s good to leave home when it is light. I was able to leave a little later this morning as my first meeting was with NCFE just down the road. My first day without paper wasn’t without its moments but I managed. I had to sign a couple of … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 35
A year of work in progress – day 34
Day 34 – 19 February 2014 Last night I decided that I’m going to try and go paperless. I’ve been agile for some time and am obsessed with being more personally efficient yet I still hang onto the vestiges of the old way of doing things. I carry a day-book around with me in which … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 34
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 