Thoughts and ideas of a dyslexic designer/developer
[caption id="attachment_55562" align="alignnone" width="840"] My lovely partner and me[/caption] 2023 has been a super busy year. This is the year when the United Kingdom and the freedoms we held tightly fell a part. Like last year the strikes haven’t stopped and the cost of living crisis isn’t going anywhere. I have avoided Covid but opted…
I had no idea an old friend (I will call her that because she was such a warm and caring person to many) Molly Holzschlang died over a month ago. I only found out when an old friend Brendan tagged me and others into a Facebook post. Which linked to Eric Meyer’s blog. It was…
[caption id="attachment_54965" align="alignnone" width="840"] Found on a wall in the Northern Quarter of Manchester[/caption] For a long while I have been thinking about the incredible role of public service in the fabric of modern society. Not only because I have worked for a public service company for almost 19 years. There is so much happening…
[caption id="attachment_55130" align="alignnone" width="840"] Mixing live in the EMFCamp null sector[/caption] What a year, although I’m a little less positive about 2023 in the UK. Following my review of last year… here’s my New Years Resolutions for 2023 which follows on from 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010,…
Many companies still consider diversity policies solely in terms of dealing with separate categories of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, socio-economic class, religion or disability. However, a better awareness of how these strands overlap — a concept known as intersectionality — can improve an organisation’s understanding of its staff. – FT I can’t tell you how many…
I noticed Sarah, founder of the Girl Geekdinners added a post on her facebook. She asked for others to do it because it was an interesting to understand our friends. So I did a quick copy and filled it in on my facebook. I decided to add it here and add some comments. 💍 Marriages:…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cubicgarden/28168173109/ When I first heard about Afrotech festival, I was impressed with the idea. I’ve always been in the minority at tech conferences. Its been so common that I just don’t (try not to) think about it. Its very common for tech events to try and encourage more women to be involved but even with…
I don’t remember much of it as I was drinking red wine from Bucharest with large vodka shots every time it gets a little awkward. It seems to be the new drinking game people are doing around the Undressed TV show. Little rewind… Jane sent me an email about a new TV show called undressed which…
Yesterday the stage was set for the second Emerging Tech Manchester event (#etechmcr). After much bouncing emails back and forth with some skype calls inbetween. Erik Lehmann came to Manchester all the way from the states. I can’t express how amazing this actually happened, especially since I was only introduced to Erik in a last few months.…
Out of the blue I got a message from the mysterious Sam. I have known Sam for a while and sometimes we have chats in coffee shops while I work on Fridays. We are quite different characters and that always makes the discussions we have interesting, sometimes too interesting as I’m slightly distracted from my work. The message read……
Marc Canter, the founder of Macromind the company which became Macromedia. Messaged me recently as he wanted to let me know about a new type of event called a Brainjam. Marc is fantastic guy and I had the joy of having him talk at London Geekdinners way back near the start of it. Join a…
I recently joined makerba.se. Makerbase is: A place to tell the world what you made, and to find out who made the things you love. Edited by everyone. You can change and add to anything that you see. A way to see projects: Stuff like apps and web sites and digital works of art. (Not…
Social media cafe Manchester was a diamond in Manchester’s tech scene for a long while. It was inspired on Loyd Daves’ Tuttle club which was in turn inspired by my own Geekdinners. Who says you can inspire, eh? Started in 2008 Social Media Cafe became an institution. Meeting regularly on the first Tuesday of the…
Wendy g said it best. The problem is the next generation seem to think they are tackling new problems. Next year is the 10th anniversary of the open rights group, something I’m proud to say I was at and supported from the conception. Its also 8 years and a couple months since BarCampLondon1. The Geeks…
I had attended the Manchester girl geek barcamp (aka BraCamp) on Saturday at MMU. It was well attended and great to see so many people and it really makes me think there is till room for another Manchester BarCamp? There were a range of good talks and I did a few myself including one about…