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An interesting day yesterday spent at the 4th Cloud Circle Forum in Victoria. A theme that cropped up a few times amongst delegates was that the hype of Cloud was just another step in the insource/outsource hokey-kokey that the IT industry periodically goes through. I'm convinced that this kind of thinking is going to lead … Continue reading Cloud is not outsourcing

Thanks to everyone who said they enjoyed my presentation earlier today. Slides are below, and feel free to get in touch on the feedback form linked on the menu left. Anyone who handed me a business card, I'll drop you a line by email.

An interesting new podcast from RadioLab last week entitled "What does technology want?" The discussion ranges from the origins of technologically innovative ideas, through to the way in which technology can develop a life of its own. To illustrate that latter point, the now near impossibility of turning off the internet is raised. It's an … Continue reading Turning off the internet

Above every other theme at last week's Web 2.0 Summit, and a reliable constant at cloud and CIO events throughout the year has been the subject about the ascent of mobile devices. Depending on who you talk to, mobile will trump fixed or laptops for in either 2012 or 2014. Apple has managed to completely … Continue reading The rise of mobile

A great week spent at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Further reflections to come. Next week in one word: countdown.

Project achievements included: - financial sign off for next phase of the printing project - the authentication project - and the next tranche of windows hardware replacement - not forgetting actually managing to get out of my sick bed And also: - first cut of the heads of department update presentation Next week in one … Continue reading Week 27 – in which I succumbed to man flu

Back in 1994 I bought my first windows PC. I say bought... It was actually leased from Radio Rentals. Manufactured by Olivetti, it was a 486 with a whopping 4 mb of RAM. I remember the awe and amazement as I saw a postage stamp-sized video clip played off an encyclopedia CD-ROM that came free … Continue reading Progress

I've been working in the marketing agency sector for a couple of years now, and the differences between it and the media industries where I've spent more time over the years are becoming clearer. Although on the face of it companies in the two industries do similar things (running projects to allow 'creatives' to be … Continue reading Agency matters

Project achievements included: - concluded ERP consultancy meetings - further testing of the interactive projector -key stakeholder meetings on the content story And also: - preparation for Cloud Circle Forum - a good catch up with @andrewdotcom - a day off to celebrate Oscar's first birthday Next week in one word: moving

London has been subjected to industrial action on at least three fronts this week. Earlier the RMT action lead to fairly comprehensive disruption to the London Underground, and today both fire fighters and journalists at the BBC are scheduled to down tools. First off, I must declare something of a vested interest in that latter … Continue reading Striking behaviour