Good News !

Couple of connected posts this week - which will probably only be of interest either anyone with a passing interest in Third Sector ICT (will we be officially moving to call it “Civil Society”?) or to anyone thinking “where is that “*****” Mr Webster when they keep getting my voice mail or out of [...]

Not a paintbrush in sight

The ICT Hub tour rolls on…. Part 1 for this week will follow later. First of all Part 2.
Wednesday and its Birmingham, “A Wider Embrace“, or ICT and Voluntary Arts Organisations.
OK - what is different about ICT for arts organisations to ICT for any other type of organisation … Robin Simpson (CEO Voluntary Arts Network) [...]

Tell me about it!

A post to bring together two stories about the ICT Hub and FOSS and our New Media work - you may have seen them already and might wonder why i’m linking to two blogs that don’t have 100% favorable things to say about our work.
Well the posts are out there so we certainly couldn’t and [...]

Did you hear the one about …

Like being at the pub or on the train where you overhear conversations, in the blogging world scrolling through your Bloglines feeds you pick up on others conversations, posts and good stories. So today rather than posting my thoughts (it would only be about the ICT Hub Ops Group meeting anyway, although EmTee did [...]

They’re all taking the WEEE

Fergal from the Northern Ireland ICT Consortium (like our ICT Hub I guess), who I met at the Circuit Riders conference blogged about this story from the BBC today. In my previous life I managed a computer re-use and recycling project in Mansfield - part of the Groundwork empire. Unfortunately the project had to close… [...]

Catch

Caught up with a the ICT Hub lot yesterday - good to find out news and updates… via the good old method of… er talking around a table! Trivial (discussing Big Brother) and serious (which style of trophy we should have for the hub awards!
Em Tee, I can confirm Newark Station coffee shop is now [...]

Fishy Tales?

Well, I’ve confessed… owned up… had my first “group hug” meeting …. Yes, I met up with EmTee at the it4Communities awards ceremony tonight, it felt good to share stories of how useful blogging can be … and how inspirational blogs are (but please visit other blogs first to see how it should be [...]