Laying the groundwork for a future worth building

Published Date 10/7/12 6:28 PM Reflections on looking around the room at the 2012 NUJ DM conference – The union is by far the most democratic I have found, but this democracy is embedded in a deeply ingrained bureaucratic tradition. The is the establishment who have to keep the day to day of the union,…

Published Date 10/6/12 12:13 AM Some feeling about my personal experience of old school democratic trade unionism. Friday Night Had an interesting, disquieting conversation tonight at a social event after the work of the NUJ delegate meeting. I had been visiting the delegate meeting room every so often to dip in to try and engage…

Published Date 10/3/12 10:05 PM Thinking about the NUJ delegate meeting. We all agree we need a union, but it isn’t obvious what its role is. Used to be about negotiating with the bosses, but now we are all our own bosses so a bit schizophrenic to be negotiating with ourselves. Where are we now?…

Published Date 10/2/12 4:28 PM My last report on the NUJ conference was Graysky thinking. Lets look for a moment at some Bluesky thinking for the NUJ. The nutcracker – The union and money A few blue sky ideas: * Have a roll out of support the union buttons on members blogs and sites and…

A river that needs crossing political and tech blogs – On the political side, there is arrogance and ignorance, on the geek side there is naivety and over- complexity My videos are on these two youtube channels visionontv 3,832,876 views and undercurrents 22,689,976 views

Published Date 9/13/12 3:34 PM “The BioLite CampStove, designed for outdoor adventure and emergency preparedness, makes cooking on wood as clean, safe and easy as petroleum fuels while powering electronics off-grid.” I love tec like this, clever idea made real BUT it takes around 5 minutes to boil 1 liter of water and and will take…

(DRAFT) The union’s Delegate Meeting (DM 2012) will take place from Friday 5 until Sunday 7 October 2012 in Newcastle. This is a reaction to the  final agenda  PDF Thinking about the NUJ delegate meeting. We all agree we need a union, but it isn’t obvious what is its role, used to be about negotiating with the…

A river that needs crossing political and tech blogs – On the political side, there is arrogance and ignorance, on the geek side there is naivety and over- complexity My videos are on these two youtube channels visionontv 3,832,876 views and undercurrents 22,689,976 views

Published Date 8/31/12 2:52 PM (This is a DRAFT) This worth reading to go with this view time and libertarean/liberals view of who created the internet In the 1970s the military looked at a problem – how to keep communication working in an anarchic environment (a nuclear war). Their solution was to work with this…

A river that needs crossing political and tech blogs – On the political side, there is arrogance and ignorance, on the geek side there is naivety and over- complexity My videos are on these two youtube channels visionontv 3,832,876 views and undercurrents 22,689,976 views

A river that needs crossing political and tech blogs – On the political side, there is arrogance and ignorance, on the geek side there is naivety and over- complexity My videos are on these two youtube channels visionontv 3,832,876 views and undercurrents 22,689,976 views

A river that needs crossing political and tech blogs – On the political side, there is arrogance and ignorance, on the geek side there is naivety and over- complexity My videos are on these two youtube channels visionontv 3,832,876 views and undercurrents 22,689,976 views