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Progress that takes us backwards 6 Feb 2013 | 05:43 am
It begins as a blessing And ends as a curse; Making life easy, By making it worse. * Technology advances but it doesn’t always take us forward. Here, for example, are some minor clever advances t...
Double dip? It's ten years of change and pain ... 3 Jun 2012 | 12:13 am
One thing I get depressed about whenever I read commentary on the world's financial crisis - and that's the lack of any historical perspective - either forward or backward. The political debate seems...
The President endorses Telework - in Iran 5 Jan 2012 | 03:23 pm
2011 was an unusual year for me in all kinds of ways. But one thing I could never have predicted was that I would share a platform with President Ahmadinejad of Iran, talking about telework. I'm not...
Time on the road could be time spent with you 16 Nov 2011 | 12:22 am
It's good to see the Trades Union Congress (TUC) here in the UK stepping up their support for flexible working. As part of their support for 'Commute Smart Week', the TUC have published an analysis o...
2.5 million looking for a job in the UK - while a billion Chinese look to start a business 21 Oct 2011 | 09:25 pm
I spent the summer in China with the family - combining holiday, family visit and work. Down in hot, humid sub-tropical Hainan, China's southernmost province. I was still able to work (virtually) in...
You called this one right, Vince! 24 Mar 2011 | 07:17 am
There has been a surge of criticism aimed at the government for shelving plans to extend the 'right to request' flexible working. It's not only come from others campiagning for more flexible working, ...
When good flexible working goes bad ... 23 Jan 2010 | 01:56 am
With case studies of flexible work, we hear the good news. But I've come across several examples of flexible working programmes that have gone into decline, or reverse. Here are some of the reasons wh...
When the snowman brings the snow ... 6 Jan 2010 | 11:10 pm
Well here in north Cambridgeshire we've had the most snow since 1963 - and I can actually remember 1963, as it happens. We don't deal with snow well here - friends from Canada, Sweden etc fall around...
Help! I've been digitally disconnected! 6 Oct 2009 | 06:14 am
Maybe it's punishment for my comments about Digital Britain and the mediocrity of our telecoms infrastructure (see last post below). Maybe it's just bad luck. But BT have decided to put me on the wron...
The myopic vision of Digital Britain 20 Jun 2009 | 03:21 am
Britain's much-hyped blueprint for the digital age, Digital Britain, has been taking a pasting in the papers since the publication of the final report this week. And rightly so. There's been a lot of...
