Social Mobility, Digital Inclusion – linked and vitally important
Social Mobility has featured very highly for many years in the pro-bono work I am involved with through my Livery Company – the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists’ (WCIT). I have had the privilege of meeting people who have...
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Is this the end of autonomous vehicles?
Is this the end of autonomous vehicles? Who should we blame if an autonomous vehicle causes injury or loss of human life? By Steve Smith I have had a keen interest in driverless or autonomous vehicles for some time....
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Who pressed the nation’s “it’s too difficult button”?
Who pressed the nation’s “it’s too difficult button”? Is it OK to just surrender to the Beast from the East? By Steve Hodges Firstly, let me be clear this blog is not targeted at the unfortunate people who have...
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What can we do to help our healthcare professionals?
What can we do to help our healthcare professionals? Healthcare professionals need more effective use of IT and so do their customers. I rarely watch TV but by chance I walked in part way through a very interesting ITV...
Read moreFrom the Highlands to the High Seas of the IT Directors Forum
From the Highlands to the high seas and gigs to shotguns, can any technology really replace the value of face to face time and a handshake? With only five working days to the IT Directors Forum (Saturday to Wednesday),...
Read moreWhat have we done? You can find the answer online.
What have we done? You can find the answer online. Find the answer online? What if you can’t get online? Or you don’t know how to? In my last (rant) blog I was feeling the pain of being partly...
Read moreWhat have we done? The rise of the mobile zombie.
What have we done? The rise of the mobile zombie. Does anyone look where they are going anymore? Sometimes I feel very responsible. I wonder what (as an industry) we have done! Only this afternoon I was walking up...
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The Explosion, the Mentor and the Apprentice
This week is National Apprenticeship Week and as I am so passionate about apprenticeships I thought it might be a good time to share my story. I was an only child being raised by my mother who had to...
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