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Paid in Full - work and rewards in Nine Worlds
Originally published at Occasional updates. You can comment here or there.
When we founded Nine Worlds, we had a few core aims in mind. We wanted to build an annual, London-based residential event with lots of content covering lots of interests. We wanted to include historically marginalised or disadvantaged groups, and to bridge the gaps between ( Read more... ) -
Inclusion and Safer Spaces
Originally published at Welfare to work, web stuff, other. You can comment here or there.
I've been thinking a lot about the tension that exists in creating inclusive spaces since last Nine Worlds. We got a lot of positive feedback with regard to inclusivity, diversity, and the perception of safety at the event. This particularly focused on LGBTQ ( Read more... ) -
Driving sales with CRM
Originally published at Welfare to work, web stuff, other. You can comment here or there.
There are exactly one gazillion online CRM systems nowadays, and a weird lack of summaries online, so I thought I'd publish some of the rough notes I pulled together as part of a recent review. The situation is important, as different CRMs are best suited to ( Read more... ) -
Community building on the web
Originally published at Welfare to work, web stuff, other. You can comment here or there.
Over the past few years, I've had a bunch of meetings with people trying to extract the secret sauce I used to make Indus Delta into a popular, profitable website. One or two actually made the leap and went on to build their own communities, e.g. No Offence. ( Read more... ) -
What happens when 'workfare' replaces paid workers?
Originally published at Welfare to work, web stuff, other. You can comment here or there.
Apropos of this article in the Guardian, I've been musing over the impact of mandated work experience placements on the labour market, specifically those that end up replacing paid jobs.
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Birmingham State of Mind
I'm moving to Birmingham next week. This should be fairly temporary, as I'm going up there to sort out my mum's house in order to rent it out. The boat is unlikely to be going on a final excursion before I move out, since the boat is currently fucked following an unfortunate incident with the steering a week ago. Looks like a fairly minor repair ( Read more... ) -
Springtime for Hackney, and generally
Originally published at Welfare to work, web stuff, other. You can comment here or there.
I've been mostly inactive in online stuff on all fronts for some time, owing to a range of professional and personal demands that didn't fit well with communicating more widely. Life is still in flux, but there are lots of exciting and hopeful possibilities out ( Read more... ) -
That Andy chap has a show on the 13th
Those of you who've been to parties at the soon-to-be-erstwhile Bride St residence may know Andy. He plays songs and stuff. They're often rather good.
Anyway, he's putting on a show at the Union Chapel in Islington with a few other musicians and a film-maker on Sunday the 13th of February. That's the Sunday after this one. There's a Facebook page ( Read more... ) -
Wake up, time to move
A mere seven months after my last entry, it's time for another update: I'm going to move house soon. I've been in the present one since 2002 and could use a change of scene, to say the least. While I'm most likely going to pick a one-bedroom place, I'm entirely open to suggestions or offers. Looking to move in late February or March. Poke me or ( Read more... ) -
Rock Band and stuff
I've finally given in to this whole new-fangled rhythm game with instruments thing and am looking to buy all the various bits for my PS3. I'm a bit confused at all the different options though, and the one I'd quite like seems to have vanished off the face of the Earth.
Rock Band 2 appears to be available only as the game itself from anywhere I've ( Read more... )