That was the week that was
As a semi-retired portfolio worker, my weeks are very varied, but this week was an exceptionally full and interesting one.
On Monday, I travelled from London up to Manchester. I spent the afternoon with my step-mother and the evening with my brother, his partner and their daughter who is almost eight now.
On Tuesday, I went down from Manchester to Swanwick in Derbyshire to address a conference of the Church + Media Network on the subject of Internet regulation [my blog posting here].
On Wednesday, I was at Ofcom all day to attend a meeting of the Communications Consumer Panel on which I have now served for more than seven years.
On Thursday, I looked after my granddaughter for the whole day [my blog posting here]. Then I went off to Bristol where I had dinner with friends who recently moved from the London area to Bristol and will have their first child in a couple of months.
Today, still in Bristol, I addressed the biennial conference of the trade union Connect which represents professional and managerial staff in the telecommunications industry. I gave a speech outlining future trends in the communications sector.
In the course of all this travelling, I’ve read over half of a new book about the Internet called “The Shallows”.
Good job I’m retired, eh?