Great Comms Strategy day at Open University

I had a fabulous time today at the Open University participating in their Combined Communication Conference organised by Comms Director Lucian Hudson and Emma Howe and their team. It was a great day: short, interesting presentations interspersed w...

Did Twitter save Bletchley Park?

Thanks very much to Google, Computer History Museum and #SVC2UK for hosting Sir John Scarlett and I from Bletchley Park Trust on our visit last week. Sir John gave a great talk at the Computer History Museum on the Monday evening and I gave a talk...

It’s official! I’m a Bletchley Park Trustee

As I'm sure you know, if you know me, I've been involved with Bletchley Park for some time now :)From my first visit in 2003 to now, I've been in love with the place and no matter how many times I visit, I still get a frisson of excitement as I wa...

Silicon Valley Baby!!

The first week of my trip to Silicon Valley is a one week holiday with my family :)) We've only been here a couple of days but have done some fabulous things already. Taken the Caltrain, which is a lovely ride through Silicon Valley rail stations ...

#gototech The goto Foundation’s 1st event

#gototech happened today. It was one of the most awesome and inspiring days of my whole career. The idea was simple. Inspire kids about computer science. Get them interacting with hardware, software and app design. So that's what we did. Pete Wood...