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  • At last – a social media conference for Wales 🥳🙄

    At last – a social media conference for Wales 🥳🙄 I was intrigued and delighted to see that a company is holding a social media conference for Wales. I’m a big fan of skilling-up in Wales, and a big fan of digital media. So, naturally, I offered my services for extolling the benefits of open…

  • Dealing with the heat, and ‘creating’ water

    This morning it rained in Cardiff. A decent soaking. ‘Big deal’ you might think, but it’s been both (unseasonably) hot and dry for about a month. Hot and dry enough for small plants and grasses to have dried out, and for serious watering to be needed for most gardens. Hot and dry enough to make…

  • On bullies

    I have been bullied in two jobs during a career that has spanned more than twenty years and through a wide range of different organisations. Pretty good odds, you might think. But those two episodes, totalling around three years, were devastating for my emotional and mental health, and were the two unhappiest periods of my…

  • Supporting Mastodon in Wales

    One of Afallen’s values is championing the use of Creative Commons and open source solutions. This is because we believe – and the evidence supports our view – that a cooperative and co-production approach provides bigger overall benefits to society than a purely commercial economy. Our first White Paper outlined the potential for Wales that…

  • Assessing the intangible; parallel challenges in evaluating culture and nature

    Assessing the intangible; parallel challenges in evaluating culture and nature This article was first published by the Design Commission for Wales, in their 20-year anniversary publication. Culture has a uniquely defined place within Wales’ statute, being defined as one of the Well-being Goals within the Well-being of Future Generations Act [1]: A Wales of Vibrant…

  • Learning to learn

    I’m late to the VUCA party – the acronym was coined in 1987 to reflect Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity1. I’ve since come across it a few times in relation to the nature of society, with particular regard to the rate of change in the digital world and the natural environment. It’s hard to disagree;…

  • Remembering Mick Bates

    I was sad to read yesterday that Mick Bates, a former member of the Senedd (back when it was an Assembly) had died. I knew Mick as a tireless and brave campaigner for renewables during a time when many politicians refused to participate in the debate. It seems crazy now, in the world of climate…

  • Infrastructure and well-being in Wales

    Infrastructure is inextricably linked to well-being. Good infrastructure, well-designed and well-located, developed according to sound principles and in collaboration with the end-users, will likely produce outstanding results for a long period of time. The converse is also true. The new commentary from the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) – “Infrastructure and long-term wellbeing” –…

  • Wales Women in STEM podcast

  • Reaping the open source benefit for Wales

    Digital infrastructure and services underpin much of our modern existence. In work and leisure, with family and friends, we inhabit – to ever-greater extents – a digital world. This world, much like the ‘real’ world, is characterised by huge disparities in access and opportunities. Many digital opportunities are jealously guarded by global corporations that create…