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Ian Forrester

Senior Firestarter at @BBCRD, ex @bbcbackstage, emergent tech expert, social geek, community wrangler & interested in the future of storytelling in new mediums

Gratitude diary 3/2/2020

Grateful for a day off sorting out stuff and more DIY ...
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Gratitude diary 2/2/2020

Grateful my partner got a new car after the bad luck recently ...
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Gratitude diary 1/2/2020

Grateful for some downtime ...
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Gratitude diary 30/1/2020

Grateful for a good discounted tasting meal with new and old friends ...
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Gratitude diary 29/1/2020

Grateful for dataportability and finally starting to get my head around json ...
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Gratitude diary 28/1/2020

Grateful to be able to do my bit, in helping the communities I'm part of, run smoothly ...
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Gratitude diary 27/1/2020

Grateful for a day of rest to myself ...
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Gratitude diary 26/1/2020

Grateful for my partner helping with some tricky DIY ...
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Gratitude diary 25/1/2020

Grateful for dinner with friends and a bit of firejamming afterwards ...
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Gratitude diary 24/1/2020

Grateful for games with my partners welcoming friends ...
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Gratitude diary 23/1/2020

Grateful to be able to try life drawing with friends ...
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Gratitude diary 22/1/2020

Grateful for the message of chinese good fortune from Iceland ...
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Gratitude diary 21/1/2020

Grateful for the help of potential partners in other countries ...
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Gratitude diary 20/1/2020

Grateful for my friend and partner transporting large IKEA furnature home ...
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Gratitude diary 19/1/2020

Grateful I could be there for my partner when needed ...
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Gratitude diary 18/1/2020

Grateful my sprained knee is getting better quite quickly and I could experiment with mastodon, matrix and other dweb apps ...
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Gratitude diary 17/1/2020

Grateful for down time with my partner after seeing the crowds queuing to see her art in the Manchester open exhibition ...
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Gratitude diary 16/1/2020

Grateful for the help and support from my parner with my sprained knee ...
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Public Service Internet monthly newsletter (Jan 2020)

Good day, happy new year and looking forward to a new decade with you all! We live in incredible times with such possibilities that is clear. Although its easily dismissed by looking at the next US election or at the endless denial about explainable algorithms. To quote Buckminster Fuller "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." You are seeing aspects of this happening with Finland’s new prime mi...
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Gratitude diary 15/1/2020

Grateful for time to mess around with docker and some server software ...
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Gratitude diary 14/1/2020

Grateful for friends helping me eat left over party food tonight ...
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Gratitude diary 13/1/2020

Grateful for time to sort out my flat ...
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Gratitude diary 12/1/2020

Grateful for sports, dinner and comedy with my partner and friends all in one day ...
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Gratitude diary 11/1/2020

Grateful for dinner with new and good friends ...
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Gratitude diary 10/1/2020

Grateful to be a mentor ...
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Gratitude diary 9/1/2020

Grateful to start explaining afrofuturism to friends and find a interview I did a while ago ...
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Gratitude diary 8/1/2020

Grateful to meet more of my partners friends ...
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Gratitude diary 7/1/2020

Grateful the weather isn't too cold yet ...
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Gratitude diary 6/1/2020

Grateful to have colleagues who see the same potential as I do ...
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Gratitude diary 5/1/2020

Grateful to have steak dinner with good friends in one of my favorite restaurants ...
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