Chris Brock has a big heart. It’s part of the reason why he’s the perfect person to lead Virtual Memory Box, a digital solution enabling children, young people, carers and social workers to safely keep, share and access memories. “Children who go through the care system often have physical memory boxes but by the time …
As the Premier League season draws to a close, Newcastle United are battling at the top end of the table, hoping to secure a European qualification place. Since the Saudi-led takeover of the club in late 2021, the black-and-white army’s fortunes have been transformed. Opportunity, ambition and momentum exist. Cities thrive when they’re winning. I …
“Immersive technology is the future and the future is in Gateshead,” they said. Well, one of them said it and they always say things, don’t they? It was a chilly, wet and windy morning in November 2017 when I first entered Proto, the emerging technology centre based in Gateshead’s Baltic Business Quarter. The rain had …
In my column for The QT last week I explored where the North East’s tech sector fits into the wider narrative of a region set to embrace deeper devolution. In the piece I talked about how we must assess the size of the sector and understand the strength of its constituent parts if we are …
Whenever I go to leading UK tech events, be it in London or elsewhere around the nation, two questions are often thrown at me: “What are the North East’s tech strengths?” and, unless I’m in Scotland: “What tech companies have you got up there?” While the questions, the latter especially, could be considered ignorant or …
I’d first heard about no-code in 2019. Five years ago, I had an idea for a football-related app for fans to use for fun, during half-time match intervals. Unfortunately, the app didn’t whizz me into becoming the Geordie Bill Gates but I did build, albeit shabbily, a minimum viable product (MVP) using a no-code tool. …
As a technology journalist in my 20s, not only did I spend much of my time interviewing disruptive tech founders across the North East, and wider UK, but such people became my friends. I found a tribe for my passion. I’d always be envious when those mates would jet off to Austin, Texas, every March …
Five years ago I was invited to be part of an International Women’s Day panel event in Newcastle, designed to explore the challenges for females operating in the technology sector and how we might overcome them. It was the most eye-opening event I’ve ever been part of. Before I go any further it’s pertinent to …
I’ve been writing about North East England’s tech sector for over a decade. In that time I’ve seen many narratives come and go, as the region has attempted to carve its credentials on the national stage. ‘We’re the fastest growing tech cluster outside of London,’ say some. Others will point at Sage PLC and Durham’s …
What springs to mind when you hear the term artificial intelligence (AI)? I suspect a lot of our readers, inquisitive and interested in the world as you are, have some familiarity but perhaps — like me — have much to learn when it comes to truly understanding the nuance of AI, its capabilities, use-cases and …
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