Welcome to the personal blog of Richard Bartlett, IT Professional at the University of Cambridge, and archer, angler and general all round countryside pursuits enthusiast in his spare time. I blog on my work (Support Team Manager at the Clinical School Computing Services at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine) and my hobbies (primarily my pursuit of big fish in the rivers and lakes of Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire).
Technology
It’s my good fortune to work at the Clinical School Computing Service (CSCS) as the Support Team Manager, in charge of a team of 10 staff providing front line IT Service to users spread across the Addenbrooke’s site and the city center. We offer first line support for users through the CSCS Helpdesk and second line support from the Technical Support Team. We also have a Project Team who are currently busy migrating departments onto our service, and we are in the process of expanding our service portfolio to give our users the best IT Service in the University.
My job is presenting me with many different challenges and new experiences, as well as the opportunity to put my previous experience to use, and those experiences and challenges are the inspiration for this part of my blog. Hopefully some of these posts will be of use to you, certainly they’re of use to me because writing them helps me consolidate my thinking and sometimes throws up new ideas or perspectives. To read my technology related posts click here.
Hobbies
When I’m not at work I’ll be fishing for carp, pike and other monsters in the rivers and lakes in run by Biggleswade and Hitchin Angling Association and Offord and Buckden Angling Society, shooting with St Neots Bowmen, and occasionally horse riding, kayaking, cycling and walking around the countryside around my home in the Offords, Huntingdonshire. To read my hobby related posts click here.
