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For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training.
We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!

I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here))
Better technology makes for longer commutes?

5% more people now have a commute that takes over an hour ago than was the case in 1996. So says the radio this morning. Why should that be in a country when we're improving technology and supposedly can move things quicker and more efficiently generation by generation?

The radio highlighted traffic and congestion as a cause, and that's where the article lead - indeed, for business journeys where I have to drive I had been reviewing my 2008 strategy and I'll now be staying away in a lot more areas, and staying an extra night when I present (for example) a course in Cambridge. It's foolish to drive when tired, and I know there are times I'm getting close to my limit.

But there are other causes of longer commutes too - changing demographics and the cost of housing in the stockbroker belt have pushed some commuters further out - people traveling in from Chippenham and Hungerford and Andover - a handful in 1996 but a significant flow in 2006. And then there's local issues which I have dealt with here - a longer post with pictures!

Over the past month, I've watched how The Coffeeshop has grown in popularity - in posts and viewers who are starting to take more interest in their daily time with the railway - after all, "an hour each way" is 8% of their time which is pretty darned significant! I expect that site will be even busier come the December changes!

On the positive "side", perhaps this is an excellent time for our Business Hotel. As I write, we've only been running for a year but most rooms were sold last night and we've a busy week ahead. We provide the businessman with what he or she needs to have a good night's sleep, facilities to prepare personally and businesswise for the day, and to do a really good job.

And on that positive note, I should get ready for my Perl Course


(written 2007-10-29)

 
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  [432] New print centre for our manuals - (2005-09-01)
  [450] Wheelchair access - can do! - (2005-09-25)
  [452] Is enough enough? - (2005-09-27)
  [460] New Network - (2005-10-10)
  [1089] Playing old games - (2007-02-22)
  [1126] MacFormat - Me and My Mac - (2007-03-31)
  [1363] One computer per delegate, or pair programming? - (2007-09-23)
  [1364] Korn shell course - resources - (2007-09-24)
  [1488] New trainee laptop fleet for our Open Source courses - (2007-12-30)
  [1701] Training Course and Business Conference Technology - (2008-07-07)
  [2032] Mobile Internet - an alternative to hotel WiFi - (2009-02-09)
  [2222] A (biased?) comparison of PHP courses in the UK - (2009-06-07)
  [2370] C++, Python, and other training - do we use an IDE - (2009-08-21)
  [2795] Simon says - (2010-06-05)
  [2810] A course review - for the tutor to complete - (2010-06-14)
  [2850] Fresh Paint for course presentation - including C++ - (2010-07-03)
  [2935] 01225 707126 to 01225 344596 to 01225 899360 - Well House Fax - (2010-08-26)
  [3109] A weighty decision - (2010-12-26)
  [3130] New Computers for delegates to use - (2011-01-13)
  [3137] Training Classes - should the training company provide a system for each delegate to use? - (2011-01-18)
  [3174] Sharing a single hotel internet connection without carrying extra hardware - (2011-02-18)
  [3196] No news is good news. - (2011-03-07)
  [3310] How fast is your Internet access? Do you need something faster for your business or home? - (2011-05-29)
  [3489] Python courses and Private courses - gently updating our product to keep it ahead of the game - (2011-10-20)
  [4261] Updated delegate computers - nine of the best - (2014-04-10)


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