Teaching

Curiosity is on it’s way this morning to Mars for the next eight months.

I just love engineers. I’m teaching a “remote” class through the web and by telephone this week.

"Those who can teach, should. Those who can't, should sit down and stop embarrassing themselves.

Omens Badge lady in sour mood No paperwork for Visitor badge No cell phone number for company contact Equipment still in receiving two miles away Class arrives 30 minutes early Half of class does not have prerequisites Two people missing, two substitutes take seats and books, original people then arrive Equipment arrives six hours late Equipment freezes, no error message People responsible for equipment in earlier time zone already gone for the day Hotel happy hour cancelled

That’s the goal. But, like many who teach these real short, intense seminars, we both have really big egos - what, who me?

Midday yesterday, the twelve senior engineers flipped from skepticism to “how do I …?

The Cloud seems like a good idea. You put pictures and files into the cloud and others can get them back out no matter where they are: New York, Scottsdale, at a McDonalds in Illinois or the Starbucks in Bucharest.

I’m teaching a “remote” class today. I’m in Phoenix Arizona, they’re in White Plains New York.