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Practical Techniques for Training Adults

As we said last time, there is a high ratio of amateurs delivering IT training.  This is...

Delivering Training to Adults

There is a high ratio of amateurs delivering IT training. This is especially true for in-house training, where...

Teaching Adults (Yes, It’s Different)

In our last article (IT Teachers Suck) we criticized IT teaching. Now we should be more constructive and...

IT Teachers Suck

IT people get plunged into situations so often without proper preparation that we get used to it and grow...

Managing Your Boss: Your Biggest Job

Managing your manager is as important an activity as the function you are employed for, or managing...

I Saw It On a Screen — So It Must Be True!

Telesales advertisers and other hustling snake-oilers no longer use images of “thousands of dedicated” white-coated scientists and...

When Will Technology Make Life Simpler?

Remember when a phone had a dial on the front with numbers, a TV had a volume...

Geeks and the Meaning of Life

When one spends 50 or 60 hours a week immersed in an activity (does anyone reading this still work...

How an IT Guy Found Job Freedom

Once I worked 50-60 hour weeks for an IT vendor. I spent weekend time traveling; I...