Travel: West Palm Beach, FL

WPB ROCKED! I taught a Using QTP class there for like 3 days. The class was for some IT people in the county courthouse. I stayed at a REALLY nice full-service Marriott Hotel. The view was awesome. Most of the tall buildings in the area have palm trees on them! Can you believe it? Palm Trees!
Anyhow, the class went fine. This was like my second or third time teaching this class, so I was just a wee-bit nervous about it. The class , however , did go just fine and everything worked out.

While I was there, I met some really nice people. Their names were Nicole and Roman. They were engaged to be married. Both of them worked at the courthouse. They invited me to meet them downtown at the weekly street party in WPB. It was a blast. I had the most awesome Churrassco at a Cuban restaurant there.

I think the coolest thing about that area in general is that the wind was always blowing. Even though it was like 100 degrees outside, the wind made it feel so cool.
I really hope to go back there soon!

Hey People! Don't Be in a Hurry!

I found this great article on the web that talks about how many books there are out there with the title " Learn 'SOMETHING' in a Few Days". He did a search on a bookstore website for a title that begins with "Learn" and found that 95% of the results were computer books. The author says that to learn computer programming in a few days is just not possible. He mentions that if the title said something like, "Learn ABOUT computer programming' then maybe it would be more true to heart.

I completely agree with his opinion. It's true that we , as a society, in this country always want things NOW, not later. The truth of it is that if you want to be good at anything, you have to take your time and BE PATIENT. Remeber the old addage, "Good things coem to those who wait"?

So, instead of trying to learn soemthing in a fewdays, why not try and learn it in a few YEARS.
:)
-alec