August 23, 2004
No-one said it would be easy
Boy oh boy, that was a tough day. Some confusion at the start over where the English guy was (I'm here! Look! Sat in this chair waiting!) was resolved when one of the attendees started talking to me while googling for a picture of "Andrew Savory". Seems the girl I spoke to when I got there didn't pass the message on. Then there was a bit of a delay while the room was rearranged to accommodate us all, and while aging 64mb machines were replaced with ones that could run an editor and Cocoon without a seizure.
Anyway, we got underway, but it was so humid I felt like passing out a couple of times. My legs feel like lead now - I love to pace while I present, but I'm not used to 8 hours of non-stop pacing.
Enough with the grumbling. All in all, the first day of training was a blast. The developers are a good bunch of guys - many of them still at university - and some of them are incredibly sharp, and have taken to XSLT like ducks to water. When they start playing with sitemap wildcards two exercises before time, you know you're gonna have your work cut out for you in keeping them busy!
So now it's time to tidy up the slides for tomorrow based on what I've learnt of their experience levels, and then it's off to the pub with them to show them how us English chaps drink.
Tally ho!
Posted by savs at August 23, 2004 3:45 PM