CSLA Training

I lead my first CSLA training session last week. I trained a customer in use of CSLA framework to develop business applications. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire process. I started the preparations a while ago, working on my own PowerPoint presentation, oriented toward training that lasts for about 1 day. This presentation contains major points of discussion and was primarily designed to keep me on track during training. The entire session lasted two days, with first day dedicated entirely to lecture-style CSLA training. Second day was dedicated to developing CSLA classes and getting an entire, albeit small, CSLA based project up and running. After the training I have a firm belief that practical exercises that trainees do on their own with help of the trainer are essential to success of CSLA training, and any technical training in general. In addition to that, I think two days should be the minimum length for CSLA training. Ideally, three days would be better. Then again, this would depend on the number of people in the audience.
I learned a bit about myself as well. More exactly, I became even more aware of how much I enjoy speaking in front of people. I think I am a glutton for attention :-).

Thoughts On Blogging

Yes, I officially crossed over to the dark side. I am talking about creating a blog.
For a long time I resisted the temptation to have my own blog. Seems like I needed a little push in order to do so. This push was provided by Atlanta Code Camp application. I needed to put down my blog address, so here it is.
I think I will enjoy blogging. My goal is to keep it purely technology oriented. I enjoy IT industry. I have been working in it for 12 years, and intend to stay working their until retirement (if that time ever comes that is - I have my doubts). Having said that, I enjoy what I do and have not intentions of quitting the wonderful field of software development.
More to come..