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November 2, 2007

Ni Hao From Beijing

I just arrived in Beijing, making a detour coming back from MAX Japan to spend 3 days in China (in Beijing and Hangzhou, and then leaving via Shanghai) for Flex and AIR related meetings and presentations. This is my first time in China (I have visited Hong Kong and Taiwan previously, but never...

November 1, 2007

New Training Experience In Tokyo

I've presented training sessions hundred of times, many of them hands-on sessions, and many of them sessions that were simultaneously translated in to other languages. But I had never attempted a hands-on session with simultaneous translation before - until today, here at MAX Japan . And it was...

October 30, 2007

TSA: Peanut Butter Is A Gel

When I travel on longer trips, especially international trips, I bring along snack food with me (things like snack bars, dried fruit, nuts, crackers and peanut butter, etc.) - quick protein snacks (for the most part). I've been doing this for years, and never a problem. Until yesterday. I usually...

October 30, 2007

Konnichiwa From Tokyo

I just arrived at the Hotel Nikko in Tokyo, venue for MAX Japan which starts tomorrow. I have several sessions that I need to present, and so before I do anything else, I need to walk around and figure out where everything actually is. I'll be back ...

October 29, 2007

Next Up, MAX Japan

It's hard to believe that MAX Europe was two weeks ago, and MAX U.S. just two weeks before that. And now we get to do it all over again ... I am about to head out of here for the 13+ hour flight from Detroit to Tokyo for MAX Japan . After that I'll make a slight detour via China (for meetings in...

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