Road Warrior Journals
I spend a considerable portion
of each year on the road, visiting some 15-16 countries
each year. Like many others in the computer field, I've
earned the title "road warrior." Much of what I see,
learn, and experience on the road becomes input for
my subsequent training and consulting services, or finds
its way into the newsletters and journals I produce
each month. But some of it is related in only a vague
way to "professional" software development; however,
I think it's useful and interesting, so I'll be publishing
it on an irregular basis in "Road Warrior Journals."
Typical topics will include
travel notes; disgruntled complaints about airline food
and lousy hotel rooms; feedback and opinions from software
people around the world; and random tidbits of gossip
and innuendo that may not be appropriate for a "respectable"
journal or conference, but nevertheless seems worth
sharing with the community at large. Enjoy.
"Words
Are Deeds: Ruminations on the World Trade Center
Attack," September 14, 2001.
"Arroyo Seco, NM: Fourth
of July," July 4, 2001.
"A
Brief Visit to India," May 1, 2000.
"Beware
of First Impressions," March 28, 2000.
"Things
Don't Work Very Well Anymore," September 25,
1996.
"Leaving
Montana," September 1, 1996.
"The Polson
Parade," July 4, 1996.
"Bogota,
Columbia," October 20, 1995.
"Road Warrior
vs. The Hotel," September 18, 1995.
"An Open
Letter to United Airlines," September 17, 1995.
"Denver
International Airport SNAFU," September
12, 1995.
"Software
AG and Esther Dyson," September 11, 1995.
"The Obsession
with Suitcases," August 6, 1995.
"Dreaming
Over Australia," May 22, 1995.
"Final
'94 Road Tour," December 6, 1994.
"Amsterdam
in Fog," November 20, 1994.
"Europe
in the Fall," November 13, 1994.
"Winter
Approaches," November 6, 1994.
"Labor Day
Weekend," September 4, 1994.
"Santiago
Sans Computer," August 1, 1994.
"South
American Recap," May 24, 1994.
"The View
in Rio," May 4, 1994.
"Heading
for London," April 4, 1994.
"Leaving Hong Kong," March 26, 1994.
"Leaving for the Airport," February 27, 1994.
"Sunday Night at Home," February 13, 1994.
"Bound for Dallas," February 6, 1994.
"Snot-nosed Brats in Phoenix," January 20,
1994.
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need
nothing
Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous
criticisms,
Strong and content I travel the open road.
— Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road,
section 1 (1856).
