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colinbutcher

  1. This discussion (tinyurl.com/7pccvbz) about small businesses might be worth contributing to. Cheers, Colin.
  2. National Freelancer's Day - tinyurl.com/ye7etgr Lots of good information at tinyurl.com/cdh7spq Cheers, Colin.
  3. Giving a talk re Mission-critical systems, Birmingham, UK on 19-Jul-2011. Details are at: http://tinyurl.com/5r7lvuo. Cheers, Colin.
  4. Just back from a 3 week 1100 mile trip cycling from Lands End to John O'Groats. The new hip works well and I'm really pleased! Thanks Evert.
  5. Have you ever noticed just HOW much a pile of data cables and fibres can tangle themselves up, even when they're just packed in a box?
  6. @Sheerman Good talk. Lots of discussion later on. It worked well. Thanks, Colin.
  7. A note for your diary: 18-Nov-2010 ,18:00 - BCS seminar - Delivering mission-critical systems - London, UK - http://tinyurl.com/2v4p5qh
  8. A note for your diary: 20-Sep-2010 ,18:00 - PCG seminar - online networking and social media - Bristol, UK - http://tinyurl.com/39qqaeu
  9. PCG seminar in Bristol on 28th June 2010. Learn more about how to find work via agents. See http://tinyurl.com/3656ugz for details.
  10. Going to the UKCMG conference (http://tinyurl.com/38mcn22) and giving a talk about I/O in a virtual environment on Tuesday 18th May.
  11. Finally getting back to normal after the hip replacement two months ago. Lots of physiotherapy to go yet though!
  12. Webinar on 5th May 2010 - Designing and implementing mission critical systems - http://tinyurl.com/24rsoya
  13. PCG Networking event - running a freelance business (reduced!) - Bristol, 26th April 2010 at 18:00 - http://tinyurl.com/y3fnnug
  14. The recording from the Connect "Virtualisation in theory and practice" webinar is now available at http://tinyurl.com/yga87fe.
  15. Giving a webinar for Connect on "Virtualisation in theory and practice" on the 6th April 2010. See http://tinyurl.com/yga87fe for details.
  16. XDelta announces expansion plans. See http://tinyurl.com/ydry8b6 for details!
  17. Giving a talk for the BCS in Cheltenham on 9th March about Mission-critical systems. See http://tinyurl.com/y9yl6gd for details.
  18. Giving a webinar for Connect on 12-Feb-2010 about "Networking with OpenVMS" - see http://tinyurl.com/yljybaq for details.
  19. Looking forward to the PCG event in Bristol on 1st Feb. about finding work and networking. See http://tinyurl.com/y9c8wt6 for details.
  20. Slides from this evening's BCS Jersey talk are at: http://tinyurl.com/yaq5agq. Good questions and discussion. My thanks to those who came.