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Today is my final day in Bangladesh, Iona and I fly out tonight.  You can see what Iona thought of her time here.  You’ll also start to hear some of the results of it in some new automated training that we are working on.

It has been quite a trip for many reasons.

While there are a few little issues left in 9.1 (notably the scanning module isn’t working yet due to what looks like some external compatability problems – we’re working on it, but it may take a few days) it is basically ticking along smoothly.

There are some functionality/design issue that we are looking at to do with SComm, T-Logs, and oversight caseloads.

One thing to be aware of is that changes in privilege (caseload or super role) may now take up to 20-30 minutes to apply themselves.  This actually has been the case in some modules for a while, but is now implemented system with.  This helps a lot with performance and stability.

As always when I come to Bangladesh, but even more so this time thanks to Iona having the opportunity to live here with Masum and his family while working at the office and us getting the chance to get ouf of Dhaka, I have been impressed and humbled by the warmth and generosity of the Bangladeshi people in general and the commitment, skill, and expertise of our staff here.  I am so lucky to have such great colleagues.

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I just arrived in Dhaka (three flights and a long time coming all the way from Buffalo).  It was very cool to be met at the airport by Iona and Rajiv.  Iona is all settled in and even met me in her Bangla outfit.

Now off to the office to get stuck into 9.1 and a bunch of RFPs

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For photos out a plane window taken with a phone, I thought these were pretty good!

I was lucky enough to spend a couple of days with Anna in gorgeous Oregon this week.  The only downside was that we were so busy meeting people that I didn’t get to do much, if any, sightseeing.

I did though do a training for a group of state surveyors who are coming across Therap in more and more places.  they were very receptive to learning more about how Therap works and how they can better do their job working with our customers.  Remember, if you would ever like us to come out and do a training for your surveyors, just let me know.

A bunch of other meetings and it looks like things are going really well on the left coast.  Anna and Allison have done a tremendous job with a great group of providers.

Don’t forget the Oregon Conference is coming up soon. We should have the schedule ready next week.

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Catch us if you can!

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Sazzad, Shawon, Tahseen, and I are out in Bismarck, North Dakota having a fine old time. While we are solving all the major problems of the world, we have not yet conquered the complexities of ordering an American breakfast. This morning Sazzad ordered his (with the usual 27 follow up questions to get it quite right), so when it came to Shawon, he just declared “I will have the same configuration”. Cue much amusement and a day spent applying computing terms to everyday life.

By the way, that’s another Capitol to me!

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Our friend Bill from Helena, Montana has a habit of sending us photos of the weather our there.  Today's was of the snow outside his office and the snow drifts a colleague had been dealing with.

I responded with a couple of my own and then realized that we are forever posting photos of all the great places we go, but never of sunny Waterbury, so here goes:

Our office is actually under the Hairdresser sign (they moved out and we took over their space, just haven't got around to sliding our sign over).  Even today, six months later, someone was in looking for a trim!

Kris is doing a nice job decorating, so maybe I can follow this up with some internal photos when he is all done.

While we may not have the most scenic office, the parking lot smells great!  Being next to Big Frank's BBQ makes you hungry the second you walk out the door.

In fact, this is a tremendous location, you can find just about anything within 10 minutes of our office.

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It’s very strange how a flight either way across the Atlantic feels like I am going home!

A tremendous break for me, now it’s time to get back to changing the world.

Before I do though, a quick photographic recap: (you can click on the pictures to see bigger versions.

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This morning started with heading off to church to St Martin’s, the church where I grew and Dad used to work.  Very nice to catch up with old friends and see some wonderful young kids running riot there!

Then off to Gorgie City Farm for the obligatory visit.  Sorry no picture of the red tractor, I was having too much fun talking to the pigs!

Then after lunch, Nick to his girls back to Milngavie and I headed off to see my friend Scott, his son Calum, and John (who I meet once a year at Tynecastle) to see Hearts play Hamilton.

A very nice 2-0 win (the result was better than the football, but the banter was fun!)

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Had a tremendous day today, my brother Nick and his girls games through to visit and we spend a gorgeous afternoon in Edinburgh’s Botanics

After tea tonight we were able to watch Team MAX in the pre-season scrimmage from Suffield, Connecticut thanks to a live web stream.  It’s exciting to see the robot in action and see how the games develop.

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