Hi Marc,

Sorry if this sounds like a shameless commercial plug, it isn't suppose 
to be. I just wanted to share my experiences of these types of events.

I teach my performance tuning course on the Greek island of Crete. I 
love teaching the course there. After a day digging about in the bits of 
an application it is very nice to go out with like minded people and 
enjoy the area. We often end up in places like Kalathas beach. There is 
a very nice open air beach restaurant there. People can swim, eat, 
drink, it's just a great way to end the day. I encourage people to bring 
the family along. The course is held in family friendly good quality 
hotels in very safe surroundings. I've gotten great feedback from 
everyone that has attended. That said, it is a hard sell because you can 
hear the bosses saying, a course on a Greek island.. yeah right! But its 
priced so that it's cheaper to come to Crete than take the course on a 
London High Street. And quite frankly a lot more enjoyable!

So as wacky as these things sound, I think there is actually a lot of 
value in them. Maybe even more than going to traditional training.

Regards,
Kirk

Marc E wrote:
> You guys were laughing, but a geek cruise is definitely not a crazy
> idea. In fact, there's already one scheduled for this february:
> http://www.riadventure.com/
> >
>
>   


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