Introduction

My current project means I spend a lot of time on the train between Birmingham New Street and London Euston, a journey of 1h 20m according to the times published. Since February, when I started this project, I have been toying with the idea of keeping a blog where the articles are written during these train journeys, the articles could be about technology, my interests or just ideas that I am having at the time. This is, obviously, the first post therefore I will keep it brief.

I work for an IT consultancy which means the work that I have done has been varied, prior to that I worked in a research organisation creating mobile applications using GPS, GPRS and J2ME all to run on a PDA - this was 10 years ago so many years before the current trend for mobile applications. During my time at the consultancy I have worked mostly with Palantir, Documentum, FileNet and LiveCycle. Outside work I have recently taken up walking again after a few years absence, I have also just taken on an allotment with my partner.

Finally, the table at the top of the page will appear at the top of every page recording the start and end stations, the published start and end times and the actual start and end times - whether start and end times appear depends on me remembering to look at the station clocks as the train leaves/arrives.