Tips for Techies I am a Liberal Arts guy who has followed a technical career path, which makes me somewhat unusual. I have written a large amount of course material, articles, and support material for courses, in addition to writing program code, over several decades, and pride myself on my ability to communicate to diverse audiences. As an instructor for many years, I developed proficiency in AREV, Powerbuilder, HTML, Sybase, Unix (AIX) and Oracle, in addition to other, more end-user oriented courses like intro to computers, etc.  I took to writing short notes and handouts for students, to reinforce a novel concept or powerful feature we had seen that class day. The habit carried over to the Internet. Having done lots of course material in my life, and having offered a slew of custom and customizable courses, I long ago recognized the usefulness of capturing an actual real life situation in a tutorial/slide show, since it has a coherence, a narrative backbone, and a built-in progression, as we document and explore the search for a solution to a system design requirement. Capturing what you are doing as you go through it, which I do when I build tutorials, also gives me as the author/instructor a lot of consolidation of learning in the early phases of a new knowledge domain/requirement. Finally, the use of a narrative provides informative, isolatable reading material which can 'stand alone' as a training resource. I have, for about 7 years now, provided tips on CDEIS.COM about these various topics, to give evidence of my written style, and depth of technical understanding. Click here for the PowerBuilder tips Click here for the Oracle tips Click here for the Web tips Click here for Miscellaneous tips