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Automation 2026

Frank Jul 9, 2026 Tagged with Automate 2026, trade shows

The US’ largest trade show was held June 22-25 at the McCormick center in Chicago. I …

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A Long Journey – Part 2

Frank Jun 28, 2026 Tagged with national parks, Siemens, travel

Well, the long journey is done and it didn’t look all that different from the AI …

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A Long Journey – Part 1

Frank Apr 7, 2026

Just after COVID (and a tornado) struck in 2020, I planned a long “bucket list” journey …

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Life On The Road… How much do I REALLY like travel?

Frank Feb 16, 2026 Tagged with road warrior, systems integration, training, travel

The open road, the hum of the engine, the ever-changing scenery – the allure of travel …

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Automate 2024

Frank May 14, 2024 Tagged with Automate 2024, Beckhoff, Robots

Last week I attended Automate 2024 in Chicago with my wife. I met lots of people …

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All About Automation – Essen, 2019

Frank Jun 9, 2019 Tagged with Essen, Fischertechnik, trade shows

Last week I attended a trade show in Essen, Germany. It was a fairly small one …

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Automation Training is Hiring!

Frank Dec 18, 2016 Tagged with Automation Training, training

As many of you know, for the past three years or so I have been teaching …

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Update on Projects – “Why haven’t you written more posts?”

Frank Jul 31, 2016 Tagged with Automation Training, C#, education, educational software, One legged men, PLCs, travel

I have been asked by a lot of readers, friends and associates lately about where I’m …

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Teaching and Consulting

Frank Mar 20, 2016 Tagged with Automation Consulting, Automation Training, consulting, contracting, education, training

Four years ago I relaunched my old company, Automation Consulting Services, Inc. as Automation Consulting, LLC. …

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Back On The Road

Frank Jul 26, 2015 Tagged with ABD, Automation Training, FactoryTalk SE, Miami, Orlando, Poseidon, Punta Gorda, travel, Universal Studios

After three straight weeks at home (very unusual for me) I’m headed back on the road, …

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