Spending some time wandering round the trade stands you notice some interesting things about human behaviour.

Some stall holders simply smile knowing that the relevance of their product will draw you in if appropriate. Others are more proactive and strike up conversation – some even stepping out of the booth to greet/impede you. I feel honour-bound to explain my status at the outset of such encounters and usually say something like, "I’m here out of interest. I have no purchasing power.” This often has the same effect as directing the statement, "I do love you…. but as a friend,” at the winded owner of an inflamed heart. Magnanimity and gravity fight over their smiles and buoyancy flees the conversation.

Not so, the cheery Essex lads from pod Desking, whose Hexa Com 2 looks like a great product. It’s the ICT equivalent of on-wheels, fold-away school dinners furniture. This means that a room can be used as an IT suite instead of becoming one – to the exclusion of all else. These products are not exceptionally cheap – but then neither are rooms. One "desk/trolley” houses six computers and the whole thing requires only one mains socket (although they did specify that some wiring preconditions have to be in place).

Somehow, this led to a humorous conversation about some of the features of PFI/PPP design such as the Private Dancer. This little add-on to professional development occurs when you are working alone in a room on a winter’s Friday afternoon. Due to apparent lack of activity, the lights go out and your compelled to jive around until they come back on.

Still, you can truthfully tick the kinaesthetic box when learning styles next pops up at an in service.

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