Guy's 'What's Coming Up'
A bi-monthly(ish) lighthearted insight into the world of PII's publisher Guy Ullmann's latest going's on, together with updates about PII and details of ‘What's coming up‘ in each issue
Hello and welcome to my October 2023 WCU!
I hope you had or are continuing to have a great summer.
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I'm fresh back from the World Beach Tennis Championships, which sadly didn't quite go to plan…
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On Saturday morning during the warm up I felt a ‘snap' in my left knee, clearly a ligament tear and not the start I wanted, but I continued nonetheless.
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Not being my normal mobile self, we crashed out pretty early on. However, after taking some very strong painkillers, I played the mixed tournament in the afternoon and somehow made it through to the final, but due to bad light it had to be played the following morning.
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I could hardly walk the next day, so the final was a bit of a non-contest as our opponents twigged early on I was less than agile which they took full advantage of!
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I should really learn not to listen to the 21-year old me and stopped the moment I felt the ping, as I'm now laid up with ice whilst waiting to have an MRI scan, and I have to say out the many injuries I've had over the years, this is up there with the most painful, I highly do not recommend!
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Yet another surgery to look forward to…NOT!!!
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Before the injury I had the pleasure to represent the GB team – the first time they had entered the World Championship, which was great fun and a real honour.
Thankfully the resort wasn't too bad and I could numb the pain of losing and my knee with the local beverages and dip in the pool!
(not my) Birthday getaway!
So since the nightmare ‘car-breakdown' second date, others have gone pretty well to the point I was whisked away to help celebrate Francesca's birthday at a luxury retreat.
The resort was pretty stunning complete with private jacuzzi and gorgeous modern-style wigwam huts.
However, I'm really not one for À la carte, and without wanting to sound ungrateful, the food was not quite to my tastes – or Francesca's for that matter, her main course was 4 duck brains, which didn't go down too well – it was like a scene from James Bond!
Whilst away, we did some exploring and found some food more to our liking…!
Do you have a Story to tell?
As you may have seen on the PII homepage, our new ‘Process Stories' service is now live!
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As you'll see they offer a new engaging way for our audience to learn more about your latest news, products, services, case studies… in fact anything!
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They appear at the top of the homepage and on the right column of article pages. We also have an archive section where they will remain indefinitely.
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We have a special offer until the end of October, you can read more and book one of the launch offers here
AI is about to get even more interesting....
This caught my eye this week; Google is very close to launching its own version of ChatGTP which apparently has five times greater computational power than GPT-4.
You can read more here.
In case you didn't know, we're surely at the early stages of a major development in society. In my lifetime the internet and social media have been the two biggest introductions I can relate to, and AI is set to become the latest and possibly most significant.
Whilst I can appreciate the positives that AI brings, a big part of me thinks that the general human race will just become more lazy and reliant on AI, which for me can only have a negative impact.
Time will tell…
What's Coming Up in the October edition of PII...
The September/October edition of PII includes a Water & Wastewater special, 5 additional features and columns from Sean and Gavin – Full schedule below:
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- – Pneumatic Valve Solutions for Pressure, Temperature, and Flow Regulation
- –Â Operation transformation: the role of open process automation
- –Â Common mistakes of manufacturers when switching its processes to digital
- – The evolution of PAT – tools for process control and creating a data-driven future
- –Â How digitalisation is enabling chemical firms to connect their data and bring more automation and simulation into processes
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- Water & Wastewater Focus:
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- –Â How Anaerobic Digestion and can help towards sustainability targets
- –Â New technology, new possibilities: how smart asset management is helping to address water scarcity
- –Â Energy management for water companies
- –Â Is biological treatment the answer to trade effluent consent?
- –Â The perfect acid-handling solution in water/wastewater applications
- –Â Treatment and reuse of municipal wastewater
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Columnists
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– Sean Moran
– Gavin Smith
If you missed our July/August issue, you can flick through below (click the square in the bottom right to open full screen)
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I course would love to hear from you for any enquiries, please drop me a line for advertorial/advertising via the form opposite or email me on: guyullmann@piimag.com
Final booking date:Â October 4th
And finally....
This issue, I would love to hear your feedback about a project I'm working on with a few friends.
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This is our logo concept and as fellow markerters, I would love to hear what you think about it and what you think the app might be about (the slogan is a slight giveaway!)
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Drop me an email –Â guyullmann@piimag.com
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Thanks for taking time out to read my latest WCU and don't forget September is an important month in the planning calendar for manufacturers, so make sure to get in touch so we can help position you in front of our loyal audience.
All the best,
Guy
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