Hiatus

It's been a while since I last blogged, having been heads down on a number of projects - some interesting - some more mundane.  All, nonetheless, offering lessons to be learnt.

The holidays provide an opportunity to catch up on (tons of) reading and a bit of blogging.

Since I last wrote:-

1. The 2003 PDC has come and gone.

Although, one could be excused for thinking that Longhorn was actually released at the PDC, knowing the future direction on a range of technologies can help strategically today.  I found that information provided on general architecture, Indigo/BizTalk/WSE/InfoPath, Whidbey, DSI (Dynamic Systems Initiative), SDM (System Definition Model), and the Longhorn Command Shell (MSH - codename Monad) - impact on work I'm currently doing.

2. A new version of the software that powers this weblog - .Text has been released.

Great to see easy to consume support for category feeds, and I'm happy that there are separate feeds for MS and non-MS bloggers.  While both groups are important to me, I like the non-MS blogger perspective, and rely on them to let me know about important and useful topics from the MS group.

4. Alintex Script .NET recorded its 15,000th download.

5. In Australia, rumors of Prime Minister John Howard being “recalled“ were found to be false.  But not before both Kylie Minogue and the crocodile (from Crocodile Dundee VII) had reportedly agreed to contest the election.

Happy holidays!