Boston User Group Wrap-up

Thank you to the attendees of the 2008 Boston Area User's Group meeting. A special thank you to Dynamics Research Corporation for hosting the meeting and for providing lunch and an amazingly delicious platter of cupcakes for dessert. I limited myself to one cupcake, which wasn't easy.

I'm going to be sending each of the participants a copy of the presentation via Basecamp.

Also, as of today, NEXTCOMP.NET Gamma is going to be known as NEXTCOMP.NET Version 3.

Based on feedback during the meeting we've decided to go with the version number rather than the fun sounding but rather cryptic gamma designation.

There was a great exchange of ideas, tips, tricks, and other information during the meeting. We'll be incorporating that feedback into our programming on Version 3. Stay tuned!

Headed To Boston

I'm headed to Boston to meet with Boston area NextComp subscribers. I'll be out of the office on Friday, August 22nd and Monday, August 25th. I'll be checking e-mail and voicemail in the evenings. I hope you have a great weekend!

2008 Boston Area User's Group Meeting

It's that time of year again (already?!?) to host the annual User's Group meeting in Boston.

Dynamic Research Corporation has graciously offered to host the meeting this year. Thank you!

The meeting is scheduled to run from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Monday, August 25th. We've found that 5 hours is generally enough time to cover the major topics. We can run over a bit if we need extra time.

The meeting location is:

Dynamics Research Corporation
60 Frontage Road
Andover, MA 01810

I'm sending out invitations today, so if you are a subscriber in the Boston area, expect an invitation soon.

I'm also available for speaking engagements in other areas, at local compensation and benefits group meetings, for example. Contact me if you are interested in having NEXTCOMP.NET as a presenter at one of you local meetings.

We'll be hosting a Seattle area User's Group meeting in September, so keep an eye out for that announcement.

Seattle Area Subscriber Group Meeting & Photo Friday

Mark your calendars for Monday, September 24th!

We have a room reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn in Issaquah, Wa. for our Subscriber Group meeting. The meeting is scheduled to start at 9:30 AM and run no later than 3:30 PM. A continental breakfast will be provided along with a very nice lunch. We'll be covering a lot of ground related to NextComp, CompModel, our salary planning application and other areas of interest to you. Elliott Miller and Kelly Christison will be in attendance as well, so you can meet some of the other faces behind the scenes at NextComp.

I still have a glow from my visit to Boston so here are a couple more pictures from that trip.

Beacon Hill


Sunset On Glass


Back in my neck of the woods, I know it's late summer when the fruit trees are heavy with fruit. These were taken at a park not more than 200 yards from my office.

Apple/Pear


Purple Plum