Wednesday, April 01, 2009

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User Group Thank You And WorldatWork Booth in Seattle

I've been told that Spring is officially here, but I think Nature is playing an April Fool's joke on me, because I woke up and it was snowing (again) at my house. I have seen some hints of Spring around the neighborhood, the cherry trees have some blossoms, but Winter is keeping a toehold at least for now.

User Group Meeting Wrap Up

Thank you to those subscribers that attended the 2009 Northwest Area User's Group meeting held on Monday, March 30th at the Port of Seattle's offices on the waterfront. A huge thank you to Tammy Woodard, Ann McClellan and Hugh Hastings for hosting the meeting, helping setup, and take down and for the help with getting all the food and beverages moved from my car, to the room and back. Also, thank you to Tracey for bringing lunch and to Bob for stopping by at lunch to say "Hi" to the group. It was an excellent meeting and we discussed and generated some really good ideas for Version 3. Everyone, including me, is eagerly anticipating the full release of version three starting in April.

Version 3 Upgrades

A quick note to existing subscribers: we are upgrading each subscriber on a one-by-one basis on a time line to meet your needs. We will contact you when we are ready to proceed with the upgrade OR you can contact us and let us know you are ready. We will not be automatically moving everyone over, primarily because we know some of you are in the middle or just starting your annual analysis. We don't want to interrupt the annual process. We want to be sensitive to your time line and needs.


2009 WorldatWork Exhibit Booth

It's only the first of April, but my mind is already moving to the end of May and the WorldatWork conference and exposition being held in Seattle this year. Yay, it's in Seattle this year! This makes the logistics of setting up a booth and attending the conference much easier for me since I live in the area. The last time the conference was in Seattle was in 2000. I remember that we had an incredibly warm and beautiful week of weather during the conference. I hope that holds true for this year as well.

Here's a link to a "free pass" to the exhibit hall. If you are not attending the full conference, but you want to wander the aisles of the exhibit hall, just print these passes, fill them out, and you can wander to your heart's content.

http://www.worldatwork.org/pub/Expopass_09.pdf

So if you're in the area, or if you coming from out of town, I hope you have a chance to stop by booth 1330 and say "Hi".

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

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Happy Holidays

Here's hoping that you have an enjoyable holiday season. 'Tis the season to enjoy time with friends and family, stay warm and try to take some time off from work.

We've had a very cold and snowy start to winter here in the Pacific Northwest. My kids missed three days of school due to snow and we're expecting more on Christmas eve.




Here's one of my favorite photo locations during the first round of snow...

Snowy Start To Winter

After a bit of an absence over the last two months, I'll be posting regularly starting in the new year. October, November and December are the busiest time of the year for data loading, updating data, and providing customer support. I've also been very busy with programming on the new version of NextComp. We have two customers currently using the new version as we build out all the features. Expect an in depth review of some of those features in the next post.

I read a very heartwarming blog post today about the importance of appreciating each moment we have on this earth. Take a read if you have a few extra minutes.

Here's to a successful and exciting year in 2009!

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