Since the group was small, talk frequently wandered away from books in general.  Actually, it would be more reasonable to say that talk barely ever grazed the subject of books.  While we did bring up Microsoft Press’s Object Thinking and the Martin Fowler Refactoring books (Refactoring and Patterns of Enterprise Development), most of the conversation was about BizTalk and other technical topics.

Everyone agrees – BizTalk is cool.  Everyone also agreed that we personally hadn’t been convinced enough to care.  BizTalk seems to be for larger companies and larger contracts than the people at the table were likely to see in the short term.

After that fun topics of conversation included college pranks, Internet access speeds, ex-coworkers, naps at work, home values, and more.

We’re not sure that we found the perfect location yet but we’re very happy with the quality of the food and beer at the 5 Seasons brew pub.

— Matt Ranlett