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    <title>Atlanta .NET Regular Guys</title>
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    <description>Brendon Schwartz and Matt Ranlett</description>
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   Hello everyone! 
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&lt;p&gt;
   In case you haven't heard, the time is upon us for the next quarterly installment
   of MSDN Events. Glen is planning to present a series of talks on ASP.Net 2.0 which
   promise to be good stuff. All of the MSDN events are full of good information, but
   there's something missing. That something is the local fingerprint - the stamp of
   the local community. So at this MSDN event, we're going to try something new. We want
   to put together a series of chalk talks with some of the most skilled and well known
   developers and architects in the local community. We want to get three individuals
   to come to the MSDN event at 9am and stand around, eating muffins and plumbing the
   depths of your .Net knowledge for the benefit of the community.
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   Are you interested and available on Thursday, August 25th from 9am to noon? We'd love
   to have you be one of the feature "chalkers"!
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   &amp;mdash; Matt Ranlett
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      Time for everyone to update your RSS readers.  The Atlanta .NET Regular Guys
      will not be posting to <a href="http://www.devcow.com/weblogs">www.devcow.com/weblogs</a> anymore. 
      We've moved to <a href="http://www.devcow.com/blogs">www.devcow.com/blogs</a>.
   </p>
        <p>
      Why?
   </p>
        <p>
      Because the new blogging engine we're using will allow us to host other people's blogs. 
      We have recruited a few select individuals to blog with us:
   </p>
        <ul>
          <li>
         Todd Fine - RDA consultant/Microsoft Regional Director</li>
          <li>
         Mark Dunn - .Net Rocks co-founder/VB.Net MVP/Training guru</li>
          <li>
         Eric Thompson - all around bright guy who got in b/c he and Brendon are good friends
         (I suppose now I'll have to be his friend too)</li>
          <li>
         Dan Attis - co-leader of the Atlanta Microsoft Professionals User Group and part of
         the team designing the content for the <a href="http://www.sharepoint123.com/">SharePoint
         1, 2, 3!</a> event</li>
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        <p>
      Of course, you can continue to expect the same quality content from Brendon and myself,
      posting together as the Atlanta .Net Regular Guys. Feel free to read the blog's aggregate
      post or jump directly to the <a href="http://devcow.com/blogs/adnrg/default.aspx">ADNRG
      blog</a>.
   </p>
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      -- Matt Ranlett
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      <title>We're moving....again</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:37:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   Time for everyone to update your RSS readers.&amp;nbsp; The Atlanta .NET Regular Guys
   will not be posting to &lt;a href="http://www.devcow.com/weblogs"&gt;www.devcow.com/weblogs&lt;/a&gt; anymore.&amp;nbsp;
   We've moved to &lt;a href="http://www.devcow.com/blogs"&gt;www.devcow.com/blogs&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Why?
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Because the new blogging engine we're using will allow us to host other people's blogs.&amp;nbsp;
   We have recruited a few select individuals to blog with us:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
   &lt;li&gt;
      Todd Fine -&amp;nbsp;RDA consultant/Microsoft Regional Director&lt;/li&gt;
   &lt;li&gt;
      Mark Dunn - .Net Rocks co-founder/VB.Net MVP/Training guru&lt;/li&gt;
   &lt;li&gt;
      Eric Thompson - all around bright guy who got in b/c he and Brendon are good friends
      (I suppose now I'll have to be his friend too)&lt;/li&gt;
   &lt;li&gt;
      Dan Attis - co-leader of the Atlanta Microsoft Professionals User Group and part of
      the team designing the content for the &lt;a href="http://www.sharepoint123.com/"&gt;SharePoint
      1, 2, 3!&lt;/a&gt; event&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Of course, you can continue to expect the same quality content from Brendon and myself,
   posting together as the Atlanta .Net Regular Guys. Feel free to read the blog's aggregate
   post or jump directly to the &lt;a href="http://devcow.com/blogs/adnrg/default.aspx"&gt;ADNRG
   blog&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
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      <title>Funny and insulting at the same time!</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 04:15:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   Are you a geek?&amp;nbsp; Let me assure you, if you&amp;rsquo;re reading this blog, you&amp;rsquo;re
   probably a geek.&amp;nbsp; If you&amp;rsquo;re a geek of the male variety (the most common
   variety) you might enjoy geeky things AND scantily clad attractive women.&amp;nbsp; If
   so, check out &lt;a href="http://geekfantasies.com/"&gt;http://geekfantasies.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;
   Be warned &amp;ndash; this is designed to insult you and is therefore worth looking at.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   &amp;mdash; Matt Ranlett
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   posted with BlogJet
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 04:12:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   Try the &lt;a href="http://www.red-gate.com/SQL_Data_Compare.htm"&gt;Red-Gate SQL Data Compare&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;
   There&amp;rsquo;s a free 14 day trial version that is full-featured.&amp;nbsp; Check it out!
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   &amp;mdash; Matt Ranlett
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   posted with BlogJet
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      <title>Some times, you just want to turn security off and take your chances</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 04:09:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;
   &lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;The installation of the latest service
   packs for Windows&amp;nbsp;XP includes something for Internet Explorer called the Information
   Bar.&amp;nbsp; This is a new feature that provides the user a banner message that tells
   the user when web content has been blocked based on the settings in Internet Explorer
   Options.&amp;nbsp; By default, this info bar is turned on, and can cause issues when you
   attempt to launch&amp;nbsp;certain ActiveX&amp;nbsp;applications.&amp;nbsp; The information bar
   can be turned off by changing the following setting:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;
   &lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Launch
   Internet Explorer&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;
   &lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
   Tools -&amp;gt; Internet Options -&amp;gt; Advanced Tab&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;
   &lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;In
   the options under the Security heading, click the check box next to "Allow active
   content to run in files on My Computer".&amp;nbsp; Click OK to save the setting and then
   re-launch Internet Explorer.&amp;nbsp; The info bar message should no longer appear.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;
   &lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;mdash; Matt Ranlett&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;
   &lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;posted with BlogJet&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Learn Visual Studio .Net</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 03:58:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   Do you want to learn more about Visual Studio.Net?&amp;nbsp; Do you not have enough time
   to slog through a book?&amp;nbsp; How about some nice relaxing videos where you can learn
   all about Visual Studio.Net?&amp;nbsp; Check out &lt;a href="http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/"&gt;www.learnvisualstudio.net&lt;/a&gt; and
   their rather nice library of training videos.&amp;nbsp; If you&amp;rsquo;re a member of the
   Atlanta .Net User Groups, you can get a 10% discount on membership.&amp;nbsp; Send me
   an e-mail to let me know that you&amp;rsquo;re interested and I&amp;rsquo;ll get you the contact
   info you need.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   &amp;mdash; Matt Ranlett
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2005 05:06:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   That is right, it is 1:03AM, but registration is up and running.&amp;nbsp; Please let
   all of your friends know and tell them to start signing up for the SharePoint 1,2,3!
   sessions.&amp;nbsp; If you sign up for the&amp;nbsp;Hands on labs please try to make it to
   the sessions so you can see how to&amp;nbsp;do the HOL.&amp;nbsp; Also if you would like to
   use one of the computers on site please email&amp;nbsp;us ahead of time so we can try
   to set one&amp;nbsp;up for you.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update ***&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Here is the location information
   for the SharePoint 1,2,3! Events.&amp;nbsp; Keep the questions coming.
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&lt;div id="dnn_ctr375_ModuleContent"&gt;&lt;span class="Normal" id="dnn_ctr375_HtmlModule_HtmlHolder"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meeting
   Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/info/usaoffices/southeast/alpharetta.mspx"&gt;Microsoft
   Southeast District: Alpharetta, GA&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Address:&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;/strong&gt;1125 Sanctuary Pkwy., Suite 300&lt;br /&gt;
   Alpharetta, GA 30004&lt;/span&gt;
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   &lt;a href="http://www.atlantamspros.com/Events/tabid/53/Default.aspx"&gt;http://www.atlantamspros.com/Events/tabid/53/Default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;
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   &amp;mdash;Brendon Schwartz
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   Posted with &lt;a href="http://www.blogjet.com/" target="_blank"&gt;BlogJet&lt;/a&gt;
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        <p>
      I guess I'm not any more famous today than I was the Friday before.  Still -
      Scoble did <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/07/24.html#a10745">link
      to me - twice</a>!
   </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
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      <title>Ok - so I got linked by Scoble, but traffic didn't budge!</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   I guess I'm not any more famous today than I was the Friday before.&amp;nbsp; Still -
   Scoble did &lt;a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/07/24.html#a10745"&gt;link
   to me - twice&lt;/a&gt;!
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
&lt;/p&gt;
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        <p>
      $99 gets you a full day of training from <a href="http://www.developmentor.com/">DevelopMentor</a> (former
      home of Don Box and Chris Sells and our very own Doug Turnure).  It's at the
      Cobb Galleria and you're a sucker if you don't go.  Sign up via the banner on
      the SQL Server User Group - <a href="http://www.atlantamdf.com">www.atlantamdf.com</a> and
      you'll help earn the group a donation.  You'll also get a kickback of your very
      own.  If you sign up through AtlantaMDF, you'll get a $25 Amex cash card. 
      Of course, you don't have to tell the people reimbursing you that you'll be getting
      some cash back...
   </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
   </p>
        <p>
      PS - you won't see this even on the calendar b/c it's not free.
   </p>
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      <title>SQL Server Road Show</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:38:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   $99 gets you a full day of training from &lt;a href="http://www.developmentor.com/"&gt;DevelopMentor&lt;/a&gt; (former
   home of Don Box and Chris Sells and our very own Doug Turnure).&amp;nbsp; It's at the
   Cobb Galleria and you're a sucker if you don't go.&amp;nbsp; Sign up via the banner on
   the SQL Server User Group - &lt;a href="http://www.atlantamdf.com"&gt;www.atlantamdf.com&lt;/a&gt; and
   you'll help earn the group a donation.&amp;nbsp; You'll also get a kickback of your very
   own.&amp;nbsp; If you sign up through AtlantaMDF, you'll get a $25 Amex cash card.&amp;nbsp;
   Of course, you don't have to tell the people reimbursing you that you'll be getting
   some cash back...
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   PS - you won't see this even on the calendar b/c it's not free.
&lt;/p&gt;
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      This is starting to happen with increasing regularity.  I'm using the phone (a
      Nokia 3650) with the hands-free headset (the wired kind, not a Bluetooth thingy) and
      I finish my call.  I disconnect the headset but the phone doesn't realize it. 
      I still have the little headphones icon on the screen and the speakers and microphone
      don't work.  Effectively, my phone is useless.  The thing still works if
      I put the headset back in, but I don't always have my headset with me.  Even
      more annoying, occasionally the phone switches to headset mode when I'm not using
      the headset - in the middle of the call.  Suddenly I can't hear or say anything! 
      Occasionally the phone will realize that the headset is gone if I plug and unplug
      the headset several times.  This morning it didn't work and I since I left the
      headset at home, I had to run out at lunch to get a new one.  $20 for a new headset. 
      I must have plugged the headset in and out 50 times before I was forced to buy it.  I
      get in the car and try 5 more times and the damn phone turns off the headset!  
   </p>
        <p>
      Anyway - if this keeps up I'll eventually be getting a new phone.  Of course,
      I want a cool phone, but I'm fighting the forces of brokeness - so I probably won't
      get what I want.  Damn technology!  Why does it have to be so expensive
      and yet so cool and desirable?  It's like socially acceptable (albiet geeky) form
      of crack!  While I was at the TMobile store I asked about fixing the phone. 
      $70 and they mail me a replacement phone for the one I have.  But $70!?! 
      That's like half (or 1/5th) of the cost of the phones I want!
   </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
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      <title>My cellphone is freaking out on me</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:34:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   This is starting to happen with increasing regularity.&amp;nbsp; I'm using the phone (a
   Nokia 3650) with the hands-free headset (the wired kind, not a Bluetooth thingy) and
   I finish my call.&amp;nbsp; I disconnect the headset but the phone doesn't realize it.&amp;nbsp;
   I still have the little headphones icon on the screen and the speakers and microphone
   don't work.&amp;nbsp; Effectively, my phone is useless.&amp;nbsp; The thing still works if
   I put the headset back in, but I don't always have my headset with me.&amp;nbsp; Even
   more annoying, occasionally the phone switches to headset mode when I'm not using
   the headset - in the middle of the call.&amp;nbsp; Suddenly I can't hear or say anything!&amp;nbsp;
   Occasionally the phone will realize that the headset is gone if I plug and unplug
   the headset several times.&amp;nbsp; This morning it didn't work and I since I left the
   headset at home, I had to run out at lunch to get a new one.&amp;nbsp; $20 for a new headset.&amp;nbsp;
   I must have plugged the headset in and out 50 times before I was forced to buy it.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I
   get&amp;nbsp;in the car and try 5 more times and the damn phone turns off the headset!&amp;nbsp; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Anyway - if this keeps up I'll eventually&amp;nbsp;be getting a new phone.&amp;nbsp; Of course,
   I want a cool phone, but I'm fighting the forces of brokeness - so I probably won't
   get what I want.&amp;nbsp; Damn technology!&amp;nbsp; Why does it have to be so expensive
   and yet so cool and desirable?&amp;nbsp; It's like socially acceptable (albiet geeky)&amp;nbsp;form
   of crack!&amp;nbsp; While I was at the TMobile store I asked about fixing the phone.&amp;nbsp;
   $70 and they mail me a replacement phone for the one I have.&amp;nbsp; But $70!?!&amp;nbsp;
   That's like half (or 1/5th) of the cost of the phones I want!
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
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        <p>
          <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/wallym">Wally McClure</a>, in an effort to avoid having
      to come up with his own content, has started producing a podcast where he gets other
      people to do the dirty work for him.  "I'm not sure I can let you whitewash
      this fence, I'm having an awful lot of fun..." (vague reference to <a href="http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/people/TomNhuck/ted.html">Tom
      Sawyer</a>).
   </p>
        <p>
      Seriously though.  Wally is a great guy and it was fun to help him out with a
      little bit of regurgitated material.  Brendon and I basically recorded what we
      presented at the <a href="http://www.atlantacodecamp.com">Atlanta Code Camp</a>, which
      was a rehash of several webcasts, books, and articles.  I hope you don't get
      too bored if you listen.
   </p>
        <p>
          <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/wallym/archive/2005/07/24/420403.aspx">http://weblogs.asp.net/wallym/archive/2005/07/24/420403.aspx</a>
        </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
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      <title>Our very first PodCast!</title>
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      <link>http://www.devcow.com/weblogs/Our+Very+First+PodCast.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   &lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/wallym"&gt;Wally McClure&lt;/a&gt;, in an effort to avoid having
   to come up with his own content, has started producing a podcast where he gets other
   people to do the dirty work for him.&amp;nbsp; "I'm not sure I can let you&amp;nbsp;whitewash
   this fence, I'm having an awful lot of fun..." (vague reference to &lt;a href="http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/people/TomNhuck/ted.html"&gt;Tom
   Sawyer&lt;/a&gt;).
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Seriously though.&amp;nbsp; Wally is a great guy and it was fun to help him out with a
   little bit of regurgitated material.&amp;nbsp; Brendon and I basically recorded what we
   presented at the &lt;a href="http://www.atlantacodecamp.com"&gt;Atlanta Code Camp&lt;/a&gt;, which
   was a rehash of several webcasts, books, and articles.&amp;nbsp; I hope you don't get
   too bored if you listen.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   &lt;a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/wallym/archive/2005/07/24/420403.aspx"&gt;http://weblogs.asp.net/wallym/archive/2005/07/24/420403.aspx&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
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        <p>
      I don't know who at Microsoft makes the travel plans for things like the <a href="http://www.indigoroadshow.com/">Indigo
      Roadshow</a>, but I want to talk to them sternly about their apparent neglect of Atlanta. 
      I'd love to see this show, but I'm not going to drive to Florida for it.  Seriously
      - 2 shows in Florida and 1 in Philly and that's it for the East coast?  Come
      on!  How about Atlanta?  At least think about my friends in Raleigh (apparently
      no one ever does)!
   </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
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      <title>The Indigo Roadshow is not coming to Atlanta - bummer</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 04:54:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   I don't know who at Microsoft makes the travel plans for things like the &lt;a href="http://www.indigoroadshow.com/"&gt;Indigo
   Roadshow&lt;/a&gt;, but I want to talk to them sternly about their apparent neglect of Atlanta.&amp;nbsp;
   I'd love to see this show, but I'm not going to drive to Florida for it.&amp;nbsp; Seriously
   - 2 shows in Florida and 1 in Philly and that's it for the East coast?&amp;nbsp; Come
   on!&amp;nbsp; How about Atlanta?&amp;nbsp; At least think about my friends in Raleigh (apparently
   no one ever does)!
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
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        <p>
      I spent a good portion of today and I'll be spending more time tomorrow painting the
      interior of my house.  I'm getting ready to sell it and officially move in with
      Kim.  The problem is that painting sucks.  Does anyone want to buy a partially
      painted house inside the Perimeter for about $180K?  I'll cut you a deal if you
      don't make me paint or clean anymore.
   </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
   </p>
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      <title>Painting sucks</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 04:49:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   I spent a good portion of today and I'll be spending more time tomorrow painting the
   interior of my house.&amp;nbsp; I'm getting ready to sell it and officially move in with
   Kim.&amp;nbsp; The problem is that painting sucks.&amp;nbsp; Does anyone want to buy a partially
   painted house inside the Perimeter for about $180K?&amp;nbsp; I'll cut you a deal if you
   don't make me paint or clean anymore.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
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        <p>
      Brendon and I hyped the SharePoint 1, 2, 3! event to the INETA board and they loved
      the idea.  So much so that they want us to give them the content and they'll
      spread it around the community.  They all had some useful and constructive advice
      for us as well.
   </p>
        <p>
      Check out <a href="http://www.SharePoint123.com">www.SharePoint123.com</a> and learn
      about the event being hosted by the Atlanta Microsoft Professionals - a new user
      group in town.  Sign up for the newsletter on <a href="http://www.atlantamspros.com">www.atlantamspros.com</a> and
      be among the first to know when registration for the SharePoint event opens.
   </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
   </p>
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      <title>Evangelizing SharePoint 123</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 04:48:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   Brendon and I hyped the SharePoint 1, 2, 3! event to the INETA board and they loved
   the idea.&amp;nbsp; So much so that they want us to give them the content and they'll
   spread it around the community.&amp;nbsp; They all had some useful and constructive advice
   for us as well.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Check out &lt;a href="http://www.SharePoint123.com"&gt;www.SharePoint123.com&lt;/a&gt; and learn
   about the event being hosted by the Atlanta Microsoft Professionals&amp;nbsp;- a new user
   group in town.&amp;nbsp; Sign up for the newsletter on &lt;a href="http://www.atlantamspros.com"&gt;www.atlantamspros.com&lt;/a&gt; and
   be among the first to know when registration for the SharePoint event opens.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
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        <p>
      I had a great time at the geek dinner.  I started the evening off with great
      conversations with Glen Gordon, Jim Wooley, Chris Wallace, and Brendon.  Glen
      was telling me that at MGB they just were going over the sales analogy for the year
      - winning a race, all teams working together like all the cylinders and pistons working
      together, the race car and the pit crew, blah blah blah.  Then Mario Andretti came
      out on stage.  Yup - THE Mario Andretti.  Awesome!
   </p>
        <p>
      After a while, I wandered off to chat with almost the entire INETA board, who showed
      up from the MGB conference happening downtown.  I had a great chat with them
      and ended up pitching them an idea Glen mentioned.  They loved it, Glen loved
      it, and it looks like we're going to do it.  I'll post more on THE IDEA when
      we do a bit more planning and it looks like a reality.
   </p>
        <p>
      I chatted with Shawn and Michael about independent consulting.  Shawn's doing
      well and Michael is excited about the future.  I'm sure they're both going to
      do well - they're among the brightest people I know.
   </p>
        <p>
      I wandered back over to the INETA people and Brendon and I sat there for a while bragging
      to them about the dynamic and highly active Atlanta user group community.  They
      loved some of the ideas we talked about with them and they were highly impressed at
      how much stuff actually goes on here in Atlanta.  I think Brendon and I might
      have come across as a bit more super than we actually are (they called us Super UG
      Leaders) but they were impressed by the cohesion of the entire UG leadership team
      and the dedication of the UG members.  I think that right now INETA is struggling
      to find it's value for the average UG member, and the board is interviewing the community
      to find out what we need.
   </p>
        <p>
      It was also good to talk to Paul for a while.  I've not seen him for a bit as
      he's been working hard on stuff that actually helps him pay his mortgage.  Paul's
      a great guy and I hope he manages to work user groups back into his schedule on occasion. 
      Even if he doesn't, I'll make sure I don't lose touch with him.
   </p>
        <p>
      Over all, I had a great time at the meeting, even though I never got a chance to talk
      to Robert Scoble.  Oh well.  I'm sure he's a great guy, he just kept happening
      to be on the opposite side of the room I was on all night until he left and skipped
      out on his tab ;-)
   </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
   </p>
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      <title>Fun times at the Geek Dinner</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 04:44:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   I had a great time at the geek dinner.&amp;nbsp; I started the evening off with great
   conversations with Glen Gordon, Jim Wooley, Chris Wallace, and Brendon.&amp;nbsp; Glen
   was telling me that at MGB they just were going over the sales analogy for the year
   - winning a race, all teams working together like all the cylinders and pistons working
   together, the race car and the pit crew, blah blah blah.&amp;nbsp; Then Mario Andretti&amp;nbsp;came
   out on stage.&amp;nbsp; Yup - THE Mario Andretti.&amp;nbsp; Awesome!
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   After a while, I wandered off to chat with almost the entire INETA board, who showed
   up from the MGB conference happening downtown.&amp;nbsp; I had a great chat with them
   and ended up pitching them an idea Glen mentioned.&amp;nbsp; They loved it, Glen loved
   it, and it looks like we're going to do it.&amp;nbsp; I'll post more on THE IDEA when
   we do a bit more planning and it looks like a reality.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   I chatted with Shawn and Michael about independent consulting.&amp;nbsp; Shawn's doing
   well and Michael is excited about the future.&amp;nbsp; I'm sure they're both going to
   do well - they're among the brightest people I know.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   I wandered back over to the INETA people and Brendon and I sat there for a while bragging
   to them about the dynamic and highly active Atlanta user group community.&amp;nbsp; They
   loved some of the ideas we talked about with them and they were highly impressed at
   how much stuff actually goes on here in Atlanta.&amp;nbsp; I think Brendon and I might
   have come across as a bit more super than we actually are (they called us Super UG
   Leaders) but they were impressed by the cohesion of the entire UG leadership team
   and the dedication of the UG members.&amp;nbsp; I think that right now INETA is struggling
   to find it's value for the average UG member, and the board is interviewing the community
   to find out what we need.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   It was also good to talk to Paul for a while.&amp;nbsp; I've not seen him for a bit as
   he's been working hard on stuff that actually helps him pay his mortgage.&amp;nbsp; Paul's
   a great guy and I hope he manages to work user groups back into his schedule on occasion.&amp;nbsp;
   Even if he doesn't, I'll make sure I don't lose touch with him.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Over all, I had a great time at the meeting, even though I never got a chance to talk
   to Robert Scoble.&amp;nbsp; Oh well.&amp;nbsp; I'm sure he's a great guy, he just kept happening
   to be on the opposite side of the room I was on all night until he left and skipped
   out on his tab ;-)
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
&lt;/p&gt;
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        <p>
          <a href="http://www.adoguy.com">Shawn Wildermuth</a> organized a great Geek Dinner,
      co-hosted by <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/">Robert Scoble</a>. 
      Everyone shows up and orders overpriced specialty beers and food at 5 Seasons - our
      favorite Geek Dinner spot.  To keep everyone's order straight with their bills,
      the waitress takes everyone's card and runs it through to open a tab for each individual
      order.  At the end of the meal, the cost is charged to the card now on file and everyone
      just has to sign a receipt.  Every but Scoble, that is!  He managed to leave
      without signing his slip and b/c his card didn't run through correctly (unnoticed
      by the waitress at the time) she doesn't even have a card number for him.  
   </p>
        <p>
      So now Robert owes <a href="http://www.dotnetworkaholics.com">Paul Lockwood</a> $45
   </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
   </p>
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      <title>Robert Scoble ducks his tab at the Atlanta Geek Dinner, July 24, 2005</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   &lt;a href="http://www.adoguy.com"&gt;Shawn Wildermuth&lt;/a&gt; organized a great Geek Dinner,
   co-hosted by &lt;a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/"&gt;Robert Scoble&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;
   Everyone shows up and orders overpriced specialty beers and food at 5 Seasons - our
   favorite Geek Dinner spot.&amp;nbsp; To keep everyone's order straight with their bills,
   the waitress takes everyone's card and runs it through to open a tab for each individual
   order.&amp;nbsp; At the end of the meal, the cost is charged to the card now on file and&amp;nbsp;everyone
   just has to sign a receipt.&amp;nbsp; Every but Scoble, that is!&amp;nbsp; He managed to leave
   without signing his slip and b/c his card didn't run through correctly (unnoticed
   by the waitress at the time) she doesn't even have a card number for him.&amp;nbsp; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   So now Robert owes &lt;a href="http://www.dotnetworkaholics.com"&gt;Paul Lockwood&lt;/a&gt; $45
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
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        <p>
      I am having a problem with Outlook.  Actually, the problem is with disorganization
      in my life and I want to try to use Outlook to help me sort things out.  I've
      got lots of stuff going on at the moment - at work, at the user groups, and in my
      personal life.  So I thought having all this stuff in the calendar and tasklist
      in Outlook would certainly help out a bit.  Then I could use some of the tips <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/kaevans">Kirk</a> mentioned
      in his <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/kaevans/archive/2005/06/30/434414.aspx">blog</a> and
      try to keep myself on track better.
   </p>
        <p>
      Here's the problem:
   </p>
        <p>
      I have 2 computers - 1 work desktop and 1 laptop.  I'd like to keep the calendar
      in the laptop up to date with everything, but I have a tendancy to spend so much time
      in front of my desktop at work that I find most of my life is managed through the
      calendar there.  The desktop Outlook is hooked to an Exchange server, the laptop
      is not.  I want a way to synchronize my calendar, tasks, and notes from my desktop
      to my laptop.  I don't need this to be two way synchronization.  I don't
      want my e-mail from work "infecting" my laptop.  I don't want to have to manage
      multiple profiles to get this to work, and I don't want to have multiple calendars
      in the same view.  I want everything on one calendar.  How do I do this?
   </p>
        <p>
      I thought that this <a href="http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm">list of helpful
      advice</a> from SlipStick might help out, but I was so confused by the array of conflicting
      advice that I gave up.
   </p>
        <p>
      Does anyone out there have a solution to this issue?  Thanks!
   </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
   </p>
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      <title>Alright, all you knowledgable folks, I need some help with this one</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:08:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   I am having a problem with Outlook.&amp;nbsp; Actually, the problem is with disorganization
   in my life and I want to try to use Outlook to help me sort things out.&amp;nbsp; I've
   got lots of stuff going on at the moment - at work, at the user groups, and in my
   personal life.&amp;nbsp; So I thought having all this stuff in the calendar and tasklist
   in Outlook would certainly help out a bit.&amp;nbsp; Then I could use some of the tips &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/kaevans"&gt;Kirk&lt;/a&gt; mentioned
   in his &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/kaevans/archive/2005/06/30/434414.aspx"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; and
   try to keep myself on track better.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Here's the problem:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   I have 2 computers - 1 work desktop and 1 laptop.&amp;nbsp; I'd like to keep the calendar
   in the laptop up to date with everything, but I have a tendancy to spend so much time
   in front of my desktop at work that I find most of my life is managed through the
   calendar there.&amp;nbsp; The desktop Outlook is hooked to an Exchange server, the laptop
   is not.&amp;nbsp; I want a way to synchronize my calendar, tasks, and notes from my desktop
   to my laptop.&amp;nbsp; I don't need this to be two way synchronization.&amp;nbsp; I don't
   want my e-mail from work "infecting" my laptop.&amp;nbsp; I don't want to have to manage
   multiple profiles to get this to work, and I don't want to have multiple calendars
   in the same view.&amp;nbsp; I want everything on one calendar.&amp;nbsp; How do I do this?
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   I thought that this &lt;a href="http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm"&gt;list of helpful
   advice&lt;/a&gt; from SlipStick might help out, but I was so confused by the array of conflicting
   advice that I gave up.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Does anyone out there have a solution to this issue?&amp;nbsp; Thanks!
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>In with Vista out with Longhorn</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:25:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   It looks like the new name of Windows will be &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx" target="_blank"&gt;Vista&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;nbsp;
   No more of the formerly know client as Windows codename &amp;ldquo;Longhorn&amp;rdquo;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx"&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   &amp;mdash;Brendon Schwartz
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Posted with &lt;a href="http://www.blogjet.com/" target="_blank"&gt;BlogJet&lt;/a&gt;
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        <a href="http://www.theembassyvfx.com/">http://www.theembassyvfx.com/</a> -
   a visual effects company.  Check out the really neat (totally fictional) robot
   car.<img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.devcow.com/weblogs/aggbug.ashx?id=46bfc58d-29d4-40de-a2ab-4f780c15331f" /></body>
      <title>Want to visit a pointless yet cool site?</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 03:15:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.theembassyvfx.com/"&gt;http://www.theembassyvfx.com/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- a
visual effects company.&amp;nbsp; Check out the really neat (totally fictional) robot
car.&lt;img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.devcow.com/weblogs/aggbug.ashx?id=46bfc58d-29d4-40de-a2ab-4f780c15331f"&gt;</description>
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      <title>Bill Baker at the Atlanta MDF meeting on July 21, 2005</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 03:09:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;
   &lt;font size=3&gt;&lt;font color=#000000&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;Bill
   Baker is visiting 
   &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;
      &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Atlanta&lt;/st1:place&gt;
   &lt;/st1:City&gt;
   this week for the Microsoft Global Business conference, and he graciously volunteered
   to come speak before the SQL Server User Group for the second year in a row, although
   this is the first time I’ve seen him speak.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Bill
   Baker is the program manager for the SQL Server Business Intelligence products, including
   Analysis Services, Reporting Services, Integration Services (DTS), and more.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
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   &lt;o:p&gt;
      &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;
   &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;Bill is an extremely entertaining
   person to watch – complete with Steve Ballmer imitations.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We
   talked about SQL Server 2005 in general and how the new release is going to really
   help everyone out with some really cool new features.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We
   talked about the new licensing SKUs – 
   &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;
      &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Enterprise&lt;/st1:place&gt;
   &lt;/st1:City&gt;
   , Standard, WorkGroup (a new SKU), and Express (MSDN).&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The
   cost has gone up a bit, from $20,000 to $25,000 for the Enterprise Edition.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Standard
   now costs $6000, Workgroup costs $3,500, and Express is free.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Special
   note – the Developer Edition, which is the Enterprise Edition with a single connection
   license, costs a mere $49!&lt;/font&gt;
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   &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;I can’t really tell you what Bill
   talked about because he was all over the map – the presentation was entirely question
   and answer.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;This was the first technology
   presentation I’ve been to in years where the speaker didn’t even use a computer.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Not
   even a projected My Name Is slide!&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;No
   props at all.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We did cover lots of cool
   ground.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;For example, did you know that
   the most requested feature from the community (submitted through the Ladybug system)
   was a bell at the completion of a query?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Who
   thinks of that stuff?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Did you know that
   when Beta 1 of SQL 2005 came out, that the favorite feature of the community was the
   new SQL Management Console tool that replaces Enterprise Manager?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Can
   you guess what the least favorite feature was?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;That’s
   right – the new SQL Management Console!&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Talk
   about a schizophrenic user community!&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We
   apparently will not be getting hashed indexes.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We
   ARE able to run SQL 2000 and SQL 2005 side by side.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Database
   mirroring is a great cool new technology that requires three computers – a primary,
   a mirror, and a monitor that votes which system is the primary and which is the mirror.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Did
   you know that you could potentially have all three systems in the same box?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Sure,
   why not?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Hardware is way more dependable
   these days than software.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;That’s job
   security for us! &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;We covered so many topics
   – ETS, OLTP, building cubes as a background process, etc, that I can’t even remember
   everything we talked about.&lt;/font&gt;
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   &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;We had some great sponsors – Microsoft,
   Unisys, ProClarity, and Doug McDowell himself (or whomever reimburses him) – who brought
   in some incredible barbeque for the meeting.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Thanks
   guys!&lt;/font&gt;
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   &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;Quick note #1 – when you have SQL
   or technology questions, be sure to post them to the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://groups.msn.com/Atlantamdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;MSN
   groups&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Doug
   was telling me that before the meeting he was hit with 10 technical questions and
   he didn’t have the time to sit and really think about the answers.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;By
   posting to the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://groups.msn.com/Atlantamdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;MSN
   groups&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;, you have a much
   wider community than just Doug looking at the questions and suggesting answers.&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
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   &lt;o:p&gt;
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   &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;Quick note #2 – There is a 
   &lt;st1:Street w:st="on"&gt;
      &lt;st1:address w:st="on"&gt;SQL Server Road&lt;/st1:address&gt;
   &lt;/st1:Street&gt;
   show $99 one day training event occurring at the Cobb Galleria hosted by Windows IT
   Pro magazine and the 
   &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;
      &lt;st1:PlaceName w:st="on"&gt;SQL&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt;
      &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;Pass&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;
   &lt;/st1:place&gt;
   organization.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;There will be three tracks
   – DBA, Dev, and BI.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Register through
   the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atlantamdf.com/"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;www.AtlantaMDF.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt; banner
   and you’ll get a free $25 AMEX gift card.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;If
   25 people register through the AtlantaMDF banner, the AtlantaMDF organization will
   receive a donation that will help us continue to provide pizza and beverages to the
   members.&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
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   &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;-- Matt Ranlett&lt;/font&gt;
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      <title>Randy Miller and The Atlanta SPIN Group July 20, 2005</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:52:09 GMT</pubDate>
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   &amp;nbsp;
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   &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;Last night was the first time I’ve
   ever attended one of the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atlantaspin.org/"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Atlanta
   SPIN&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt; meetings.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;This
   group seems to be targeted at project managers and seems to cover topics like Scrum
   and CMMI.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;These are great topics, but
   outside of my personal area of interest so I probably won’t be going back unless they
   get another headline speaker like &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/randymiller/default.aspx"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Mr
   Randy “Granville” Miller&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I
   will say this about the group – they had the most formal meeting and leadership structure
   I’ve ever seen in a community user group!&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We
   had about 35 people in attendance, which one of the SPIN leaders said was extremely
   good turnout for their groups.&lt;/font&gt;
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   &lt;/o:p&gt;
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&lt;p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;
   &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;Randy Miller has an impressive pedigree
   in the Agile development community – he’s worked for years at Borland and Microsoft
   to bring eXtreme Programming and Agile techniques to the masses.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;He’s
   written several books, including an upcoming book soon to be released.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Randy
   came to the SPIN meeting to talk about his work with Microsoft and the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvsent/html/vsts-msf.asp"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Microsoft
   Solutions Framework&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt; (he
   actually got “yelled” at for starting his talk too early!).&lt;/font&gt;
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   &lt;o:p&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;
   &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;For those unfamiliar with MSF, you
   can learn a lot on the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/workshop/msfagile/default.aspx"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Team
   Systems MSF homepage&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Essentially,
   MSF is a set of software tools which help you stick to a software development process.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;For
   example, you have a business analyst talk to a customer and write up a list of requirements.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The
   list of requirements is broken down into small tasks by project managers.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The
   developers estimate how long each task will take and hand the task list back to the
   PMs.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The PMs schedule the development
   cycles and turn the tasks back over to the development team.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The
   devs work like mad getting quality stuff (including automated test (we hope) out to
   the test team and finally everything is built for the customer.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In
   this development process, there are some tools helping you get through the process.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The
   business analyst might use Excel spreadsheets.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;PMs
   might use MS Project.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Devs and Tests
   might use Visual Studio.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Visual Studio
   Team Systems can actually link all of these tools together with the built in issue
   tracking and reporting system so the experience of managing the software development
   process is seamless.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;MSF for Agile is
   one type of software development process.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;There
   are countless other methods which can be used with VSTS – Scrum, CMMI, Iterative,
   Rational, Waterfall, etc.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;That’s actually
   the coolest part of MSF – it can be completely customized to your particular method
   of development.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;MSF for Agile, out of
   the box, is simply a set of recommendations and process guidance for Agile development.&lt;/font&gt;
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      &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;
   &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;Randy spent 99% of his time showing
   us the tools, only resorting to PowerPoint to display a graphic and web links.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We
   watched as he started a brand new project and talked us through adding requirements,
   planning out iterative cycles, breaking larger tasks into smaller tasks, reporting
   on the status of those tasks, etc.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The
   “business analyst” persona created a spreadsheet of requirements, which was checked
   into a SharePoint work area.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The spreadsheet
   was imported to Project, which automatically populated the VSTS work items.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We
   did some fake scheduling and prioritizing and we were ready to develop.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We
   looked at several reports showing our status and what things would look like as they
   went wrong.&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;
   &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;Randy was a great presenter and
   I’m sorry that he only had an hour to talk to us.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I
   felt that he had more to say if only he had the time.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Oh
   well.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;If you were unable to make it to
   the presentation, I hope that my blog entry piques your interest and you start to
   learn more about the extraordinarily flexible toolset that Visual Studio Team Systems
   offers.&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;
   &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;
   &lt;font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3&gt;-- Matt Ranlett&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
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        <p>
      The next Atlanta MSDN event takes place on August 28th.  Check out <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/glengordon/archive/2005/07/13/438414.aspx">the
      topics Glen is planning on covering</a>:
   </p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <span class="HomePageRedHeaders">
              <strong>Developing Compelling User Interfaces with
         Ease in ASP.NET 2.0</strong>
            </span>
          </li>
          <li>
            <strong>
              <span class="HomePageRedHeaders">Data Access with ADO.NET 2.0 and ASP.NET
         2.0</span>
            </strong>
          </li>
          <li>
            <strong>
              <span class="HomePageRedHeaders">Building High Performance Applications with
         ASP.NET 2.0</span>
            </strong>
          </li>
        </ul>
        <p>
       
   </p>
        <p>
       Be sure to register early as we've been hearing about 400+ people registering
      for these events.
   </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
   </p>
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      <title>Glen Gordon posts the MSDN Event topics for August 28th</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:25:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      &lt;a href="http://www.msdnevents.com/glen"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.msdnevents.com/images/MSDNEvents_120x240.gif" border=0&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 
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   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   The next Atlanta MSDN event takes place on August 28th.&amp;nbsp; Check out &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/glengordon/archive/2005/07/13/438414.aspx"&gt;the
   topics Glen is planning on covering&lt;/a&gt;:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
   &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;span class=HomePageRedHeaders&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Developing Compelling User Interfaces with
      Ease in ASP.NET 2.0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
   &lt;/li&gt;
   &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=HomePageRedHeaders&gt;Data Access with ADO.NET 2.0 and ASP.NET 2.0&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;
   &lt;/li&gt;
   &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=HomePageRedHeaders&gt;Building High Performance Applications with
      ASP.NET 2.0&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;
   &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   &amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   &amp;nbsp;Be sure to register early as we've been hearing about 400+ people registering
   for these events.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
&lt;/p&gt;
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        <p>
      This is just an alert for those of you who are not keeping up with the calendar:
   </p>
        <p>
      Tonight: the <a href="http://www.atlantaspin.org">SPIN group</a> is hosting Randy
      Miller from the VSTS team at the Microsoft offices
   </p>
        <p>
      Tomorrow: the <a href="http://www.atlantamdf.com">SQL Server UG</a> is hosting Bill
      Baker from the SQL Server Business Intelligence team at the Microsoft offices
   </p>
        <p>
      Monday: the main <a href="http://www.atlantadotnet.org">.Net UG</a> looks into application
      platform migration with Mike Sorrentino from BrightStrategy Inc.
   </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
   </p>
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      <title>Schedule alert! Meetings tonight, tomorrow night, and next Monday</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:18:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   This is just an alert for those of you who are not keeping up with the calendar:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Tonight: the &lt;a href="http://www.atlantaspin.org"&gt;SPIN group&lt;/a&gt; is hosting Randy
   Miller from the VSTS team at the Microsoft offices
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Tomorrow: the &lt;a href="http://www.atlantamdf.com"&gt;SQL Server UG&lt;/a&gt; is hosting Bill
   Baker from the SQL Server Business Intelligence team at the Microsoft offices
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Monday: the main &lt;a href="http://www.atlantadotnet.org"&gt;.Net UG&lt;/a&gt; looks into application
   platform migration with Mike Sorrentino from BrightStrategy Inc.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
&lt;/p&gt;
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        <p>
      In honor of the historic landing on the moon, the folks at Google have combined high
      resolution maps of the moon with their Google Maps technology to give you an incredible
      interactive view of the lunar surface.  Zoom all the way in to see the footsteps! 
      Check it out at <a href="http://moon.google.com">http://moon.google.com</a>.
   </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
   </p>
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      <title>Have you seen the footprints on the moon?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:18:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   In honor of the historic landing on the moon, the folks at Google have combined high
   resolution maps of the moon with their Google Maps technology to give you an incredible
   interactive view of the lunar surface.&amp;nbsp; Zoom all the way in to see the footsteps!&amp;nbsp;
   Check it out at &lt;a href="http://moon.google.com"&gt;http://moon.google.com&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
&lt;/p&gt;
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        <p>
      Microsoft has just released version 5 of their Automotive operating system. 
      Check out this <a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050713_133947.html">summary
      news story</a> on <a href="http://www.tomshardware.com">Tom's Hardware</a>. 
      For more details, go to <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/default.mspx">Microsoft.com's
      press release area</a> and <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/jul05/07-12WinAuto5PR.mspx">read
      all about how Windows Automotive</a> will allow connected systems in your car.
   </p>
        <p>
      -- Matt Ranlett
   </p>
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      <title>Windows Automotive 5.0 - a driving force in technology</title>
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      <link>http://www.devcow.com/weblogs/Windows+Automotive+50++A+Driving+Force+In+Technology.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:56:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   Microsoft has just released version 5 of their Automotive operating system.&amp;nbsp;
   Check out this &lt;a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050713_133947.html"&gt;summary
   news story&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://www.tomshardware.com"&gt;Tom's Hardware&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;
   For more details, go to &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/default.mspx"&gt;Microsoft.com's
   press release area&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/jul05/07-12WinAuto5PR.mspx"&gt;read
   all about how Windows Automotive&lt;/a&gt; will allow connected systems in your car.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   -- Matt Ranlett
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.devcow.com/weblogs/aggbug.ashx?id=154f79cf-fe4f-4e33-b15a-afec1f8fb670"&gt;</description>
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      <title>Atlanta .NET Book Club – Book Review: “Advanced .NET Remoting”</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:12:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;
   Author(s): Ingo Rammer and Mario Szpuszta&lt;br /&gt;
   Publisher: &lt;a href="http://www.apress.com/" target="_blank"&gt;APress&lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
   Publisher Link: &lt;a href="http://www.apress.com/"&gt;www.apress.com&lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
   Published: February 2005&lt;br /&gt;
   Categories: .NET, Remoting, Distributed computing, C#&lt;br /&gt;
   ISBN: 1-59059-417-7&lt;br /&gt;
   Online Order Links: &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590594177/qid=1121788848/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-5063831-2954420?v=glance&amp;amp;s=books" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=tI59diqBiJ&amp;amp;isbn=1590594177&amp;amp;itm=1" target="_blank"&gt;BN.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=374" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;hellip;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 
   &lt;br /&gt;
   Review Date: June 2005&lt;br /&gt;
   Reviewers Name: Trent Whiteley&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Summary:
&lt;/h3&gt;
Although the title of this book, Advanced .NET Remoting, obviously indicates that
the designated audience for this book is the &amp;ldquo;advanced&amp;rdquo; programmer, the
initial three chapters deal with the basics of remoting.&amp;nbsp; Those already familiar
with remoting will, more than likely, be bored with this introduction and will be
better off starting off in chapters 4 and following.&amp;nbsp; The authors present the
latest distributed application development technologies available as well as weakness
in each technology leading up to the presentation of .NET remoting and justifying
its existence.&amp;nbsp; While not presenting .NET remoting as the Holy Grail of distributed
computing, they do provide grounds for using it in most situations over the current
distributed technologies.&amp;nbsp; By chapter three the reader has already learned how
to write a basic remoting application and is presented with the basic concepts of
.NET remoting.&amp;nbsp; These concepts are clearly explained with great supporting examples. 
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   After the introductory chapters, the authors delve into a number of disjoint topics
   covering chapters four through ten.&amp;nbsp; Some of these topics include security, configuration
   and deployment, object lifetimes, versioning, best practices, and debugging/troubleshooting.&amp;nbsp;
   By isolating these topics in their own chapters, the reader can treat this book as
   a quick reference when questions arise in dealing with one of these areas.&amp;nbsp; Again
   the authors provide excellent examples to support their topics, thus aiding in grasping
   some of the more difficult aspects of remoting.&amp;nbsp; The authors also present, from
   their vast experience, a number of different ways of achieving the same results, after
   which they reveal the advantages of one method over the others or motivations and
   scenarios where each method can be used to better advantage.&amp;nbsp; At times, while
   reading, it appears that there is no one sure way to write remoting apps properly.&amp;nbsp;
   This is exactly what the authors are trying to impart.&amp;nbsp; There are numerous ways
   to use remoting, but each one has drawbacks or weaknesses and the authors try to give
   you a broad range of knowledge to deal with them.&amp;nbsp; There is no silver bullet
   to writing remoting apps and this sometimes leads to information overload while reading
   this book.&amp;nbsp; The reader will likely find himself returning to this book to gain
   clarity in resolving design issues.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
   Finally, in the remaining five chapters, the authors get into the nitty gritty of
   .NET remoting.&amp;nbsp; Beginning with the underlying structure of remoting, the authors
   give the reader a baptism by fire in proxies, dispatchers, sinks, channels and messages.&amp;nbsp;
   If none of the previous terms are familiar to you, then you may find this chapter
   a bit of a challenge.&amp;nbsp; However, it is an extremely well-written section on exactly
   how remoting works and reading it is time well invested.&amp;nbsp; Mastering this chapter
   provides the basis for proceeding through the remainder of the book with your sanity
   intact as the proceeding chapters deal primarily with extending and customizing .NET
   remoting.&amp;nbsp; The chapters on sinks and developing custom sinks provide the reader
   with some of the best knowledge for creating custom remoting apps as they are the
   conduits through which all communication passes between client and server.&amp;nbsp; Understanding
   channels allows the reader to customize the transport mechanism through which all
   communication passes.&amp;nbsp; After successfully navigating through this book, the reader
   should be well-equipped to handle a vast array of remoting projects.&amp;nbsp; This book
   is in no way for the timid and is a challenging read for all but experienced remoting
   programmers.&amp;nbsp; Having persevered through its reading, though, the reader will
   not regret the time invested and the knowledge gained.
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&lt;h3&gt;This book is most useful to:
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This book will be most useful to those developing multi-tier, distributed applications,
webservice developers and C# developers in general. 
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&lt;h3&gt;Recommendation:
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Reviewer's Overall Cow Rating: &lt;strong&gt;5 out of 5 Cows&lt;/strong&gt; 
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   I would highly recommend this book to anyone of moderate to advanced experience in
   .NET and C# with any degree of distributed application development experience.&amp;nbsp;
   While the authors present the foundation of remoting early on to provide a basis for
   understanding to those new to remoting, the remaining sections of the book deal with
   far more advanced topics (even dealing with the underlying structure of remoting)
   which will appeal to the more advanced developers.&lt;br /&gt;
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   With the help of people in the user group community we&amp;nbsp;loaded the initial website
   for &lt;a href="http://www.sharepoint123.com/" target="_blank"&gt;SharePoint 1,2,3!&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
   We will get the registration set up this week so check back and make sure you register
   for the events.
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   If you do not know about the &lt;a href="http://www.sharepoint123.com/" target="_blank"&gt;SharePoint
   1,2,3&lt;/a&gt; event it is part of our new user group, the &lt;a href="http://www.atlantamspros.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Atlanta
   Microsoft Professionals&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; 
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   Thanks to Jake Dan Attis, &lt;a href="http://www.mindfusioncorp.com/weblog" target="_blank"&gt;Keith
   Rome&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://uallas.com/blog/" target="_blank"&gt;Chris Wallace&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and
   Matt Ranlett,&amp;nbsp; who are the other guys that are helping to put this event together.&amp;nbsp;
   Make sure and thank them for giving up their weekends and nights to help out with
   the event.
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   We have many more ideas and events that we want to try to plan, so we will keep you
   posted on what is to come.
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   &amp;mdash;Brendon Schwartz
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