Oh…that didn’t come out right. If you’ve read some other posts you’ll know that I don’t ever have my name drawn for anything at these user groups, well except for maybe a water bottle or a…uhmmm…flask. This time I landed me an autographed copy of Business Intelligence with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007. Talk about an easy-to-use BI front-end. PerformancePoint Server puts KPIs, scorecards, and dashboards right into your users’ hands. Sure, you need to manage and govern the back-ends, but moving business functions to the business space could not be easier. [...]

Holy cow. Have you seen the snow outside? I’m guessing most of us just stayed home on Friday. I worked remotely. I’m amazed how much gets accomplished without the general office distractions. Still, internet access was somewhat spotty as every Fairfield student, home from school on Friday, spent the day YouTube-ing. Here’s a re-cap of the week and look ahead. [...]

Okay, I’ve been at this two weeks and had a bit over 120 readers last Friday. I guess that means someone other than my mother is reading this. One goal here is to get high-quality, relevant, timely, and frequent information into your hands quickly. So if the stars align this week there will be new content around .NET, the PMI, some networking notes, and, quite possibly, the first guest posts here on CINJUG, the IIBA, and the Programmers’ Guild if the content is strong enough. Also, keep an eye around here towards the end of the week for this site’s first published podcast. If things go smoothly, and I don’t have to spend too much time on my day job, you’ll hear an interview with one of the most interesting local folks that you’ve never heard of. This person has a global influence on the technology decisions of some of the world’s largest financial institutions.

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For those planning on attending, I just called MAX Training and got word that tonight’s Sharepoint User Group meeting has been canceled due to the inclement weather.

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