Just got an email that the president of MCPress, Merrikay Lee, is moving on to other things.  You can read the press release here.
I got to know Merrikay over the years because we both ended up at the various trade shows where she would be at her booth and I would be at mine.  While [...]

For those of you who don’t know, I have started a new initiative late last year named www.SoftwareSavesLives.com.  The SoftwareSavesLives site came about from a number of things happening in my life the past couple years that have caused me to live for something more than myself (you can read more here).  In summary, SoftwareSavesLives.com [...]

I was excited to see System i Developer recently announce a new effort for e-Learning.  Not that I don’t think networking with other people is valuable – it is VERY valuable – but sometimes it isn’t a reality to travel out of the office for 2 to 4 days.  I have been hoping somebody would [...]

It is that time of year again for the SystemiNetwork.com RPG and Beyond Web Conference.  Thanks to Sue from Penton for inviting me to present with the big hitters.  This conference is a nice change of pace for me because I don’t have to travel and can instead present right from my home office.  Heck, [...]

Mark your calendars for the upcoming RPGWorld conference which is going to be held in Chicago this year.  Works great for me because then I can either drive or fly (probably fly) because it is so close.  RPGWorld will be at a new venue that looks to be nicely equipped for doing technical sessions.  You [...]

Hope everyone had a great July 4th and raised a cup to our independence.  I had the pleasure of spending time with my family “at the farm” (grandma and grandpa’s house just south of Good Thunder, MN).  I have MANY fond memories of spending time on the farm and the endless adventures that ensued.   [...]

I have been offering open source software on www.MowYourLawn.com for over 8 years now.  I love open source software (oss) and have benefited from it greatly in many ways.  The unfortunate part about oss is that it is hard to find time to dedicate to making it better on a regular basis.  I find myself [...]

The folks at System i Developer have graciously invited me again to speak at their conference.  You can check out their announcement here: http://www.systemideveloper.com/announce2010Spring.html.
You can check out the sessions here: http://www.systemideveloper.com/sessiongrid.html
Among other sessions, I will be speaking on one of my latest passions: RPGUI
On that note, what are everybody’s projections for getting training this year?  [...]

I guess this would be a “press release” post – not something I am used to :-)  Patrick Botz is somebody that I have recently gotten to know through the folks at SystemiDeveloper.com.  As I understand it he is just starting out his consulting business after leaving IBM.  Click here for the press release.