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DataMgr Tour Of Two Cities Is Almost Over

February 22, 2007

Looking for something to do while you're waiting for the Scorpio User Group Tour to start? See if you can catch Steve Bryant on his whirlwind "DataMgr Tour of Two Cities" before it ends!

At this very moment, Steve's groupies are camping in tents just outside his hotel in Boston while he furiously puts the finishing touches on DataMgr 2.0. This version just reached Release Candidate this week and the folks in Boston are hoping to meet the man...nay the Legend...behind this amazing database abstraction tool in person. If they don't catch him on the way to the airport, they're sure to follow him to Nashville -- where he finishes the last leg of his tour. I have no need to go there though. I was one of the lucky ones...

Steve presented tonight at the Boston CFUG and I was fortunate enough to snag a front row seat. It wasn't long before the crowd was chanting "Bryant" and holding lighters in the air -- It was a great presentation. Unfortunately at some point the fans got a little too rowdy with the beach balls and Steve had to be whisked away by his bodyguards. Brian, Tom and I managed to follow his limo and we caught up with him at a local pub for some tasty brew.

If you're planning on following Steve to Nashville (or if you're fortunate enough to live there) I highly recommend stopping into the Nashville CFUG Thursday night for your own taste. Get there soon though -- I hear the lines are already forming. For more info about DataMgr, see Steve's site. He's taken the time to put together an impressive amount of material on the tool including full documentation, flash presentations, and a demo site with examples that let you see the tool in action while giving you the ability to view his source code as well.

Steve -- I just put in my order for the tour T-shirt. Some advice though: Don't let all of this publicity get to you -- you'll end up doing something stupid like shaving your head ;)

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Getting Real

February 07, 2007

At one point during the latest version of the ColdFusion Weekly, Matt recommended a book called "Getting Real" by 37 Signals (the makers of Basecamp, Backpack, etc.). It really is an excellent and easy read, discussing (among other things) how 37 Signals approaches software development. It's also pretty darn funny in parts :)

You can buy versions of the book in pdf or paperback -- but I just discovered you can also read it online for FREE! Check it out...

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