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The next couple of weeks are very exciting and very busy. Among the items on the agenda -

• The 31 Days of the Dragon contest over at BostonPocketPC continues to move right along. The first phase of the contests ends tomorow (May 10th, 2008) at 11:59 PM EDT, so if you haven't entered yet, you should! We've received a tremendous amount of interest and entries thus far, and I am looking forward to announcing the finalists this coming Sunday and the Grand Prize Winner next week.
• I will be traveling to Saint Louis, MO early next week for a couple of days of client meetings. I look forward to visiting Saint Louis (even if only for business), as this city has previously only been a "plane change" stopover in my travels.
• The following week leads to the next Windows Mobile User and Developer Group meeting on May 21st. I will be doing two presentations / demonstrations. One is on Windows Mobile 6.1, and the other is an introduction to System Center Mobile Device Manager. If you are in the area and interested, be sure to visit BostonPocketPC.com for all of the details.

As someone who's been posting on the 'Net for a very long time, I love it when someone I know with an incredible wealth of insight and information "comes online" to share. That being said, two great examples of this can be found with some fellow Enterprise Mobile colleagues.

• Marco Nielson has a great blog with information on Windows Mobile, SCMDM other worthwhile information. When I first met Marco in person back in January (at a company-wide meeting), I was honored to discover that Marco had been a regular reader of BostonPocketPC.com while he lived in the Greater Boston area. Now, if I could have only found a way to get him to attend a Windows Mobile User Group meeting :-)
  Marco has a wealth of knowledge to share with regards to SCMDM, Windows Mobile and other items and does so with a great writing style. Be sure to visit his blog often.
• Patrick Salmon has another wonderful blog, bringing his knowledge and passion of SCMDM and security to the masses. Patrick is an eloquent writer, as evidenced by his articles for Smartphone and Pocket PC magazine. His writings, however, do no justice to an incredibly refined wit that makes me continually envious ;-)

Speaking of employees and blogs, here is a chance to welcome the newest member of the Enterprise Mobile team. In this instance, there was no need for an introduction as I am proud to have known Chris DeHerrera for a number of years now. His multitude of web sites (including PocketPCFAQ, PocketPCTalk and TabletPCTalk), his numerous writings for Smartphone and Pocket PC magazine and countless contributions as a Microsoft MVP are merely "scratching the surface" of Chris' capabilities. Needless to say, I am both professionally and personally honored to be working with Chris now on a regular basis.

Here's to the EM Gang!