What's New in ArcGIS Desktop 9.3

On demand Webcast from ESRI Training and Education about new stuff in the recently released ArcGIS 9.3

Quote of the Day:
The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
--John Kenneth Galbraith

Busy Week

After a relaxing July 4th in Redlands, I was off to Houston Texas for the Microsoft Partner Conference.  It was a buys week of meetings, seminars and a few presentations.

Here’s a photo of me co-presenting in a SQL Server 2008 session.  ESRI will support the new spatial type in SQL Server 2008 when it’s released in a few months.

After some good food and hot weather in Houston I headed to Arizona with the family for my brother-in-laws wedding. More hot weather but a good trip.  My kids really enjoyed spending some time with their cousins. 

Now it’s back to work here in Redlands in preparation for the User Conference and the ongoing rollout of ArcGIS 9.3

See you all in San Diego in just 20 days.

ArcGIS 9.3 Web-help now publicly available

The Geodatabase team blog reports that the 9.3 web-help is now out of beta and online for all.

Inside the Geodatabase : 9.3 Webhelp now publicly available

Empower Playgrounds

Most children in Essam, Ghana, had never seen a merry-go-round until a BYU-led team arrived to install the curious device in their village. For more than 200 children, the installation day was memorable not only because they took the new toy for a joyous spin—or two, or three—but also because, for the first time, they had electricity to light up their school.

Learn more and watch a video about this project.

Workouts Log

Tuesday 7/1

• 30min Spinning
• 30min Lifting

Wednesday 7/2

• 60min pick-up basketball game
• I really need to work on my shot

Thursday 7/3

• 30min in the lap pool
• 60min BOSU boot-camp

Quote of the Day:
If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don't, you will find an excuse.
--Anonymous