I'm working on a user information system now, and need it to be tightly integrated with active directory. The adminpak.msi is proving to be a very useful tool--it installs the active directory management screens on my PC so I don't need to be constantly remote-desktop-ed into the server to view active directory settings.

In today's SSWUG.ORG email, Stephen Wynkoop mentions the DMVStats project. This is a tool to monitor various SQL Server 2005 statistics. I think it duplicates part of what SQL Auto Doc v2 will do. I'm pretty close now to having most of the obvious (to me) deficiencies/bugs in SQL Auto Doc v2 fixed. Next, I will need to figure out how to build an installer for it, and I will need to create some documentation.

Baseline Magazine is one of my favorite business magazines. In general, I like the case studies that they do, but occasionally they come up with other gems as well. In this month's issue there's this chart that shows the top 40 software companies by revenue growth, income growth and size. It shows a lot of information at a glance.

I've been working in IT now for a lot of years and people have always talked about the quick rate of change. This forum on Dice.com is interesting as it's a place where people talk about how they are reacting to that change. How does your future career strategy measure out? Check out the forum and see what others have to say...