Things have been a little slow on the blogging front lately. Here is a general update:

• The tribe is visiting from Australia. So things have been hectic at home. It's strange to hear your native accent all the time (and I mean my native accent - not the rubbish accent you hear occasionally on TV).
• We are hard at work on the next release at work. Heads down and driving hard. For the Program Management discipline it is our 'crunch time' as we debate the merits and flaws of concepts, features and designs. It's a time of great passion and intellectual intensity.
• I've been reworking my Customization Version Add-In. I'm adding multi-language support and a wizard configurator (also in multiple languages). There wasn't actually much work involved - it was more tinkering. I did discover that WPF has a rather unhappy localization story (it's possible and powerful - but far from convenient). So I wrote my own localization framework - which allows me to switch languages on the fly and to localize all the strings in a single XML file. I also wrote some super simple wizard controls.
• The MVPs hit the town this week for their summit. I'm doing a presentation for them later in the week and I've singled a few out for some special treatment (the good kind - not the bad kind).
• I was considering writing a rather long missive re: this. However I decided against it since it violates my policy of not discussing competitors. It's a policy I hold for a number of reasons: a) such content can be used by a competitor against us. b) I work in the CRM industry and one day (just maybe) I might go to work for one of them (burning bridges is bad) and c) competitive commentary is marketing's job (I stick to competitive analysis). However you should stay tuned to Paul's blog and see how the 'shootout' goes.
• I've decided to go to the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. I'll sort out the registration, flights and hotel this week. I'm keen with meet with lots of CRM Partners to learn more about your customers, business models and how the engineering team can help you. I might do a speaking engagement - but nothing has been worked out yet.
• When installing CRM and you get the following error: "Action Microsoft.Crm.Setup.Server.InstallConfigDatabaseAction failed." it might be a good idea to check your DNS settings (of the CRM Server and the domain). I goofed around with my Domain thinking it was a permissions problems when my real problem was that I didn't set up my DNS properly (ie. a problem between the chair and the keyboard).

I've also been spending more time reading than typing on the weekend. Which has been nice. Reading is certainly better than blogging.