The Daily Grind 858 by Mike Gunderloy Tuesday, April 11, 2006

If it would ever stop raining, they might be able to plow cable out here and I might get a faster net connection.

• The SmartDraw Healthcare Solution - This spiffy business graphics application (see my review here) now has a specialized version for healthcare, with anatomy diagrams, patient education, procedures, and more. Free trial is here, purchase price $297.
• Extreme Optimization Statistics Library for .NET 1.1 - New version adds time series analysis and parameter estimation to all sorts of other statistical math. Trial download here, pricing from $495.
• Easy Microsoft CRM 3.0 data access using RSS - Soon we will see RSS in every Microsoft product, whether it fits there or not, just like they Internet-enabled everything back in 1995.
• "Atlas" April CTP Release - If you're following along with Microsoft's AJAXy bits, it's time to pick up a new drop.
• BusRunner - Autorun an application when you insert a USB drive. (via Shell Extension City)

• PM tip# 11: Information is the Currency of Program Management - A topic that's been much on my mind lately, so I'm bookmarking this Brad Abrams post for myself.
• Tools I Use - A Web-oriented list from Tim Bednar. (via Jason Haley)
• Creating a DataGrid that expands and collapses like a tree control - An interesting alternative to paging for your ASP.NET sites.
• Lots of Provocative Thoughts from Sam Gentile's Talk at ADNUG This Evening - Good account of a talk by one of the few people with real experience in the agile community speaking in the .NET world

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Mike Gunderloy is the lead developer for Larkware and author of numerous books and articles on programming topics.