What's New for the Week of Feb. 27, 2006

Here's our host news this week:

Jerry will be spending most of next week in a retreat with other novelists, helping each other improve their work.

• Dave reminds everyone that backups are your friend. Most computers don't back themselves up; sometime you have to help.
  
• Esther is revealing the Secrets of Agile Teamwork in Richmond with Diana Larsen.
  
• Steve is consulting with customers about how to report the status of
  their organization and systems to upper management.
  
• Don's on a three week roll, working from his office.
  
• Johanna, after a fire drill with the orthodontist, is consulting in LA and then travling to Israel for more consulting and teaching.