Just a reminder to avoid falling victim to potentially annoying, if not incredibly disruptive, stupid BPM tricks by remembering that Daylight Saving Time (DST) starts this weekend, and now extends through the first Sunday in November. The following links should be useful jumping-off points -- but make sure to follow directions in order, and that individual update efforts are tightly synchronized with those of your enterprise's IT department, if it has one.
+ Microsoft Windows: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_topissues
+ Apple (for those who have not yet installed the Mac OS X updates that already include DST updates): http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305056
+ Palm: http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/dst_winmo.html (for Windows Mobile devices) and/or http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/dst_palmos.html (for Palm OS devices)
+ All other environments: contact your vendor or channel partner, or visit their Web site(s) immediately, if you haven't already done so.
(By the way, I don't go out of my way to pick on Microsoft, but sometimes, they make it so easy. After updating my own ancient Windows 2000 laptop for DST per Microsoft's relatively easy and painless online instructions, I was offered the chance to provide feedback to Microsoft about my surprisingly painless and straightforward experience. So I chose to do so -- only to be taken to a Web page that said "This Service is Currently Not Available." Sigh...they try, they really try...)
In any case, more on more BPM-specific stuff, including more follow-up to this week's popular and well-received BPM in Action Virtual Conference, soon. Meanwhile, make sure to update everything around you that has a computer and a clock in it ASAP, so you can in fact, I hope, have a nice, relaxing weekend!
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