Matt is presenting on “Introduction to Windows SharePoint Services Development”. There’s about 40 people here; about 5 have previously developed on SharePoint, about half have used SharePoint, and about 5 have no idea what SharePoint is. SharePoint helps developers by removing the need to constantly rebuild a content […]
A couple of weeks ago, around the time I had severe RSI and couldn’t type (hence the delay in writing this up), I had the opportunity to speak with Barry Jinks, President and CEO of Colligo Networks. The company has been in business since 2000 and originally focused […]
In addition to some other research activities, following on from the worldwide interest in my SharePoint for Business White Paper, I am developing further materials to help lead people, teams and organizations to success with SharePoint 2007, including a business case development workshop, an end-user focused training workshop, […]
Zimbra was acquired yesterday for $350 million by Yahoo! That’s great news for the pockets of its staff and investors, but what about the rest of us? There is a constant stream of talk about email bankruptcy, email overload, and email being broken … and if that’s all […]
One of the cool things that I get to do in my work is meet with people making cool software for team collaboration and team and personal productivity. They show me what they’re up to, and we talk / discuss / debate ideas and scenarios. Some of the […]
I’m working with a client at the moment on a messaging and collaboration strategy document, and as part of that we’re having some interactive meetings. Instead of having to travel to the East Coast of the US, I have a loan Tandberg 1700 MXP video conferencing unit in […]
Yesterday during my PhD study time I came across an academic article that asks the question “What’s the best way to schedule a meeting between multiple (more than 2) people?“. Here’s the abstract of the paper: We conducted laboratory experiments based on small groups (4 to 5 participants) […]
One of the proposals I make in Step 3 in the white paper is that in order to encourage people to intuitively understand how make use of SharePoint, that you should provide a “sandbox” environment where they are free to try things out. Given the breadth of capability […]
Yesterday I wrote the first three posts for the new SharePoint for Business Blog, where I intend to write in more depth about how people and organizations can effectively use SharePoint for business. It will build from the SharePoint for Business White Paper I published in May, and […]
During the Q&A at my Wellington seminar on July 16, Chan asked: Do we need to offer induction training for SharePoint, much like we used to do for email and Office? Yes, I absolutely believe that organizations need to do this. While people join organizations today with a […]
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