As I’m sure everyone knows by now I’m a big fan of community involvement in whatever form it takes – blogs, wikis, CodePlex projects, books, speaking engagements, you name it – if it benefits the greater community and enhances people’s knowledge then you can bet I’ll be behind it 100%. That being said, free information […]

I’ll be presenting a combined IT Pro/Developer session to the Utah SharePoint User Group on June 25th. The session will combine my Configuring MOSS for Optimal Performance and Developing High Performance Applications with MOSS 2007 talks into one to address both audiences. Should be quite the challenge getting all that info into an hour and […]

This month marks the third anniversary meeting of the D/FW SharePoint Community. We’ve made great strides over the last few years, increasing membership to over a thousand registered members, adding breakout sessions to cater to the various interest groups, and expanding the participation of local and regional sponsors. On June 22nd, good friend and fellow […]

As most folks know I’m not a big fan of the whole Social Networking craze but I’m trying really hard to embrace the new, new thing (which, by tomorrow, will probably be the old, old thing). I once thought that Facebook was the biggest waste of time on the planet but I’m now convinced that […]

On May 20th, 2009 at 12:00PM CST I’ll be presenting a webcast entitled "Configuring Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Optimal Performance" as part of the Secrets of SharePoint series. This is a 200 (Intermediate) level webcast for Administrators and Architects. I’ll be providing general tips and techniques for optimizing performance in your SharePoint farm […]

Well, it’s finally over – TechEd North America 2009 is is done and dusted. It seemed like a really long week; waiting until Friday afternoon to speak sure didn’t help. Quite a few folks turned up for a late-on-the-last-day session and asked a lot of good questions. We slung some code, handed out a few […]

Hard to believe but TechEd North America 2009 is almost upon us. I’ll be presenting my high-performance programming session, which they renamed "Following Best Practices and Avoiding Common Errors with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Development" for this event (don’t ask me where they came up with that title), on Friday, May 15th at 1:00 […]

As mentioned previously I’m a pretty avid fan of the work Rob, Nick, and Brett are doing on the SharePoint Pod Show. Apparently, I’m not the only one as they have just surpassed the 100,000 downloads mark. I had the honor of being the first "official" guest on the show and have just completed a […]

Lots of folks have blogged about their experiences already at the European SharePoint Best Practices Conference. It was, without question, one of the best organized and most well-received events I have ever attended. I can’t say enough about the fantastic job Steve, Zoe and the rest of the crew at Combined Knowledge did putting this […]

One of the things that baffles people when they first move to our particular neck of the woods (that being North Texas and surrounding environs) is how quickly the weather can change. It’s not uncommon to see forty or fifty degree temperature changes in a single day. It can be ninety degrees on Monday, snowing […]