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AMD's SharePoint Intranet: Winner, 2009 Ten Best Intranets

Join us for the June 10th Meeting of the Central Texas SharePoint User Group! June Program Description: The Nielsen Norman Group Report: Intranet Design Annual 2009: Year's Ten Best Intranets was awarded to Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a develo ...[Read more]

Published: 5/27/2009 | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

TechNet Edge Social Networking Interview

UPDATE: OK, The video is back up! While I was hanging out at Tech•Ed 2009 I was interviewed by David Tesar from TechNet Edge about Corporate Social Networking and SharePoint. Right now it’s the feature on the TechNet Edge site. If it rolls off th ...[Read more]

Published: 5/27/2009 | 2  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Linux Browser Testing Made Easy

Every once in a while I have a client that requires more extensive browser testing. For most Windows-based browsers I have them installed locally or run a VPC with them installed. I am not a Linux expert by any means so the thought of standing up a ...[Read more]

Published: 5/25/2009 | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Up and running with Silverlight

I have been really wanting to spend time on Silverlight lately. I am a real visual learner (and teacher) so Silverlight and SharePoint are a natural fit for me. I want to build up a few posts about the joys and sorrow of getting started. So here goe ...[Read more]

Published: 5/21/2009 | 2  Comments | 0  Links to this post

New Look to SharePoint.Microsoft.com

Have you taken a look at SharePoint.Microsoft.com? Look at the Silverlight navigation and image rendering. Cool! Looking forward to a “How we did it post on the SharePoint blog.” ...[Read more]

Published: 5/20/2009 | 1  Comment | 0  Links to this post

OFC315 Social Networking and User Profiles for Business

My second breakout session at Tech•Ed ‘09 has been posted on Tech•Ed Online. I loved that the audience awoke early enough on the last day of the conference to attend my session at 0900! Coffee in hand they endured my jokes, dog photos and screamin ...[Read more]

Published: 5/20/2009 | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

OFC317 Search Challenges and Tricks

I really enjoyed the session and thanks to the attendees for your kind comments. (And sorry to the guy from Florida that I teased!) The fine AV folks at Tech•Ed online have posted the recording of my talk: OFC317 Search Challenges and Tricks Link ...[Read more]

Published: 5/15/2009 | 6  Comments | 0  Links to this post

TechEd Panel Discussion

I had a chance to sit in on the MVP SharePoint Panel Discussion here at Tech•Ed yesterday. The AV folks here at TechEd must be burning the candle at both ends because they already posted the session on Tech•Ed Online. Microsoft SharePoint MVP Devel ...[Read more]

Published: 5/13/2009 | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Speaking at TechFest in Dallas

I’ll be presenting my new talk for the first time at TechFest in Dallas. SharePoint Search Challenges and Tricks Abstract Many organizations struggle with SharePoint search configuration when it falls outside simple document search. This session ...[Read more]

Published: 5/6/2009 | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post