Here we go… another Cleverworkarounds waffle! Now, we all know that Joel Oleson is the Russell Crowe of the SharePoint world! I mean, he’s multi-skilled, loads of talent, has the respect of his peers and has built a well deserved …
(Nerds are going to find this post dead boring). Before I start, let me state that I am a believer in the Honey and Mumford theory of learning styles, as well as the Marston DISC assessment. I think both are …
think as you age, you become more and more like your parents. Not so long ago I went out paintballing with some friends and we all agreed that the 16-18 year olds who also happened to be there were all obnoxious little twerps who needed a good kick in the rear. At the same time, we also agreed that we were just as obnoxious back when we were that age. Your perspective changes as you learn and your experience grows, but you don’t forget where you came from…
SharePoint, for a number of reasons, is one of those products that has a way of really laying bare any gaps that the organisation has in terms of their overall maturity around technology and strategy…
I am working on an essay about IT complexity at the moment, and one thing that sprung into my mind while thinking about this, is the fact that many of my clients seem to think I am some sort …
SQL God? No… I just know how to do a maintenance plan Read more »
One SharePoint book on my bookshelf is "Essential SharePoint 2007 – Delivering High Impact Collaboration", by Scott Jamison, Mauro Cardarelli and Susan Hanley. Time moves fast in the SharePoint world. Having been involved with MOSS2007 since around August 2006, it …
Hi This is one of those nerdy posts in the category of "look at me! look at me! look at what I did, isn’t it cool?". Normally application developers write posts like this, demonstrating some cool bit of code they …
"Ain’t it cool?" – Integrating SharePoint and real-time performance data – Part 1 Read more »
Now, readers would know that I really lay on the pop culture references pretty thick. I find it works well and makes ordinary, sometimes mundane, topics much more interesting and easy to explain. I’ve used Brittany Spears, Ikea, Kung Fu, …
Article originally published for EndUserSharePoint.com reproduced here. Greetings, my cleverworkarounds kung-fu students. Paul here again to talk once more about Zen and the art of SharePoint. Now I don’t want to appear all arrogant and pretentious, but for this post …
Thinking SharePoint Part 4 – Lessons from Kung Fu Panda Read more »
Recently, I came across the blog of Dux Raymond, a Project Manager, forthcoming author and trainer who looks at SharePoint from a project management perspective. Being rather interested in that area myself, I read his "Empowered by SharePoint" post. He …
IT and the Corporate Immune Mechanism – the "Mother Hen" reflex Read more »
My third post on "Thinking SharePoint" for www.endusersharepoint.com reproduced here. Hi all [Quick reference: Part 1 and Part 2] If you have followed the first two articles in this series, I have been attempting to talk about SharePoint "head-space". In …
Thinking SharePoint Part 3 – A tale of two clients Read more »