"What's In a Name?" The recent turmoil in the financial industry has got me to thinking. (And no, this isn't an article about the finance industry, or the turmoil.) What happens when something really foundational changes? How will you a ...[Read More]

When I was speaking at the Wisconsin SharePoint Users Group last week, someone asked me: "How do you know when to choose SharePoint Designer or Visual Studio for a particular change to a site?" I explained that I had a sort of "Hip ...[Read More]

I just got the cover art of my book, Professional Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, from my editor this week! I'm the one on the left of this motley crew. The editing process is still going "fast and furious", but we're on track ...[Read More]

I'm excited to announce that I will be speaking this month at the Wisconsin SharePoint Users Group. The meeting will be held September 16th, at the Microsoft office in Waukesha, Wisconsin - just outside of Milwaukee. My topic will be how to Create ...[Read More]

This is the conclusion of a two-part article about customizing the SharePoint (MOSS), and Search Server, Advanced Search Web Part. In Part 1, you learned about the basic settings of the Web Part - which search options are shown, and how they are l ...[Read More]

One of the bright stars in the SharePoint firmament has faded away. Patrick Tisseghem - author, blogger, Microsoft MVP, co-founder of U2U, and all-around nice guy, passed away on Wednesday. I would like to express my condolences and deepest sympath ...[Read More]

I promised to to let you know what I've been doing all this time that I haven't been posting on my blog. Well, there have been two major things. First, I spent almost a year on contract in Redmond, working with the SharePoint product group. Of c ...[Read More]

SharePoint is big. Really big. So big, in fact, that it is very hard, some might say impossible, for any one person to fully comprehend. Now, I wouldn't go quite that far, but I will say that many people approach SharePoint in much the same way ...[Read More]