Events and Lessons Learned

Hi folks.  IES participated in a great event, ICE on the Beach in August at the Virginia Beach oceanfront, culminating in CRYPTO757 and VC757.  It was great, grueling, rewarding, depressing, informative and fun.  The execution of the event was like clockwork – our challenge, attendance.  We had great speakers, an okay venue, and provided food.

Mobility, Web UI and Ottawa

I ran across a great article Designing a Website for 2014 that made me think about information delivery in this mobile age.  He was targeting public websites, but I am thinking from a reporting and BI point of view.  Here is a synopsis of the techniques Steve Cooper mentions: Optimize content for smaller screens and mobile

Training Learning Training, the Time Dimension

I am again in the middle of a cycle of change.  I have chosen a new path, one with no safety net.  Many of my friends think I am daft, but I keep thinking if I don’t do it now, when?  When will I ever find the courage again? When will I ever have this opportunity

Autumnal Equinox – Season of Learning

I woke to the wind chimes and a cool breeze stirring my imagination.  I believe I felt the end of summer, which has always signaled (for me, anyways) the beginning of the season of learning.  It started when I was at Jackson High School and then at Michigan State, which has one of the most

Change Management and Version Fatigue

An administrative note before my post – I noticed in my last post that two additional words had hyperlinks, and they were ads.  I apologize for WordPress.  I try to use hyperlinks judiciously and provide links to relevant, supporting content – NOT ADVERTISING. Apparently, WordPress has decided to use a new revenue source and I have no

Knowledge Management, Training and Transitions

It has been a full two weeks since I taught Reporting Services in LA, and happy to report I got perfect scores from my students.  It was a small class, and we got to talk about how to apply these new features and services in their environment.  Thanks to my students who were so wonderfully receptive, it

Sharpen the Saw to Get Your Mojo Back

I have been in a slump lately, writing-wise.  One thing I noticed was that I had cut out all the dedicated time I had set aside for this Quad 2 activity.  I ceased to make it a habit to write.  The other problem was feeling uninspired.  That I know how to deal with – learn something

SharePoint Saturday The Conference DC – Best SharePoint Geekfest!

I spoke at SharePoint Saturday, The Conference DC last Friday, and had a very good, interactive session.  I love the audience questions, make me think of new uses for our favorite platform!  Anyway, if you were in my session, thanks!  Here is a link to download the slides.  I have unlayered the screenshots and added

Links to SharePoint 2010 Resources

I had a great Learning Tree class last week in Alexandria, and promised my students a post with some of my favorite SharePoint 2010 resources. There are over 2 million hits when googling SharePoint webinars, so here is a narrower list of my favorites – Critical Path – Ted Pattison, Andrew Connell and crew  http://www.criticalpathtraining.com/Schedule/Webcasts/Pages/default.aspx