Jan 15
If you haven’t heard about it already, the incredible NerdNight is having a special event tonight in Austin. It’s a social get together with some of the most interesting people I know of and they’re getting geared up for the mind blowing activities that are coming up as SxSWi approaches. Sign up, show up, talk it up!
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=XJXRGGAHACTCDIGGQCUX&li=iq&src=email
I get asked a LOT for a short list of what has changed between SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010. Unfortunately that list is never short as there are more factors to dive into than most people want to look at – at least in a short list. Level, configuration, licensing, User tools, it makes a pretty impressive matrix. But there is an MSDN article that helps out by providing a general overview of many of the SharePoint new features and capabilities.
Can help you plan what you want to learn more about and dig deeper into. It’s a very nice overview of some of the high points from a capabilities model. For a deeper dive into the development capabilities though, you’ll need to either check out the SharePoint conference material or tune in for the content that Zain is working up for our launch events in the spring.
John just let me know that he’s just re-launched his TechNet radio program today with an interview with Deborah Lovell – AITP president.
You can find his relaunch show at http://edge.technet.com/Media/TechNet-Radio-Community-Corner-with-John-Weston-Episode-1/ and keep an eye out for follow up shows at http://blogs.technet.com/jweston/default.aspx
If you haven’t already heard about it, Ignite is coming to Austin next week (January 13th.) Tickets are up, and at $5 for general admission or $10 for VIP, it’s well worth picking one up and heading over. If you haven’t seen the ignite format, it’s a fast paced, super dense information download on all kinds of great topics, so I’ll see you there!
I’m catching up on my email and news after travelling for the holidays and really wanted to make sure everyone saw that we’ll have Martin Fowler back in Austin this month giving a historical perspective about software and why where we’ve been has a lot of relevancy on where we’re going in our industry. If you haven’t heard him speak, this is a GREAT chance to meet him.
Signup is at http://connect.thoughtworks.com/austinevents/
Dec 21
You may notice something new as check your feed or visit my blog. I’ve been doing some renovation and changes to get ready for the new year. It seems about this time every year I look at the site and really want to do something new with it. New version of the software, new type of operations, it’s always something.
Well this year, I’ve decided to really push things. I’m going to continue learning about SEO and what that means from a content and development side. But not just that, I’m running in a hosted environment now as well – I’ve worked for a very long time with a server of my own (physical or virtual) and I really thought I’d like to learn about the environment that most users and developers work in.
This site is the result of the intersection of both of those pushes. And as a side effect, I’ll get to learn a good bit about PHP under IIS 7 as well, and how this world compares to my more familiar world of SharePoint and capabilities that I’ve been using so long.
It’s a grand experiment, you’ll probably see me break some things, do some flubs, trip up on some items, but I’m going into this with the same attitude that I generally do with cooking. If you already know how it’s going to turn out, then what’s the use of doing it?
On the Startup theme, Startup Weekend Dallas will be in 2.5 weeks. Again, information at http://dallas.startupweekend.org/ – there will be a LOT of people around that you recognize from the BizSpark crowd!
For all those that were asking, just a reminder that the first Startup weekend Tulsa is happening next weekend. More info at http://tulsa.startupweekend.org/
Also, come out to Tulsa TechFest this Saturday, StartupWeekend will be involved there as well.
We’ve got the Headspring Event tomorrow here in Austin – 1-5pm at the Austin Microsoft office. You can find the details tonight at ADNUG or at the event link: http://www.headspringsystems.com/services/agile-training/continuous-integration/
In the spirit of completeness, I wanted to make a few comments about my other session I submitted for SxSWi- “Smart for Who?” This session really came out of looking around my office and working spaces and really noting not only how connected all those “impulse electronics” and “entertainment devices” have become, but how little most people consider what their full capabilities and purposes are. As we’ve seen in the history of PC’s the best capabilities have come with networking and larger connectivity between systems, but that increase has also been paced by an increase in vulnerability and exposure to those connections being done with malice.
So as we connect more and more devices that we use every day not only to each other, but to the internet at large, we need to be aware of what’s going on between those. PVR’s often report back not just what shows you watched, but how many times you rewound that halftime commercial or act. The old days of “tracing a call” have become a Hollywood gimmick – the number is available even before the connection is made, and the call itself can be real time transcribed to text. Your printer is network connected, and most embed unique numbers in ever item printed, your security system knows when you’re home and when you’re gone. And they’re all able to talk with each other.
This session will be about how much control we have over this – how much is black helicopters and how much is actual productivity enhancement and personal customization that I WANT to be done. Do I want my bedside alarm clock to check my schedule and know that it doesn’t have to wake me quite so early tomorrow morning because my first meeting got cancelled overnight? Do I want the world to know I’ve put my house on power save mode because I’m going to be in Chicago for a couple of days? The Yin and Yang of connectivity is that Identity, Privacy, and Security are key – and we’re having to find new ways of making those concepts easy enough that you don’t have to read another 300 page manual just to use your new remote control or VOIP phone!
If this sounds like something you would be interesting in hearing about, either at SxSWi or in the community after SxSW – please “Thumbs Up” my session either above on the link or below!
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