Digital Collaboration / Social Computing guide, a SharePoint Architect's view

SharePoint 2010 is coming straight ahead and we only need to wait a little over two months before the next version of SharePoint officially comes out.

As posted on Microsoft site:

Watch Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, announce the launch of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 on May 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. EST.

The live keynote focuses on the next wave of productivity that delivers:

End user productivity across the PC, phone and browser
IT choice and flexibility
A platform for developers to build innovative solutions

Join the virtual launch event with Microsoft executives, product developers, partners and customers to:

Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page lost $8.5 billion from their November net worth of $21 billion when their Google stock is at its peak. Amidst declining revenue and their stock trading below $500, Google stock has lost 2 percent dropping the value to $450.78 from its previous $460.56

Both founders has received a 2007 annual salary of $1 and a bonus amounting to $1,723. Sergey and Larry may rethink their $1,724 total salary as their stocks continue to decline.

You can view the keynote of Bill Gates during SharePoint Conference 2008 here.

As provided on Microsoft site:

Live Webcast: Bill Gates Keynote at SharePoint Conference

March 3, 2008

During this keynote presentation, Bill Gates will discuss the industry trends and how Microsoft and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is uniquely positioned to not only address the issues facing organizations today but also serves as the platform that links users to structured and unstructured content.

Heather Solomon had a very informative talk on styling and branding SharePoint. Her two sessions were:

SharePoint Tools for Style: How to Start Branding SharePoint
6ABC, 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
You have a site design and your trusty copy of SharePoint Designer, but now what? In this session, we cover SharePoint branding concepts and benefits and show step by step how to create a custom master page using Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer.

SharePoint Tools for Style: Advanced Techniques for Branding SharePoint
6ABC, 1:00 – 2:15 PM
SharePoint branding can be flexible, fun, and frustrating all at once. During this session, we do a deep dive into the details of branding and look at how to handle CSS, multiple designs, navigation styling and manipulating content placeholders. We also address branding other SharePoint elements such as application screens, My Sites, and Blogs.

She’s inviting you to drop by their booth—SharePoint Experts. I am yet to say hello to her.

Her post is here.

Andrew Connell had a wonderful talk during the session around content and web publishing. He has posted his decks here:

ECMS301: Using MOSS 2007 to Create Content-Centric Internet Facing Publishing Sites using Web Content Management
ECMS302: Structured Approach to Building MOSS 2007 Publishing Sites

Since he is already done with his presentations he is inviting you guys for the SharePoint by Day, SharePint by Night at Kells on Wednesday night March 6. This sounds good.

I have reported about Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2008 and now the conference is underway here in Seattle. The event is a blast and I am surprise about the number of people attending compared to the SharePoint Conference 2006.

My initial thoughts are as follows:

1. The number of attendees is almost four times that of 2006.
2. The number of vendors exibiting in the conference is almost five times than before.
3. The food is still great as ever.
4. All SharePoint MVPs are speaking in the event.

I would post my notes and day to day activities in the conference here which started on March 2 and ends on March 6.

This is a video on making a quick launch bar in Windows 7.

Video description

The one thing I hate about windows 7 is the lack of the quick launch bar. I tried other bars like rocketbar and such but it just wasn’t the same. Then at work one day I came up with this great idea. check it out.

Asus has announced their latest version of their revolutionary netbooks, the Asus Eee PC 1000HE. The current introductory prices is at $399 USD.

As of their press release:

Asus Eee PC 1000HE are devices to support Lenovo S10.

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