Thanksgiving is tomorrow here in the States, so we’ll be taking a little time off to be with the family. Have a safe turkey day and we’ll see you back in a few.
Mark

When I first installed SharePoint, I was amazed with the many ways I could access data (your mileage may vary depending on licensing options): user interface, web services, SharePoint Services API, RSS, email alerts, workflows, Business Data Catalog, Excel Services, Stssync protocol (Outlook Integration), Stsadm command line, T-SQL (unsupported), and RPC/URL protocols (owssvr.dll). [...]

As people complete the hands-on project from the Basics of Content Types Workshop, they will use this post for feedback on the workshop. All comments are directly from the participants and not edited.
Let the games begin!

Overview
In this article, we’re going to be covering the last 4 functions in the "Text and Data" set of formulas for SharePoint.
The four functions we’ll be discussing are:
DOLLAR – Converts a given number into text with it represented in a "Currency Format" and having it’s decimals rounded to a specified place. [...]

Once upon a time, in the Land of Unrealistic Expectations, there lived a mean old Project Sponsor. This Project Sponsor was known throughout all the land as being the meanest, most pedantic project owner that ever lived….a fact made all the more difficult given that this particular Project Sponsor was the Queen of the Land.
She [...]

I’m in the process of setting up Tuesday’s workshop, The Basics of Content Types. If you are going to attend, please register now so I can get your sandbox setup for tomorrow.
Thanks. — Mark
Workshop Description
The Basics of Content Types in SharePoint 2007 is a live, online, hands-on workshop showing how to utilize Content Types [...]

Telling stories is as old as fire. That’s how things get passed down through generations. Entire cultural histories exist through spoken language stories.
Have you ever heard of the Iliad and the Odessy? Yep, I thought so. Pretty good story, I’d say. There was another story about a Trojan Horse that got me pretty excited [...]

Just a quick reminder, if you are planning on attending next week’s Beginner’s Guide to Content Types online workshop, it’s time to register!
I know everyone had an exciting day at Joel’s party yesterday, but it’s time to get back to work now. Congratulations, Joel, on a HUGE success.
Mark

If you’re having a hard time selling your organization on why you need SharePoint or what Web 2.0 can do for your organization, a brief history of Internet technologies can’t hurt.

The Machine is Us/ing Us

Remember in part 3 when I said that frameworks can help you develop faster? Since jQuery in SharePoint is the hot topic right now, I’ll compare an old standby script in poj (Plain Old JavaScript) against a new jQuery version.
Soon after people started using SharePoint 2007, the SharePoint Designer Team blogged about Using Javascript [...]