Over the last few months, I have been tasked with working on a number of SharePoint related engagements. What I find amazing is how can any one person can find the time to blog, speak, consult and manage to spend time with family. First, I have to be thankful for having a family that understands and support ME. It is obvious that I have worked with some great people over the last year. BTW - that includes some international travel.
Although I have a schedule filled throughout the year, I am speaking at the SharePoint Best Practices Conference. I want to discuss my presentation and how important it is to the actual deployment and branding of business application deployed on the SharePoint platform. First, the title of my presentation is, "Content Development and Deployment using Publishing and SharePoint Designer 2007". The purpose of the presentation is to solidify best practices in which multiple content developers can use SharePoint Designer and the publishing features of a single mirrored environment to simplify the development of content (masterpages, custom pages, pagelayouts, content and styles) and its migration into a production environment. Here is the catch...., both the mirrored and production environment are hosted on the same physical farm.
At the same time, I have been co-authoring a book with Enrique Lima. The title of the book is, "Developer's Guide to InfoPath Form Services". Openly, I admit that it has taken quite a bit of time out of my day and night. In fact, I have had quite a time over the last few months managing my time. But, I am enjoying every bit of the sacrifice. I will keep you all posted with the timelines.
Finally, I am working to promote the SharePoint Designer Discussion Group. I encourage all to visit and consider joining the group. The purpose of the group is to share SharePoint Designer 2007 experiences with others. It has grown over the months. In fact, I have taken more of a hands-off approach. I love the energy.
BTW - I am open to speaking at user groups. Yes, that is right. I am open to speaking at user groups.
Signing Off - Whoooo Hooooo
Corro'll Driskell