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Dieter Rams’ 10 Commandments for Designers Who Still Care

Dieter Rams’ 10 Commandments for Designers Who Still Care

Dieter Rams’ 10 Commandments for Designers Who Still Care

Dieter Rams didn’t chase attention. He didn’t design for likes, awards, or splashy unveilings. He built things that worked. That lasted. That mattered. Dieter Rams design ethos was very clearly codified by himself in ten legendary principles for good design. Ten of his greatest designs from the SK 4 to the ET66 calculator are a masterclass in restraint, clarity, and quiet power.

Leveraging SharePoint Workspace and Groove with your SharePoint 2010

Leveraging SharePoint Workspace and Groove with your SharePoint 2010

Leveraging SharePoint Workspace and Groove with your SharePoint 2010

SharePoint-Workspace-Groove So I get questions all the time about SharePoint Workspace 2010, and Groove 2010. Many of my clients do not...

Apr 23, 20123 min read

How to create a SharePoint Site Collection in a specific Content Database

How to create a SharePoint Site Collection in a specific Content Database

How to create a SharePoint Site Collection in a specific Content Database

This is a straight forward process two main steps to allow you the ability to create a New Database, and then create a Site Collection...

Apr 19, 20124 min read

SharePoint used to Manage Real Estate Closing, 5 tips to Consider

SharePoint used to Manage Real Estate Closing, 5 tips to Consider

SharePoint used to Manage Real Estate Closing, 5 tips to Consider

So I am currently going thru the home buying process. Yahoo right, well it is a painful process in general all the paperwork, emails,...

Apr 13, 20124 min read

Chuck Norris, says you will use SharePoint!

Chuck Norris, says you will use SharePoint!

Chuck Norris, says you will use SharePoint!

So if you have read some of my posts I love to put in a little Chuck Norris joke or comment in my posts, for fun. Well I have decided to...

Apr 13, 20121 min read

Leveraging A-List for Lync Calls and SharePoint Calendars

Leveraging A-List for Lync Calls and SharePoint Calendars

Leveraging A-List for Lync Calls and SharePoint Calendars

So I spend a lot, I mean a lot of time on Lync Conference calls, and doing SharePoint demos and client meetings. Now I have found that...

Apr 9, 20122 min read

April Portland SharePoint User Group.

April Portland SharePoint User Group.

April Portland SharePoint User Group.

The April Portland SharePoint User Group meeting will be held on Wednesday April 18th, 2012. This month Julia Bertschinger from CSG Pro...

Apr 3, 20122 min read

SharePoint Information Governance – part 6: Dealing with Resistance to Change Management in Sh

SharePoint Information Governance – part 6: Dealing with Resistance to Change Management in Sh

SharePoint Information Governance – part 6: Dealing with Resistance to Change Management in Sh

As in any aspect of SharePoint change is ever present. I like to think of SharePoint as the Vehicle of Change or at least it can be. ...

Mar 28, 20124 min read

SharePoint Information Governance – part 5: Change Management–defining it for SharePoint

SharePoint Information Governance – part 5: Change Management–defining it for SharePoint

SharePoint Information Governance – part 5: Change Management–defining it for SharePoint

So the word CHANGE is a word that translates straight to LOST REVENUE in the mindset of executives. I have to say, yep in most cases...

Mar 28, 20123 min read

SharePoint 15 aka. SharePoint 2012; Rumors abound..now Education 15?

SharePoint 15 aka. SharePoint 2012; Rumors abound..now Education 15?

SharePoint 15 aka. SharePoint 2012; Rumors abound..now Education 15?

So you would have to be dead not to have heard the rumors of SharePoint 2014, SharePoint 15, SharePoint 2013…or what ever the future name...

Mar 24, 20122 min read

The Art of SharePoint Migration:

So I fielded my first call this week by a client wanting to prepare for the migration from 2012 to 20??. So it brought back the memories...

Mar 24, 20126 min read

March Portland SharePoint User Group

The March Portland SharePoint User Group meeting will be held on Wednesday March 21st, 2012. This month AvePoint will present an...

Mar 15, 20121 min read

Browser Vulnerability exposes SharePoint to Frame Sniffing. Easy fix explained.

Browser Vulnerability exposes SharePoint to Frame Sniffing. Easy fix explained.

Browser Vulnerability exposes SharePoint to Frame Sniffing. Easy fix explained.

So there has been a lot of buzz around a topic that has been around for a short time. Frame Sniffing Now I want to quote the article that...

Mar 15, 20124 min read

SharePoint Information Governance–Part 4: SharePoint Roles and Responsibilities

SharePoint Information Governance–Part 4: SharePoint Roles and Responsibilities

SharePoint Information Governance–Part 4: SharePoint Roles and Responsibilities

So we are on to the meat of a Governance the Roles and Responsibilities. So we get sometimes caught up in the terminology such as...

Mar 12, 20123 min read

SharePoint Training: Where should I turn?

SharePoint Training: Where should I turn?

SharePoint Training: Where should I turn?

So while looking thru my Tweetdeck this morning I saw a repeating trend. I am going to call out the SharePoint Phantom, just due the...

Mar 9, 20123 min read

Slalom Consulting Wins #1 Medium company in Oregon 100 Best Companies 2012!!! Way to go team

Slalom Consulting Wins #1 Medium company in Oregon 100 Best Companies 2012!!! Way to go team

Slalom Consulting Wins #1 Medium company in Oregon 100 Best Companies 2012!!! Way to go team

It is official, at the Oregon Business Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon, 2012 hosted at the The Oregon Convention...

Mar 1, 20121 min read

10 Tips for Leveraging Habits to get solid SharePoint adoption.

10 Tips for Leveraging Habits to get solid SharePoint adoption.

10 Tips for Leveraging Habits to get solid SharePoint adoption.

So we all have things we do that over time become Habits, good or bad. First let me preface by describing what a true Habit is: A Habit...

Feb 29, 201210 min read

Information Governance–Part 3 : 14 Bullet Points for your Service Level Agreements

So I wanted to talk about ensuring you put a formal definition of your “Service Level Agreements (SLAs) in your governance...

Feb 20, 20125 min read

SharePoint and Quick Parts, how to use your column metadata in your documents.

SharePoint and Quick Parts, how to use your column metadata in your documents.

SharePoint and Quick Parts, how to use your column metadata in your documents.

So during the Portland SharePoint User Group meeting today (February Meeting) the topic of Quick Parts came up and how they can be used...

Feb 15, 20124 min read

How to I get paper documents into SharePoint 2010….Part 2

Well today OpenText™ OTEX -0.23% CA:OTC -0.84% today announced OpenText Capture for Microsoft SharePoint. I had just posted early this...

Feb 15, 20122 min read

How to I get paper documents into SharePoint 2010….3 easy options

How to I get paper documents into SharePoint 2010….3 easy options

How to I get paper documents into SharePoint 2010….3 easy options

Well I was perusing the LinkedIn Groups this weekend while down from dental surgery and I found that a few discussion points were around...

Feb 12, 20124 min read

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