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August 2010 Blog Posts

Saga: Fingerprint Reader in the Dell Precision M6500

I recently retired my MacBook Pro for a swanky new Dell Precision M6500 “covet”. The MBP has treated me well for the last few years but as a SharePoint person the machine (or indeed the new ones) aren’t up to scratch spec wise. I needed a new mobile rig with 16Gb RAM. I’ve lots of other requirements as well. In the end it came down to the Dell versus the Lenovo, which had broadly similar specs. I won’t go into all the details of why I chose the Dell, but that’s the one I went for. I got the so...

SharePoint Best Practices Conference, Washington DC, August 24-27

I’m honoured once again to be speaking at the Best Practices Conference, which is taking place in Washington D.C. August 24th thru 27th. The Best Practices Conference is easily the best non Microsoft SharePoint event, and the speaker line up is excellent. If you are implementing SharePoint 2010, you don’t want to miss this show. This year, I’m leading up the Keynote: What the Masters think About SharePoint 2010, which will feature five fellow MCMs all of whom do not work for Microsoft. I will also be presenting the following breakouts, all with updated new content specifically for...