Rob Foster's House of Southern-Fried SharePoint

Rob Foster's House of Southern-Fried SharePoint and other ramblings on enterprise technologies

Oct 10

I wanted to take some time off from my usual (or less than usual) technology blog to post a review of my road bike, the Trek 7.7 FX. I wanted to wait and get some miles on the road before posting any type of review to ensure I’m not in some sort of honeymoon period with the bike. My goal was to post the review after 100 miles, but I am happy to say ......

Posted On Monday, October 11, 2010 9:56 PM

May 10

A view from the call center for the Nashville Flood telethon

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I want to break away from my usual topic of something technical and talk about what I experienced tonight while working in the call center for the Nashville Flood telethon, which was broadcast on WSMV, CNN, and The Weather Channel. We started receiving calls about 7pm local time and to be honest, I had no idea what to expect when going into this. I ......

Posted On Friday, May 7, 2010 12:28 AM

Aug 09

Preview of the SharePoint Pod Show Flier for the BPC in DC

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We are very excited to have a flier that will be included with all of the bags that are given to the attendees of the SharePoint Best Practices Conference that is happening in Washington, DC. Below is a preview of the final version that is going to print today. Be sure to stop by and meet SharePoint Pod Show co-host Brett Lonsdale who will be standing ......

Posted On Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:48 AM

Jun 09

UCF Cuts MIS Degree Program

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This blog is a response to the following report from the Orlando Sentinel that states that the University of Central Florida will be cutting the five following programs: Cardiopulmonary Sciences Engineering Technology Management Information Systems Statistics Actuarial Sciences http://www.orlandosentinel.... ......

Posted On Sunday, June 7, 2009 7:30 PM

May 09

SharePoint Pod Show Featured on the Microsoft MVP Blog

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I woke up this morning to quite a nice surprise. The SharePoint Pod Show is featured on the Microsoft MVP blog today! It discusses our guests as well as our latest show about Test Driven Development. Check it out here ......

Posted On Tuesday, May 19, 2009 7:17 AM SharePoint , SharePoint Pod Show

May 09

New SharePoint Training Company: Critical Path Training

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As with any typical day, this afternoon I checked my Twitter feed to see Andrew Connell's big announcement that he and Ted Pattison have launched a new company called Critical Path Training. I'm excited about this for multiple reasons. First, take a look at their site...It's all SharePoint 2007 WCM and it's smoking fast! Nice work on the site guys! ......

Posted On Sunday, May 10, 2009 8:42 PM SharePoint

Apr 09

SharePoint Pod Show: 100,000 Downloads Later!

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Read all about it here!

Posted On Monday, April 20, 2009 3:59 PM Architecture , SharePoint , SharePoint Pod Show

Apr 09

ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed Review for ASP.NET Pro Magazine

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So far, I have received some very warm comments and reviews on my book "ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed" on the Amazon site (located here). I was checking my email today and I had received an email from my publisher telling me to go check out this review of the book that was done for ASP.NET Pro Magazine. Click here for the review. I have been writing books ......

Posted On Wednesday, April 1, 2009 8:10 PM Architecture , SharePoint , Business

Feb 09

New SharePoint BDC Book coming soon!

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I am very excited about the new BDC book that is coming out soon from SharePoint Pod Show co-hosts Brett Lonsdale and Nick Swan called "SharePoint 2007 Developer's Guide to the BDC". I have had a chance to review some of the chapters in this book and am very excited to see something like this hit the market. You can check out the details of the book ......

Posted On Friday, February 20, 2009 1:14 PM SharePoint , SharePoint Pod Show

Jan 09

The Big SharePoint Survey Results are In!

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In Episode 15 of the SharePoint Pod Show, we discussed the preliminary results from the Big SharePoint Survey that was conducted by Lightning Tools. The results are in and you can get them here: SharePoint Survey ......

Posted On Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:00 PM Architecture , SharePoint , Office Productivity , Business

Jan 09

SharePoint Pod Show Episode 15 is Live!

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We had fun with this one and I hope that you enjoy it as well. In this episode, you will hear our cheeky humor as well as learn where to focus your SharePoint skills for 2009.

Get it here

Posted On Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:13 AM Architecture , SharePoint

Jan 09

Take the Big SharePoint Survey

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Our friends at Lightning Tools have created another survey so that you can provide feedback on how you are using SharePoint. The results of this survey will be posted on their site as well as discussed in a future episode of the SharePoint Pod Show. Take the Survey here ......

Posted On Tuesday, January 6, 2009 10:07 AM

Dec 08

Documenting Your SharePoint Application Design-Part 2, The Process

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In Part 1 of this series, we looked at a simple template to help you can use to help document the security roles that need to get created for your new SharePoint application. In this part, we will look at a common process that is used to augment your Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)and targets applications that you think might be suitable for ......

Posted On Monday, December 29, 2008 10:24 PM

Dec 08

Documenting Your SharePoint Application Design-Part 1

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Download the design template here. In my role, I am lucky enough to get to design lots of very cool software to solve (sometimes difficult) business problems. Many times, these applications involve design solutions that leverage SharePoint technologies. In this series, I will be discussing some of the design patterns and documentation patterns that ......

Posted On Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:50 PM Architecture , SharePoint

Dec 08

SharePoint Pod Show Episode 12 is now live (our BDC show)

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You can download Episode 12 here. In this episode, Nick, Brett, and I discuss the SharePoint 2007 Business Data Catalog, how to use it, and how it can save you a bunch of money. :-) Check it out ......

Posted On Thursday, December 11, 2008 2:19 PM SharePoint , Business