Yup, it’s the real Steve Ballmer! His son was playing on the other side of the court – we split a full regular court into two half courts. I could hear his booming voice cheering his kid on throughout the game. J I think his son’s 2-3 years older...

I knew that by using WSS 3.0 to host the SharePoint Community Champions team site , I would run into scenarios that would challenge some of the design assumptions that went into the development of the out-of-the-box webparts in SharePoint. In particular...

Some people have told me that I have a tendency to talk about online communities and social networking with such zeal that it sounds a bit like hype, which is why I feel very fortunate to have recently discovered someone who can convey the importance...

Now that our Internet facing “dogfood” infrastructure has been upgraded to WSS 3.0, I can finally launch to the SharePoint Community Champions team site. The URL is http://sharepointchamps.officeisp.net . I am very disappointed (mostly in myself) that...

My colleague, Korby Parnell , recently decided to withdraw from speaking on the “Microsoft Blogs: Pioneering Corporate Transparency” panel discussion that’s been scheduled for the upcoming Business Blogging Summit conference on Oct. 25-27 in Seattle,...