For The User

Did that get your attention? Good.

I’m just going to do a quick post before I head out for the weekend to let you know about a few things I’ve got going on out there in the meatspace (you know, that place away from your computer monitor with the bright yellow ball in the sky and the incredible resolution…). Think of it as Proof of Life, since I’ve been so remiss in posting here in the last month or so.

In a little less than two weeks on May 12th I’ll be giving a presentation at the St. Louis SharePoint User Group and participating in a panel discussion after the presentation. My talk is titled “Saving SharePoint”, and I’ll be covering SharePoint Disaster Recovery, focusing not only on the tools available for backup and restore but also DR as an overall strategy. I’m pretty excited about the topic, since I spent so much time researching and diving into it for the SharePoint 2007 Disaster Recovery Reference Guide. Plus it will be great to actually meet IRL all the great STL SharePoint people I’ve met on Twitter so far (and @ToddKitta). 

For more information on the event, you should definitely check out the St. Louis SharePoint User Group’s site, it’s got all the details on the location and start times for the event. If you can make it, make sure to register so I know how many people are coming to heckle me And if you’ve got any recommendations on things to do in STL, let me know in the comments. My wife and I are planning on doing it as a family vacation for us and our toddler (she’ll be two in July), so we’re going to visit the Arch, the St Louis Zoo, and The Magic House but are always looking for other good suggestions of things to do and see.

In June I’ll be speaking at the Evansville SharePoint User Group on June 11th. The topic for that one is still a little undetermined, it will either be Saving SharePoint, SharePoint Online as an Extranet, or both. I’m also really looking forward to this, for a multitude of reasons. The big one is again the opportunity to meet some great SharePoint people that I’ve connected with online, namely Rob Wilson and Jill Epperson of KellerSchroeder. My wife is originally from about an hour away from Evansville and I always enjoy visiting her family. I’m hoping we can also turn that into a nice vacation, hopefully relaxing somewhere down on the Ohio River.

I’ll put up more info on the Evansville UG as I have it, and will be making an effort to return to consistent blogging next week as well. Until then, everyone have a great weekend, I’m off to see Wolverine!

jf