Looking back over this past year at some of the Twitter threads that are all still out there and searchable, it dawned on me that we have had some epic discussions because of the #CollabTalk TweetJams. This month kicks off our 8th year of running these monthly one-hour events, and...
Looking back over the past month, I kicked things off in November by organizing the Global Office 365 Developer Bootcamp here in Utah, held at the Microsoft offices here in Lehi. Organized by Microsoft MVPs at various location over a two-month period, the one here in Utah was small, but...
With another Microsoft Ignite conference behind us, CollabTalk will be hosting another community tweetjam this Tuesday, October 2nd at 12pm (noon) Pacific / 9pm-Berlin / 7am-Sydney on the 3rd in an effort to include participants in Europe, Africa, and around APAC. As we do every year, we’ll discuss our “Feedback from Microsoft Ignite...
In the 34th Episode of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series, I spoke with Office Development MVP Cameron Dwyer (@camerondwyer), CTO for OnePlace Solutions (www.oneplacesolutions.com) based in Sydney, Australia. Cameron is a 20+ year IT veteran, working primarily with collaboration and workflow technologies, and with a passion for using technology to automate and streamline...
In the 33rd Episode of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series, I spoke with AI and Windows Development MVP Bruno Capuano (@elbruno), Regional Innovation Lead for Avanade Canada, based in Toronto, Canada. Bruno is very active within the community, and regularly presents at regional events. He was the author of the first Spanish book...
In the 32nd Episode of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series, I connected with new Data Platform MVP Ben Weissman (@bweissman), owner of Solisyon (www.solisyon.de) in Nuernberg, Germany. Ben has been working with SQL Server since SQL Server 6.5, mainly in the BI/Data Warehousing field. He is a MCSE in Data Management and...
In the 31st Episode of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series, I grabbed some face-time with fellow Microsoft Regional Director and Office Apps & Services MVP Nicki Borell (@nickiborell), a Managing Consultant with Xperts At Work, based in Germany, and a long-time speaker and author on SharePoint and related technologies. In this...
For the 30th Episode of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series, I spoke with Developer Technologies MVP Chris Miller (@anotherlab), an R&D Architect with Tyler Technologies in Albany, NY, with over 20 years of experience shipping code using ASP.Net MVC, XAML, Azure, SQL Server, and other Microsoft technologies. He is also the leader of...
In the 29th Episode of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series, I spoke with friend and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP Hans Brender (@HansBrender), a Cloud Productivity Evangelist with Bright Skies GmbH based in Germany, known as “Mr. OneDrive” in certain circles. In this video, Hans and I discuss the status of...
With the Microsoft MVP Program moving all program renewals to July 1st, you may have seen a crushing wave of social media yesterday as many MVPs received their annual renewal emails from Redmond letting them know that they have been recognized with the 2018-2019 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award...
