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• One million and counting…

  Hi all I know statistically it’s meaningless and is hugely subjective, but it looks like I have ended this week (and this month), having finally cracked the million hits mark. Of course, the significance is about the same as when you think its cool... Posted Oct 31 2008, 12:34 AM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Offbeat

• I bet it seemed logical at the time

  Oh how times change! I am reading a good book at the moment called "Competing on Analytics - The New Science of Winning" and I hit one particular quote that I have to share with you. It’s one of those statements that makes perfect sense... Posted Oct 24 2008, 07:04 PM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Offbeat, Risk, Finance

• (ab)using ISO9001 for fun and profit

  I don’t know if you have ever read ISO9001, but it is about as exciting as getting a root canal or trying to listen to a Ricky Martin album with a straight face. But hey, if they were actually interesting, ISO compliance wouldn’t be such a... Posted Oct 23 2008, 10:01 PM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Offbeat, Governance, IO9001

• Toddler insights into understanding

  My little boy will be turning four this weekend. We are hosting one of those parties with a zillion toddlers, copious amounts of candy and a bouncy castle. He seems to have gotten through the toddler/tantrum stage without causing us too much heartache... Posted Oct 17 2008, 07:31 PM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Offbeat

• It’s all Joel’s fault…

  Here we go - another cleverworkarounds waffle! Now we all know that Joel Oleson is the Russell Crowe of the SharePoint world! I mean, he’s multi-skilled, loads of talent, has the respect of his peers and has built a well deserved reputation of being... Posted Oct 13 2008, 11:30 PM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Offbeat, Strategy, Governance, Risk, Security, Assurance

• A tribute to the humble leave form part 5

  Arno over at Sharepoint Magazine has published part 5 of my "Leave Form Tribute" series of articles. This latest article is a bit of a graduation from the first four, that were pitched squarely at new users. In part 5 we are now getting into the... Posted Oct 03 2008, 09:03 PM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Offbeat, Forms Services, Training

• Sarcastic, yet surprisingly insightful

  Had a good laugh over at the register today with this anti google article written by Ted Dziuba. I am his newest fan. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/22/dziuba_anti_revolution/ The laughter came from the fact that its very well written with a ton... Posted Sep 26 2008, 05:11 AM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Offbeat

• You know you have done a good job when…

  When I wrote the series on SharePoint project failure, I had (and still have) a strong belief that I had gotten fairly close to the root causes of many a failed SharePoint project. As a result of this, I approach SharePoint engagements somewhat differently... Posted Sep 11 2008, 09:03 AM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Offbeat

• It’s a cruel world…

  I’ve been sick as a dog since last Saturday and been off work all of this week. The worst flu I’ve had in years. Thus I’ve been feeling like complete crap, irritable to everyone I go near, running a temperature, skullsplitting headaches... Posted Sep 03 2008, 07:23 AM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Offbeat, Opeth

• All in the name of "security"…

  Here is a recent little story about when, in the name of "security", a really dumb thing was done, and the response that said a lot about the security posture of those behind the response. A client of mine has 4 servers (2 for an Active Directory... Posted Aug 24 2008, 11:42 AM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Offbeat, SharePoint, Governance, Risk, Security, Active Directory

• Latest article on SharePoint Magazine posted…

  The second article in the tribute to the humble leave form series has just been posted here. I eagerly await the cease and desist letter Matt Groenings legal team Enjoy! No Tags Read More... Posted Jul 31 2008, 08:53 AM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Offbeat, SharePoint, Application Development, Forms Services

• Darth Sidious reads the same books as me

  Now, readers would know that I really lay on the pop culture references pretty thick. I find it works well and makes ordinary, sometimes mundane, topics much more interesting and easy to explain. I’ve used Brittany Spears, Ikea, Kung Fu, Death metal... Posted Jul 30 2008, 06:53 AM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: planning, Offbeat, Strategy, Risk, Global Managers

• How to Sabotage Your (SharePoint) Projects

  This post from the eLumenotion blog is clever and really tickled my sense of humour. He describes a declassified wartime era document called the "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" and the content is pure gold "It gives advice on how to deliberately... Posted Jun 26 2008, 07:55 PM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Project Management, planning, Offbeat

• Opeth - Watershed review

  Mentally tired this weekend and a headache too, so no work stuff. I promise to get back to SharePoint topics soon though… I just read something amazing that really surprised me. Opeth (the progressive metal band that is target of a few of my SharePoint... Posted Jun 14 2008, 11:14 PM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Offbeat, Opeth

• My First EndUserSharePoint.com article just published

  I just posted a new article to the EndUserSharePoint.com as a guest author. There will be a few of us doing this over the next few weeks, and it will be interesting to see how it pans out. The article is a more end-user focused version of the topic areas... Posted Jun 10 2008, 05:55 PM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: planning, Offbeat, SharePoint, Governance