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After two very good sessions with a CorasWorks customer today I’m reminded just how important it is for organizations to share their successes internally. Nothing inspires new ideas and solutions like seeing someone else within your company who has accomplished something similar.

Some things to think about when deploying SharePoint in your organization.

“Consider Product, Platform, Project

Strategically, there are three components and viewpoints to consider when deploying SharePoint. These tiers — product, platform and project — provide an eye-opening look at the deployment. As a product, SharePoint is a strategic business-oriented platform with pre-built functionality that enables faster and less expensive creation of business solutions. From a platform perspective, businesses that once viewed SharePoint as the “go-to” place for content are now extending that role into the place where business gets done. Finally, as a project, focus on your goal of implementing a SharePoint solution not just as a tool, but as a strategic tool that enables the realization of business improvement.”

Blogsy has released an update for their iPad blogging software that now supports Tumblr. Since Tumblr is moving forward with becoming one of the premiere blogging platforms, it’s a good sign for the application.

Never assume age defines digital understanding. Personally I know so many “natives” that are really just users of tech, not students and experts in tech.

Effective implementation of social technology can only be accomplished with a practical familiarity with the technology. If you don’t use it, you can’t make it work.

johnwylam1957, wordpress.com

As most of you are painful­ly aware, the key­board gen­er­a­tion left behind the act of cur­sive writ­ing, for the most part. I’ve met a num­ber of peo­ple who call cur­sive writ­ing quaint, but it has no place in a cul­ture of instant…

Handwriting will never go away…and that’s a very good thing.