...with a bull horn in one hand and a rubber mallet in the other. "Wake Up!" I can still hear the words ringing in my ears. "Keep Writing!" Sweat dripping onto the keyboard.

But wait! There's good news, friends. I'm done! Finished!

Well, almost. There's still the editing and review cycle. But for all of you who've been wondering where I've been for the past couple months. Well, it's all about the book. Professional SharePoint 2007 Development from Wrox Press, that is. Stay tuned for more details, but here's the blurb from the Wiley site:

Beginning with an introduction to the technologies in Microsoft's application platform, this thorough guide then goes on to highlight the technologies in SharePoint 2007 that are new for developers.

The author team focuses on how SharePoint fits in and complements the underlying platform; this is discussed throughout the book so that readers can learn how to take existing investments in the MSFT platform and move those to SharePoint.

Places special emphasis on the key areas of SharePoint development: base platform, collaboration, portal and composite application frameworks, enterprise search, ECM, business process/workflow/electronic forms and finally business intelligence.

Demonstrates how to develop applications with RSS, blogs, and wikis; use and customize enterprise search, XML, XSLT in search, and the search Web service; build Portal solutions; and develop Collaboration using calendars, tasks, issues and email event.

I did the ECM chapters (Document Management, Records Management, Web Content Management and Workflow). It's due out in June. Man, this is exciting!

More stuff coming soon, so stay tuned.

J

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