System.Console.WriteLine("Hello, Blog!");

It's a great feeling to jot the first lines into a pristine new blog.  Nothing but potential....

Now that's over with, I can get on with the whys and wherefores.  I created this nook in the blogosphere to capture thoughts and stories about adventures with Microsoft SharePoint and related technologies.  I've been connected to SharePoint as a business customer and technology consultant since its early incarnations, but I don't consider myself a technical guru - perhaps more a a technical tourist...  Technology has a way of constantly leveling the playing field, and with the release of SharePoint 2010 we're all back near square one.  I'm looking forward to climbing the learning curve again.

The area in which I do claim some chops is finding interesting and simple ways to apply tools and platforms like SharePoint in the workplace.  Or, at least it's what I enjoy best about working with technology - working with people who have to get a job done, and finding ways that I can make things easier or more interesting using technology.

I was inspired to get on this blog-wagon by an old friend, and a new friend.  My new friend is Dan Lewis, already a bright star in the SharePoint universe, who blogs as the SharePoint Comic.  And, because of a recent adventure in SharePoint, I reconnected with an old friend, Marc Anderson at Sympraxis Consulting, who blogs about bending SharePoint to his will in all sorts of ways, including jQuery and xsl.  Marc helped me out of a jam with his jQuery library (but more about that in another post).

So, with thanks to my inspirations, I hereby christen this blog -
Stay tuned for more SharePoint adventures (I know I will)!