The May 2011 email newsletter has been released to subscribers inboxes. If you are interested you’ll find the edition here:
In there you’ll find information about integrating OneNote an iPads, Windows Mobile 7 and Office365.
Here’s the video newsletter as well that is part of each edition.
Remember to be in the running for some free $15 gift vouchers from Amazon you need to sign up to the newsletter and send me some feedback. See this previous blog post for more information. To sign up for the newsletter and view previous editions visit:
http://us1.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=e641b9327b1cf4c45ad4e593f&id=c851ddf6cf
Remember you can always send feedback to me directly via director@ciaops.com and I encourage you to do so.
Watch out Mr Murdoch
I have a lot of faith in video as a communication medium. I also believe, for many reasons, that YouTube is the best distribution mechanism for my videos. As with most other users I have been limited to a total length of 15 minutes for my video. That was until I uploaded my most recent video and saw the following message:
So now my limit is 2GB in size! Wow, image what I can do now. How come? Well according to this blog post by YouTube:
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/12/up-up-and-away-long-videos-for-more.html
I’ve been a good boy and not abused my YouTube privileges. My reward is now the ability to upload video of more than 15 minutes.
Stay tunes for my first full featured YouTube “movie”.
Getting started with Companyweb 2010 video
As promised I have now uploaded the video companion to my recent E-book “Getting started with Companyweb 2010”. The video provides you with a basic tutorial on using Companyweb (SharePoint Foundation) 2010 on Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 Standard.
You’ll learn the basics of document libraries, calendars, picture libraries, the recycle bin and search. This is great starting point for those who may have never used SharePoint on SBS.
Subscribers to my SharePoint Guide have access to a version of the video that they can rebrand for their own use with their customers if desired.
Expect to see more videos coming out from the CIAOPS on SharePoint 2010 and Office365 (which is getting close to release folks).
Kindle capers
In this month’s newsletter from the CIAOPS you’ll find a review of the Amazon Kindle. After recently purchasing one as a gift I found the device hard to put down so decided to invest in one for myself. Since then I have converted at least half a dozen other people to purchasing their own, which they also love.
Amazon also has a free Kindle app that you can install onto just about any device that allows you to read your books just anywhere you are. For an overview have a look at this months video newsletter:
I find this Kindle app especially handy for technical books allowing me to have them available on my laptop for reference. This means I can carry my reference library around with me rather than having it consigned to the shelf in my Office. I can also tag and record notes as well.
Another appealing aspect of the Kindle is simply Amazon’s service. You’d be hard pressed to find a business that does it better. Every query I have made is prompt answered and dealt with to beyond my satisfaction. The whole ordering process for the Kindle and associated eBooks is so far beyond just about every business I have used on the Internet that I’m more than happy to give them further business and recommend them to everyone.
If you enjoy reading lots of books and want something that makes them easy to access then you can’t go further than the Kindle. If you do get hooked and purchase one can I ask that you consider ordering through my Amazon associate site (http://amazon.ciaops.com) as I get a few pennies credit for each purchase which help feed my Kindle addiction.
SMB Nation Spring 2011
The first will be – You’ve got SharePoint now what? And the second will be on a panel discussion with Dana Epp on the changes that video-casting has brought to the landscape and how to take business advantage of that.
To help SMB Nation promote the event I have created the following video:
If you are also planning on attending then please let me know so we can meet up. If you aren’t then I’d suggest you have a look at all the other sessions that are going to available. You can find out more details about the event at:
http://www.smbnationevents.com/spring2011/home.aspx
and I look forward to seeing everyone there in June.
Enabling inline editing in SharePoint 2010
Here’s is a nice video I created that will show you to enable inline editing in SharePoint 2010. It is a pretty cool feature, easy to enable and makes working with SharePoint 2010 a whole lot easier.
YouTube milestone
Just over 4 years ago I started to upload videos to YouTube. About 2 years later I open a new YouTube account and continued to upload videos there. Since that time I have not uploaded any new videos to the original account. Now over 2 years later that original account has reached over 500,000 views and 582 subscribers! Amazing.
I still continue to get plenty of feedback, comments and subscribers to something that I haven’t basically changed in over 2 years.
The video with the highest views (shown above) has over 63,000 in total.
I would have never imagined that any video I created would ever garner this many views. To me it demonstrates the growing influence of video and the power of sites like YouTube. I continue to develop and release videos and upload them to YouTube (here’s the latest):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4aKSQVPerA
Each video incorporates subtle changes that help me understand what works best for video production on the web. Sometimes I’m looking to understand audio, others its about resolution but each video is a another test in an effort to find the best methods of production.
All of this testing allows me to typically improve what I provide to subscribers of my SharePoint Guide as I have found that people are far more receptive to short video tutorials as an adjunct to the printed material in the Guide. My aim is provide at least one video tutorial to subscribers to allow them to quickly get up to speed on SharePoint.
Many question the value of YouTube but I see it as one of the main marketing methods available to me to reach a potential world wide audience. Creating videos these days is so easy that there should be no excuse why you aren’t doing so if you are in business. In most cases it is not creating the video that is problem but what to create videos on. Smart businesses will learn to understand how they can use video to reach more customers and generate business. Others dismiss it as a waste of time. My response to that is fine, but for me the results speak for themselves.
SQL Database basics video
I’ve just uploaded a new video to YouTube that shows you how to detach and attach SQL databases via the SQL Management Console.
Although only very short and simple in my experience I have found that many people tasked with administrating SharePoint (which relies on SQL) do not know how to perform these simple operations.
The detach and attach process is really handy if you want to manually move the SharePoint content bases to another location on the disk.
Subscribers to my SharePoint Guide will receive an extended video covering additional topics such as how to completely remove SQL databases as well as rename them. The Guide not only provides video tutorials but extensive notes. For more information about becoming a subscriber visit www.wssops.com.
CIAOPS 
