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Local Fastball Sponsorship
We (Wendy, itgroove and myself) are pleased to support our local Fastball league (Central Saanich Extreme Fastball) that our daughter has been a part of (And made some special friends and had some good times) over the last 4 years. There will be a new sign up in the Spring and we are a sponsor …
Read onGroovy. Brainlitter Annual Report
Nope. This blog isn’t powered by SharePoint. I made that decision a few years ago for various reasons I’ve already covered in the past. I use WordPress and one of the reasons I roll with it for a public facing blog site is that there are some nifty 3rd party options available. One of them …
Read onitgroove has a Windows Phone App
Ya we do. Check it out here. Thanks to Colin for making it happen.
Read onTECH TRENDS COME AND GO, ITGROOVE IS HERE TO STAY
Victoria, BC – This year marks the 10th anniversary for local Victoria technology firm, itgroove Professional Services Ltd. From its inception as a one-man home office business to its present status as a growing team of technology professionals, the one constant has been delivering technology support that works for its customers. With 20 years in …
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Cool. Colin developed an “itgroove Blogs” app that now exists in the Windows Phone Store (Attaboy Colin). So if you aren’t getting enough blogging/knowledge goodness from our team already, now you can get it on your Windows Phone (you do have one, don’t you?) Check it out
Read onI aspire to be the Bob Ross of SharePoint
I can hear Darren’s eyes rolling from here… Egad, what now Sean? I always liked how Apollo Creed of the Rocky Movie franchise had a bunch of cool nicknames, like The King of Sting, the Master of Disaster, the Count of Monte Cristo. I’ve been searching for my own (I needed/wanted something to make what …
Read onYear 5 – Renewed as SharePoint MVP
Got my email re: 5th year as a Microsoft MVP for SharePoint Server today. Always strange to get it on April Fools but real all the same. Thanks to all for your support. “Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2013 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders …
Read onBefore you hire that tech guy – read this
You may have heard stories of businesses hiring technology consultants to fix problems or create new solutions. Many of those stories end with the consultant not meeting the needs or expectations of the business. A feeling of disappointment and resentment – but you can prevent this. The reasons for failed technology projects are numerous; however …
Read onA little late, but Happy New Year
Happy New Year to you! Wendy and I ushered in 2013 with family, friends and our new puppy. We had a nice Christmas meal and spent much of our time in the living room playing with the kids – yours truly was in charge of assembling Lego. We were grateful for the past year and …
Read onIntroducing the itgroove Support Orb
Ah the things that give me pleasure itgroove is SharePoint-centric. Our documents, holiday request forms, client info, – everything – goes into SharePoint in our shop. We also use SharePoint as our issue tracking system – new internal and client requests wind up created as SharePoint List Items, which are in turn assigned to our …
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