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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

EndUserSharePoint.com is closing

I worked at B&H PhotoVideo for a year, doing special projects; leading a team to coordinate and digitally organize information from 400 vendors, structuring the Payment Card Industry Processing project, setting up a metadata reader to expose the metadata structure of all of the major databases in-house, creating a plan for building a categorization system that would dynamically categorize items according to how varies business units wanted to organize the data. Most of these were projects that some would consider essential to running a business the size and breadth of B&H.

No matter how much work there was to do, however, it was against company policy to work from Friday evening, sundown, through Sunday morning. Sam, the owner of B&H, not only lives his life according to his principles, he insists that everyone in the company do the same. This not only goes for employees, it includes all external contractors. You do not work on B&H projects on Saturday… not on site, not at your office, not at your home. Saturday is family day, a time for reflection.

EndUserSharePoint.com doesn’t have the size and industry influence that B&H does, but that doesn’t mean we can’t live by the same philosophy. Christmas is a time of year for families, a time of reflection for the past year and the new one that’s right around the corner.

We will be closing down EndUserSharePoint.com from December 24 through December 26 so that we can be with our families, friends and loved ones. We will not be publishing articles, responding to comments or participating in Stump the Panel. For me, I’m packing up the family on December 21st and headed for the mountains

In the spirit of Sam and Herschel at B&H, we all wish you a safe, healthy and happy holiday season and hope that you too, will take this time to reflect on the good that can be accomplished in the coming year.

With sincere regards and best wishes for the coming year,
Mark Miller
Founder and Editor
EndUserSharePoint.com

 

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17 Responses to “EndUserSharePoint.com is closing”
  1. Greg says:

    Jeez, Mark, when I saw that header I gulped. Glad to hear you are just closing for the holidays. And kudos on the sentiment, too…

    Greg

  2. MOSSLover says:

    Seriously man don’t freak us out like that…We see closing and we think ZOMG NOOOOOO!!!!! Then I realized you meant for the holidays. Have a happy holidays man! See you in Virginia Beach:)

  3. Chris Quick says:

    Mark,

    A little early for April Fools isn’t it… I also freaked out with that subject line! :)

  4. Ari says:

    Merry Christmas to EndUserSharePoint.com from the land of Santa Claus.

  5. For a second I thought you were actually going to close and I was going to offer a server and the resources to keep you going.

    Glad to hear it’s just for a few days. Have a Happy Christmas one and all.

  6. Andrew Jolly says:

    Whoa, you got me there too! Let my brief moment of panic be seen as testament of my appreciation to a fantastic online resource and community,
    Merry Christmas and Happy New year.

  7. Isaac says:

    Wow, Definitley got worried there for a second! Merry Christmas, read you after the holidays.

  8. Eric j says:

    Merry Christmas to you and a Chag Sameach to Sam and Herschel.

  9. plakerl says:

    You guys have been great and deserve a break!! Enjoy

  10. Jeff says:

    Yikes!! That scared me for a minute. Go easy on us with the headlines. =)

    You guys do AWESOME work and I’d probably stop using Google Reader if EUSP was missing.

    Merry Christmas,
    Jeff

  11. Lynda says:

    Scared me to death — endpoint closing!!! Egads. What will I do? Where will I find info now. Then I read the article and my heart is back to normal. FYI — endpoint can “close” when I’m no longer using SharePoint!!! Merry Christmas to you and your families.

  12. YESChandana says:

    You better to change the post heading like “EndUserSharePoint.com is closing for Holidays”.

    LOL

  13. Joan says:

    Ok, whoah, yikes, scared me nearly to death too… Yes, yes, Good idea next time to add “for the holidays” to the subject line . A Happy and Healthy to Mark & Crew and all EndUserSharePoint users!

  14. George W says:

    Have a great holiday, hope you’re around for many years to come.

    And stop scaring us ! LOL

  15. Mike H says:

    Keep up the great work and enjoy your time off.

    Mike

  16. Dan Lewis says:

    Add me to the near heart-attack list. Best wishes and looking forward to content in 2009.

  17. Campbell says:

    Don’t DO that! I thought I was about to lose my primary lifeline, Mark.

    You had me planning on spending my weekend AWAY from my family, as I frantically searched for and saved every thread on this site. Either that, or I’d be switching to Alfresco.

    Enjoy the rest of your weekend. :-)


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