UX & IA Design Thinking

25 FREE copies of my book will be given out Tuesday Nov. 13th 1pm at EMC Booth #629 . I will be there to Sign the books and provide a Q&A session after. Come on by to say hello! Add this event to your MySPC calendar!

After 6 months of hard work my SharePoint 2010 Branding Book: Practical SharePoint 2010 Branding and Customization   is finally available for order from Amazon !!! If you are quick and order now, you can get it under your tree by tomorrow! This book is a great deal as it comes with 2 pre-built visual designs , a visual studio solution for applying the designs, and of course a great resource book to help you on your branding journey. The two Visual designs included in the SharePoint Branding Kit : Many thanks to Chris Arella, Matt Lally, Robert Dornbush, and the team at Apress. This would not be at all possible without the support from my family and friends! Happy Holidays!

I wanted to share that my SharePoint 2010 Branding & Customization book is available for pre-order. You can click on this LINK to review and order my book. Or you can click on the link within the “My SharePoint Branding Book” element on the right side of My Blog . The book will be available December 15th 2011 and will include many great branding and design topics. Book Details: With Practical SharePoint 2010 Branding and Customization, SharePoint branding expert Erik Swenson cuts through the fluff and discusses accessible, easy-to-understand consulting and processes to create aesthetically pleasing, highly usable branded and customized SharePoint websites, both internally and externally. Designed to be a quick reference, how-to guide that lets you dive straight into the task at hand, you'll find this book's attention to detail and pragmatism make it an attractive companion during your branding experience. SharePoint 2010 deployments are more common than ever, ...

Whoa, its been 3 months and no blog posts what gives??? Well I have been very very busy writing my SharePoint 2010 Branding and Customization book!!! I am sorry about no posts lately but I am very excited to say that I am halfway through the book. It has been many of long nights but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The book is schedule to be published and available around the early part of December of this year 2011. So that will be just in time to order one for a great stocking stuffer! Here is a simplified TOC from the book. Introduction to SharePoint 2010 Branding Overview of UX/Branding Process Gathering Branding Requirements Creating the Visual Design Development Environment Setup Building the Design Testing the Visual Build Tips and Tricks Tools and Resources CSS Reference Guide I want to thank everyone who has continued to follow my blog, and has posted such great comments and questions. I promise that once this book is...