John Liu .NET

SharePoint is a big product – and getting bigger.

People have wondered – how do you stay on top of all the new developments?

This is one trick I’ve found via Twitter – works relatively well.

1. You will of course need a twitter account
2. Go to the twitter search page and look for users.  Find “sharepoint”
   http://twitter.com/search/users?q=sharepoint&category=people&source=find_on_twitter
3. You will see a bunch that comes up on top – sorted by # of followers:
   • sharepointbuzz is crazy – as far as I can tell – this re-twits anything anyone says about #sharepoint (that’s useful).  I followed for a bit and decided that was too much reading.
   • SharePointMVPs is a good one – basically this one twits whenever one of the SharePoint MVPs writes a new blog (or white paper) – HIGHLY recommended
   • SharePoint is the MS official one – not necessary if you are already following the SharePoint team blog RSS
4. Read twitter on the go – in your iPhone or BlackBerry or Windows Mobile
5. If you see a topic that’s interesting, flag it with “favourites”
6. Review your twitter favourites a couple times a week.

Bingo!

Stay on top of all the up to date #SharePoint news

Anyone has a good tip about how to catch up on the old stuff between 2007 – 2009 let me know…