When you search the net for SharePoint answers, how do you know if what you find is a good answer or not? Sometimes a post that’s been around a long time comes back much earlier in the results, even if newer and better approaches have been documented or discovered.
Into the fray jumps StackOverflow.com where people can vote answers up or down. This site is targeted mostly at developers, but even though it only launched recently it already has over 200 SharePoint questions many of which are not directly about programming.
Some of the nice features are how the site is very reputation driven: People who have built up more reputation have the power to do more things, like edit questions or answers; answers that become outdated can be voted down, allowing better answers to float to the top over time.
It’s still early days for this site, but it looks really promising to me.
About Ruven Gotz
Ruven Gotz is a Senior Consultant & SharePoint MVP with Navantis, a Microsoft Gold Partner based in Toronto, Canada. With over 20 years of IT industry experience, Ruven has spent the past seven years delivering award-winning SharePoint solutions for a wide range of clients.
Working as a Business Analyst and Information Architect, Ruven is able to apply his eclectic education and varied experience in Psychology, Computer Science, Economics, Software Development and Training to get to the heart of complex problems. Ruven is a great communicator who is able to discuss technology concepts in language that is relevant to his audience, whether they are from IT or business. He has become a leader in the use of visual tools to help his clients and team members achieve shared understanding of problems and goals and shared commitment towards implementing a successful solution.
Ruven helps his clients understand that strong technical teams are necessary but not sufficient to deliver a successful result. A successful SharePoint project requires excellent planning, a good understanding of the client’s corporate culture, and thoughtful change management.
When he wants to get away from computers, you’ll find Ruven at the week-night races on Lake Ontario, sailing his keelboat, “In the Groove”.
You can follow him on Twitter at @RuvenG.
