It’s official, the new 7.0 is out there!  You can download it off of the Sitecore Developer Network at: http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207.aspx

Coinciding with the release have been a blast of emails, twitter posts, and blog posts, including the following series from my colleagues:

• Sitecore 7: Upgrade considerations
• Sitecore 7: What’s new for developers in Elbrus
• Sitecore 7: Your content authors will love the search improvements
• Sitecore 7: What the new features tell us about Sitecore’s direction
• Sitecore 7: Three reasons to be excited

Of note: There’s an upcoming online session from Sitecore this week on using LINQ with Sitecore 7.  My team and I are going to be attending this to see what’s new.  Check out the event details:  https://plus.google.com/events/cmsu9nrjms85fs04mr4cib04q2c