SharePoint Lists: Grouping/Paging by first letter

A very interesting blog entry, Alphabetical Paging on a SharePoint List View, by Tom Clarkson, talks about grouping/paging items in a SharePoint list based on their first letter. If you are just looking for the formula needed to create a calculated column that contains the first letter of the item's Title, here it is:

=IF(ISNUMBER(VALUE(LEFT(Title,1))), "0", LEFT(Title,1))

TechEd 2008: Wait for me....

TechEd 2008 is coming fast, and this year, I'll attend the developers conference. Read more details on the TechEd Developers 2008, and if you're interested in meeting me, drop me a line. During the first week of June, I'll post details and photos of my whole experience in Orlando.