The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom
Sat, Jul 4th 2009 8:50p Gregg Eldred The debut novel from Christopher Ransom,
The
Birthing House, is quite a blend
of tension, suspense, horror, and mystery. But mostly horror. For a debut
novel, it is quite good but, at times, difficult to follow.
Conrad Harrison heads out of Chicago,
travelling the wrong direction, and finds himself in Black Earth, Wisconsin.
It is there that he finds a stately old home that he absolutely must buy.
Without talking to his wife, he impulsively purchases the house and then
informs her of the purc [read] Keywords:
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Hater by David Moody
Fri, Jul 3rd 2009 10:59a Gregg Eldred There must be something with new authors
and 2009; this is the 3rd novel I've read this year by a first-time author.
Although it was originally self-published on-line, David Moody's Hater,
found a publisher and, with that, should enjoy a lot of new interest. It
wasn't until the last few pages that I realized that this is the first
novel in a series. Finishing Hater, I can't wait for the next installment.
Set in an unnamed city in Britain, Danny
McCoyne works in the Parking Fine Processing off [read] Keywords: office
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You Want Fries With That: A White-Collar Burnout Experiences Life at Minimum Wage by Prioleau Alexander
Wed, Jul 1st 2009 4:59p Gregg Eldred Auburn University is probably best known
for its football team. While that is nice, they count among their alumni
author Tim Dorsey, who writes some of the most twisted, hilarious, and
entertaining books concerning a serial killer running around the state
of Florida. Another writer has emerged from Auburn, Prioleau Alexander,
and his first novel is You
Want Fries With That: A White-Collar Burnout Experiences Life at Minimum
Wage, a novel as twisted and
hilarious as the best Dorsey. But while Dor [read] Keywords: application
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NEOLUG: Declan's XPages Presentation
Thu, Jun 25th 2009 11:32p Gregg Eldred At NEOLUG today, we were fortunate to have Declan Sciolla-Lynch present on XPages. As there were some "technical difficulties" with the web meeting, he has provided his presentation (in ODF format):
XPages XPlained
If you want more information on XPages, be sure to seach his blog for an excellent series of articles. . [read] Keywords: odf
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Ingersoll Rand: From Lotus Notes to Exchange in the Cloud
Wed, Jun 24th 2009 3:40a Gregg Eldred From CIO.com:
One customer that's made the leap (to hosted e-mail) is Ingersoll Rand, a $13 billion industrial company with 60,000 employees that makes everything from golf carts (Club Car) to air conditioners (Trane). According to John Kalka, Ingersoll Rand's VP of technology deployment, the opportunity to move to a cloud-based e-mail arose in 2007, when the company was deciding whether or not to renew its contract with IBM for Lotus Notes.
Ingersoll Rand was running the e-mail system in-h [read] Keywords: domino
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The Leaderboard: Conversations on Golf and Life by Amy Alcott with Don Wade
Wed, Jun 24th 2009 3:40a Gregg Eldred Amy Alcott joined the Ladies Professional
Golf Association (LPGA) in 1975 at the age of 19. During her career, she
won five majors and a total of twenty-nine Tour victories. It is safe to
say that she knows golf, competition, and what it takes to win on the highest
levels. Even with the assistance of Don Wade, former senior editor at Golf
Digest and the author or co-author of twenty books, I am saddened to
report that with The
Leaderboard: Conversations on Golf and Life,
Amy does not know how to [read] Keywords: office
40 Years Ago: The Cuyahoga River Catches Fire
Mon, Jun 22nd 2009 1:31p Gregg Eldred At 11:56 am on June 22, 1969, an oil slick caught fire on the Cuyahoga River just southeast of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland's image is still scarred as people recall how "the river caught fire."Â The 1969 fire is the most famous fire on the Cuyahoga River, even though a previous fire in 1952 on the Cuyahoga caused nearly thirty times the amount of damage. No press photo exists of the 1969 fire - news agencies used photos from the 1952 blaze. Yet the day after the 1969 river fire, the t [read] Keywords: php
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ChannelWeb: Take a Message: It's Lotus Vs. Exchange
Mon, Jun 22nd 2009 9:51a Gregg Eldred ChannelWeb has a comparison of Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 and Microsoft Outlook and Exchange 2010. In the review, they looked at five areas for comparison; installation and deployment, interoperability and customization, feature set, performance, and pricing. The products were running very close until ChannelWeb looked at pricing:
Consider a 100-user shop. To deploy the Enterprise Edition of Exchange 2010, you will need to purchase the software for $3,999. CALs will be another $3,500. That's a [read] Keywords: domino
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A Week on St. John - Spring Break 2009
Thu, Jun 18th 2009 4:40p Gregg Eldred Spring Break 2009 found the family and I spending a week on the island of St. John, in the American Virgin Islands. While there are plenty of sunny places, on or near an ocean, to spend a week, St. John has rocketed to the top of my list due to plenty of beaches from which to choose, excellent snorkeling, a nice variety of eating establishments, and the "difficulty" of reaching the island. The latter means that you have to arrive either by ferry or private boat, as there is no airport on the isl [read] Keywords: google
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ChannelWeb: Watchdog Publishes Missing White House E-Mails
Thu, Jun 18th 2009 8:29a Gregg Eldred While you may have forgotten about the White House's missing e-mails, I still watch for news on the topic.
According to ChannelWeb, the watchdog group, Citizens for Responsiblity and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has published more than 100 of the missing e-mails after negotiations with the Obama administration. Some of the highlights are:
-- After moving from IBM (NYSE:IBM) Lotus Notes to Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) Outlook and Microsoft Exchange in 2002, the White House attempted several times to [read] Keywords: administration
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Night of Thunder by Stephen Hunter
Mon, Jun 15th 2009 11:39p Gregg Eldred Stephen Hunter has turned out some excellent
novels with his character, ex-Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger. All of the
ones that I have read, and, granted, they are mainly the early novels,
were believable, well-characterized thrillers. Novels which I have not
hesitated to recommend to others. It was with great anticipation that I
welcomed the latest novel from Stephen Hunter, Night
of Thunder.
Bob Lee Swagger's daughter, Nikki, is
a reporter for a local newspaper in Bristol, Tennessee. While [read] Keywords:
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Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music by Greg Kot
Mon, Jun 15th 2009 10:29a Gregg Eldred You would have to be totally unaware
if you haven't noticed that people get most of their music from sources
other than traditional stores. One of the most popular methods is peer-to-peer
networks, like LimeWire, Napster, BitTorrent, and others. Since the consolidation
of radio stations into just a few corporate entities, new music from new
bands takes a back seat to established ones and the programming of these
radio stations is done outside of the listening area. It is no wonder that
no matter [read] Keywords: ipod
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The VAR Guy: Microsoft Reponds to IBM's Small Business Server Claims
Fri, Jun 12th 2009 10:19a Gregg Eldred From The VAR Guy: One week after IBM claimed Microsoft Small Business Server partners are flocking to Lotus solutions, Microsoft is counter punching. In an email to The VAR Guy, Microsoft defends its small business channel momentum and points out some alleged weaknesses in IBMâs small business efforts.
According to the email from Microsoft:
IBM is entering a market where Microsoft is established and continues to invest â currently Microsoft is investing $6.5B in SMB market each ye [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Vanished by Joseph Finder
Wed, Jun 10th 2009 10:19p Gregg Eldred Joseph Finder is one of my favorite
authors and I always look forward to reading his latest novel. He usually
writes thrillers with a corporate focus, and incorporates realistic technology,
dialog, and well rounded characters. I was fortunate to receive an advanced
readers copy of his soon to be released novel, Vanished.
This is the first in a series of novels featuring a new character, Nick
Heller, a corporate investigator with a high-priced Washington, DC firm.
As the story opens, Nick Hel [read] Keywords:
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Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore
Wed, Jun 10th 2009 10:19p Gregg Eldred Not content with finishing his most
recent novel, Fool,
I required some earlier novel by Christopher Moore to immerse myself in
more over-the-top, bawdy fiction. Looking at the synopsis of Fluke,
provided me with the inspiration to read the novel. Whales, feuding researchers,
Hawaii, what isn't there to love?
Nathan, "Nate," Quinn has been researching whales off the Hawaiian
Islands for many years. He hopes one day to finally be able to determine
the reason whales sing. In his group of resea [read] Keywords: notes
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elguji Wins IBM Beacon Award
Tue, Jun 9th 2009 11:39a Gregg Eldred Announced today, elguji has added to their trophy case by winning an IBM Beacon Award for "Innovative Collaboration Solution with Lotus Sofware:"
Congratulations, elguji! [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Breaking the Slump: How Great Players Survived Their Darkest Moments in Golf--and What You Can Learn from Them by Jimmy Roberts
Fri, Jun 5th 2009 10:39a Gregg Eldred According to some sources, there are
between 50 to 61 million golfers in the world. In the United States, there
are as many as 37 million. Each and every one of those golfers, professionals
included, have had, or will have, a slump. Where they used to be able to
play really well, they may find that they lost their ability to drive the
ball well, their putting stroke may have left them, or they have lost all
touch around the greens. Once able to count on nice drives, they now have
no idea where t [read] Keywords:
Midwest Lotus User Group Conference - Call for Abstracts is Open
Thu, Jun 4th 2009 10:20a Gregg Eldred The Midwest Lotus User Group Conference is now accepting speaker abstracts for the August 27-28 event. If you are interested in presenting an Application Development, Administration and Infrastructure, or Best Practice session, please visit the Abstract Submission page.
Taking place at IBM Center in Chicago, MWLUG is the result of a collaborative effort with several Lotus User Groups. In addition to the two days of sessions, workshops, Partner Showcase, and networking, early registrants will b [read] Keywords: administration
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RIM Patches PDF Distiller Vulnerability
Thu, Jun 4th 2009 9:39a Gregg Eldred RIM has released a security patch to fix vulnerabilities in the PDF Distiller in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Problem
Multiple security vulnerabilities exist in the PDF distiller of some released versions of the BlackBerry Attachment Service. These vulnerabilities could enable a malicious individual to send an email message containing a specially crafted PDF file, which when opened for viewing on a BlackBerry smartphone, could cause memory corruption and possibly lead to arbitrary code e [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Fool by Christopher Moore
Wed, Jun 3rd 2009 4:39p Gregg Eldred Finally, after much indecision, I actually
read Fool,
by Christopher Moore. After finishing it, I had to wonder what took me
so long to get around to reading it. It is a hilarious, ribald, and thoroughly
entertaining take on Shakespeare's King Lear.
If you don't remember that story, King Lear, in his old age, decides to
divide his kingdom between his three daughters. However, they must first
profess their love for him. Lear's oldest daughters, Regan and Goneril,
flatter their father and are [read] Keywords:
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When a News Article Reminds Me of a Personal Item
Wed, Jun 3rd 2009 11:09a Gregg Eldred This news article concerning the support and maintenance of the United States Marine Corps Total Force Retention System (TFRS) came to me today:
ARLINGTON, Va., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Segue Technologies, as a subcontractor to Stanley Associates, has been awarded a contract to support the Marine Corps Total Force Retention System (TFRS). Segue will provide Lotus Notes/Domino system development, maintenance, and integration to this effort, as part of an overall technical services support package [read] Keywords: domino
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Inside the Ropes - Volunteering at the 2009 Senior PGA Championship
Mon, Jun 1st 2009 1:12p Gregg Eldred About a year ago, I received an e-mail from the PGA asking if I would be interested in volunteering at the 2009 Senior PGA Championship at Canterbury Golf Club, located in Beachwood, OH, outside of Cleveland. While applying on-line was easy, you had to decide on the job and also pay about $100 for the privilege. For the money, you received a volunteer golf shirt, hat, and jacket. Also included in the price was lunch, free admission to all days, and two practice round tickets, which you could use [read] Keywords:
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TechTarget: Update on move to Gmail: Cost-cutting measure, a mix of sun and clouds
Fri, May 29th 2009 12:09p Gregg Eldred TechTarget writer Linda Tucci revisited Hamilton Beach Brands' move from Lotus Notes/Domino to GMail. While Ed Brill, and others, were on a Webcast covering this migration, Ms. Tucci reports that some things didn't transfer too well:
The good news is the move to Gmail came in ahead of schedule, on April 30, two months ahead of the June 30 deadline.
. . . The bad news is there were a couple of hiccups. For example, at least half the attachments in some parts of the company email did not get t [read] Keywords: domino
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SnTT: Launching Notes Basic or Notes Standard Clients
Fri, May 29th 2009 12:09p Gregg Eldred After migrating a Domino server to new hardware and upgrading it to Domino 8.5 (from R5), the client has a few workstations that cannot handle the Notes Standard Client. To mitigate performance issues on these older workstations, Lotus has two choices to allow the user to run the Notes Basic Client, which can be found in the TechNote, "What's new in Lotus Notes 8 Client?".
To launch Notes 8 (Basic Configuration), create a shortcut on your desktop to point to nlnotes.exe in the Notes program d [read] Keywords: domino
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PCWorld: Palm Pre Can Synch With iTunes
Thu, May 28th 2009 10:39a Gregg Eldred Not even released into the wild (June 6), the Palm Pre apparently will be able to natively sync with iTunes:
For those eager to get your hands on the Palm Pre but are cautious about straying from the almighty iPhone, here's some good news: According to reports, the Pre seamlessly syncs with iTunes. The one problem is that it cannot handle copy-protected songs, so if you've been amassing a legit iTunes library (i.e. downloaded from iTunes and not, you know, elsewhere), you may want to stick wit [read] Keywords: apple
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Long Lost by Harlan Coben
Wed, May 27th 2009 12:00p Gregg Eldred Authors who have a long running character
can, at times, produce a novel that is viewed as less than stellar. Some
of those authors can be criticized for phoning in their latest novel. Or
the characters become tired and boring. Or the plots could be seen as less
than optimal. Frankly, this happens to a lot of authors over the course
of a series of novels. This cannot be said of Harlan Coben or his character
Myron Bolitar. Back in his ninth novel,
Long Lost, Myron Bolitar,
Harlan Coben's sports a [read] Keywords: agent
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Need A Gift for a High School/College Graduate? I Have a Recommendation.
Tue, May 26th 2009 2:09p Gregg Eldred As I was reminded by Mitch
Cohen, Graduation Party season
is upon us. As such, this is a repost of book review that I did last year,
but one that I highly recommend for the new graduate. In fact, I have purchased
several more copies to give as gifts this year.
====================================
I am sure that in the coming months
you will attend a college graduation party. Or you may know a recent college
graduate. If you are agonizing over a gift for that person, look no further
than Di [read] Keywords: facebook
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CertFX: Top 5 Exams Taken at Lotusphere 2009
Tue, May 26th 2009 9:20a Gregg Eldred From the CertFX blog:
After only a couple of weeks after the product release and a couple of days after the certification release, unprecedented numbers sat for either the Application Development or System Administration update exam. In fact, both of these tests made the top-five list of exams taken at Lotusphere 2009.
Top 5 Exams Taken at Lotusphere:
1. ND 8 System Administration Update
2. ND 8 Application Development Update
3. ND 8 System Admin Operating Fundamentals
4. ND 8.5 System [read] Keywords: admin
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Gizmodo: Palm Pre: The Definitive Guide and FAQ
Tue, May 26th 2009 8:49a Gregg Eldred In advance of the June 6 release, Gizmodo has created "The Definitive Guide and FAQ" for the Palm Pre based on various reports around the internet and interviews with Palm executives. For example:
Available at Sprint Stores, Best Buy, and Radio Shack
It will cost $199 with a two year contract and a $100 mail-in rebate. Unlocked phone may cost upwards of $549
3G EV-DO rev. A and Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Wireless induction charger
It's smaller than the iPhone in surface area, but it's noticeably thick [read] Keywords: iphone
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American Buffalo by Steven Rinella
Thu, May 21st 2009 10:59p Gregg Eldred The history of North America and the
buffalo are intertwined. The importance of this animal is evident to most
citizens of the United States, mainly as it is depicted on some of our
coins, specifically the "buffalo head nickel" and on the reverse
of several US State Quarters (Kansas, North Dakota, and Montana). People
of North America have long depended on the buffalo and Steve Rinella, in
his book, American
Buffalo, provides an excellent
reminder of the uniqueness of this large animal and its h [read] Keywords:
Microsoft: Comparing Lotus Domino/Notes and Exchange Server 2010
Fri, May 15th 2009 4:59p Gregg Eldred For your Friday reading enjoyment comes this from Microsoft, explaining the differences between Exchange 2010 and Notes/Domino. While I could spend some time arguing each and every point, the one that made me smile was this one:
Single, Industry Leading Directory Interoperability: The Exchange team built the first native active directory application, Exchange 2000, almost nine years ago. IBM announced this feature for Domino 8.5.x releases, and by the time it ships, Exchange will have a ten- y [read] Keywords: domino
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Open Mic: Security certificate expiration for signed applets
Thu, May 14th 2009 1:20p Gregg Eldred Three times, IBM/Lotus has had an Open Mic call between Domino Administrators (and other interested Lotus Notes/Domino people) and Level 2 and Level 3 Support staff to assist with the forthcoming Domino Server Security Certificate expiration. If you don't know, those certificates expire on Monday, May 18. Chris Miller LiveBlogged the first call, which you can find here.
Listening to the third and final call, I picked up some information that you may find helpful:
Level 2 and Level 3 Support [read] Keywords: domino
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New Radicati Group Analysis of Notes/Domino Available
Tue, May 12th 2009 10:49p Gregg Eldred Am I curious? Yes. Will I purchase the report? No. Based on what we currently see from IBM Lotus, and knowing the roadmap for Notes and Domino, the report would be, at the least, entertaining. From MarketWire:
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - May 12, 2009) - The Radicati Group, Inc.'s latest study, "IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Market Analysis, 2009-2013," provides an in-depth analysis of the market for IBM Lotus Domino and IBM Lotus Notes, including market share, installed base by version, as well as b [read] Keywords: collaboration
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LCTY - A Few More Presentations
Tue, May 12th 2009 1:09p Gregg Eldred I am not sure if this is the result of attending an IBM sponsored Lotusphere Comes To You (LCTY) event, but attendees at the Columbus, OH, event walked away with a USB drive with all of the presentations. That did not occur in Cleveland. However, looking through some other folders on the USB drive, I found a couple of other presentations, which someone may find useful. Enjoy.
IBM Client Successes - IBM Lotus and IBM WebSphere Portal Software
IBM WebSphere Portal
Technorati tag: LCTY Lotusp [read] Keywords: ibm
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Michael Sampson: 7 Pillars Analysis of IBM
Fri, May 8th 2009 10:20a Gregg Eldred Michael Sampson's blog is one that I read on a regular basis; a nice mix of IT news and commentary. One of his latest posts deals with IBM and the offerings in the Lotus Software brand.
IBM offers a tremendous range of technical capabilities to support shared access to team data that is stored in its products. And from a user and group perspective, this variety of approaches presents a huge problemâthe cost of infinite opportunity! If a user has all of these capabilities available to the [read] Keywords: connections
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Twitter Maintenance - May 8 and May 11
Thu, May 7th 2009 10:00p Gregg Eldred From the Twitter Status Page:
Weâre planning a significant database upgrade that will greatly increase system performance. To do this, we will require two planned maintenance windows: Friday, May 8th from 2p-3p Pacific and again on Monday, May 11th from Noon-1p Pacific.
Weâre taking these maintenance windows earlier in the day because of the extent of the changes involved. We want to make sure that we are able to respond quickly and efficiently to any issues that may arise from the [read] Keywords: database
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Domino Server Java Applet Certificate Security Signatures Expiring on May 18, 2009
Wed, May 6th 2009 10:19p Gregg Eldred My friend, Jean-Yves Riverin, has already blogged this, but I think that it deserves another post. Plus, I need to document it for my own personal information. :-)
What is happening
The certificate for some Java applets in Lotus Domino 6.5.x, Domino 7.0.x, Domino 8.0.x, and Domino 8.5 have an expiration date of May 18, 2009. Starting May 19th, Web users will see a dialog with a message similar to one of the following when loading a Web page that contains a Java applet from the Domino server: [read] Keywords: document
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LCTY - Cleveland Details
Wed, May 6th 2009 3:20p Gregg Eldred For those that like to attend events at the last minute, here are some details on tomorrow's Lotusphere Comes To You (LCTY) event in Cleveland:
When:: Thursday, May 7, 2009
Where
Embassy Suites Cleveland-Rockside
5800 Rockside Woods Blvd.
Independence, OH
Directions to Embassy Suites
Agenda:
8:00 - 8:30 Registration
8:00 - 3:00 Hands-on Computer Lab open all day
8:30 - 9:45 Connect, Collaborate, Innovate and GROW (Keynote: David Farrell, Vice President, Lotus Tiger Team, IBM)
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eWeek: Who Knew Microsoft Still Had It in for IBM?
Wed, May 6th 2009 9:49a Gregg Eldred The eWeek article focuses on Microsoft's efforts to show WebSphere runs better on the Windows platform than Power6/AIX:
Microsoft is taking on IBM with claims that IBM's WebSphere runs faster, better and more cheaply on Windows Server 2008. Software giant Microsoft is calling IBM out for a showdown to see which platform is optimal for WebSphere in a campaign that asks, Who Knew?
... The new focus on IBM and WebSphere comes on the heels of equally if not more aggressive tactics Microsoft has [read] Keywords: ibm
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Inside BlackBerry: Official BlackBerry Blog
Fri, May 1st 2009 9:29p Gregg Eldred At last, RIM has joined the blogosphere with the "Official BlackBerry Blog," Inside BlackBerry
We might be official, but we certainly aren't the first BlackBerry smartphone blog. There are already countless bloggers out there who eat, sleep and breathe this stuff everyday.
So why are we doing this?
Because we believe we can make a valuable contribution to the conversation. We do have a slight advantage, after all -- smartphones are our life and work.
More > [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Running From the Devil by Jamie Freveletti
Thu, Apr 30th 2009 11:39p Gregg Eldred Running
From the Devil is the debut
novel by author Jamie Freveletti. Jamie is an ultramarathoner, teacher
and black belt in aikido, has degrees in law, political science, and international
studies, and has been a trail attorney, representing clients from fraud
and white-collar crime to violations with securities, medical device, and
pharmaceuticals. In Running From the Devil, the main character, Emma, is
an ultramarathoner and involved in the cosmetics industry and by knowing
the author's backg [read] Keywords: administration
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PCWorld: Google Apps Gains LDAP Support
Thu, Apr 30th 2009 6:10p Gregg Eldred Google Apps has gained a directory tool designed to simplify and accelerate the setup of this hosted collaboration and communication suite.
With the new Directory Sync, Apps can tap into existing LDAP-based user directories, such as the ones in IBM's Lotus Domino and Microsoft's Active Directory, so that administrators don't have to set up a separate directory in the Google suite.
This could have a big effect on enterprise IT; easing the administrative burden. Which would then make Google App [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Rumor of the Day: New Blackberry Devices
Thu, Apr 30th 2009 10:20a Gregg Eldred From PRNewswire:
As Research In Motion (RIMM Quote) gets set to open its annual Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando next week, analysts and gadget fans are expecting an introduction to the BlackBerry Niagara.
This will sound familiar to Tech Rumor readers who may recall that TheStreet.com reported last month that the Niagara, a so-called 3G world phone, meaning it works on U.S. and European networks, will be available in May at Verizon.
But while the Niagara announcement is expected, [read] Keywords: apple
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Lotusphere Comes To You - The Presentations
Wed, Apr 29th 2009 10:19p Gregg Eldred If you are unable to attend a Lotusphere Comes To You (LCTY) event in your area, here are some of the presentations that you would have seen. The ones attached, below, are the presentations that were delivered at the Columbus, OH, event. While I am sure that you can get some value from these by simply viewing them, having people like Ed Brill and Chris Crummey deliver them makes a big difference. And you'll miss the demos.
Keynote-Connect, Collaborate, Innovate and Grow
Lotus Online Collabor [read] Keywords: collaboration
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The Big Bamboo by Tim Dorsey
Wed, Apr 29th 2009 1:10p Gregg Eldred A vacation isn't a vacation without
bringing Serge Storms along. Tim Dorsey's The
Big Bamboo is a novel that continues
the lively Florida-centric antics of your favorite serial killer, Serge,
and his always intoxicated sidekick, Coleman. While Dorsey usually keeps
Serge in Florida, in this installment, he makes his way to Hollywood, with
the usual hilarious results.
Serge has gotten it into his head that Florida needs to retake the movie
making crown from Hollywood, and attempts to write a s [read] Keywords:
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engadget: Lenovo and RIM's Constant Connect now available
Wed, Apr 29th 2009 7:39a Gregg Eldred We know you've been literally hanging on the edge of your seat waiting for this day to come, so it's our honor and privilege to announce that Lenovo and RIM's Constant Connect solution is now available. For those who managed to sleep right through February, the technology enables select ThinkPads to automatically pull down BlackBerry emails whenever it's within range, even if the laptop is completely off. There's no word on what it'll cost to have this added into your next corporate machine, but [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2009 Announcement
Fri, Apr 24th 2009 3:32p Gregg Eldred The Lotus User Groups of the Mid-West are pleased to announce the Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2009. This two-day event will be held on August 27 & 28, 2009 at the IBM Center located in bustling downtown Chicago: Hyatt Center, 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606
The Lotus User Groups from Central Ohio, GRANITE (Chicago), Minnesota, Northeast Ohio, Northeast Wisconsin, Southern Wisconsin and West Michigan have joined forces to bring Lotus Users and Partners an opportunity [read] Keywords: ibm
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Frontline: Poisoned Waters
Thu, Apr 23rd 2009 1:49p Gregg Eldred The other night, I spent two hours watching Frontline on PBS. This particular show, Poisoned Waters, dealt with pollution in Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound. The show may be a little long to view in front of your computer, but it is worth your time to see the sources of pollution, the ramifications to nature, and the potential human health/living issues. Especially if you live near those bodies of water and/or get your drinking water from them (or their tributaries).
More than three decades aft [read] Keywords: development
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Fault Line by Barry Eisler
Mon, Apr 20th 2009 10:10p Gregg Eldred Barry Eisler is best known for his John
Rain character, one of my favorites in fiction. With Fault
Line, Eisler leaves Rain for several
new characters in a "techno-thriller."
The novel begins with Richard Hilzoy,
the inventor of Obsidian, the world's most advanced encryption program,
thinking "Things are really looking up." He is recently divorced,
has been spending all of his free time away from Oracle working on Obsidian,
and now, with the help of a lawyer and a couple of Venture Capitalis [read] Keywords: oracle
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Preview Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.0
Mon, Apr 20th 2009 2:59p Gregg Eldred The BlackBerry® Enterprise Server version 5.0 launch is just weeks away! We've met with the product experts to create a series of articles about new features, migration planning, manageability, and other topics to help you prepare for the transition. Here, we cover the areas that will see the most significant new features in version 5.0: manageability, reliability and high availability. [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
Mon, Apr 20th 2009 10:09a Gregg Eldred After seeing the movie, I knew I had
to read the book. The movie left me wanting more, as there were, in my
opinion, too many questions left unanswered. Plus, when was the last time
a movie did justice to a book?
Watchmen,
by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, is a great novel. Sure, it is a "graphic
novel," but the story, artwork, and story-within-a-story are fabulous.
For those unaware, Watchmen concerns a group of super heroes, the "Crimebusters."
Of the members, only one, Dr. Manhattan, could [read] Keywords: profile
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Amazon Suggested Book Tags
Thu, Apr 9th 2009 2:59a Gregg Eldred Before posting a review to Amazon, you are encouraged to tag your review. These are the tags Amazon suggested to me after I wrote my review of 10 Books That Screwed Up the World:
Quite a list. :-) [read] Keywords:
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10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help by Benjamin Wiker
Thu, Apr 9th 2009 1:20a Gregg Eldred While I have not read any of the books
included in this publication, I am familiar with both the authors and the
titles. You probably are, as well. But Benjamin Wiker provides some reasoned
analysis of the books and the authors, the power of the written word, and
the resulting influence of each book to present day. How influential and
powerful? Early in the book, I kept thinking of the childhood phrase "sticks
and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Thankfully,
Wiker uses t [read] Keywords: foundations
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Lotusphere Comes To You - Cleveland, May 7
Wed, Apr 8th 2009 2:49p Gregg Eldred While the date hasn't been posted on the Lotusphere Comes to You website (click the above image for the site), I have it on good authority that the Cleveland event will be held on May 7 at Embassy Suites in Independence. Following the event, NEOLUG will host a "Lotusbeer" at, probably, Quaker Steak and Lube, in Valley View.
Mark your calendars and keep an eye on the LCTY website to register.
Thanks, Barb.
Technorati tag: LCTY NEOLUG Lotusphere Comes To You [read] Keywords: ibm
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A Valid Reason For Disparaging Remarks about Notes and Domino?
Fri, Apr 3rd 2009 1:40a Gregg Eldred As a Domino Administrator, I have the
opportunity to perform several Domino Environment Audits during the year.
Usually, this is as an entry into a new client as it allows me to learn
more about their messaging environment and they get to learn a little about
me and our services. Almost every time, at the first, introductory meeting,
I hear a variation on the "Notes Sucks" theme.
I may be a bit slow, but after the last
Audit I performed, I think I figured out one major reason for that line
of [read] Keywords: document
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The Best American Comics 2008 by Lynda Barry, Jessica Able, and Matt Madden
Thu, Apr 2nd 2009 10:49p Gregg Eldred The
Best American Comics 2008 is the
third book in the series and presents, I think, an excellent cross section
of today's alternative, web, self-published, and graphic novel artists,
Twenty-six very different comics are represented in this book, each showing
a different style, viewpoint, and attitude. If your experience with comics
is only from the last few pages of your local newspaper, or the Sunday
editions, this anthology will show you that this medium is alive, well,
and pushing the bounda [read] Keywords: notes
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Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
Thu, Apr 2nd 2009 9:49p Gregg Eldred A very strange group of people are living
in a run down house in London. While each has a job, they are not what
some would consider "traditional" jobs. For example, phone sex
operator, television psychic, and dog walker. Further, while they are all
family, it is an extremely dysfunctional one. There is a patriarch, but
no one has seen him in quite some time, He may be dead, dying, or insane.
And his wife, well, she simply sits outside his bedroom door, refusing
everyone entry. These people are [read] Keywords:
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Daily Kos: Ready for the Future, Ready for the Enterprise
Wed, Apr 1st 2009 2:30p Gregg Eldred There is something to be said for looking towards a simpler time, though. That's why I am proud to announce that after many man-months of effort, Daily Kos will be stepping up to enterprise level functionality and going WEB/360. Rather than use buttons and zooming menus that no one really understands, you'll now interface with Daily Kos using the tried and true JCL, delivered straight to your line printer.
More >
Certainly an April Fool's joke, but an excellent one.
Thanks, Matt. [read] Keywords: enterprise
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Jeff Hawkins: Lecture on Hierarchical Temporal Memory
Tue, Mar 31st 2009 11:39p Gregg Eldred I imagine that all of you have access to a local college. In the Cleveland area, we have quite a few from which to choose, some of which have taken leadership roles within the local community and in the world; Oberlin College, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University, and John Carroll University. A consistently top ranked and leading research university in the world is also located in Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University. The Department of Biomedical Engineering at [read] Keywords: applications
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eWeek: IBM Employees Sound Off on Layoffs
Tue, Mar 31st 2009 2:49p Gregg Eldred eWeek has an article on laid off IBM employees, quoting Alliance@IBM, an arm of the Communications Workers of America, which is trying to garner interest in creating a collective bargaining unit within IBM.
Since IBM hasn't reported (and generally doesn't) on the number of layoffs that are occurring today, the information that can be garnered comes from an IBM employee organization known as Alliance@IBM—which has a long-term goal of gaining collective bargaining rights with IBM. The WSJ [read] Keywords: ibm
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Conflicker Worm Striking on April 1
Tue, Mar 31st 2009 2:49p Gregg Eldred As a reminder, the Conflicker Worm is supposed to strike tomorrow. Here is some information concerning the worm, from the Trend website:
DOWNAD.KK shuts down security services, blocks infected computers from connecting to security websites, and downloads a Trojan. It also reaches out to other infected computers via peer-to-peer communications services, and includes an algorithm to update infected PCs.
What’s the goal of this worm?
It appears that the goal of this worm is to create a l [read] Keywords: security
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Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
Mon, Mar 30th 2009 10:29p Gregg Eldred After finishing Ender's
Game, a commenter informed me
that the next book in the series, chronologically, was Ender
in Exile. Thankfully, I did not
read any of the other books in the series, and this one was read within
a few months of finishing Ender's Game.
Andrew "Ender" Wiggins has
led the Earth's forces to victory over the formics. Now, as his friends
leave Battle School for Earth and the soldiers populate the former worlds
of the formics, Ender finds himself in an interesting position - [read] Keywords:
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On Heavy Rotation
Mon, Mar 30th 2009 2:43p Gregg Eldred Thanks to Ben Zander and the outstanding Lotusphere 2009 program, I have increased the amount of classical music on my iPod. This is the latest addition, which includes "Ode to Joy," which we sung during the Closing General Session, in phonetic German.
Wikipedia says that "Ode to Joy" "...celebrates the ideal of unity and brotherhood of all mankind. " Further,
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 plays a prominent cultural role in the world today. In particular, the music from the fourth movement (Od [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Berryreview.com: FAQ: Comparing BES 5.0 for Lotus Domino with Previous Versions
Mon, Mar 30th 2009 11:12a Gregg Eldred Ronen Halevy, of Berryreview.com has posted a chart detailing the differences between all of the releases of the Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) up to and including 5.0. A good couple readers asked if I had the chart for BES for Lotus Domino and turns out I managed to get my hands on it thanks to our Secret Agent. So just for all of you Lotus Domino admins this document details the differences between BES 5.0 and other BES for Lotus Domino version dating back to version 2.0! Its a great read [read] Keywords: agent
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Terminal by Andrew Vachss
Fri, Mar 27th 2009 12:39a Gregg Eldred I don't know what drew me to this book.
I was standing in the "mystery" section of a book store, looking
for something new. I saw that there were several (16 to be exact) previous
novels saying that they were "a Burke novel." I read the back
cover of Terminal
and was intrigued. And then I stood there, and read the first 13 pages.
I was hooked.
Burke finds people, usually children. But, as he is career criminal, he
is way outside the normal channels. He can also be a violent person, especiall [read] Keywords:
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WSJ: Firms Seek Profit in Twitter's Chatter
Thu, Mar 26th 2009 11:09p Gregg Eldred This might be the opening salvo in monetizing Twitter, using what people are calling "Twitter Pro Accounts." There may come a time where we have to pay for DM's, followers (above a certain threshold), and perhaps search. From the Wall Street Journal:
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone says the San Francisco start-up is watching the outside initiatives closely as it prepares to launch its own fee-based services this year, but doesn't view them as competition. "We want to work with those companies tha [read] Keywords: development
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Blackberry App World - Coming Soon
Thu, Mar 26th 2009 10:49p Gregg Eldred It's coming and you can be one of the first to take advantage of all it has to offer.
BlackBerry App World(TM) will launch soon, offering a one-stop shop for accessing innovative applications designed to help you do more with your BlackBerry® smartphone. BlackBerry App World will offer dynamic applications for personalizing your BlackBerry smartphone to your unique needs and interests, including games, social networks, music, personal productivity tools, and much more!
More >
Technorat [read] Keywords: applications
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Did You Know OpenNTF Has IdeaJam?
Wed, Mar 25th 2009 4:50p Gregg Eldred From the OpenNTF blog back in February:
IdeaJam is ready to use on OpenNTF. Let us know how you want to use and extend OpenNTF.
We just deployed IdeaJam on OpenNTF - see here. We ask everyone now to add ideas about how to extend OpenNTF, promote or demote ideas and add comments.
So, today I posted my first OpenNTF Idea:
I just hope that I communicated my idea well. If not, that's why you can comment. :-)
Technorati tag: OpenNTF IdeaJam [read] Keywords: javascript
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Issue with Net Integrator Hardware with Seagate Hard Drives
Wed, Mar 25th 2009 11:49a Gregg Eldred Lotus Foundations resellers have been notified of a problem with Seagate drives in Net Integrator Hardware.
This notice does not apply to the IBM Lotus Foundations Entry or Advanced model servers as the affected drives are not used in these systems.
Seagate has disclosed an issue that affects the firmware on certain Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA hard disk drives. The two drive families have been used by Net Integration in its Mark I and Mark II products. Seagate has described the issue as f [read] Keywords: foundations
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Helping the Economy: Skimming from Professional Athletes
Wed, Mar 25th 2009 9:39a Gregg Eldred A recent article in Sports Illustrated details the dark side of those multimillion dollar contracts that professional atheletes sign; A lot of the athletes end up penniless. For example:
What happens to many athletes and their money is indeed hard to believe. In this month alone Saints alltime leading rusher Deuce McAllister filed for bankruptcy protection for the Jackson, Miss., car dealership he owns; Panthers receiver Muhsin Muhammad put his mansion in Charlotte up for sale on eBay a month [read] Keywords: php
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What Does 1 Trillion Dollars Look Like?
Tue, Mar 24th 2009 2:30p Gregg Eldred All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...
A billion dollars...
A hundred billion dollars...
Eight hundred billion dollars...
One TRILLION dollars...
What does that look like? I mean, these various numbers are tossed around like so many doggie treats, so I thought I'd take Google Sketchup out for a test drive and try to get a sense of what exactly a trillion dollars looks like.
More > [read] Keywords: google
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DVD Review: Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
Tue, Mar 24th 2009 9:59a Gregg Eldred HBO is best know for their award winning
series': The Soprano's, Six Feet Under, Sex and the City, Deadwood, and
others. However, their support of documentary films should not be underestimated.
One of the best films HBO produced in 2008 is Section
60: Arlington National Cemetery.
Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery has the United States' most recent
war dead, those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan.
With dignity and respect, with no narration or musical score, th [read] Keywords:
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Trust No One by Gregg Hurwitz
Mon, Mar 23rd 2009 11:39p Gregg Eldred Nick Horrigan snaps awake at 2:18AM.
This isn't the first time he has awoken at that specific instant in the
past 17 years. This time, however, police sirens keep him awake. He walks
out onto his balcony and sees that the flashing lights seem to be congregating
around his apartment building. Then he notices a black rope dangling from
the roof, ending on his balcony floor. Moments later, he is lying on his
back, looking up at the camouflaged faces of a SWAT team. Within minutes,
he is a Black Haw [read] Keywords: agent
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AppleInsider: Apple partners IBM and Sun consider merger
Fri, Mar 20th 2009 8:49a Gregg Eldred In the trade press and blogosphere, there is quite a bit of chatter concerning IBM and their apparent bid to purchase Sun. While I have read several articles on the topic, the best one, so far, comes from AppleInsider. Even the headline, "Apple partners IBM and Sun consider merger," tells you from which perspective the article will be taking.
The prospects of the two companies merging together is particularly interesting given their histories of partnerships with Apple and the acquisition plan [read] Keywords: ibm
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1352 Report: Episode 10: From pop-tops to config.sys to your big floppy disk
Thu, Mar 19th 2009 11:39p Gregg Eldred Usually, I only listen to a podcast once. That changed when The 1352 Report came out. For those podcasts, I listen at least twice, sometimes three times. There is so much going on, some quick comments, and a relaxed attitude, that I want to make sure that I have heard everything that each of the participants have to say. The latest episode was probably one of the best, as Bruce Elgort, Carl Tyler, Jess Stratton, and Sean Burgess took a trip down memory (no pun intended) lane. It's sad when you [read] Keywords: domino
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From my inbox
Thu, Mar 19th 2009 5:30p Gregg Eldred This person is neither a Lotus Business Partner nor a blogger in the "Yellow Bubble," but simply a (long time) user of Lotus Notes. I can see IBM commercials all over without a single mention of Lotus. Microsoft is all over with it's "people-ready" solutions that seem to me to personalize it better than IBM does. But who the hell knows, there's no mention of Exchange or Outlook, although Sharepoint is heard more frequently than Quickr. [read] Keywords: ibm
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SnTT: Controlling Concurrent Messages on BES
Thu, Mar 19th 2009 2:29p Gregg Eldred Intermittent issues with a Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) that required a restart caused me to look at the logs to see if I could determine an underlying issue. Since this site had only one BES, running on Domino, the search through the logs didn't really take a lot of time. Just prior to the server hanging, I saw that one user had sent one large e-mail to quite a few internal recipients, most of them with Blackberry devices. The time consuming part was trying to search the Blackberry and Lo [read] Keywords: agent
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Lotusphere Idol 2009 Winners: Matt and Nate
Thu, Mar 19th 2009 12:29p Gregg Eldred One of my highlights from Lotusphere 2009 was attending the Lotusphere Idol competition. Whilst I was rooting for Andy Donaldson, it was great to see two college students win. Not only did they have a great presentation, it was refreshing to see some "new blood" in attendance. Nate has posted his "Adventure:"
It's been almost two months now since Matt and I were fortunate enough to go to Lotusphere 2009! in Orlando, FL. We really had the time of our lives and met some incredible people. We spe [read] Keywords: ibm
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World's BEST Developer Troubleshooting Process
Wed, Mar 18th 2009 11:39p Gregg Eldred Yes, I still haunt the developerWorks:Lotus forums. Posted the other day, by Doug Finner, was this gem:
We called it the Rubber Duck method of debugging. It goes like this:
Beg, borrow, steal, buy, fabricate or otherwise obtain a rubber duck
(bathtub variety)
Place rubber duck on desk and inform it you are just going to go over
some code with it, if that's all right.
Explain to the duck what you code is supposed to do, and then go into
detail and explain things line by line
At some point yo [read] Keywords: ldd
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iPhone OS 3.0 and Lotus Notes
Wed, Mar 18th 2009 3:32p Gregg Eldred Looking at the news surrounding the announcement of the forthcoming iPhone OS 3.0 release, it is nice to see that it will also feature Lotus Notes synchronization. This was announced at Lotusphere 2009 but the delivery date was not specified, only "sometime in 2009." Now we know that it will be available in June.
Leveraging ActiveSync will mean that your iPhone users will be able to natively synchronize their Lotus mail, contacts, and calendar on both the Macintosh and PC. Further, Apple will [read] Keywords: lotus
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CNet News: Commenting on Recent Gmail Outage
Fri, Mar 13th 2009 3:39p Gregg Eldred CNet News reported on the most recent Gmail outage, stating:
A server bug kept some Google Apps users from accessing their Google-hosted Web mail on Tuesday. The problem has since been fixed, but for a small segment of users the outage lasted for close to 22 hours. ...Staunch critics of Google's online office offerings may find this as another reason to be wary of relying too heavily on cloud-based business tools. While they can be cheaper and easier to roll-out than traditional IT solutions [read] Keywords: domino
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Microsoft Watch: Microsoft's 10 Lucky Breaks
Fri, Mar 13th 2009 10:59a Gregg Eldred Don't you sometimes enjoy a walk down memory lane? Today's stroll comes courtesy Microsoft Watch and their article, Microsoft's 10 Lucky Breaks:
7. Lotus skips Windows. Loyalty sometimes comes at a steep price. Lotus 1-2-3 was the spreadsheet king in the early 1990s. But Lotus stuck with DOS and bet on OS/2, a cooperative OS project between IBM and Microsoft. But the cooperation was a feint, as Microsoft secretly worked on Windows 95. Microsoft would later dump OS/2, leaving Lotus stuck in the [read] Keywords: ibm
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Look What I Received Today
Mon, Mar 9th 2009 3:30p Gregg Eldred While I don't normally tell you what is on my reading list, this book showed up at my door today. It is, as you might imagine, now at the top of my "to read" pile. Thank you, Heather, for providing me with a reviewer's copy.
Since I have cracked the cover, I am surprised and pleased to recognize our own Keith Strickland and Sean Burgess for their contributions to this book. It's amazing what you find when you read the Acknowledgements. :-) [read] Keywords:
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Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business by Jeff Howe
Sun, Mar 8th 2009 11:19p Gregg Eldred Personally, I find the whole "Wisdom
of the Crowd" theme fascinating. One of the major outcomes of the
internet is that it has allowed more participation by the average person
which can be tapped by solutions and companies that recognize that there
are people willing to contribute (often times for free). This isn't new,
it's just that the internet breaks down barriers to entry. While I read,
and enjoyed, The
Wisdom of Crowds, Crowdsourcing:
Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Bus [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Palm Pre Release Dates and Pricing
Thu, Mar 5th 2009 10:49p Gregg Eldred Wireless and Mobile News, getting some Palm Pre news off of Twitter, reports:
The Palm Treo Pro will be released on March 15 with a two-year contract on the Sprint network and is available in Alltel markets, now. It is also available unlocked at the Palm Store online.
Link: Wireless and Mobile News: Palm Pre Not Delayed Says Palm Tweet
Technorati tag: Palm Pre [read] Keywords: mobile
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Colbert: Surfing the Internet Like It's 1997
Thu, Mar 5th 2009 10:19a Gregg Eldred Stephen Colbert surfs the internet, as it was in 1997, to buy some pets.com stock.
.cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c1997 FlashbackColbert Report F [read] Keywords: application
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The Art of Possibility by Benjamin Zander and Rosamund Stone Zander
Wed, Mar 4th 2009 10:30p Gregg Eldred As soon as Ben Zander threw a copy of
this book into the audience, at the Closing General Session at Lotusphere
2009, I knew I had to read it. He was arguably the best Closing Session
speaker IBM has ever scheduled. Because of him, I have a new found appreciation
for classical music (and have several selections on my iPod, including
iTunes Essential Classical), have a better outlook on a lot of things in
my life, and find that I remember parts of his speech to this day. It seemed
appropriate tha [read] Keywords: connections
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Twitter: "Something is technically wrong"
Wed, Mar 4th 2009 5:29p Gregg Eldred Lately, when clicking on @Replies in Twitter, this is what I get:
So, if you have replied to me, please don't be offended if I didn't continue the conversation; I can't find your reply (yes, I used to use this "feature" quite a bit). Damn Twitter!
Technorati tag: Twitter [read] Keywords: twitter
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Sametime 3D: From Innovations Lab to Reality (Virtual)
Wed, Mar 4th 2009 1:09p Gregg Eldred I think that you are aware that I always make a point of visiting the Innovations Lab while at Lotusphere. It is an amazing look at the possible future and uses of software from various areas within IBM Research. One of the things that was being demonstrated at Lotusphere 2009 was Sametime 3D. Now comes word that it is being released to selected clients (from a forthcoming IBM News Release):
IBM is now allowing selected clients test Sametime 3D, a new tool which will let business colleagues n [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Microsoft Transporter Suite Release Notes Updated
Tue, Mar 3rd 2009 9:12a Gregg Eldred It appears that Microsoft has updated the Release Notes for the Transporter Suite. Among the changes is this one, under the Updates to Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino :
The Application Reporting tools were removed from the migration console.
How facinating!
Link: Release Notes for the Transporter Suite of Tools
Technorati tag: Microsoft Transporter [read] Keywords: domino
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SearchCIO-Midmarket.com: SaaS Contract Advice
Thu, Feb 26th 2009 10:30p Gregg Eldred Looking back on a Software as a Service (SaaS) contract or project, just about every CIO or high-level manager involved will tell you he wished he had done something differently. For Adam Sokolic, vice president of product management at National Retirement Partners Inc. (NRP) in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., that gotcha happened after the ink was dry on his SaaS contract, when his staffing levels changed. "We laid off 15 people and [the SaaS vendor] won't let me drop [their licenses], so I have [read] Keywords: google
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President Obama: Selling Lotus Foundations
Thu, Feb 26th 2009 6:40p Gregg Eldred From President Obama's speech today (emphasis, mine):
You know, there are times where you can afford to redecorate your house and there are times where you need to focus on rebuilding its foundation. Today, we have to focus on foundations.
I think in the transcript of the speech, they made a mistake by not capitalizing the "f" in "Foundations."
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Link: USAToday:Obama on his budget: Hard choices ahead: Includes transcript of speech [read] Keywords: foundations
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searchDomino.com: What is Notes 8.5's DAOS feature?
Thu, Feb 26th 2009 2:40p Gregg Eldred Timely, concerning some of the discussions on DAOS in the blogosphere, searchDomino writer Mike Kinder has posted an article on DAOS, based on Paul Mooney's session at Lotusphere 2009. In addition to reporting on the disk savings and underlying architecture, Mike provides you with some points to consider:
Caveats to be aware of before implementing DAOS
There are also some things that must be aware of before implementing DAOS:
Your backup process must change. When attachments are initiall [read] Keywords: domino
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vnunet.com: Google corporate user "demanding serious answers" over mail outage
Thu, Feb 26th 2009 8:39a Gregg Eldred A couple of months ago, I posted on Hamilton Beach moving from Lotus Notes/Domino to Gmail. From vnunet.com comes another company moving from Lotus Notes/Domino to Gmail and it wants answers for a recent outage:
Guardian Media Group (GMG), one of Google’s key corporate users in the UK, will be “demanding answers” from the search firm over the loss of its online email service yesterday.
GMG has already switched away from Microsoft Office on local PCs to Google Apps, and has [read] Keywords: domino
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Amberville by Tim Davys
Wed, Feb 25th 2009 11:39p Gregg Eldred I was provided a reviewers copy of this
book by the publisher.
Eric Bear has a very successful career in advertising and marketing with
one of the largest firms in Amberville, Wolle & Wolle. He is also blessed
with a beautiful wife, Emma, and lives in an upscale neighborhood in Amberville.
Eric has it all. But Eric has some secrets in his past and they have returned
in the form of Nicholas Dove, a major crime figure, who wants his name
removed from a "Death List." If Eric is successful, [read] Keywords:
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Even More DAOS Results
Mon, Feb 23rd 2009 9:29p Gregg Eldred Started the daosest task Friday at about 3:30PM and let it run. Today, these are the results I got:
Summary:
Total DB's analyzed: 1108
Total DB's skipped due to errors: 0
Total Size of NSF's Examined: 374.1 GB [read] Keywords: document
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More DAOS Results
Thu, Feb 19th 2009 9:40p Gregg Eldred On the heels of Ulrich's results, comes this one:
Here are the results after running roundabout 40 hours.
Total DB’s analyzed: 1187
Total DB’s skipped due to errors: 13
Total Size of NSF’s Examined: 916.1 GB
Total Attachments found: 2243058
Total Duplicate Attachments found: 1298800
Total DAOS Eligible Attachments: 2243058
Estimated Size of DAOSified NSF’s: 250.5 GB
Estimate Size of DAOS dir: 261.7 GB
Total Disk Savings: 439.8 GB
Wow.
More >
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SearchCIO: What the tweet? Using Twitter as a business tool
Thu, Feb 19th 2009 8:59a Gregg Eldred Kristen Caretta has a good post on SearchCIO-Midmarket.com on the rising value of Twitter as a business tool.
It took a lot of coaxing to get me to start using Twitter. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to join. It wasn’t because I didn’t understand it. I just didn’t get it. I didn’t see what the big deal was. To be frank, I didn’t think I could keep up with the twit-chat. I barely update my Facebook page. I still take notes in (gasp!) a notebook. My inboxe [read] Keywords: notes
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SnTT - Someone Else's SnTT Post Made Me Look Good
Wed, Feb 18th 2009 11:59p Gregg Eldred There is a lot of value to the Show-n-Tell Thursday posts. The amazing thing is that I read them all, no matter the subject matter. And then, having them reflected on PlanetLotus, makes searching for them a breeze. Which brings me to today's recycled SnTT post.
Working with the Notes Log at a client site today, I was struck by certain entries in the Log and on the console. Over and over again, I was seeing
Begin CD to MIME Conversion (Process: Router
And I remembered that someone posted o [read] Keywords: domino
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Impressive Palm Pre Video
Wed, Feb 18th 2009 10:59p Gregg Eldred Very impressive federated calendar (I am guessing), Contacts, and e-mail functions. The new webOS sure looks great.
Which brings me to this bit of news, though it wasn't that shocking:
Palm has formally announced that they are ending the development of their Palm OS mobile platform.
The company recently showcased their new mobile platform named webOS.
Palm Pre would be the first smartphone to be powered by Palm webOS.
The company said that Palm Centro would be the last of their smart [read] Keywords: application
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The Race for Perfect by Steve Hamm
Tue, Feb 17th 2009 11:39p Gregg Eldred It's probably no exaggeration that you take for granted your laptop, desktop, mobile phone, or smartphone. And you may think that Apple has always led as a designer of exceptional electronics. While Apple is certainly a leader in design, it isn't the only computer company that seriously uses design to bring consumers leading edge electronics. In The Race for Perfect: Inside the Quest to Design the Ultimate Portable Computer, author Steve Hamm provides you with an intimate account of the developm [read] Keywords: collaboration
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SEVEN to Support Lotus Notes on Android
Tue, Feb 17th 2009 4:40p Gregg Eldred To be available in Q2 2009, SEVEN has announced their mobile messaging solution for the Android platform. Some of the features announced were:
Ultra-simple activation: same easy, two-click activation that's available today from SEVEN on many devices can also be pre-configured for Android so that end-users only have to enter their email address and password.
Support for business email: provides mobile subscribers with seamless and secure access to Microsoft Exchange or IBM Lotus Domino corporat [read] Keywords: domino
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Ford Model T - 100 Years Later
Tue, Feb 17th 2009 3:20p Gregg Eldred The Ford Model T assembly line and the 15 Millionth Model T (with Henry Ford). Great look back at car manufacturing and when automobiles were the exception and not the rule. [read] Keywords: application
BGR: Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.0 Features
Wed, Feb 11th 2009 11:12p Gregg Eldred From The Boy Genius Report: RIM announced on Wednesday the impending release of the latest version of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server. BES 5.0 will offers a slew of new features that make the BlackBerry experience for enterprise users that much more pleasurable. Among the user-side benefits discussed:
Retrieve corporate documents behind firewalls
Add, read, rename and delete folders on the handset and have those changes be applied to the desktop email client
Create rules within the inbox to [read] Keywords: admin
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Read Any of the "The 100 Best Business Books of All Time" or Want to Look Well Read?
Wed, Feb 11th 2009 11:10a Gregg Eldred A few days ago, there were a couple of posts on Planet Lotus concerning "The 100 Best Business Books of All Time." I read the posts, looking for books that I might have read, and was surprised to see a nice selection of topics. Then, Seth Godin weighed in on the topic:
Which leads to The 100 Best Business Books of All Time, which is a shortcut in the best sense of the word. Not some sort of prurient blog list designed to draw traffic, the book actually makes you sound smart because the authors [read] Keywords: lotus
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Brandfreak.com: Homemade Trader Joe's commercial gets the place just right
Wed, Feb 11th 2009 8:09a Gregg Eldred Set to the tune of the bossa nova classic "Águas de Março" and shot with a Palm Treo, the ad shows the good, bad and ugly of Trader Joe's, from the "strange little snacks" you wind up buying to "a bottle of juice with a crazy name" to the "$2 wine that tastes like $4." The song also notes the full parking lots and the "beautiful moms in their yoga clothes." More > [read] Keywords: notes
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Rescuing People from the Ice
Tue, Feb 10th 2009 4:59p Gregg Eldred Back in the day, it wasn't unusual to hear several reports over the Cleveland winter of local police and fire rescuing people from the ice on Lake Erie. Usually, it was kids that went too far out and found themselves stranded. As we traveled along the lakeshore on Saturday, I remarked that we haven't heard much about kids getting stranded. I simplified the reason as "XBox." Kids are probably sitting in their homes playing XBox and don't think to head out on the ice.
Opening my Sunday newspaper [read] Keywords: google
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Changes to Lotus Customer Support
Mon, Feb 9th 2009 9:09a Gregg Eldred In order to reduce long wait times on the telephone, Lotus Customer Support is implementing some changes, effective February 16.
Highlights of the change:
Today when customers call support, for the majority of Lotus products, they get a "live transfer" (the support person waits on the phone with the customer until the call is transferred to the correct group in support). This can sometimes lead to long waits on the phone.
Effective February16 Lotus will go to a call-back model for all produ [read] Keywords: foundations
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"Blackberry" for the Children in Your Life
Thu, Feb 5th 2009 10:59p Gregg Eldred From Gizmodo:
The LeapFrog Text & Learn puts a BlackBerry-esque device into the hands of babes three and up. Preschoolers can enjoy texting Scout (a quasi-imaginary friend) while browsing the "web." Intended to teach spelling, basic computer skills, and the layout of a QWERTY keypad, we just hope that "Scout" is every bit as asexual as his/her name implies. Because my child's first booty call will not, and I repeat, not, be from some crappy pretend friend on some crappy pretend smartpho [read] Keywords: blackberry
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The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Thu, Feb 5th 2009 4:59p Gregg Eldred I am not the sort that reads a lot of "self help" or "inspirational" books. Usually, if you simply stop and observe your environment or pause to reflect on your life, you should be able to discover some basic truths and inspiration. However, knowing a little about the life of Randy Pausch and the Last Lecture series, I made an exception in this case and was pleasantly surprised with the results. Randy Pausch (with Wall Street Journal writer Jeffrey Zaslow) has written an enjoyable, touching, and [read] Keywords: notes
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Give Your Notes Client a Facelift
Wed, Feb 4th 2009 3:39p Gregg Eldred Still available after Lotusphere 2009, BCC is providing, free, BCC_ClientGenie Free Workspace Edition to give your Lotus Notes Workspace a new look. This is one example:
If you are interested in downloading BCC_ClientGenie Free Workspace Edition, use download code LS2009Theme.
Link: BCC_ClientGenie Free Workspace Edition
Technorati tag: lotusphere2009 BCC ClientGenie [read] Keywords: lotus
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The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson
Wed, Feb 4th 2009 10:19a Gregg Eldred Steven Johnson is a master storyteller.
His previous work, The
Ghost Map, detailed the cholera
epidemic of 1850's London which, through the work of two driven men, changed
the way we view and use water in the world's largest cities. While many
people are familiar with that story, I have found that many more have no
idea of Dr. John Snow and Henry Whitehead or of an epidemic which nearly
wiped out a major portion of London. Steven Johnson, in The
Invention of Air, has another
excellent story and [read] Keywords: notes
"Shank-o-potumus"
Sun, Feb 1st 2009 10:49p Gregg Eldred I know, a CGI baby, but still it works for me, especially as a golfer. "Shank-o-potumus" is a great line.
Technorati tag: Super Bowl Ad [read] Keywords: application
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IdeaJam: Make BDD Session Slides Available for Download
Fri, Jan 30th 2009 9:20p Gregg Eldred Thanks to a comment from Bob Baehr, I've added another idea to IdeaJam.
I realize that probably not all session slides would be made available (due to some IBM legal stuff), but I think that a majority of them could. Further, since we have to log on to Lotusphere Online, there isn't any reason why those credentials couldn't tell the backend system who has the right to those slides. That seems "easy" to me, especially since the slides are coming out of a URL that includes ".nsf." But [read] Keywords: ibm
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Daemon by Daniel Suarez
Fri, Jan 30th 2009 4:59p Gregg Eldred I finished this book, which was recommended
to me, a little while ago, and I have a feeling it will be with me for
days, or weeks, as I continue to replay the story in my mind.
Daniel Suarez' novel, Daemon,
opens with an obituary (several key words and phrases are highlighted)
and launches into a murder investigation. A key developer at CyberStorm
Entertainment, the company that created two of the most popular games on
the internet, has been found dead. That death is followed quickly by anot [read] Keywords: security
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TechCrunchIT: When IBM Beats Facebook and Twitter
Thu, Jan 29th 2009 9:19a Gregg Eldred Jeff Widman was one of the more interesting people I met at Lotusphere 2009 as he is not usually seen in Lotus circles and writes for a different audience than the "Yellow Bubble." It was refreshing to get a different perspective on Lotusphere, Lotus software, and the Lotusphere announcements. After absorbing what he saw in the Innovations Lab (I keep telling you people that Lab is extremely interesting), Jeff writes:
Automatic “Friend Suggestions” shift the connector role from peo [read] Keywords: ibm
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Treasure of Khan by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
Wed, Jan 28th 2009 11:40p Gregg Eldred After the last several books, it was
time for a light, entertaining read. And for that, I turned to an author
that delivers; Clive Cussler. His books with the Dirk Pitt character are
always a fun time, and this book, Treasure
of Khan, continues that tradition.
Opening in 1281, a Chinese junk is swept
way off course by a typhoon. The survivors reach shore on a Pacific Island,
where they are befriended by the natives. A little while later, the discovery
of a sea worthy vessel allows some of the [read] Keywords: wiki
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Keeping the Lotusphere Vibe Going All Year
Tue, Jan 27th 2009 10:46p Gregg Eldred Soon, and sadly it could have already
occurred, you will lose your "Lotusphere High." You know what
I am talking about; the good feelings from Lotusphere, the real friendships,
the comradery, the wonder of seeing Ben Zander, etc. So, you sit there
wondering "Where did it all go?"
Duffbert
and I have a
solution. That's right, it's all
in a handout.
Stay connected with like-minded 'Spereians
by getting your own Twitter account, Sign up for a free account at BleedYellow
and point your Sametim [read] Keywords: connections
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Sneak Peek - Judging The Awards at Lotusphere
Tue, Jan 27th 2009 11:00a Gregg Eldred One of the agenda items for the Lotusphere Blogger Program was the opportunity to be on the Product Showcase floor Sunday, before any of the delegates. The reason for this was to witness the judging of the Lotus Award finalists. We were given the chance to visit the booths of each finalist and listen in on their presentations as they were judged.
As an attendee, you are only shown the results of the judging, but there is a lot of work that goes into selecting the finalists. Months before [read] Keywords: lotus
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Time is Running Out - Lotusphere Online Closes Feb. 6
Tue, Jan 27th 2009 8:10a Gregg Eldred It will be here before you know it: You only have about 10 days to finish your session evaluations, download the presentations, and take a last look around Lotusphere Online 2009 before they take it down. The session evaluations are an important feedback loop for not only the Lotusphere planners, but for the session speakers, as well. If you do nothing else with LS09 Online, please fill in the evaluations.
Technorati tag: lotusphere2009 [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles
Mon, Jan 26th 2009 11:19p Gregg Eldred Benjamin, "Bennie," Ford is
a middle aged, failed poet. In fact, he has pretty much failed at everything;
a couple of marriages, parenting, Alcoholics Anonymous, and more. But he
seems to have found himself, writing a letter to American Airlines to get
a refund of $392.68 for his flight from New York to Los Angeles. In Dear
American Airlines, by Jonathan
Miles, Bennie pens a 172 page missive justifying his refund. This particular
flight is very important, as he has promised his estranged daughte [read] Keywords:
Lotusphere 2009 - The Blogger Program
Thu, Jan 22nd 2009 8:29a Gregg Eldred Unfortunately, all good things come
to an end. Lotusphere 2009 is not immune to this. And it also means that
I have to finish up some draft posts on product announcements, sessions
attended, and a few odds and ends. I have to justify my selection to the
Blogger Program. :-)
It's the last day, which means some
final, excellent sessions; GURUpalooza, Ask the Developers, and the Closing
General Session.
This Lotusphere found me a member of
the Lotus Blogger Program, wherein I was afforded an [read] Keywords: ibm
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Social Networking Kaynote - Lotusphere 2009
Wed, Jan 21st 2009 9:29a Gregg Eldred Social software - leaders understand
that there is a cultural shift that needs to occur to be successful. Lotus
Connections - early adopters help sell the solution. HSBC - "forget
about the technology" Appreciate that people adopt at different speeds.
Start with the executives. Launch it preloaded with data (immediate benefit).
Welcome feedback (the wisdom of the crowd) and it helps to improve the
adoption and use.
Practising Law Institute - Utilize new
technology to improve training. "Vendo [read] Keywords: connections
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An Hour with Lotus Executives - Monday - Lotusphere 2009
Tue, Jan 20th 2009 12:39p Gregg Eldred I experienced the Opening General Session from a bean bag chair in the front row, with the other participants in the Blogger Program at Lotusphere:
This is the first time I was up close and personal at the OGS. And it was quite an experience.But that was just the start of being a member of this program. I also attended another event for the Bloggers; an hour with the Lotus Executive Team. There was a reception for the press, analysts, and bloggers, which I also attended, but those thought [read] Keywords: collaboration
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BP213 - The Lowdown on LDAP
Mon, Jan 19th 2009 11:59p Gregg Eldred Connecting Domino to other directories is taking on new importance and with it comes the need to learn something of LDAP. Thankfully, Warren Elsmore and David Byrd had just such a session at Lotusphere, BP213. While they ran out of time (and it seems a lot of the sessions are running out of time), they were able to get to the major parts of their session. If you are implementing Sametime, Connections, Quickr, Portal, and any other IBM stack, you will need to understand LDAP.
LDAP is well supp [read] Keywords: admin
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The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
Sun, Jan 18th 2009 5:49p Gregg Eldred Blogging, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace,
and other social networks are the results of Web 2.0. But what do they
mean? To many people they are the new noise on the internet. But there
is something going on, under the current, that can change the corporations
that recognize that they can leverage these networks. It may not even be
apparent to those that are heavy users of these social networks. What you
have, at a high level, are crowds of very diverse people coming together
under the umbrella of soc [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Macally USB AC Charger for iPod
Wed, Jan 14th 2009 10:09p Gregg Eldred I had an AC charger for my iPod once. Seems it went missing on the way back from Lotusphere 2008. We have docks in which to charge our family of iPods, so it wasn't a big deal that I didn't have one. However, knowing that I would need one for travel, and Lotusphere is rapidly approaching, I went in search of a replacement. When choosing an AC Charger for your iPod, you have many options. And most (if not all) are more expensive than this little gem, the Macally USB AC Charger for the iPod. Soli [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Palm Pre Pricing Leaked
Tue, Jan 13th 2009 10:49p Gregg Eldred Tech Ticker has posted their thoughts on the pricing of the Palm Pre:
Palm revealed almost everything in its announcement except the price of the device. This gave our Russian mobile expert, Eldar Murtazin (of Mobile-Review fame) to chime in and tell the price. According to him, Palm’s debating over two different price points. First is the $499 or $399 while the second is $199 or $149. As you may have guessed, the high price refers to an unlocked Pre without any contract while the latter [read] Keywords: mobile
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Hamilton Beach: Moving from Notes/Domino to GMail
Tue, Jan 13th 2009 12:29p Gregg Eldred Hot on the heels of Binary Tree's announcement of a tool to migrate from Notes/Domino to GMail, comes this story about a real world migration. Hamiltion Beach, looking to save over $1 million over five years, is starting just such a project. For Hamilton Beach, the financial argument for outsourcing email to the cloud was compelling. Two years ago, Hodge had his infrastructure team start evaluating email options, after IBM/Lotus announced it was sunsetting support for version 6.5.3 of IBM Lotus [read] Keywords: domino
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Pre-Lotusphere Microsoft Ad Campaign and New Binary Tree Tool
Tue, Jan 13th 2009 9:59a Gregg Eldred Microsoft has released a series of 30 second commercials carrying the tagline "Because it's everyone's business." Zach Epstein, over at TheBoyGenuisReport, wonders "Will any of you be bugging IT until it makes the switch from Lotus Notes to Exchange after seeing these clips?"
Speaking of making a switch, how about a tool to migrate from Lotus Notes to Google Mail? Organizations that are looking to save money by moving from a Lotus Notes e-mail system to a Google-based e-mail system may wan [read] Keywords: lotus
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IdeaJam is . . . Jamming
Thu, Jan 8th 2009 11:19p Gregg Eldred Sorry about that title.
I can't be the only that has noticed, but it seems that since several of the ideas on IdeaJam have made it into the Notes/Domino 8.5 codestream, it looks like more people, different people, have been adding their ideas to the site. Amazing what a "Completed" Idea can do. :-) Two recent Ideas that have my vote. The first has to do with Lotus Foundations:
Then, with the newly announced Palm Pre, comes this Idea to have Traveler support it:
Will you [read] Keywords: domino
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SnTT - Notes/Domino 8.5 TechNotes
Thu, Jan 8th 2009 1:39p Gregg Eldred IBM has published a few Notes/Domino 8.5 related TechNotes for our consumption.
Two highlights from the linked TechNotes include:
New file formats supported in the KeyView filters: ODT, DOCX and DOCM, ODS, PPTX, PPTM, POTX, POTM, PPSX, and PPSM
Domino Configuration Tuner (DCT) is available
Speaking of DCT, it is, as IBM has said many times, free.
Domino Configuration Tuner is available to any customer free of charge. It works with Lotus Domino server 7.0 and later, and runs on the Lotus [read] Keywords: domino
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eWeek: Products to Watch in 2009
Wed, Jan 7th 2009 11:12p Gregg Eldred eWeek has a slideshow of the products that IT managers should watch in 2009. One of those products is Groupwise 8: With multiplatform support—including Mac, Windows, Linux and the Web—Novell’s GroupWise 8 boosts personal productivity capabilities; adds a customizable dashboard including e-mail, calendar, contacts and task lists; and offers Web 2.0 and team collaboration tools such as blogs, RSS feeds and wikis.
For all the talk, I thought that the major players in enterpri [read] Keywords: collaboration
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New Notebook: Dell Latitude D630
Tue, Jan 6th 2009 11:19p Gregg Eldred After about 6 years, I finally broke down and bought a new notebook, the Dell Latitude D630: In addition to a lot of RAM (4GB) and a host of accessories, this particular notebook has a 60GB solid state drive. Very, very quiet. So much so, that it is a bit unnerving. So, what did the D630 replace? A Dell Latitude CPi A. It was time for something new. :-)
Technorati tag: Dell Latitude D630 [read] Keywords:
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Palm Nova Devices: Is This It?
Mon, Jan 5th 2009 9:39p Gregg Eldred Several Palm sites have mockups of their best guess as to what the new Palm Nova smartphones will look like:
TreoCentral opined: We heard yesterday that Palm's new smartphone will be a vertical slider with a flush, capacitive touchscreen like the iPhone and that it will feature some pretty snazzy transitions and animations and packs a lot of "wow factor". The release of these design mockups have created quite a stir on the Palm sites. I have linked to a few of them, below, if anyone is st [read] Keywords: iphone
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Domino and IE: Another Reason to Use Firefox
Mon, Jan 5th 2009 1:39p Gregg Eldred If you are looking for some reasons to change your standard corporate web browser, a newly published TechNote may help:
Problem
Lotus Domino® 8 supports a key length of 2048-bits but when users request an Internet certificate for Microsoft® Internet Explorer™, it is only possible to choose 512-bit and 1024-bit.
Resolving the problem
Only 512-bit and 1024-bit certificates are allowed with Internet Explorer. This issue was reported to Quality Engineering as SPR# MNIR78XMPX and cur [read] Keywords: domino
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Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy by Martin Lindstrom
Sun, Jan 4th 2009 11:29p Gregg Eldred Three years and millions of dollars
later, Martin Lindstrom presents you with a book on neuromarketing, a technique
using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and steady-state typography
(SST) which measures conscience and subconscious reactions to marketing,
advertising, products and brands. SST provides real-time information
from the brain, while fMRI maps the areas of the brain that are active
at the time of the stimulation. Together, these techniques provide insight
into the motiva [read] Keywords: notes
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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Fri, Jan 2nd 2009 12:39a Gregg Eldred A while ago, there was an interesting
conversation among the people I follow on Twitter. They were discussing
books, and several people commented that one of the best books they had
read was Ender's
Game, by Orson Scott Card. A book
in the science fiction genre, that had quite a following, I found. I put
it on my list of books to find at the library. About a month went by, as
I had other books that needed to be read and reviewed, and with a holiday
season coming up, I thought that it would be ni [read] Keywords: twitter
Lawrence Walsh: Ode to Broken Windows (Vista)
Wed, Dec 31st 2008 1:39p Gregg Eldred Let's end the year with a review of Microsoft's Vista Operating System, courtesy of Lawrence Walsh at eWeek Channel Insider: Two years on, Vista is nothing short of an incompressible failure. According to Net Applications, Microsoft’s iron grip on the desktop showed signs of weakness in 2008 as Windows market share slipped below 90 percent market share for the first time in more than a decade. More worrisome is Apple’s OS X—the preferred operating system for the Mac—incr [read] Keywords: apple
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David Vasta: What "i" Want in 2009
Tue, Dec 30th 2008 11:53p Gregg Eldred If you thought that only IBM's Lotus brand has vocal users, the i5 has a few (but none are aggregated on a "Planeti5" site). In a wide ranging post, David Vasta points out some failings in the marketing of the venerable System i and points to Lotus Foundations and some initiatives from the Lotus brand, to get the word out.
Over the years the “i” people have wanted for many things. The want list is long and heavy every year with the same things, and every year like a fat person on a [read] Keywords: domino
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Motley Fool: How Palm Could Lose Everything
Tue, Dec 30th 2008 11:12p Gregg Eldred As a follow-up to yesterday's post, How Palm Could Change Everything, Motley Fool looks at the flip side with "How Palm Could Lose Everything:" It simply can't be a coincidence that Palm's openness has followed its decline. Nova offers an opportunity to reverse the slide, to close the platform as Steve Jobs cut off Mac cloners shortly after returning to Apple in 1997. . . . Or as blogger Josh Catone of sitepoint.com predicted recently, "The Nova operating system will look like something that c [read] Keywords: apple
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Motley Fool: How Palm Could Change Everything
Mon, Dec 29th 2008 11:12p Gregg Eldred The Motley Fool has weighed in on the upcoming Palm Nova announcement, January 8, at CES, with the first of two articles.
Nova could also resuscitate Foleo. This is what I mean when I say "extensible." Platforms always are. Here, a Nova-powered netbook would be set apart by Graffiti. So would a Palm tablet. Or a new Treo. And each device would be interoperable with the others, because they'd have been built using common interfaces to the Nova OS.
There's a market for this. Palm's new Softwar [read] Keywords: applications
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SnTT - Enabling Client Single Signon Using a MST
Wed, Dec 24th 2008 11:29a Gregg Eldred If you are considering the use of InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes to roll out your Notes Clients, then you owe it to yourself to head over to Andy's blog to get the best information on this tool. This SnTT tip adds a specific function to his excellent information. Sometime, in the middle of a client rollout, we were asked to add Client Single Signon to the MST. After several attempts to get this functionality added to the MST, without success, Lotus Tech Support provided me with a TechNote t [read] Keywords: document
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SnTT - Running nlnotes.exe While Domino Server is Up
Wed, Dec 24th 2008 11:10a Gregg Eldred This SnTT post is the result of a conversation I had with Lotus Tech Support. When sitting at the Domino Server (Windows) working on an issue, the Tech asked how I was accessing a database. I told him that I launched nlnotes.exe. Shortly after mentioning this, he sent me this TechNote: Running the nlnotes.exe is not supported. If you need to access databases locally at the physical server, it is recommended to install the Notes Client or Administrative Client in a separate directory from the Do [read] Keywords: domino
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SnTT - Running Concurrent Agents in One Database
Wed, Dec 24th 2008 10:59a Gregg Eldred Tomorrow is the last Thursday of 2008, and I have several Show-n-Tell Thursday posts that I started but never really finished. These posts are ones where I created as placeholders for things that balied me out of a few jams, but I didn't really have much more to add. But you may find value, as I did, in these. Here is the first one.
Domino does not provide you with the ability to run concurrent agents in a database. However, there are two methods that will allow you this feature, even though t [read] Keywords: agent
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Niel Nickolaisen: CIOs make social networking their business
Tue, Dec 23rd 2008 1:30p Gregg Eldred From SearchCIO-midmarket.com:
As IT leaders, what are we to make of social networking for our businesses? Is social networking just a new name for the collaboration we have spent the last 20 years enabling? Or is it the next silver bullet that is going to validate IT's value to the business? Or is it simply another set of applications we will have to design, implement and support -- one more brick on the pile?
Before I could make my own conclusions, I had to do some research into what othe [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Aerial View of Cleveland and Environs
Mon, Dec 22nd 2008 11:49p Gregg Eldred Video of Cleveland and the surrounding area (otherwise known as "where I live"). Not only will you see Cleveland, but also Cedar Point and Perry's Victory and International Peace Monument, among other things.
Thanks, @PostivelyCleve
Technorati tag: Cleveland [read] Keywords: application
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More Reasons Why Twitter is Worthwhile
Mon, Dec 22nd 2008 2:49p Gregg Eldred I've posted some thoughts on Twitter and why I find it useful. This past weekend provided me two more good reasons why I find Twitter worthwhile.
The first is comedy:
And the other is tragedy:
Mike Wilson, "2drinksbehind," was on Continental Flight 1404, with service from Denver to Houston, when it skidded off the runway and caught fire. I don't think that the first thing I would do would be to tweet, but he did. And it is just as nerve racking as having someone tweet while being pou [read] Keywords: google
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Hiring Your First Employee by Fred S. Steingold
Sun, Dec 21st 2008 11:39p Gregg Eldred I was given the opportunity to review
this book, and since I run a small business, thought that this would be
an excellent chance to learn more about hiring people. However, after the
first chapter, I determined that this wasn't quite the book I was expecting.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Deciding Whether to Hire
an Employee
Chapter 2: Avoiding Legal Pitfalls
Chapter 3: Setting the Pay Rate
Chapter 4: Considering Benefits to Offer
Chapter 5: Getting Ready to Hire
Chapter 6: Screening Applicants [read] Keywords: forms
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A Simple Thing in the IBM Certification Program Impresses Me
Fri, Dec 19th 2008 2:39p Gregg Eldred A few weeks ago, a friend asked me about Lotus Certifications. While he does have Lotus certifications, he specifically asked about the R7 and R8 Update Exams. I sent him a link to the extension announcement for the R7 Update Exams. That got me thinking about my own certifications.
After logging in to the Certification Member web site, I was embarrassed to discover that I did not have the R7 certification that I thought I did. This led to a reservation with a testing facility and a purchase a [read] Keywords: administration
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CIO Insight: Ray Ozzie: A 2008 Tech Winner
Fri, Dec 19th 2008 10:09a Gregg Eldred Number 6 on CIO Insight's "Tech's Ten 10 Winners of 2008" is Ray Ozzie:
Wired has an excellent article on Ray, which adds weight to his selection to this list.
Link: CIO Insight: Tech's Top 10 Winners of 2008
Link: Wired: Ray Ozzie Wants to Push Microsoft Back Into Startup Mode [read] Keywords: ray ozzie
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BOF407: Getting Social in the Lotus Community
Wed, Dec 17th 2008 10:09p Gregg Eldred At least this year, Duffbert and I won't be competing against free food and drink in the Product Showcase. We are, however, competing with sleepy 'Sphereians (7AM start time). But still, we would love to see you at BOF407: Getting Social in the Lotus Community and to join in the conversation. I'd say that I would bring the donuts, but logistically that may pose an problem.
Not sure about the new Social Media sites? Want to know how people are leveraging them specifically in the Lotus Notes and [read] Keywords: domino
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Will The Nova Operating System Change Palm's Fortunes?
Mon, Dec 15th 2008 11:09p Gregg Eldred After much time and money, Palm will be pulling the covers off of its next operating system, Nova, on January 8, 2009, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas along with the first products that will run it. It would be an understatement to say that this OS (and the associated smartphones) has to be a home run. From a BusinessWeek article on Palm and Nova:
While Palm has protected its plans with Apple-like secrecy, Rubinstein (Palm's executive chairman in charge of product developm [read] Keywords: notes
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Science Café: MRI from the Inside Out
Mon, Dec 15th 2008 2:29p Gregg Eldred For those of you that follow me on Twitter, you know my affinity for the Great Lakes Brewing. Other than the normal brewery tours, gift shop, and beers, Great Lakes also sponsors the local Science Café. Science Café's are an informal meeting that is organized around an interesting scientific topic. The meetings are usually held in coffee shops or pubs, and are based on café Scientifique, which are popular in the UK.
On February 9, 2009, Drs. Jeffrey Duerk and Jeffrey Sunshine will be pre [read] Keywords: applications
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Treo 755p versus Blackberry Storm
Fri, Dec 12th 2008 2:02p Gregg Eldred After reading Andy's post, as well as vowe's, another review of the Blackberry Storm has popped onto my radar. This time, it is comparing the Storm to the Treo 755p (my current smartphone).
Recently, Palm’s Treo line has started to face more and more competition. With the addition of the BlackBerry Storm onto the marketplace, we can’t help but wonder how well Palm products fare when placed side-by-side with a competing product. So the question is, how does the Treo 755p compare wit [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Tech Exchange Webcast: IBM Lotus Domino Monitoring Essentials
Fri, Dec 12th 2008 1:32p Gregg Eldred IBM has posted the slides and audio for the November 20, 2008, Tech Exchange Webcast: IBM Lotus Domino Monitoring Essentials. In case you missed it:
This session covered the basic essentials of monitoring your Domino environment (ND6, ND7, and ND8), and leveraging features such as Stats & Events and Domino Domain Monitoring (DDM)
The link includes not only the slides and audio, but also the questions from the audience.
Link: Replay of Tech Exchange webcast: IBM Lotus Domino Monitoring [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotus Foundations: When is a Viral Marketing Campaign Not Viral?
Wed, Dec 10th 2008 11:09p Gregg Eldred According to AdvertisingAge, the current Lotus Foundations "viral" marketing campaign is not viral.
I got three e-mail pitches yesterday about new viral-marketing campaigns. One was from an agency that said it "provides complete viral services." Another was for a "brand-new IBM (Lotus Foundations) viral video campaign" that will launch on Monday. (Hint: a campaign that has not launched yet is not viral.) And the third was from a friend, who saw something she thought I'd love and forwarded me a [read] Keywords: foundations
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Mainframes in the Midmarket?
Wed, Dec 10th 2008 10:39p Gregg Eldred This is something you don't see everyday; An argument for the mainframe in the midmarket.
SearchCIO-Midmarket.com has an article, written by Elisabeth Horwitt, that provides a scenario for midmarket companies that outgrow their Windows server farms.
For years, the mainframe has been associated with large enterprises, not only because it is powerful, but also because it is costly. But now, midmarket organizations are being pitched their own version of a mainframe that's powerful but not quite [read] Keywords: ibm
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Taking Notes Podcast and IBM Business Partner Newsletter
Mon, Dec 8th 2008 5:19p Gregg Eldred Found while reading the most recent IBM Business Partner Weekly Update:
Taking Notes Podcast: Lotusphere 2009 Business Development Day
Are you an IBM Lotus Business Partner who will be attending Lotusphere? If you are, you should really consider attending Business Development Day according to Tim Kounadis, Director, Worldwide Channel and SMB Marketing. In this podcast (22 minutes) learn about:
What exactly is Business Development Day?
What's the theme for this year?
What type of sessi [read] Keywords: ibm
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Nuclear Jellyfish by Tim Dorsey
Sun, Dec 7th 2008 11:29p Gregg Eldred If you take a look at Amazon.com's Travel
books for the State of Florida, you will mostly see books on Walt Disney
World, beaches, and Key West. But I submit to you that if you want a real
Florida travel book, you might want to consider any novel by Tim Dorsey.
His main character, a serial killer with an insatiable appetite for all
things Florida, will take to you sites that you won't find in those traditional
travel books. And you will have plenty of laughs, which are very hard to
find in any o [read] Keywords: blogging
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Lotusphere 2009 - Business Development Day Speaker
Wed, Dec 3rd 2008 11:49p Gregg Eldred A quick thought as I review the books that I read this year:
Is it possible that the guest speaker for Business Development Day at Lotusphere 2009 could be better than last year's, Steven Johnson? I realize that there has been much discussion concerning the Opening and Closing General Session speakers from Lotusphere 2008, but, Steven was the best of the three and the one that had the biggest impact on me, long after the conference.
It will be tough to top him.
By the way, Duffbert has an e [read] Keywords: javascript
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Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler
Wed, Dec 3rd 2008 11:30p Gregg Eldred One of the best reasons for visiting
your local library is that they have all of their new books in one area
(at least in my library). It makes it extremely easy to peruse all of the
recent additions to their collection without having to walk all around
looking at individual sections. Because of this, you can find books in
genres that you may not normally read; in this case, the book was labeled
"science fiction." Also, having a title like "Go-Go Girls
of the Apocalypse" and including a picture [read] Keywords:
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SnTT - Obsolete Notes.INI Parameters
Wed, Dec 3rd 2008 8:39p Gregg Eldred Ulrich Krause's post "Look into your Notes.ini, please" and other, recent posts concerning the Notes.INI reminded me of another topic related to that file.
As you upgrade your Domino servers to the next release, it is a good an excellent idea to examine your server's Notes.INI for obsolete entries and remove them. How do you know what lines to delete? IBM has several TechNotes to assist you with this process. For example, these are the obsolete entries for Domino 8.0 and 8.0.1:
Obsolete [read] Keywords: domino
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Redefining the Christmas Card
Tue, Dec 2nd 2008 10:59p Gregg Eldred Motivational speaker James Robbins has some suggestions for you, as a manager, to create a much better Holiday Card. Part "Thank You" for your work, part employee motivation, it is a good read. His thoughts may be lost on some of your employees, others may be appreciative, but at least it shows effort on your part to call attention to some good aspect of all of your employees.
In our virtual world of email and text messaging, the hand written card has been placed on the endangered species list [read] Keywords: email
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NEOLUG December Meeting
Tue, Dec 2nd 2008 10:29p Gregg Eldred You might know a couple of our speakers
this month. :-)
Below is the agenda and directions for the December 11th NEOLUG meeting.
PLEASE NOTE: The location
has been changed to CDW in Brecksville.
Please RSVP by December 8th. If you can, please bring some canned food
items in support of the food bank for the holiday season.
DIRECTIONS:
CDW (Unit One)
6650 West Snowville Road
Brecksville, OH 44141
Directions:
From The North (I-77 South)
1. At
exit 147, take ramp right [read] Keywords: domino
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Back on the Ice in Antarctica
Mon, Dec 1st 2008 10:59p Gregg Eldred My friend, Dan, is working in Antarctica again this year. He is an air traffic controller, helping to land the aircraft (planes and helicopters) on, literally, an ice runway.
I think that he told me that internet connectivity isn't as good as it was last year (budget cuts?), so I don't think that he is blogging his adventures. But at least he found time to post some pictures. [read] Keywords: blogging
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Domino 8 Upgrade/Implementation on System i Webcast
Mon, Dec 1st 2008 10:29p Gregg Eldred Run Domino on, arguably, the best platform;
iSeries? IBM has a webcast that will be of interest to you.
This Webcast is scheduled for December
11, 2008. The length is 1.5 hours with a Q&A session following
the presentation. Please be sure to use the RSVP link below before
the Webcast to register and receive the dial-in details. As always,
there is no charge for participating.
Title: Domino 8 upgrade requirements/implementation on System i
Date: December 11, 2008 (Tuesday)
Time: 1 [read] Keywords: domino
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Tsar by Ted Bell
Mon, Dec 1st 2008 12:02a Gregg Eldred I was provided an advanced reading copy
of Tsar
by Ted Bell. This is the fifth novel in the Alex Hawke series and it continues
the tradition Bell has developed of action and suspense using plausible
plots concerning world events.
In Tsar, Alex Hawke, a modern James
Bond character, is recuperating on Bermuda after his injuries suffered
in the novel Spy.
During his recovery, he meets a beautiful Russian artist, Anastasia Korsakov.
As the novel progresses, you discover that Anastasia, "Asia"
to [read] Keywords:
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What Does the Future Hold for Palm?
Wed, Nov 26th 2008 4:49p Gregg Eldred I have long had an affinity for Palm devices, which has led me to my current smartphone, the Palm 755p. But, as everyone knows, the market hasn't been good to Palm lately. They are competing against the iPhone, Blackberry, and Android devices. And the results haven't been pretty-Palm currently holds about 8.5% of the smartphone market, a distant third behind Apple and RIM.
An article on Internetnews.com is less than rosy about Palm's long term viability, saying:
"Palm lacks differentiation, [read] Keywords: apple
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Using a New Browser? You May Not Like On-line Shopping
Wed, Nov 26th 2008 3:49p Gregg Eldred Something I didn't think about: the "new" browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Safari may limit your enjoyment of on-line shopping this holiday season. From an article on Marketwatch.com:
The 2008 web browser explosion could not have come at a worse time: the most important online holiday shopping season ever. As a result, some online shoppers will be faced with website pages that load slowly, are missing text or graphics, or even fail to complete the checkout function.
"This year more than e [read] Keywords: firefox
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Cold Fire by Dean Koontz
Wed, Nov 26th 2008 1:59p Gregg Eldred In a quest to continue reading most
of Dean Koontz' early novels, this one was written in 1991, I picked up
Cold
Fire.
Jim Ironheart is a very unique person; A voice drives him to save people.
He doesn't know when the voice will move him, but when he hears it, he
is single minded in his desire to get to a specific place to rescue someone.
The introductory act of heroism is the saving of a child from being killed
by a drunk driver in Portland, Oregon. It is during this action that a
reporter, [read] Keywords:
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e-Discovery And Apple
Wed, Nov 26th 2008 12:09a Gregg Eldred The Industry Standard has a very interesting, and cautionary, story concerning Apple and their lack of an e-mail retention policy.
According to a recent legal filing . . . in the Psystar vs Apple antitrust case, Apple employees are responsible for maintaining their own documents such as emails, memos, and voicemails. In other words, there is no company-wide policy for archiving, saving, or deleting these documents.
In additon to specifically talking about Apple, the article links to several [read] Keywords: apple
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Watchers by Dean Koontz
Tue, Nov 25th 2008 11:49p Gregg Eldred A man is hiking in a remote area of
California when he discovers a dog. As Travis attempts to continue along
the path, the dog blocks him. When he tries to "outsmart" the
dog, it seems to be a step ahead of him, refusing to allow him to continue.
And then the woods get really quiet. The dog growls. The hair on the back
of Travis' neck rises, so does yours. Something very unpleasant is out
there, watching, stalking. Thus begins an incredible journey for Travis
and the dog (later named "Einstein" [read] Keywords:
College Visits - Part II
Mon, Nov 24th 2008 11:10p Gregg Eldred The "Six Colleges in Three Days" Tour ended Saturday evening.
The Flickr Set includes photos from this tour as well as the one we did in October.
This tour started at Miami University on Thursday morning (we drove down Wednesday night) with a classroom visit. It didn't go well, as the class they chose for us was only taught on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. However, we were able to fill the time with an admissions interview and time with the Marines in the NROTC program. While talking wi [read] Keywords: google
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How Well Do You Know Blackberry Admin?
Mon, Nov 24th 2008 10:19p Gregg Eldred The latest Blackberry Newsletter included a little quiz (9 questions) to gauge how well you know Blackberry Admin and to promote Blackberry Training and Certifications.
Link: Blackberry Certification [read] Keywords: admin
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Instructor-Led Online Training for Lotus Software
Tue, Nov 18th 2008 11:29p Gregg Eldred IBM Lotus® Training is now offering some of our most popular courses in an exciting new learning format, Instructor-Led Online (ILO). Students get the benefits of being in a classroom with the convenience and cost savings of online training.
The current list of courses include:
WPV61 - IBM WebSphere Portal V6.1 Application Development (ILO)
WPV62 - IBM WebSphere Portal V6.1 Application Development (ILO)
QR700 - Administering IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1 Services for IBM Lotus Domino
QR800 - Adminis [read] Keywords: collaboration
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When Words Fail
Tue, Nov 18th 2008 10:49p Gregg Eldred As has been reported in the blogosphere, the Lotusphere 2009 Content Team is asking all registered attendees to select the sessions you are likely to attend. As you look through the list, if you hover over a session, it will expand to show you the session speakers and the abstract. It works on all of the sessions except one:
Even with this session lacking a description, I selected it. I remember having peanuts thrown at me at a particular session a few years ago, shortly after the speaker a [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Sunday PostSecret
Sun, Nov 16th 2008 10:40p Gregg Eldred Today's Sunday PostSecret is a good one:
While I haven't come across Post-It notes in any of the books I have borrowed from the library, I have come across bills, library cards, photos, and, most recently, a shipping order from Amazon.com (all of these items, I believe, were used as bookmarkers). The really strange thing about the Amazon receipt was that it was delivered to a person that lives in a house we once owned.
Technorati tag: PostSecret [read] Keywords: notes
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Hotel Options Continue to Change for Lotusphere2009
Sun, Nov 16th 2008 10:29p Gregg Eldred It seems that everyday, the hotel choices change for Lotusphere. A few days ago, you only had one choice if you were staying from Saturday through Friday. Now, there are a few more options.
And you still have several choices if you are staying from Sunday through Thursday:
It looks like more rooms are being made available as registrations increase. Or people are cancelling. But I think it is the former.
Make your hotel reservations before you get closed out of Disney properties (n [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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You Have One Hotel Option for Lotusphere 2009
Thu, Nov 13th 2008 8:49a Gregg Eldred Still thinking of attending Lotusphere 2009? If you want to stay at a Disney property, one that is served by the Lotusphere shuttle service, you now have only one option: Port Orleans, if you want to stay from Saturday through Friday.
Technorati tag: lotusphere2009 [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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The Register: IBM Lotus preps small biz software appliance
Wed, Nov 12th 2008 10:19p Gregg Eldred As only The Register can do, Timothy Prickett Morgan has written an article for them on Lotus Foundations. The opening paragraph sets the tone:
It's pandemonium out there. Cats are living with dogs. There's chocolate in my peanut butter. Software units are selling servers and calling them appliances.
To add further weight to what Ed and Bilal have been saying, The Register, being The Register, is a bit more blunt:
The Lotus Foundations appliance, which is made in IBM's factories in China, i [read] Keywords: domino
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The Perfect Holiday Gift?
Wed, Nov 12th 2008 12:19p Gregg Eldred Have you noticed that Duffbert and I read and review books? Based on the hits from Planet Lotus, you haven't. :-) But that isn't stopping me from a recommendation.
While I haven't read this book, I think that it will make a perfect holiday gift idea either for yourself or someone you know: Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert!
From Scott Adams himself:
It's heavy. It's handsome. It's 576 pages with nearly 4,000 of my best Dilbert comics. It's the book that took me 20 years to write, and it [read] Keywords: lotus
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developerWorks: How large databases uniquely affect IBM Lotus Domino server performance
Tue, Nov 11th 2008 12:39p Gregg Eldred Michael Lee has just posted the article, How large databases uniquely affect IBM Lotus Domino server performance, on developerWorks:Lotus. From the introduction:
Understanding the effect of large databases on IBM® Lotus® Domino® performance is becoming a prominent challenge for many administrators. This article explores the different ways in which large databases can degrade performance and examines potential solutions to realize maximum performance.
. . . One of the main problem areas is [read] Keywords: document
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Mon, Nov 10th 2008 11:20p Gregg Eldred After completing the current books in
Patterson's Maximum Ride series, I was told that I should read the latest
"teen" novel by James Patterson (and Michael Ledwidge), The
Dangerous Days of Daniel X. Like
Maximum Ride, Daniel X will be a series of at least three books. But Patterson
and Ledwidge will have to release the next two without me.
Daniel X is a fifteen year old orphan
with some supernatural powers. These powers; shape shifting, telekinesis,
and the ability to create animate objects [read] Keywords: python
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Darkfall by Dean Koontz
Mon, Nov 10th 2008 10:39p Gregg Eldred There are times when I find that I need
to change my reading habits a little. Usually in those instances, I turn
to a genre that I haven't read in a while. This time, I was in need of
some horror. A recent
review of Darkfall,
by Dean Koontz, by Thomas Duff "Duffbert," was all I needed to
pick this book up.
Jack Dawson is a recent widower with two children, Penny and Davey and
a New York detective. He and his partner, Rebecca Chandler, are called
to another grisly murder scene. The body count [read] Keywords:
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New Notes.INI Parameters for Domino 6.5.5
Fri, Nov 7th 2008 1:19p Gregg Eldred I know that this is probably information
that you really don't need, as you are using Domino 7 or 8. While looking
through the Fix
List for Domino 6.5.5, to
see if that release would correct an issue with a server running Domino
6.5.4, I noticed that there are quite a few new notes.ini parameters for
that release. Here is the list of new notes.ini settings for Domino 6.5.5: [read] Keywords: domino
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Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry
Thu, Nov 6th 2008 11:10p Gregg Eldred Books:
A Memoir, by Larry McMurtry,
is a book that may not appeal to a lot of people, maybe not even to hard-core
McMurtry fans. However, I found it highly entertaining and enjoyable.
McMurtry has penned a book detailing his life with books; as a buyer and
seller of used, rare, and antique books and as a book lover. His life with
books started when he was the recipient of a wonderful gift from his cousin.
On his way to enlist in World War II, Larry's cousin stopped by their house,
and gave h [read] Keywords:
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SnTT - Hiding Person Documents in the Domino Directory
Thu, Nov 6th 2008 10:40p Gregg Eldred Apparently, there are Domino Administrators
that sometimes have a need to "hide" Person Documents in the
Domino Directory. For whatever reason (probably, these are people that
have been terminated), they still need mail delivered but do not want others
to be able use the addresses when sending mail internally. How can this
be accomplished?
One option is to change the Person Document to put a "z" in front
of the last name:
Once saved, the Person Document will go to the end of the Domi [read] Keywords: administration
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"Sirius"-ly Conflicted
Thu, Nov 6th 2008 9:59p Gregg Eldred Back in September, I told you about
a new radio station on Sirius:
Recently, the programmers at Sirius have added another 24/7 station dedicated
to one band:
My commutes are now a flurry of jumping from Channel 29 to Channel 12 and
back again.
While I certainly understand that I could have the same experience with
a properly loaded iPod, there is just something better about satellite
radio. Those two stations, alone, are worth my yearly subscription.
Technorati tag: Sirius [read] Keywords: ipod
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Lotusphere 2009 Pricing Reminder
Thu, Nov 6th 2008 4:50p Gregg Eldred Where did the time go?
After tomorrow, November 7, the price to register for Lotusphere
2009 goes up to $2,095. From
the Lotusphere
Registration web site:
Rates and Dates:
* Now until November 7th, the fee is $1,895 USD. This is
the lowest individual fee available.
* On November 8th, the fee will increase to $2,095 USD.
* And on January 16th, the full conference fee of $2,295
USD will apply.
Let's go kids: Register!
Technorati tag: lotusphere2009 [read] Keywords: ibm
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Updated Hotel Options for Lotusphere 2009
Wed, Nov 5th 2008 12:40p Gregg Eldred Wow, what a difference a few short weeks make.
Back on October 23, there was a waitlist at the Dolphin if you were staying from Saturday through Friday. Now look at the hotel options:
Saturday through Friday:
And Sunday through Thursday:
Saturday through Friday, the Dolphin, Swan, and Yacht Club are full, and Port Orleans is waitlisted. Decide to curtail your conference by a couple of days, and the Dolphin and Swan are full. I'll say it again:
Make your hotel reservations before [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Lotus Protector for Mail Security
Tue, Nov 4th 2008 10:39p Gregg Eldred Announced at Lotusphere 2008, Lotus
Protector is "... a new line of security offerings to complement
customer investments in IBM Lotus Domino® software. Lotus Protector is
an integrated suite of messaging security offerings that will augment the
security of the Lotus Domino e-mail environment, protecting the information
assets of an organization everywhere in the messaging chain."
Other than the IBM site, where it looks
like you can purchase Lotus
Protector for Mail Security, I
haven't found [read] Keywords: domino
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Fortune: Nine Top Tech Flops
Tue, Nov 4th 2008 6:59p Gregg Eldred Fortune has a fun little article on the 9 Top Tech Flops for the holiday gift giving season. No surprise that the Zune, pictured above, is on the list. And I will say this: If I open a gift, and it is a copy of any operating system, on Christmas day, there will be words.
Link: Fortune: 9 Top Tech Flops [read] Keywords:
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Vanishing America by Michael Eastman
Mon, Nov 3rd 2008 11:10p Gregg Eldred No matter where you live, you probably
pass buildings that have seen better days on your daily commute. If not
buildings, then maybe signs, whether they are on billboards or sides of
buildings. All of these items harken back to an earlier time; a time when
the area was more vibrant. Now replaced by suburban shopping malls, a changing
population, or economics, these store fronts and signs are falling into
our distant memories. With Vanishing
America: The End of Main Street,
Michael Eastman captur [read] Keywords:
Outlets To Go from Monster Power
Thu, Oct 30th 2008 10:39p Gregg Eldred Some of the people that I follow on Twitter are frequent travellers. Before leaving on a week long trip, I asked how they are able to charge all of their electronics using the limited number of accessible power outlets in hotel rooms. One of the them recommended the Monster Power Outlets To Go.
If you are a frequent traveller, this is an excellent power strip. While it "only" has 3 outlets, they are more than enough for your power needs. Two on one face, one on the other, means that any power [read] Keywords: blackberry
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A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage
Thu, Oct 30th 2008 10:10p Gregg Eldred If you have never enjoyed reading history,
this book may change that. But be forewarned, as you read this book, you
may develop a thirst for the beverages that are being discussed.
Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Stone-Age Brew
Chapter 2: Civilized Beer
Chapter 3: The Delight of Wine
Chapter 4: The Imperial Vine
Chapter 5: High Spirits, High Seas
Chapter 6: The Drinks That Built America
Chapter 7: The Great Soberer
Chapter 8: The Coffeehouse Internet
Chapter 9: Empire [read] Keywords: development
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Video Chat Enabled Plug-In for Sametime Connect Client
Thu, Oct 30th 2008 8:59a Gregg Eldred Want to leverage your use of Sametime and Sametime Connect? A new article posted on developerWorks:Lotus, authored by Hiroaki Komine, Developing your video chat-enabled plug-in application on IBM Lotus Sametime Connect, will show you a pretty cool way to extend the product.
Now, Lotus Sametime 8.0, the latest version of the product, released in November 2007, offers additional enhancements to its product features and extensibility. This article describes the Lotus Sametime telephony API and SP [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Woot Weads The Wire
Wed, Oct 29th 2008 10:19p Gregg Eldred Every week in this space, we’ll take a look at the news and offer our own incisive blend of commentary, analysis, and poop jokes. The news you need, from a voice you can trust, in the 90 seconds you have to spare: that’s Woot Weads the Wire.
WASHINGTON (UPI)—NPR, Harris Corp. and Towson University said they are teaming up to simulcast the first live, captioned radio broadcast for the deaf and hard of hearing.
This bold step forward will allow the deaf to hate Clear Channe [read] Keywords:
SnTT - Counting Folders and Views in a Database
Mon, Oct 27th 2008 8:49p Gregg Eldred A Notes user calls to say that when he clicks to expand his Folders in his Inbox, nothing appears. I try it, and get the same result. A look at the design of the mail file shows a "few" folders. I am not counting the number of Folders. A search of developerWorks:Lotus brings me to this code, courtesy of Paul Smerdon:
.lotusscript { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: black; }
.ls-comment { color: green; }
.ls-quote { color: black; }
.ls-datatype { color: black; }
.ls-operator { colo [read] Keywords: agent
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Hotel Options for Lotusphere 2009
Thu, Oct 23rd 2008 11:19p Gregg Eldred We are just three short months away from Lotusphere 2009
If you are looking at hotel options, this is what it looks like today for Saturday through Friday:
And Sunday through Thursday:
Make your hotel reservations before you get closed out of Disney properties (not that there is anything wrong with any other property).
Technorati tag: lotusphere2009 [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Microsoft Critical Update - Patch Your Windows Servers ASAP
Thu, Oct 23rd 2008 4:49p Gregg Eldred Microsoft has released a Critical Update today, for Windows 2000, XP, and Windows Server 2003. This is outside of their normal "Patch Tuesday" cycle. From the Security Bulletin:
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Server service. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an affected system received a specially crafted RPC request. On Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 systems, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability [read] Keywords: enterprise
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We Got Elephants!
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 10:49p Gregg Eldred Something you don't see everyday; Elephants in downtown Cleveland:
Ringling Brothers is in town and part of the show is to parade the elephants to the venue. I've always wanted to see the "Elephant Parade," but was always in the suburbs. Not this year.
And what follows the elephants?
A street cleaner. :-)
Technorati tag: elephants [read] Keywords:
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A Weekend of College Visits
Tue, Oct 21st 2008 10:49p Gregg Eldred It was long weekend. Four colleges in two days. Any more than that, and it would probably qualify as a marathon. Here is the route and the colleges:
View Larger Map Pictures from each are in this set.
First stop, Muskingum College, in New Concord, Ohio. Interviews, attended a class, toured the campus, and had lunch in one of the dining halls. Here is a picture of my fraternity house:
Once done, we headed west, to the Columbus suburb of Bexley, for Capital University. While on the tou [read] Keywords: google
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SnTT: Automatically Changing Sametime Status
Thu, Oct 16th 2008 3:59p Gregg Eldred One of the questions I sometimes get asked after implementing Lotus Sametime is "Can Sametime automatically change my status after some time of inactivity?" This is a very useful feature, which would cut down on the number of times you ping someone, only to find out that they are out to lunch, in a meeting, or similarily indisposed. But can you do this in Sametime? Thankfully, the answer is "Yes," and there is a TechNote that spells it all out for you.
This feature became available in Notes [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Hurricanes and Web 2.0
Thu, Oct 16th 2008 1:30p Gregg Eldred If you didn't know, one of the people in the Lotus Community, Fraziska Tanner, rode out Hurricane Omar yesterday on the tiny island of Anguilla. Thankfully, she and her family are fine.
However, if you were following her on Twitter, you would have gotten front row seats to the wrath of Omar.
Following her in the midst of the hurricane was maddening. The tweets were few and far between, probably due to the weather, cell coverage, need for safety, etc. During the silence, I was afraid of t [read] Keywords: lotus
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FAQ about Ultralite and iPhone
Tue, Oct 14th 2008 2:19p Gregg Eldred A new TechNote has been published on iNotes Ultralite and the iPhone. From the TechNote:
What is iNotes Ultralite?
iNotes Ultralite is the new HTML only accessibility compatible web mail client within the iNotes Product family (formerly Domino® Web Access in earlier versions). It joins Full and Lite mode as individual products. The iNotes Ultralite product is supported on the Apple iPhone.
What version of Domino supports iNotes Ultralite?
iNotes Ultralite is available for the iPhone clie [read] Keywords: domino
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Domino and BES: Performance Best Practices
Thu, Oct 9th 2008 11:39a Gregg Eldred A new article, IBM Lotus Domino with Blackberry Enterprise Server: Performance best Practices, authored by Aaron Payne, has been posted on developerWorks:Lotus. From the introduction:
This article is designed to act as a guide and reference paper for configuring BlackBerry Enterprise Server with IBM® Lotus® Domino®. It focuses on the load implications of running BlackBerry Enterprise Server within a Lotus Domino mail environment. It is designed to highlight areas where this load can be con [read] Keywords: domino
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Reliving Past Lotusphere's, Google Style
Wed, Oct 8th 2008 10:39p Gregg Eldred Google has invited you to search their oldest available index, from January 2001. My search term, lotusphere, resulted in some fun hits:
Project "Yoda" - "is described as a suite of knowledge management capabilities for R5 that is intended to cement Lotus' leadership in the groupware market it inaugurated and still leads with 34 million seats." Was this a precursor to "Raven," which, I think, turned into Domino Discovery Server?
Lotusphere 99. I wonder if this will ever happen again (or [read] Keywords: domino
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The Deceived by Brett Battles
Wed, Oct 1st 2008 11:29p Gregg Eldred I was very happy to see that Brett Battles
has penned a second novel featuring his "cleaner," Jonathan Quinn.
Quinn is hired to remove all traces of a crime or to make sure that there
are no loose ends. If there is a murder, he makes sure that the body is
not discovered and all traces of the deed are covered up. When he is done,
nothing can be traced to either him or his client.
The
Deceived opens with Quinn and
his assistant being called to dispose of a body that was found in a transcontine [read] Keywords:
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New US Citizenship Test - How will you score?
Wed, Oct 1st 2008 10:49a Gregg Eldred From PRWeb: As of Wednesday, October 1, 2008, there is a new United States citizenship test. During the examination, applicants must demonstrate an understanding of basic U.S. civics, history, and government. The test changes, instituted by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), will affect millions of immigrants in the U.S. who intend to become American citizens. Readers can test their civic skills in a quiz provided at CitizenshipU.com.
Ten Questions in the little quiz, and [read] Keywords: php
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developerWorks:Lotus Feedback Works
Tue, Sep 30th 2008 11:39p Gregg Eldred Yesterday, when attempting to post a
reply in the developerWorks:Lotus forums, I was getting the error:
OpenForm&ParentUNID=D0DB6F00242FD790852574D3006FC6EA&Seq=1 HTTP
Web Server: Lotus Notes Exception - Error validating user's agent execution
access
I thought that it was me or my web browsers. After seeing that several
times, and not being able to post responses, I sent feedback to the forum.
Today, I received this response (emphasis, mine):
This should be fixed now. It was [read] Keywords: agent
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Discussion Database - What is it Good For?
Thu, Sep 25th 2008 8:10p Gregg Eldred Probably the most popular discussion
databases are the forums
at developerWorks:Lotus. But
what about inside your organization? I'll wager that you have your fair
share of them, but when were they last updated? Have you moved that information
to wikis? Much like most Web 2.0 initiatives, where you are hoping for
collaboration and sharing, most of those discussion databases have probably
been updated by just a few people. I can give you several examples of discussion
databases that were created o [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Admin2009/Developer2009
Thu, Sep 25th 2008 4:39p Gregg Eldred Mark your calendars, boys and girls:
Make plans now to attend the 10th annual
Admin
training event held with Lotus
Developer2009 in Boston April
15-17, 2009.
We’re building an extensive agenda covering all the essential Notes and
Domino topics pertinent to your job. One registration gets you into your
choice of nearly 100 new and updated technical sessions, one-on-one consultations
with top experts, hands-on labs, networking opportunities and much more.
It’s the fastest [read] Keywords: admin
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I Am Spiderman
Tue, Sep 23rd 2008 10:29p Gregg Eldred Playing along with the meme, I took the Superhero Quiz and this is the result: You are Spider-Man
Spider-Man
65%
Superman
65%
Robin
55%
Supergirl
40%
Iron Man
40%
Green Lantern
35%
The Flash
35%
Catwoman
35%
Wonder Woman
30%
Hulk
30%
Batman
20%
You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.
Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz [read] Keywords:
New York Times: IBM threatens to leave standards bodies
Tue, Sep 23rd 2008 3:49p Gregg Eldred It appears that the ratification of OOXML as a standard has made IBM rethink its membership in a few standards bodies. From The New York Times:
IBM is threatening to leave organizations that set standards for software interoperability because of concerns that their processes are not always fair.
IBM published a new set of guidelines it plans to follow, which include encouraging standards bodies to have rules to protect their decisions from "undue influence," a clear reference to competitor [read] Keywords: ibm
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Rumor: RIM to Support Mac
Tue, Sep 23rd 2008 8:59a Gregg Eldred From Ars Technica:
According to CIO, an anonymous source says that RIM will release a new set of tools to harmonize the BlackBerry with a Mac sometime in the first half of 2009. The tools will "address a number of longstanding complaints from Mac users," though details of the exact capabilities that RIM will bring to the table with its own software were not disclosed. "We know that we don't have an ideal solution for Mac users," the RIM source said. "It's something that's been on our radar sin [read] Keywords: apple
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Changing Your Sametime Password
Sat, Sep 20th 2008 8:59a Gregg Eldred Nearly all software that requires a password allows the user to change their password within the application. Except Sametime (to my knowledge). I realize that the Sametime password is the same as the Lotus Notes internet password, and some education of the users will need to occur. But why can't we provide the user a way to change their Sametime password from within Sametime?
An excellent idea that deserves more attention.
Technorati tag: IdeaJam Sametime [read] Keywords: javascript
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Cleveland Geek Dinner or A Walk Down Memory Lane
Fri, Sep 19th 2008 2:19p Gregg Eldred One of the "issues" with Geek Dinners, especially with people that have been in the business for a while (okay, a long while), is that computer trivia rears its ugly head. Case in point - we were talking about early personal computers, and I brought up this little beauty:
Yes, kids, that is the Plus Hardcard 20. The "20" means 20MB. From a description at the Personal Computer Museum:
The HardCard was essentially a smaller version of the Q500, designed to fit in an ISA slot, with an emb [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Thoughts From The NEOLUG Meeting
Thu, Sep 18th 2008 11:09p Gregg Eldred Hopefully, other
bloggers
in
attendance
will
provide a some reviews of the NEOLUG meeting from today. For me, how about
some general thoughts/observations?
The Bloggers Roundtable, populated by the individuals linked above, seemed
to be a hit. The informality of the session, coupled with Chris' prepared
questions, allowed quite a bit of ground to be covered in a short period
of time. Unfortunately, Chris taped the session, which should provide the
blogosphere with some laughs. Probably at ou [read] Keywords: domino
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Smile When You're Lying by Chuck Thompson
Wed, Sep 17th 2008 11:39p Gregg Eldred How can you pass up a book that promises ". . . a hilarious behind-the-brochures tour of picture-perfect locales, dangerous destinations, and overrated hellholes from a guy who knows the truth about travel?" After reading the cover, and some of the quick reviews on the back of the book, I decided that it was time to read some stories that travel editors refused to run from a prolific travel writer.
Contents: Introduction: You Deserve Better; "Welcome to Thailand, Ulysses S. Grant!"; Baked Al [read] Keywords: traveler
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Mixed Reactions Then "Goodbye" to the Seinfeld/Gates Ads
Wed, Sep 17th 2008 10:39p Gregg Eldred A new Microsoft ad featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates has been released. I have seen the first ad, showing the two shopping for shoes, a few times. Not surprisingly, I am not alone when I say "I don't get it." The first ad of the campaign debuted September 4 during NBC's broadcast of the Giants and Redskins game. Microsoft's own Email to company employees said the first phase of the campaign was "designed to engage consumers and spark a new conversation." That it certainly did because blog [read] Keywords: apple
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SnTT: Outbound SMTP Authentication
Wed, Sep 17th 2008 10:09p Gregg Eldred A question was posted to the Notes listserv today:
We are trying to configure a Domino 8 server to change how it handles outbound mail. Currently, it routes to a smarthost that just accepts all messages from the Domino server's address. The administrator for the smarthost is reconfiguring and they want the Domino server to authenticate when it connects to the smarthost (which is how their clients are required to send outbound messages). I don't have a Domino 8 server to look at, but my Domino [read] Keywords: connections
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AC/DC 24/7
Wed, Sep 17th 2008 3:59p Gregg Eldred A new channel has been added to the
Sirius
Satellite service, Channel 29:
Hear the high voltage sounds of AC/DC 24/7, including classics like "You
Shook Me All Night Long" and "Back in Black," and preview
tracks from Black Ice , the band's first studio album in eight years.
The channel features exclusive interviews with band members Angus Young,
Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, Brian Johnson and Phil Rudd, who share their
personal insights into their music and their career.
In addi [read] Keywords:
No Electricity for You: Power Outages in Ohio
Mon, Sep 15th 2008 2:53p Gregg Eldred Clicking on the picture takes you to a live outage update for customers of FirstEnergy. The latest update from FirstEnergy is:
We currently have 197,000 still with out power and expect to have the majority of customers restored by approximately late Friday night.
Yeah, we are one of the 197,000. While this could be a very long week, it might mean a new beer from Great Lakes Brewing Company. After a little outage in 2003, the "Blackout of 2003," they created Blackout Stout. No electricity is [read] Keywords: php
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Domino 8.5 Beta 2 on iSeries Software Requirements
Mon, Sep 15th 2008 12:24p Gregg Eldred With the release of Domino 8.5 Beta 2, comes this TechNote for running the beta on your iSeries.
Software i 5.4 i 6.1 i Operating System
Licensed Internal Code 5722SS1
5722999 5761SS1
5761999 Required Individual PTFs (1) 5722SS1 SI24683
5722SS1 SI27294
5722999 MF40520 5761JV1 SI30218 Host servers 5722SS1 Option 12 5761SS1 Option 12 Qshell 5722SS1 Option 30 5761SS1 Option 30 Portable App Solutions Environment 5722SS1 Option 33 5761SS1 Option 33 TCP/IP Connecti [read] Keywords: domino
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New York Times: In Digital Age, Federal Files Blip into Oblivion
Mon, Sep 15th 2008 11:39a Gregg Eldred While most of the attention on federal records retention has focused on White House e-mail, the New York Times reports that it is just the tip of the iceberg:
Countless federal records are being lost to posterity because federal employees, grappling with a staggering growth in electronic records, do not regularly preserve the documents they create on government computers, send by e-mail and post on the Web.
Federal agencies have rushed to embrace the Internet and new information technology [read] Keywords: policies
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New in 8.0.2: Disable Export of View Data
Fri, Sep 12th 2008 8:35a Gregg Eldred While poking around the Database Properties of an 8.0.2 database, I came across a new option on the Advanced tab: "Disable export of view data." A search of the TechNotes provided me with a description of this option:
. . . a new option has been added to the "Advanced Tab" of the database properties, entitled "Disable export of view data."
Enabling or disabling of this option can also be done using an API call (setOption) or a LotusScript (SetOption). As this database property can be manuall [read] Keywords: acl
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Lotusphere 2009: Live Blogging
Thu, Sep 11th 2008 11:50a Gregg Eldred In the Lotus space, I think that you see the most live blogging of an event during Lotusphere, primarily because of the large number of bloggers attending. Today, Darren, at Problogger.net, posted an article on Live Blogging an Event, where his readers shared their experiences and tools. Declan provided a primer on live blogging using the blogosphere template.
I don't think that I did any live blogging last year, and the reason was echoed by commenter Melanie at Problogger.net:
My concer [read] Keywords: lotus
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Lotus Notes and HTML E-Mail
Thu, Sep 11th 2008 8:59a Gregg Eldred A few times this week, I have posted a link on developerWorks:Lotus to answer some question concerning the creation and sending of HTML e-mail in Notes/Domino. The site that I keep using as a reference is Jake Howlett's Codestore.net. In fact, back in April 2007, he updated his series of articles to use new methods introduced in R6:
Domino 6 introduced a new method to the NotesMIMEEntity class called setContentFromText(). This allows us to add MIME entities to a message and add our own text c [read] Keywords: domino
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iPhone, LotusUserGroup, and NEOLUG
Wed, Sep 10th 2008 10:49p Gregg Eldred In case you don't remember, the third
quarter NEOLUG meeting is a little over a week away. To get a sample of
what to expect, one of the speakers, Rob Wunderlich, is moderating a forum
at LotusUserGroup.org:
iPHONE AND LOTUS
Don't miss this week's online discussion forum, "iPhone and Lotus"
moderated by Mr. Mobile himself, Rob Wunderlich.
It’s taken the end-user mobile world by storm and now the new 3G version
is promising to bring the iPhone’s cool features and true web [read] Keywords: ibm
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SnTT - Your Domino Administrator is Leaving. Now What?
Wed, Sep 10th 2008 10:49p Gregg Eldred There are few things that worry management more than when a Domino Administrator leaves the company.The Domino Administrator has access to all mail files, can access the Domino servers and use the console to execute commands, sometimes signs agents, and can create/delete users, groups, and servers.
To reduce your exposure, you should have a documented plan when your Domino Administrator leaves. Especially, if it is on bad terms. This is one of those items that you should do, sooner rather tha [read] Keywords: admin
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Lotusphere 2009 Housing Choices
Wed, Sep 10th 2008 10:24p Gregg Eldred Housing choices last year for Lotusphere, included the Caribbean Beach. This year, that choice is not available (which means no bus service).
While I spent little time in the room at Caribbean Beach, which was what you would expect from Disney (including the $20/day for in-room internet access), I am not too broken up by the dropping of this particular resort. It is HUGE. So large, in fact, that they have their own bus service around the resort. I remember one attendee, from last year, t [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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SearchCIO-Midmarket.com: IBM, friends push 'Microsoft-free' world
Wed, Sep 10th 2008 2:13p Gregg Eldred After all of the press heralding the arrival of Lotus Symphony and Lotus Foundations, Zach Church, writing an article for SearchCIO-Midmarket.com, has a pretty good post concerning IBM and the Open Source initiatives for the SMB market. Not all of it is rosy.
The plan is also channel-heavy, with partners pushing the package, as well as additional software applications, according to IBM. Guptill acknowledged that IBM has a strong channel presence, but he noted in a report that Microsoft remain [read] Keywords: foundations
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iNotes, Domino 8.0.1, and Attachments
Tue, Sep 9th 2008 8:51p Gregg Eldred After upgrading to Domino 8.0.1 (which
was the highest release at that time), a client calls to tell me that they
have issues when opening attachments when both users are in iNotes. A particular
user sends an attachment and when the recipient opens it, it opens the
wrong file. Usually, it is an older version of the file.
In Domino versions prior to 8.0.2, if
a user sends an attachment using iNotes, and the filename of the attachment
is the same as earlier files, iNotes will open the wrong fil [read] Keywords: domino
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40 Years of Redbooks
Tue, Sep 9th 2008 12:19a Gregg Eldred The International Technical Support Organization (ITSO), best known for its signature IBM Redbooks brand, is one of the most enduring organizations in IBM at 40 years old. It started as the World Trade Systems Center (WTSC) in 1968 and has been publishing the popular technical “how-to” guides known as IBM Redbooks ever since.
Some pretty amazing stats:
Every month over 500,000 IBM Redbooks are downloaded
Over 100,000 Redpapers are downloaded per month
320+ Redbooks materials were [read] Keywords: ibm
vowe.net: Comment of the Day
Mon, Sep 8th 2008 4:09p Gregg Eldred Peter writes:
For some time, we are evaluating switching to Lotus Notes from a mail and collaboration system we put together on our own.
Reading blogs like this, Ed Brill's and some other forums discussing Notes and Domino, I see bashing Notes and IBM all the time. Client bloated and slow, IBM unresponsive and ignoring community requests, platform independence just an empty promise, license model intransparent, too expensive, Notes as trojan horse for WebSphere, slow release cycles, etc.
No [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Russ Neumeier: 5 Reasons Why I'm no Longer Updating iTunes
Sun, Sep 7th 2008 11:09p Gregg Eldred Russ isn't upgrading iTunes any longer (it reminds him of kudzu). Of the five reasons, here are two:
Safari - this one really, REALLY set me off. Why? Because during the install I explicitly UNselected the box next to Safari. But there it is, happily sitting with an entry in Add/Remove programs and a desktop icon. Apple, Firefox remains my browser of choice even if you force your browser on me.
Outlook Add-in – Wha??? Yes, there is an Outlook add-in for iTunes that installs by default [read] Keywords: apple
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Thailand News Today: Bringing Web 2.0 into the workplace
Wed, Sep 3rd 2008 10:19p Gregg Eldred Reporter Don Sambandaraksa has a very flattering post in Thailand News Today concerning IBM's Web 2.0 offerings, specifically Lotus Symphony and Quickr. On Quickr, Don writes:
IBM has a product, Lotus Quickr, that addresses most of the pain points a typical 60-year-old organisation transitioning from paper to digital is facing. It has a blog section for the bosses to communicate with their minions, sorry, employees.
It has a welcome page for employees to see at a glance what every other dep [read] Keywords: collaboration
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1-2-3, Symphony, Lotus Notes, and Import/Export
Tue, Sep 2nd 2008 9:49p Gregg Eldred If you use Lotus Symphony, you might have seen this error if you attempt to open a Lotus 1-2-3 WK4 file:
(pardon me, but shouldn't the wording be ". . . does not support . . . ?")
Since seeing this error, it got me to consider that maybe 1-2-3 isn't a "valid" import/export file format for Lotus Notes. In fact, this very discussion has been voiced in several places, one of them being Ed Brills' blog (look through the comments). The other is at IdeaJam, On IdeaJam, I came across this:
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Violated
Fri, Aug 29th 2008 9:10p Gregg Eldred After a long day at a client site, all I want to do is to go home. However, today I had to make a stop at the Cleveland Police Department.
Mine was the fourth break in at the same parking lot today (nothing was stolen from my Jeep, as there was nothing of value in it). There was a Ford F-150 a few spots down that had the same passenger window broken. I have to say that the Cleveland Police Department was very gracious when I was making my report. So, now I am driving around with plast [read] Keywords:
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Sametime Features and Information
Fri, Aug 29th 2008 4:19p Gregg Eldred A while back, I posted on the feature differences between the Sametime Connect Client and the integrated Sametime Client in Lotus Notes. That post will show you the differences between those clients as well as providing a link to a couple of TechNotes, including one that has more information on your entitlements when using either of the clients.
Within the entitlement page, is some information on what you get in the integrated Sametime Client in Notes 8:
. . . one-to-one and group instant m [read] Keywords: document
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SnTT - How To Change Domino URL Icon
Wed, Aug 27th 2008 11:50p Gregg Eldred You may have wondered how some websites
get cute little icons in front of their URLs. For example, some look like
this:
The default icon for a Domino website icon is what you see next to my name.
Nice, but you probably will want to change it.
That little icon is determined by favicon.ico, located in the Domino\Data\domino\html
directory. You can use any 16x16 BMP file, rename it to "favicon.ico"
(or, better, use an icon editor) and copy it into the Domino\Data\domino\html
directory. [read] Keywords: designer
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Generation Kill by Evan Wright
Tue, Aug 26th 2008 11:53p Gregg Eldred Since HBO just finished running a seven
part miniseries based on this book, I decided I would probably get more
out of the miniseries by reading the book. As is the case in situations
like this, you definitely get more out of the book than the television
show. And in this case, it makes for a excellent, first person account
of the opening months of the Iraq War.
Generation
Kill, by Evan Wright, is the
result of his time in Iraq, embedded with the Marine Corp's First Reconnaissance
Battalion, [read] Keywords: notes
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Prodigal Son by Thomas B. Cavanagh
Tue, Aug 26th 2008 10:09p Gregg Eldred I have a problem with novels written
by Thomas B. Cavanagh. The first is that I can't seem to put them down.
Every novel of his, I find that I need to finish them as quickly as I can.
They interfere with sleep, lunch, and anything else that I may be doing.
Once started, I discover that I keep turning them over in my mind. The
second problem is that he writes about characters that you actually like,
using dialog that is appropriate for the time and the character. As soon
as I was notified that Ca [read] Keywords:
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TechNote: Performance improvements from Notes 8.0.1 to 8.0.2
Tue, Aug 26th 2008 11:00a Gregg Eldred Very impressive. With the release of Notes/Domino 8.0.2, IBM published a TechNote yesterday that details some of the performance improvements they have added in the Notes Client 8.0.2 release.
The software stack was optimized to streamline the loading of Java bundles during the initial launch of the Notes 8.0.2 client.
We were able to reduce redundancies and dependencies inherent in a highly integrated application. Additionally, we have re-ordered the start up sequence. This means that we loa [read] Keywords: domino
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Warning Message When Mail is Over a Certain Size
Tue, Aug 26th 2008 10:20a Gregg Eldred A newly published TechNote provides the current answer to the question "Is it possible to create rules for warning messages to be sent to Notes users when the users send mail messages over a certain size and for messages to also be sent to the intended recipients?"
The answer, using the current mail template, is "No" but there is an enhancement request for this functionality.
However, Paul Mooney added this to IdeaJam back in April 2008, with this comment:
Lets use some sense here. I want [read] Keywords: ibm
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Error: Function Requires a Valid ADT Type
Mon, Aug 25th 2008 10:29p Gregg Eldred From what I have been able to determine,
when you get the error "Function requires a valid ADT argument,"
ADT is referring to Abstract Data Type. Not home
security.
From various IBM TechNotes, detailed below, this error happens mostly in
LotusScript. Some
additional research makes mention
of a NotesDocument object that was previously deleted from the database
will result in the error.
The following TechNotes detail where
this error can occur, and possible workarounds.
1089565
- Error [read] Keywords: agent
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New Product: Palm Treo Pro
Wed, Aug 20th 2008 11:39p Gregg Eldred Today, Palm has released the Treo Pro.
An article in the San Jose Mercury News states:
The new model has a flush screen, full keyboard and features like WiFi and GPS, which the company hopes will appeal to users, said Palm product line manager Parag Gupta. He said the Windows operating system should appeal to corporate buyers and IT managers who will find it compatible with their other computer systems.
But at least for now, the new Treo won't come with a wireless phone contract in [read] Keywords: wifi
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SnTT: Applying PTFs Using FTP and Virtual Devices
Wed, Aug 20th 2008 11:10p Gregg Eldred Disclaimer: This post will probably
appeal to only a very small audience: Domino on iSeries Administrators.
You need to get a PTF from an IBM FTP
site to your iSeries. Your first stop is Fix
Central to order the PTF. After
filling out the request, and telling IBM that you are going to use "Disconnected"
mode, you will receive an e-mail detailing the PTF location on an FTP site.
If you have requested a few PTFs or some large ones, the e-mail could take
a while to get to you. Also, the more you [read] Keywords: domino
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iPhone: A Tool For The Enterprise?
Wed, Aug 20th 2008 10:39p Gregg Eldred SearchCIO.com has a
blog entry looking for experiences
with the iPhone in the enterprise:
My impression is that the iPhone
is still viewed by those in enterprise as a novelty, not a business tool.
Maybe you own one, personally, but you’re still more likely tied to your
office via your BlackBerry or other such device. And full-scale iPhone
deployment to mobile staff is still a long way off as Apple continues to
chip away at security and integration issues.
Is this accurate? What are y [read] Keywords: apple
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SnTT - Server ID is Lost or Corrupted
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 10:09p Gregg Eldred Curtis posted to the developerWorks:Lotus
forum that his server.id was "blank." Which led to some discussion
on what to do to recreate the ID when you don't have a backup of it.
Should this fate befall you, you will need to follow these steps. However,
these steps only work if the server is an additional server and not the
only server or your first server.
To create a new ID in this scenario, delete the Server document from the
Domino Directory and re-register it. To do this, from anoth [read] Keywords: administration
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LotusUserGroup.org: Discounts on Books
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 12:34p Gregg Eldred In case you aren't a member of LotusUserGroup.org
or you simply peruse their newsletters, they have a 15% discount on books
from PACKT
Publishing. I have read two of
PACKT's books, Blackberry
Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange
and Lotus
Notes Domino 8: Upgraders Guide
and found both to be very useful, informative, and well written. I have
another one of their books to read, which I am hoping to review in the
next few weeks.
While they only have 3 titles concerning
Lotus Notes and Domino [read] Keywords: domino
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New List Action for WRKDOMSVR
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 12:03p Gregg Eldred An SPR that may have flown under your
radar (especially if you don't run Domino on the iSeries):
SPR# JJGS7EUQYC - Added new list action to WRKDOMSVR. 17 - Create NSD
Use this option to create a NSD (Notes
Service Diagnostic) file from the selected server. NSD is a tool which
gathers information about a failing Domino server into a file which can
then be sent to IBM Technical Support for help in diagnosing the failure.
The NSD will be created in the '/IBM_TECHNICAL_SUPPORT/'
IFS directo [read] Keywords: domino
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Sometimes I Am Helpful
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 12:02a Gregg Eldred One of my pet peeves with the developerWorks:Lotus
forums is the lack of any feedback from those that ask questions. Today,
I provided some links to the question:
We just changed ISP's along with
new set of public IP's. Now we cannot send to both earthlink.net or mindspring.com
- they both use same mx servers.
The NDR just says "SMTP Protocol
Returned a Permanent Error". Looking in the header I see "Status
= 5.0.0".
Earthlink was less than helpful.
We can send to any other domain. Any i [read] Keywords: ldd
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SnTT - Mail Does Not Route "Check in Progress" Message
Mon, Aug 11th 2008 2:32p Gregg Eldred A little early for a Show-n-Tell Thursday
post, but I suppose that I couldn't wait. :-)
We performed an upgrade from Domino
Release 6.5.6 to 8.0.1 last week. Everything went very well. However, we
noticed on Wednesday, that if a user sent a message from one of the servers,
the message stayed in the queue with a message of "Check in Progress."
The message can be routed, provided the Administrator remembers to release
the messages. That isn't the best resolution to the issue. So, what is
causin [read] Keywords: domino
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Drivers License
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 4:19p Gregg Eldred Some of you know that Number One son
passed his drivers test today. In honor of that, comes this joke from a
family member:
A young boy had just gotten his driver's
permit and asked his father if they could discuss his use of the car. His
father said he'd make a deal with his son. "You bring your grades
up from a C to a B average, study your Bible a little, get your hair cut,
and we'll talk about the car." The boy thought about that for a moment,
decided he'd settle for the offer and they agr [read] Keywords:
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MacNN: Web-based Lotus iNotes for iPhone, late-2008 release
Fri, Aug 8th 2008 10:00a Gregg Eldred It looks like the Apple sites have been monitoring IBM for news concerning the iPhone and Domino Web Access. A post at MacNN has a pretty good overview of the state of enterprise messaging on the iPhone, including screenshots of the iNotes interface on the iPhone, with these comments concerning Lotus Notes:
Lotus iNotes appears – at least at the moment, since IBM considers the screenshots conceptual – to have a sparsely populated field of buttons on each screen, allowing for easy n [read] Keywords: domino
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Inside A "Before New Mail Arrives" Agent
Thu, Aug 7th 2008 11:50p Gregg Eldred IBM has released a new TechNote that
describes the workings of the "Before New Mail Arrives" agent.
From the TechNote:
The "Before new mail arrives"
agent type was introduced in Lotus Notes®/Lotus Domino® 5.0. Before that
time, mail-triggered agents acted on new mail once it was present in the
mail file. Many customers requested the ability to execute agents before
their end-users had a chance to see the new mail message in their Inbox.
The Notes 4.x implementation of New Mail triggered ag [read] Keywords: agent
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How Do You Tailgate?
Thu, Aug 7th 2008 11:30p Gregg Eldred One of the more popular social events, prior to attending a football game, is tailgating. Being that I am close to Cleveland Browns Stadium, and park in a City of Cleveland parking lot (low cost downtown parking), the number of tailgators is rather high.
In the parking lot today, I saw this:
Welcome to pro football season. [read] Keywords:
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SnTT - Forcing an OOO Summary
Thu, Aug 7th 2008 10:59p Gregg Eldred Prior to Release 8, the user received
a summary report telling of the e-mail addresses that received an Out of
Office (OOO) message. This message would appear in the user's mail box
on the return date, as specified by the user.
Now that Release 8 has introduced the OOO service, that summary report
is generated at 4AM. If you have users that want the summary report immediately,
the Administrator has to compact mail.box. For those environments that
have multiple mailbox', you will probably hav [read] Keywords: administration
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Writing Level Leaves Room for Improvement
Wed, Aug 6th 2008 9:59p Gregg Eldred I think that this is rather embarrasing. But, I suppose I can take comfort in knowing that you understand me. :-)
TV Reviews
Thanks, Chris. [read] Keywords:
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Atomic Lobster by Tim Dorsey
Tue, Aug 5th 2008 11:59p Gregg Eldred When reading a Tim Dorsey book, a lot
of things fall to the wayside; attention to family members, attempting
to eat at lunch, blogging, and free time, among others. This is directly
attributed to the desire to finish the book as quickly as possible. There
are so many sub-plots in play, you just *have* to see how it all shakes
out. With Atomic
Lobster, Tim Dorsey has penned
another excellent novel concerning the "serial killer with a wicked
sense of humor," Serge Storms.
Serge continues his si [read] Keywords: blogging
1812: The War That Forged a Nation by Walter R. Borneman
Mon, Aug 4th 2008 12:00a Gregg Eldred We are just a few hours from Niagara
Falls. Many times we have visited Put-in-Bay and ascended the Perry Peace
Memorial. This year, we travelled to Mackinac Island. All of those places
are rich with history from the War of 1812. In order to better understand
those places, I decided that it would be a good time to read a little history
concerning the War of 1812, which probably doesn't get as much attention
as the Revolutionary War or the Civil War. But the War of 1812 is no less
important to the [read] Keywords:
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World's Oldest Jokes
Sun, Aug 3rd 2008 1:49p Gregg Eldred Apparently, there are people that track
such things. From the BBC:
Academics have compiled a list of
the most ancient gags and the oldest, harking back to 1900BC, is a Sumerian
proverb from what is now southern Iraq.
"Something which has never occurred
since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap,"
goes the joke.
The oldest British joke dates back
to the 10th Century, and uses the traditional question and answer format
to suggestively poke fun at Anglo-Saxon m [read] Keywords:
August Means Lotusphere 2009
Fri, Aug 1st 2008 4:49p Gregg Eldred Welcome to August and perhaps the first
blog post concerning Lotusphere 2009.
Other than the fact that the kids head
back to school (yeah, school!), August also means the opening of registration
for Lotusphere 2009. If the past years are any indication, it should open
on or around August 15. The call for abstracts should open at about the
same time.
As in past years, and for the next 5-10
(someone please correct me), Lotusphere will take place from Sunday, January
18 through Thursday, Jan [read] Keywords: domino
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SnTT - Notes.INI on a Mac
Wed, Jul 30th 2008 10:59p Gregg Eldred Running Lotus Notes on a Mac? Have you discovered
that there is no notes.ini?
Notes Clients on the Macintosh do not use
a NOTES.INI file like they do on a Windows machine. Instead, they have
a Notes Preferences file. If you are running OS X, the Preference
file is located in the user's home directory > Library > Preferences.
In Notes 7.0.2 (and above), the Notes Preference
file is in plain text. To edit it, simply double-click on it and it will
appear in the TextEdit program.
How [read] Keywords: ibm
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The Final Chapter in the Whittman-Hart Story?
Tue, Jul 29th 2008 10:34p Gregg Eldred Back in the day, and I am not talking
that far back (late 1990's to early 2000/2001), Whittman-Hart
was one of the premier IT consulting companies. But the "dot bomb"
era did not end well for the company. Especially after the merger with
USWeb (which resulted in the new organization being named marchFIRST).
Soon after they merged, they started jettisoning people and offices as
the market changed and they were sinking fast. Eventually, it was bought
and sold, bought and sold, ending back in Bob B [read] Keywords: consulting
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The Answer to Synching The iPhone with Notes Contacts
Mon, Jul 28th 2008 11:49p Gregg Eldred Suzie, on the developerWorks:Lotus
R6/R7 forum, has "the"
solution for moving your Notes Contacts to the iPhone. I wouldn't call
it a "synch," though. :-)
Her method:
1. In your Notes address book, select
all contacts and File/Export to a vCard v3.0 file
2. Open outlook Express and then your
Windows address book (Ctrl Shift B)
3. File/Import/Business card (vCard)
the exported vCards file
4. In iTunes, connect the phone and
select 'sync with Windows address book'.
Link: Suzie
Kelly: N [read] Keywords: ldd
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Thought to Exist in the Wild by Derrick Jensen and Karen Tweedy-Holmes
Sun, Jul 27th 2008 11:49p Gregg Eldred As I was reviewing the new books at
the library, I held two possibilities for my next read, a book on the best
zoos in the United States or this book, Thought
to Exist in the Wild: Awakening from the Nightmare of Zoos,
by Derrick Jensen and Karen Tweedy-Holmes. As you might guess, I elected
to read Thought to Exist in the Wild. And I am glad that I did.
Beautiful photographs from Tweedy-Holmes
punctuate the words of Jensen. Jensen is, as you may guess from the title,
not a fan of zoos. After [read] Keywords:
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Panic in Level 4 by Richard Preston
Sun, Jul 27th 2008 11:08p Gregg Eldred Because I was totally enamored with
Richard Preston's earlier book, The
Wild Trees, and listed it
as one of the best books I read in 2007, I was looking forward to his latest
effort, Panic
in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of
Science. The title comes from
Preston's experience in a Biosafety Level 4, the highest and tightest level
of biosecurity in a laboratory, where exposure to viruses present will
kill you 100% of the time. Through some "luck," he was able t [read] Keywords: virus
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Microsoft wants to steal five million Notes customers
Fri, Jul 25th 2008 8:15a Gregg Eldred Microsoft is seeking to get five
million Lotus Notes customers to make the switch to Microsoft's collaboration
tools in its fiscal 2009 year, according to Kevin Turner, COO for the software
giant.
“Let’s talk about replacing Lotus Notes,” said Turner during his presentation
Wednesday at Microsoft’s annual meeting for financial analysts.
According to Turner, by primarily using Sharepoint, Microsoft has sold
quite a few seats of their collaboration tools into IBM Lo [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Giles Coren is very upset
Fri, Jul 25th 2008 7:53a Gregg Eldred I don't really like people tinkering
with my copy for the sake of tinkering. I do not enjoy the suggestion that
you have a better ear or eye for how I want my words to read than I do.
Owen, we discussed your turning three of my long sentences into six short
ones in a single piece, and how that wasn't going to happen anymore, so
I'm really hoping it wasn't you that fucked up my review on saturday.
More
>
Thanks, Rory. [read] Keywords:
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Inventing Niagara by Ginger Strand
Fri, Jul 25th 2008 12:09a Gregg Eldred If you live in the US or Canada, I would
imagine that you would be in the minority if you say that you have never
been to Niagara Falls. According some sources, over 2 million people visit
the Falls every year. But what you see is just a small portion of the area.
Ginger Strand, in her book, Inventing
Niagara, shows you Niagara Falls
and the surrounding area in a way that no travel guide will; She debunks
the myths, shows you the environmental damage, takes you behind the scenes
of the massive p [read] Keywords: wiki
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SearchDomino.com: Christopher Byrne Webcast
Thu, Jul 24th 2008 10:09p Gregg Eldred Christopher
Byrne, Lotus Notes/Domino compliance
and governance expert, has a
webcast, sponsored by SearchDomino,
concerning IT governance and IBM Lotus software. From the abstract:
. . . this webcast covers:
* The concepts behind and definitions of governance, risk
management and compliance.
* The elements of governance -- from corporate-level governance
and IS/IT governance through personal governance.
* How to distinguish myth from reality. Including re-establishin [read] Keywords: domino
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Differences Between DWA Full and DWA Lite
Thu, Jul 24th 2008 10:09p Gregg Eldred Leave it to clients - they will ask
a question that you haven't considered or anticipated. The example today
is the one that was posed of me "What are the differences between
iNotes Full and iNotes Lite?" (no, they did not ask about "Domino
Web Access Full" or "Domino Web Access Lite." It was iNotes).
What is DWA Lite? From the TechNote:
DWA Lite is a new capability within Domino Web Access which utilizes
a new page architecture optimized for empty cache or low bandwidth scenarios,
such [read] Keywords: domino
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Twitter Timer
Thu, Jul 24th 2008 10:09p Gregg Eldred Having a tough time remembering events? Need an alarm? Have Twitter Timer send you a tweet.
Thanks, George
Technorati tag: twitter [read] Keywords: twitter
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SnTT - When Do You Need To Restart Your Domino Server?
Wed, Jul 23rd 2008 10:49p Gregg Eldred You have made a change (or several) to your Server and Messaging Documents. What changes require a restart of the server?
While this list is not all inclusive, it should address most of the major changes. Feel free to add to the list in the comments, or correct my mistakes. I will probably create another post with your updates.
Make a change to Messaging Configuration Document - no restart, but need to restart SMTP and/or Router
Make a change to the LDAP section of Server Document - resta [read] Keywords: document
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How Does Your Library Rate?
Tue, Jul 22nd 2008 11:49p Gregg Eldred Two library systems in my area have
been ranked at #13 and #18 in the list of The
25 Most Modern Libraries in the World.
At the 13th position is the Cuyahoga
County Public Library:
Ranked as the top library by Hennen's
American Public Library Ratings in 2006, this Cleveland, Ohio, library
works to keep up to date with the latest technologies. Their website was
ranked as the best by Ektron in 2006 and gives patrons the ability to access
their accounts, purchase tickets to library events an [read] Keywords: gadget
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Social Networking at General Electric
Tue, Jul 22nd 2008 10:31p Gregg Eldred A news report tells the tale of General
Electric's (GE) internally developed social networking site. The author,
Ann All, does an admirable job of cutting through the compliments and makes
some good points. However, she also indicates some issues with Connections
and Quickr:
Many of the enterprise-class tools still lack the kinds of functionality
companies are seeking. Notably, few tools are equipped for both collaboration
and social networking, says CMS Watch founder Tony Byrne, whom I inte [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Be Gentle - My First Video
Mon, Jul 21st 2008 10:11p Gregg Eldred Saturday, I am walking around the landscaping, when I noticed something out of the ordinary (at least for me). A hummingbird moth.
Technorati tag: hummingbird moth [read] Keywords: application
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Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky
Sun, Jul 20th 2008 11:51p Gregg Eldred I am not one to read books on technology,
strange as it may seem. Especially ones that talk about current issues
as they will become dated in a few months, or less. However, Here
Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations,
by Clay Shirky, works for me on several levels. You could read this book
a year from now and still gain valuable insight into the blogging, Twitter,
and social media arenas.
Contents:
Chapter 1: It Takes a Village to Find
a Phone
Chapter 2: Sharing Anc [read] Keywords: connections
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No LinkedIn Connections
Thu, Jul 17th 2008 11:51p Gregg Eldred It's hard to believe that this LinkedIn profile has no connections.
If that wasn't enough, here is a list of what viewers looked at after viewing that profile:
Clicking on "George W. Bush," I get this message: I guess I need to do a better job of expanding my network. :-) [read] Keywords: connections
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The Hops Are Fine, Thank You
Thu, Jul 17th 2008 11:10p Gregg Eldred While these photos aren't spectacular, you can see that there are little flowers on the vines. Those will mature into the hops, which will look something like this:
I keep referring to these as Cascade Hops, as they were provided by a friend living in Oregon. It would seem to me that "Cascade" would probably be the right one, but they could be some other variety. I think I have to wait for the hops to mature before I'll really know. Growing them has been a blast. One rhizome was, at one p [read] Keywords: wiki
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The Right Shoes for the Job
Thu, Jul 17th 2008 12:07a Gregg Eldred Having problems with developers writing rogue agents on "your" servers? Need a little something to motivate the user community? Proper footwear may be the ticket to those issues and more*.
After looking at many different brands of golf shoes, I finally decided on a new pair: Adidas Powerband. In white/black/silver.
I wanted to make sure that the shoes would make the statement; That whoever wears them are a force to be reckoned with on the course. A hint of fear from my competitors wo [read] Keywords: administration
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SnTT - Administrator ID Has Expired
Thu, Jul 17th 2008 12:07a Gregg Eldred In a previous
SnTT post, I outlined how to recertify
a server ID that had expired.
In this post, your one and only Administrator ID has expired, severely
impacting your ability to perform even the most basic administrative tasks.
When attempting to connect to the server with the Administrator ID, you
get an error like this:
"Server error - your certificate has expired"
Don't panic, this is easily remedied.
1. Open the Domino Administrator client. (The server should be set to "Loc [read] Keywords: admin
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The Right Shoes for the Job
Wed, Jul 16th 2008 11:26p Gregg Eldred Having problems with developers writing
rogue agents on "your" servers? Need a little something to motivate
the user community? Proper footwear may be the ticket to those issues and
more*.
After looking at many different brands of golf shoes, I finally decided
on a new pair: Adidas
Powerband. In white/black/silver.
I wanted to make sure that the shoes would make the statement; That whoever
wears them are a force to be reckoned with on the course. A hint of fear
from my competitors wo [read] Keywords: administration
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Blackberry PDF Vulnerability
Wed, Jul 16th 2008 10:44p Gregg Eldred RIM has released an
advisory concerning PDF's and
the Blackberry Enterprise Server:
From the advisory:
This advisory describes a security issue that the BlackBerry Attachment
Service component of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server is susceptible to.
The issue relates to a known vulnerability in the PDF distiller component
of the BlackBerry Attachment Service that affects how the BlackBerry Attachment
Service processes PDF files.
This vulnerability has a Common Vulnerability Scoring Sys [read] Keywords: blackberry
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An Announcement You Probably Missed
Tue, Jul 15th 2008 12:08a Gregg Eldred With all of the news going to Apple
and RIM, you probably missed the fact that Palm has released a new Treo,
the 800w.
CNet gives the 800w a score of 7.7 (Very good). From their
review:
The good: The Palm
Treo 800w brings the addition of Wi-Fi and GPS. The Windows Mobile 6.1
smartphone also offers EV-DO Rev. A support; a higher resolution touch
screen; a slimmer design; and a 2-megapixel camera.
The bad: The Treo 800w
can be sluggish at times and call quality could be better. The QWERTY ke [read] Keywords: apple
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Persuader by Lee Child
Mon, Jul 14th 2008 11:48p Gregg Eldred Heading to the beach? In need of some
excellent entertainment? Persuader,
by Lee Child, is just the ticket. While this isn't a recent Jack Reacher
novel, it is one of Lee Child's best.
Child starts the novel with ex-Army MP, Jack Reacher, thwarting the kidnapping
of 20-year old Richard Beck, son of powerful and affluent businessman Zachary
Beck. The elder Beck has made his money importing Oriental rugs, but that
might be all that is coming in with the shipments. It isn't until the end
of Cha [read] Keywords: agent
Delete This at Your Peril by Bob Servant
Sun, Jul 13th 2008 11:27p Gregg Eldred While I have a really good anti-spam
appliance, this e-mail was received today (other than removing some details
and the headers, this is exactly as it was sent):
My Dear
I am Antony. I am contacting you to be my project partner and stand as
my
late Father foreign manager for transfer of US$12 million with 50kg gold.
This fund is in a bank in Indonesia.
into your account for investment I intend to do in your country.
Please reply urgent to my private email @hotmail.com.
Plea [read] Keywords: email
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Domino Directory Is Using the Wrong Template
Fri, Jul 11th 2008 12:08a Gregg Eldred When discussing Domino upgrades with clients, the Domino Administrator will sometimes share an anecdote where he (or she) mistakenly upgraded the design of the Domino Directory or found that the design has been replaced with a different template.
Usually these discussions elicit nervous laughter as they are the bane of the Administrator.
If this happens to you, the first thing I recommend is a cleansing breath (you need to calm down and focus).
Once you are calm (while tempting, this [read] Keywords: document
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SnTT: Enabling Domino SMTP TLS
Wed, Jul 9th 2008 11:28p Gregg Eldred First, what is SMTP TLS?
[It is an] extension to the SMTP service that allows an SMTP server
and client to use transport-layer security to provide private, authenticated
communication over the Internet. This gives SMTP agents the ability
to protect some or all of their communications from eavesdroppers and attackers
. . . In many cases, [SMTP] communication goes through one or more
router that is not controlled or trusted by either entity. Such an
untrusted router might allow a third party [read] Keywords: agent
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House Bill to Legislate Preservation of White House E-Mail
Wed, Jul 9th 2008 11:08p Gregg Eldred While this in no means the end to the
issue of missing White House e-mail, the House of Representatives today
is debating a bill on preserving White House e-mail. The bill, HR
5811, also known as the "Electronic
Communications Preservation Act," will "[. . . ] require preservation
of certain electronic records by Federal agencies, to require a certification
and reports relating to Presidential records, and for other purposes."
The section concerning Presidential
e-mail reads:
(5) provisio [read] Keywords: application
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Alan Lepofsky Moves On
Wed, Jul 9th 2008 10:29p Gregg Eldred "Alan has left the building."
But that doesn't mean that I can't share one of my "favorited" tweets from him:
"Lotus Notes is easily the greatest product that not enough people in IT know about. Forms/views, selection formulas, acls,,replication, etc"
I expect the same sort of tweets from him concerning Socialtext (I wonder how many hits that site has gotten since Alan's announcement?).
Godspeed Alan. [read] Keywords: forms
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BillG and Microsoft Timeline
Tue, Jul 8th 2008 11:08p Gregg Eldred Interested in a walk down memory lane?
The BBC has a timeline
of Bill Gates and Microsoft.
It may not be surprising, but while the early years were filled with some
exciting anecdotes (retaining the rights to MS-DOS and assigning the internet
"the highest level of importance"), the latter years are shown
as defending anti-trust measures.
Link: BBC
News: Timeline: Bill Gates and Microsoft
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SnTT: Another Red X Issue
Tue, Jul 8th 2008 11:08p Gregg Eldred An interesting twist the "Red X"
issue: You forward an e-mail with an embedded .bmp image and the recipient
gets the "Red X." Lotus has released a new TechNote that addresses
this issue as it seems to occur in Releases 6, 6.5, 7, and 8.
The Red X, in case you were wondering what it looks like:
The solution is a workaround:
Don't use the Forward button when forwarding a message with an embedded
.bmp image. Instead, open the message and within the message body, right-click
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Back from a Michigan Vacation
Tue, Jul 8th 2008 12:03a Gregg Eldred Last week, we took a little week long vacation through the state of Michigan. Thanks to Google Maps, you can see the route that we followed: View Larger Map
After picking up a rented Chrysler Town and Country, giving my Jeep a much needed rest, we set out for our first stop: Frankenmuth. We've been there a few times in the past, so it was very familiar to us. However, we made a point to visit a museum that we had not seen in the past, Michigan's Own Military and Space Museum. Among the exhi [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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