First up, let me confess I will always have a soft spot for Lotus Domino. Ok, the user interface has inspired many postings on usability blogs, let alone a web site entirely devoted to “demonstrating that Lotus Notes sucks” (which, ironically, is a bit of a design mess itself.)

Yes, the Lotus Notes mail client has left many a CEO and executive cursing its lack of similarity to Microsoft Outlook.

However, from an administrative and development point of view I found it not without some charms. I could exercise fine control over the system’s operation and configuration and replicate it around the network with ease.

Additionally, as a development platform the ease in which e-mail integrated database applications could be churned out was delightful. Migrating a company’s e-mail platform from Lotus Domino to Microsoft Exchange is one thing, but migrating Lotus Notes applications to SharePoint is something else entirely.

Recent Blog Posts

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IBM Adds 200 Partners to LotusLive Cloud Services Fri, Mar 19th 2010 6:10p Gregg Eldred It appears that IBM Lotus may be striking at Microsoft and its end-of-life for Essential Business Server with a recent press release announcing 200 partners who "plan to sell LotusLive." IBM today announced more than 200 partners are planning to sell to their customers LotusLive cloud services. The news comes in just two months since the introduction of the LotusLive partner program as evidence of increasing migration to the cloud for collaboration capabilities. . . . As part of today's ne [read] Keywords: collaboration foundations ibm lotus database db2 microsoft server

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How To Construct An Informative Presentation Mon, Mar 15th 2010 5:20p Gregg Eldred [read] Keywords:

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A Dumb Thing That Gets Me Emotional - Marine Corps Advertising Mon, Mar 15th 2010 4:00p Gregg Eldred For the most part, a lot of advertising just flows over me without eliciting a response. However, when I see an ad for the Marine Corps, there is a response, usually a very emotional one. Sitting in a semi-darkened movie theatre this weekend with family, Number One Son sitting next to me, this ad appeared on the screen: Green Zone isn't supposed to be a tear jerker, but it started out that way. *sigh* [read] Keywords: application

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Selecting the Right Smartphone - Flowchart Mon, Mar 15th 2010 11:50a Gregg Eldred After reading Guy Wakely's post concerning the selection of a new smartphone, I found this flowchart that may provide some assistance. Funny, but Palm is not represented. [read] Keywords:

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ITWire: Big Lego Blackberry built Sun, Mar 14th 2010 11:50a Gregg Eldred Lego artist/sculpter/genius Nathan Sawaya has created the ultimate in geek toys, a giant Lego RIM Blackberry Tour 9360 complete with working LCD screen. The 'artwork' stands at about 1.5 metres high and follows one of his previous projects, a similarly giant Lego iPhone. Clearly Sawaya has no particular loyalty to either. More > The photo accompanying the article: [read] Keywords: blackberry iphone rim

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IdeaJam: Replace Passport Advantage with something simple Fri, Mar 12th 2010 5:10p Gregg Eldred IMHO, an excellent idea. [read] Keywords: ideajam ideajam.net javascript

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IBM Whitepaper: Administering IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 servers for beginners Thu, Mar 11th 2010 10:40p Gregg Eldred IBM Lotus has published a whitepaper on administering Domino 8.5. From the abstract: This white paper provides a comprehensive overview of how to administer IBM Lotus® Domino®, explaining the fundamental components and terminology so that new administrators can feel familiar with the product. Specifically, we explain key features and functionalities such as the Notes.ini file, the Data Directory, IDs, server commands and documents, and server activities. Also included are discussions of [read] Keywords: admin administration domino ibm lotus notes server

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PCQuest: IBM Lotus Domino vs Microsoft Exchange-Part II Wed, Mar 10th 2010 5:10p Gregg Eldred In the first installment of the series, PCQuest looked at licensing and provided a high level view of features in Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 and Microsoft Exchange and Outrlook 2010. In this, the second article in the series, they focus on the new features in each messaging platform. Domino has incorporate several new technologies to save storage space like techniques to manage attachments, use of compression techniques, etc. There are techniques to reduce I/O, routing optimization methods to [read] Keywords: administration domino ibm lotus notes policies traveler archiving archive email exchange exchange microsoft mobile

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Redbook: Best Practices for Building Web Applications for Domino 8.5.1 Tue, Mar 9th 2010 11:00p Gregg Eldred This IBM Redbooks wiki has the following objectives: Provide guidance on Best Practices for Domino Web Development, with emphasis on the new XPages design element. This wiki introduces the key new features of XPages and discusses how and why these features are meaningful within the context of Domino Web Development. Provide hands-on tutorials and sample code, which give you the opportunity to work with XPages and to understand the improvements in Domino 8.5 Web application development. As a fou [read] Keywords: domino ibm ldd lotus notes xpages application applications development wiki

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The Husband Store Tue, Mar 9th 2010 10:10p Gregg Eldred A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates: You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to t [read] Keywords: