2012
Fri, Jan 6th 2012 9:20a John D Head I am very happy that 2012 is here. I don't know about many of you, but 2011 is a year I am glad to put behind me. Professionally, 2011 was amazing. Speaking at Lotusphere 2011, BLUG, UKLUG, IamLUG, and MWLUG on topics that were brand new for me. 2011 was also the year I fully embraced that I am in a sales role, not a delivery role. It has been a difficult mental transition but the results were pretty amazing. It was also the year I fully detached myself from any software brand loyalty war. I ha [read] Keywords: collaboration
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The season of emotions
Wed, Nov 23rd 2011 8:20a John D Head I love this time of year. The air is crisp. The food changes to be more hearty. The memories of my youth come back. Thanksgiving leads into the holiday season that becomes Christmas. My favorite time of the year ... well, after college football falls. The difference is that this year there is an emotional weight attached to the holidays. The first without my father. A Thanksgiving without my father yelling at the Lions to play better. It then leads into the 6 month anniversary and another tri [read] Keywords:
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New Media Tuesday - 11/22/2011
Tue, Nov 22nd 2011 9:00a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies 12 Angry Men: The Criterion Collection Band Of Brothers / The Pacific: SE Gift Set Beauty And The Beast: Belle's Magical World Beauty And The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas SE Bombshell Carjacked Cinderella Story, A / Another Cinderella Story (2 Pack) Conan The Adventurer: Season #2: Part 1 Conan The Barbarian (2011) Devil's Double, The Doctor Who (2005): Series #6 (Blu-Ray) (#20 in the DVDPS Top 40) Doctor Who (2005): Series #6 L Word, The: C [read] Keywords: office
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Remembering Dad: Mexicoâs Day of the Dead
Tue, Nov 8th 2011 10:31a John D Head As this holiday season is going to be many firsts for me without Dad around, Halloween was the beginning. My Dad loved Halloween. He decorated the house, dressed up, and loved to give out toys and treats. His collection of Department 56 houses for Halloween was larger than his Christmas collection - which says something. My uncle, my father's brother, lives in Playa del Carmen and runs a hotel he owns with my aunt. One of the traditions in Mexico around Halloween is the Day of the Dead celeb [read] Keywords:
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New Media Tuesday - 11/8/2011
Tue, Nov 8th 2011 10:20a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies 13 Blue Velvet (Blu-Ray) (#11 in the DVDPS Top 40) Carey Treatment, The Change-Up, The Child's Garden Of Poetry Courtship of Eddie's Father, The: Season #1 Dinky Dog: The Complete Series Doctor Who #058: Colony In Space Doctor Who #091: The Talons Of Weng-Chiang: SE Doctor Who (2005): Series #6: Part 2 I'm Alive: Season #1 Last Run, The (1971) Law & Order: The Complete Series Legend Of Lylah Clare, The Light In The Piazza Madwoman Of Chai [read] Keywords: vista
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New Media Tuesday - 11/1/2011
Tue, Nov 1st 2011 4:40p John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Californication: Season #4 Cars 2 (Blu-Ray + DVD) (#18 in the DVDPS Top 40) Cars 2 (Blu-Ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) (#11 in the DVDPS Top 40) Cars 2 Complete 3D Toy Story Collection, The (Blu-Ray) (#26 in the DVDPS Top 40) Craigslist Killer, The Crazy, Stupid, Love Deadliest Catch: Season #7 Essential Daffy Duck, The Fugitive, The: Complete Series Box Set (#29 in the DVDPS Top 40) Gunsmoke: Season #5: Volume One Hell's Kitchen: Seaso [read] Keywords: vista
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Lotusphere 2012: TED Style Talks? Not Exactly. "Change the World" in "Worst Practices" Style was the idea ...
Sun, Oct 30th 2011 11:20a John D Head So there has been an interesting dialog happening in the Lotusphere 2012 submission process, I thought I would share some ideas of a session that was submitted for Lotusphere 2010. Alan Lepofsky wrote a great blog post about something he would like to see at Lotusphere 2012. His suggestion was shorter style presentations, much in the style of the amazing TED conference. Combine a few short presentations into a 60 minute time slot. A great idea, and as Nathan commented on Alan's blog post, he [read] Keywords: ibm
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New Media Tuesday - 10/18/2011
Tue, Oct 18th 2011 8:10a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Aki Kaurismaki's Leningrad Cowboys: Eclipse From The Criterion Collection American Pickers: Season #2 Bad Teacher Batman: Year One (Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital Copy) (#18 in the DVDPS Top 40) Batman: Year One: SE Batman: Year One Call Me Fitz: Season #1 CatDog: Season #1: Part 1 Cinderella Story, A: Once Upon A Song Complete Inspector Lewis: The Pilot And Complete Series 1-4 Craig Ferguson: Does This Need To Be Said? Crow, The (Blu-Ray + Digital Co [read] Keywords: eclipse
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Honored to be one of the new board members at Lumity.org
Mon, Oct 17th 2011 1:10p John D Head I am honored to announce that on Friday, October 14th, 2011, I was elected to server as a board member of Lumity.org. Lumity provides classes, on-line training, and technology resources to nonprofit organizations in Chicago. A bit more about the Lumity mission: Lumity will catalyze Chicagoâs nonprofit community to do more good work by: Increasing the capacity of charitable organizations to more effectively fulfill their missions through technological and financial assistance and solutio [read] Keywords: community
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Honored to be elected to the new OpenNTF.org board, but with a change
Mon, Oct 17th 2011 8:10a John D Head As announced here, I was one of the nine member directors voted to the new Board of Directors for OpenNTF.org. I will be serving for another two years. There is one slight change. I let the former BoD know that I would not seek placement at Intellectual Property Working Group Chairman. That role was something of a roller coaster. While the newly created OpenNTF, Inc. is the outcome of a combination of efforts, it was mostly done by Bruce Elgort and Peter Tanner. I was not able to spend the time [read] Keywords: openntf
The Univeristy of Illinois Fighting Illini are 4 - 0 !!!!
Sun, Sep 25th 2011 4:00p John D Head For the first time in sixty years, the Fighting Illini of the University of Illinois have won 4 games without losing a game to start the season. That record brings rankings of #24 in the coaches poll and #22 in the AP poll. The last time that happened, the illini went 9 - 0 - 1 (a tie with Ohio State), won the Big Ten, won the Rose Bowl, and were considered National Champions by the media. While I don't think that the illini are headed New Orleans for the National Championship this year, [read] Keywords:
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The perception gap between clients and vendors with social business and cloud
Wed, Sep 21st 2011 7:10a John D Head I have heard something over the past couple of days that I thought I would put out for discussion. I am hearing about a huge gap between what vendors think is the current state with social business and cloud and what customers believe are important to them right now. On one side we have the vendors who are changing everything to fit into the social business and/or cloud business models. From branding and marketing to strategy to how they align themselves internally as an organization. I get w [read] Keywords: desktop
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New Media Tuesday - 9/20/2011
Tue, Sep 20th 2011 2:20p John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies American Harmony Area 51 (2011) Battlefield Britain (2004) Blades Of Blood Body Of Proof: Season #1 Breaking The Press Bridesmaids (Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital Copy) (#24 in the DVDPS Top 40) Bridesmaids Castle: Season #3 (#23 in the DVDPS Top 40) Catered Affair City Island (2009) D.N. Angel: The Complete Series Dalziel & Pascoe: Season #4 Dumbo 70th Anniversary Edition (Blu-Ray + DVD) (#15 in the DVDPS Top 40) Dumbo 70th Anniversary Edition FBI [read] Keywords: pearl
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New Media Tuesday - 9/13/2011
Tue, Sep 13th 2011 8:10a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Across The Wide Missouri (#37 in the DVDPS Top 40) Beer Big Bang Theory, The: Season #4 (#21 in the DVDPS Top 40) Blades Of Blood (#32 in the DVDPS Top 40) Blue Bloods: Season #1 Blue Mountain State: Season #2 Brand New Day Brothers & Sisters: Season #5 Camelot: Season #1 Citizen Kane: Ultimate Collector's Edition (Blu-Ray) (#4 in the DVDPS Top 40) Citizen Kane: Ultimate Collector's Edition Community: Season #2 (#17 in the DVDPS Top 40) Da [read] Keywords: community
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Mon, Sep 12th 2011 8:10a John D Head Today marks the 8th anniversary of this blog. While mostly a way for me to talk about my work at PSC and my thoughts about what is going on with IBM, Microsoft, Gaming, and more, my blog turned far more personal this year. Thanks for reading, interacting, and the support. [read] Keywords: ibm
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My favorite video commemorating 9/11 ...
Sun, Sep 11th 2011 7:10p John D Head I have seen many postings, images, and videos today that were made in memory and honor of the 10 year anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11. This one has to be my favorite. Word of warning - this is a difficult video to watch. It shows images of the attacks that are raw and difficult. Mixed in with images of the terrorists who committed these acts. Here is the description of the video by it's creator:This video was a project for my English class. It expresses the meaning of Dream T [read] Keywords:
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Are you ready for some football! Want some fantasy with it?
Sun, Sep 11th 2011 11:10a John D Head So the first Sunday of the NFL season is upon us, and it's time for the Chicago Bears to kick ass again ... um ... yeah, we shall see. Anyways, the best time of the year is American Football season. What makes it extra special is fantasy football. I play in a few leagues, but PSC has a new group this year. Looks to be fun. Here is my team: I am hoping some of those former #illini players step up and tun in some extra special performances (and hence, point totals) this year! [read] Keywords:
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Remembering 9/11/2011
Sun, Sep 11th 2011 8:10a John D Head Today marks the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC. Everyone has their own story about where they were that day. I was in Stockholm on a Baltic Cruise. Our British tour guide told us someone attacked the Pentagon. Our reaction was one of laughter ... who could possibly attack the US? Shortly, the attitude was replaced by horror and a sense of dumbstruck. So many people have sacrificed and lost since then. Those on the p [read] Keywords:
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My favorite sport - College American Football - is here!
Sat, Sep 10th 2011 8:10p John D Head So I am posting this a bit late, as this was the second week of the College American Football season, but this is my favorite sport! I love watching, both in person and on television. My team of choice is the University of Illinois Fighting Illini ... and we have a killer schedule this year. After a winning season last year that ended with the Texas Bowl win, the Fighting Illini have the chance for a great season. 5 games at home to start the year, 3 of those being unranked teams. Only [read] Keywords:
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PSC Group Featured in OOXML document published by Peter O’Kelly
Fri, Sep 9th 2011 8:30a John D Head Peter O'Kelly has published the research paper "Revisiting Open Document Format and Office Open XML: The Quiet Revolution Continues" on Slideshare. This is an update to the 2008 Burton Group OOXML/ODF report that he was the primary author for. PSC Group and one of our customers is highlighted in the document as an OOXML success story: A Research Director, Inc. (RDI) case study published by Microsoft provides another compelling example of the benefits of open and XML-based document formats. R [read] Keywords: odf
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New Media Tuesday - 9/5/2011
Mon, Sep 5th 2011 6:50p John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies A Horrible Way To Die Chuck: Season #4 Criminal Minds: Season #6 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior: The DVD Edition Drak Pack: The Complete Series Dressed To Kill (Blu-Ray) (#17 in the DVDPS Top 40) Fringe: Season #3 (Blu-Ray) (#9 in the DVDPS Top 40) Fringe: Season #3 Ghost Adventures: Season #3 Hanna (Blu-Ray + Digital Copy) (#13 in the DVDPS Top 40) Hanna Hell's Kitchen: Season #6 Herman And Katnip: The Complete Series (#22 in the DVDPS Top 4 [read] Keywords: mac
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New Media Tuesday - 8/30/2011
Tue, Aug 30th 2011 8:40a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies 5th Quarter, The 90210: Season #3 Affair To Remember, An (Blu-Ray) (#38 in the DVDPS Top 40) Bereavement Call Me Fitz: Season #1 Coen Brothers Collection (Blu-Ray) (#30 in the DVDPS Top 40) Bereavement Complete Jean Vigo, The: The Criterion Collection (Blu-Ray) (#15 in the DVDPS Top 40) Cougar Town: Season #2 Defenders: Season #1 Desperate Housewives: Season #7 Detroit 1-8-7: Season #1 Godfrey: Black By Accident Gossip Girl: Season #4 Hell's Ki [read] Keywords: eclipse
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New Media Tuesday - 8/2/2011
Tue, Aug 2nd 2011 8:16a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Colony: Season #2 Eastbound & Down: Season #2 Everwood: Season #4 Green Lantern: Emerald Knights: SE Hell's Kitchen: Season #5 Raw & Uncut Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (#35 in the DVDPS Top 40) McMillan & Wife: Season #6 Quarantine 2: Terminal Rio (Blu-Ray) (#31 in the DVDPS Top 40) Rio Storm Chasers: Season #3 To Walk With Lions (2001) UFC 130: Rampage Vs. Hamill United States Of Tara: Season #3 Computer Games Saint's Row Doub [read] Keywords: vista
Good Things Out of Hard Times - Lions Eye Institute
Wed, Jul 20th 2011 10:00a John D Head I got an amazing letter in the mail today that I wanted to share. But first some background. I don't remember when this happened, but just after my father passed, I got a phone call from the Lions Eye Institute. It was just hours after and I remember being a bit annoyed at getting the phone call. But after a quick chat with the family, we thought this is something Dad would have approved of. Since Dad was cremated, putting Dad's eyes to good use seemed like the right thing to do. Today I [read] Keywords:
New Media Tuesday - 7/19/2011
Tue, Jul 19th 2011 8:40a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies American Muscle Car: The Complete Series Doctor Who (2005): Series #6: Part 1 (Blu-Ray) (#22 in the DVDPS Top 40) Doctor Who (2005): Series #6: Part 1 (#40 in the DVDPS Top 40) Firepower: The Complete Series Girls Next Door, The: Season #6 House Of The Rising Sun Limitless (Blu-Ray) (#10 in the DVDPS Top 40) Limitless Littles: The Complete Series Melrose Place: Season #6 Music Room, The: The Criterion Collection Take Me Home Tonight Tekken (2010 [read] Keywords: vista
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Choices and Changes - Saying Goodbye to Soda
Mon, Jul 18th 2011 8:10a John D Head What you see above is the last can of soda that I will ever drink. Please bear with me while I explain. One of the things about my father's passing I have not shared is some of the medical history leading up to the heart attack. Turns out that my father was an untreated diabetic. He was told many times that he was in need of diabetes treatment, but he rejected the fact he even had it the disease. I love my father greatly, but he was the most stubborn person I have ever met. If he didn't bel [read] Keywords: blogging
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Mon, Jul 11th 2011 7:10a John D Head Today is my 37th birthday. A bit different this year as it will be the first year that my father hasn't woken me up with a phone call to wish my happy birthday. As I have been going thru photo albums the past couple of weeks, here are some photos of me celebrating past birthdays: 1st Birthday with Mom and Dad 2nd Birthday with Dad 3rd Birthday with Dad 4th Birthday with Grandma Rosalie, Papa Jack, and Dad 5th Birthday with Great Grandmother Edna, Mom, Dad, and Papa (Grea [read] Keywords:
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My social media breakthrough: How my father’s passing shaped my feelings on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus
Fri, Jul 8th 2011 9:20p John D Head As I process everything that has happened in June, I am starting to pick out a few lessons learned that I can remember and apply to my life. One of those lessons is around social media engagement. It just happens that I identified the lesson just as Google Plus was launching. Actually, the first 48 hours of my usage of Google Plus really hammered it home. Let me explain. On June 1st, the day my father has his heart attack, I posted a single note on Twitter about it. That posting made it to Fa [read] Keywords: email
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New Media Tuesday - 7/5/2011
Tue, Jul 5th 2011 8:10a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies 13 Assassins (Blu-Ray + Digital Copy) (#9 in the DVDPS Top 40) According To Jim: Season #4 Bond Of Silence Boy Meets World: Season #6 Cape, The: The Complete Series Crack In The World (Blu-Ray) (#34 in the DVDPS Top 40) Damages: Season #3 Das Boot: The Director's Cut (Blu-Ray) (#5 in the DVDPS Top 40) Delocated: Seasons #1-#2 Dynasty: Season #5 Empire Of Assassins Eureka: Season #4 (#8 in the DVDPS Top 40) Gettysburg / Gods And Generals: Limite [read] Keywords: mobile
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One of my father’s legacies ... Department 56 Overload
Tue, Jun 28th 2011 10:40a John D Head The immediate impact of my father's death is days away from being officially complete. The estate sale is over, the house is being cleaned, and the entire family has returned home. As many of you know, I drove a rental truck back from Orlando with help. Why? there were a few personal items that I wanted. A chest my dad bought in San Francisco that matches mine. Artwork he collected and many family items from up to six generations of Head's and the other families. But what filled most of the tr [read] Keywords:
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New Media Tuesday - 6/28/2011
Tue, Jun 28th 2011 10:30a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Advance To The Rear American Pickers: Season #2 Ancient Aliens: Season #2 Beastly Billy The Exterminator: Season #3 Black Moon: The Criterion Collection Bloodworth Bombardier Cyrus (2011) Don't Go Near The Water Flight Command Gilligan's Island: The Complete Series Collection (1964) Hell's Kitchen: Seasons #1-#4 (Limited Edition Tin) Honeymoon Machine Horizontal Lieutenant Immigration Tango Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Season #6 Lord Of [read] Keywords: mac
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IBM Champion - Honored to be selected
Mon, Jun 27th 2011 7:10a John D Head Last week, I was honored to be named one of the inaugural IBM Champions for the IBM Collaboration Software group. 50 people were selected across all software and regions. It is great to be recognized for your efforts. Now to keep up the hard work to maintain the Champion status! [read] Keywords: collaboration
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The business of death - lessons learned
Sat, Jun 25th 2011 9:10a John D Head So while this will not be a morbid blog entry, I wanted to capture some thoughts and lessons learned in the past month of dealing with my father's death. Hopefully what I have gone thru will help others. 1. Paperwork is either your saving grace or your worse nightmare. My father passed away in the state of Florida, which has some of the strictest laws on death, so some of this might not apply. But I found that every person needs four legal documents when they die. They are: 1. Las [read] Keywords: email
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Happy Birthday Dad
Wed, Jun 22nd 2011 7:10a John D Head Today my Dad would have been 64. As you can probably tell, my Dad LOVED this week - he got attention twice! Here are some of the last photos of my Dad that we had. He hated his picture taken - like father like son. My father's 50th high school reunion in October, 2010 My sister's wedding Today is also the memorial for my dad in Orlando. Emotional day. Happy Birthday Dad! [read] Keywords:
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Happy Father’s Day Dad
Sun, Jun 19th 2011 7:10a John D Head Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there, and special Happy Father's Day to my Dad. He loved this day - it meant I had to call him, he could give me advice, and I could not argue :-) Some photos of my Dad with his kids and his father. My Father and I just weeks after I was born in 1974 My dad with my siblings in 1994ish My father with his brother and his father Love you Dad. Happy Father's Day. [read] Keywords:
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Thank You to my wonderful friends and family
Fri, Jun 17th 2011 12:00p John D Head I have been quiet since my father passed away, but slowly trying to get back to a normal life. That won't happen until after the 4th of July, as I return to my father's home next week for the clean-up process. I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has offered prayers, condolences, support, and love in the past couple weeks. I can not express in words how amazing everyone has been. By the time we get to IamLUG, I should be somewhat back to my normal self. Lots of stuff to do in July in r [read] Keywords: twitter
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John Vernon Head: June 22nd, 1947 - June 5th, 2011
Sun, Jun 5th 2011 6:43p John D Head It is with love that I wish to celebrate the amazing years that John Vernon Head was a larger than life man on this earth. My dad lived live on his own terms. I have never known anyone who loved or spoiled those he cared about more. While we often disagreed on the path that our day to day lives should follow, his impact on my life can never be measured. Dad treated all four of his children, those by blood and those by marriage, as the most important four people in his life. I will miss our talks [read] Keywords:
The Bucket List, Minus 3
Mon, May 30th 2011 4:00a John D Head Everyone has a bucket list of things they want to do before the die. Mine is mostly experiences that align my interests with locations and history. I am pretty good when I travel that if I am close to something that is on my bucket list, I find a way to do it. But never before have I been able to check off three things from the bucket list one a single day. Item 1: Stonehenge - from inside the stone circle I have been to Stonehenge before, back in 1988, but I always wanted to see it fro [read] Keywords: mobile
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New Media Tuesday - 5/24/2011
Tue, May 24th 2011 8:10a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Big Bang, The Big Bang (#15 in the DVDPS Top 40) Brad Meltzer's Decoded: Season #1 Children's Hospital: Seasons #1-#2 First Wave Season 1 Gnomeo & Juliet Great Dictator, The: The Criterion Collection I Am Number Four (Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital Copy) (#36 in the DVDPS Top 40) I Am Number Four Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads: Season #1 Kids In The Hall, The: Complete Series Papillon (Blu-Ray) (#21 in the DVDPS Top 40) Platoon (Blu-Ray) (#12 [read] Keywords: vista
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Domino Application Development Competitive Advantage - UKLUG 2011 Edition
Tue, May 24th 2011 4:03a John D Head Notes/Domino Application Development Competitive Advantage - UKLUG 2011 Edition View more presentations from John Head This is the presentation that Ted Stanton and I gave yesterday at UKLUG. It is an updated version of the session that David Via and I gave at BLUG. Thanks for the comments and feedback on the session. Seems like everyone enjoys that way we designed this - to get the IBM vision and then a partner practical experience back to back. If anyone has a user group where the [read] Keywords: domino
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New Media Tuesday - 5/17/2011
Tue, May 17th 2011 11:10a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd Age Of Innocence (1934) All in the Family: Season #9 Ambassador Assisi Underground Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956) Bionic Woman, The: Season #2 (#5 in the DVDPS Top 40) Blood Bath Burn Witch Burn! Chasing Amy: The Criterion Collection Chorus, The Covert Affairs: Season #1 Day Lincoln Was Shot DeGrassi: Season #10: Part 1 Diabolique: The Criterion Collection Don't Make Waves Dysfunktional Family Feathered [read] Keywords: vista
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New Media Tuesday - 5/10/2011
Wed, May 11th 2011 12:00p John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Aliens (Blu-Ray) (#36 in the DVDPS Top 40) Blue Valentine Christmas In July Doctor Who #055: Terror Of The Autons Doctor Who #074: Planet Of The Spiders Hail The Conquering Hero Hit List, The Home Improvement: The 20th Anniversary Complete Collection Horse Soldiers, The (Blu-Ray) (#9 in the DVDPS Top 40) Misfits, The (Blu-Ray) (#23 in the DVDPS Top 40) No Strings Attached (2011) Sign Of The Cross Something Wild: The Criterion Collection Supernat [read] Keywords: vista
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New Media Tuesday - 5/3/2011
Tue, May 3rd 2011 8:00a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies According To Jim: Season #3 Being Human: Season #3 Boy Meets World: Season #5 Dilemma, The Drop Dead Diva: Season #2 From Prada To Nada Green Hornet, The (Blu-Ray) (#8 in the DVDPS Top 40) Green Hornet, The Hawthorne: Season #2 Make It or Break It: Season #2, Volume 3 Megan Is Missing Melrose Place: Season #6, Volume 1 Murdoch Mysteries: Season #3 PJs, The: Season #1 Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Season #8 (Uncensored) Sex, Lies, And Death Sniper [read] Keywords: vista
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Are you a Lord of the Rings fan? I hope you don’t have all your evenings booked in June ...
Tue, Apr 26th 2011 10:40p John D Head Frequent readers of this blog will know that I am a massive fan of all things Lord of the Rings, the books, the movies and more. I read the books once a year, I owned every version of the DVDs, bought the Theatrical edition of the Blu Rays and pre-ordered the Extended Editions on Blu Ray. I even got to partake in Trilogy Tuesday. I am constantly checking new about The Hobbit. So when I learned about the release of all three extended editions of The Lord of the Rings movies in June. June 14th: [read] Keywords:
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New Media Tuesday - 4/26/2011
Tue, Apr 26th 2011 10:40p John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies 3 Idiots Blood Out Blow Out: The Criterion Collection (Blu-Ray) (#12 in the DVDPS Top 40) Blow Out: The Criterion Collection Confidential Agent Dinoshark Growing Pains: Season #2 Human Planet: The Complete Series Lucy Show: Season #4 Mongolian Death Worm No Country For Old Men: 3 Disc Collector's Edition (2007) Sniper: Reloaded South Park: Season #14 Starhunter: The Complete Series Tekken (2010) Testees: The Complete Series Upstairs, Downstairs [read] Keywords: agent
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New Media Tuesday - 4/12/2011
Tue, Apr 12th 2011 9:40a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Blu-Ray) (#23 in the DVDPS Top 40) Car 54, Where Are You?: Season #1 Dallas: The Movie Collection Disappearance Of Alice Creed Dragnet: Season #4 Finishing School Flipping Out: Season #3 Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection: Jabberjaw: The Complete Series Hunley Incredibles, The (Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital Copy) (#7 in the DVDPS Top 40) LXD, The: Seasons #1-#2 Majority Rules: Season #1 Man vs. Wild: Season #5 New Daughter [read] Keywords: vista
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New Media Tuesday - 4/5/2011
Tue, Apr 5th 2011 9:30a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Arabesque (#21 in the DVDPS Top 40) Babylon 5: The Complete Series with Movies (#15 in the DVDPS Top 40) Bachelor Father (#17 in the DVDPS Top 40) Bachelor In Paradise Behemoth Bert the Conqueror: Season 1 Bride By Mistake Eclipse Series 26: Silent Naruse: Criterion Collection Friday Night Lights: Season #5 (#24 in the DVDPS Top 40) I Love You Phillip Morris Lark Rise To Candelford: Season #4 Lark Rise To Candelford: The Complete Collection Life [read] Keywords: eclipse
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The most amazing example of why musical education is so important - Mansfield High School Percussion Ensemble
Tue, Apr 5th 2011 8:01a John D Head Nathan and I were chatting last night mussing about the yellowsphere and I got my daily Google alert for "Dream Theater" - yeah, I know. The first link was to this article - Percussion Ensemble Wins Division Title. I read thru and came to this part of the story:The show was entitled "Goodnight," and featured a dreaming theme. The music in the show featured a medley of songs from progressive metal bands Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment. The band practiced for over six months to pe [read] Keywords: google
Barilla "Share the Table: The Barilla Family Dinner Project" Wins more awards
Thu, Mar 31st 2011 7:10a John D Head Barilla, a PSC Group, LLC customer, has been recognized by the Bulldog Awards 2011 as the Grand Prize Winner (plus three Gold and one Silver) for the Share the Table: The Barilla Family Dinner Project website. PSC is proud to have been part of the team that worked on the website. More on the awards:This yearâs Grand Prize Winner was awarded to Barilla for its âShare the Table: The Barilla Family Dinner Projectâ campaign. Judges awarded this campaign three Gold Awardsâfor [read] Keywords:
Heading to BLUG
Sun, Mar 27th 2011 4:40p John D Head I am very excited to be heading to Belgium this week for BLUG. From what I have heard, Theo and company run a pretty killer event and I am excited to be included in any way. This conference also marks the first time that David Via and I will be giving our presentation on the "Domino Application Development Competitive Advantage" ... will be great to see how the session works in person. I have been to Belgium once before, back in 1988. I was with the boy scouts and went to Bastogne and Brugge. [read] Keywords: domino
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New Media Tuesday - 3/22/2011
Tue, Mar 22nd 2011 12:10p John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Battle Of Los Angeles (2010) (Blu-Ray) (#3 in the DVDPS Top 40) Berkeley Square: The Complete Series Bill Cosby Show, The: The Best Of Season 1 Brady Bunch Of Movies, A: 4 Groovy Films Bruce Lee Ultimate Trilogy (The Big Boss / Way Of The Dragon / Game Of Death) Cult Horror Collection: 4 Film Favorites (#23 in the DVDPS Top 40) Darker Than Black: Season #1 Eclipse Series 26: Silent Naruse: Criterion Collection How I Won The War: SE Marcus Welby [read] Keywords: eclipse
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New Media Tuesday - 3/8/2011
Tue, Mar 8th 2011 10:30a John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Above And Beyond (#40 in the DVDPS Top 40) Atlantis, The Lost Continent (#29 in the DVDPS Top 40) Doctor Who #023: The Ark (#28 in the DVDPS Top 40) Doctor Who #085: The Seeds Of Doom (#15 in the DVDPS Top 40) Excalibur (Blu-Ray) (#23 in the DVDPS Top 40) Falcon Crest: Season #2 Hannah Montana Forever: Final Season Jackass 3: Unrated Jackass 3D: Unrated Morning Glory (2010) Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind (Blu-Ray) (#27 in the DVDPS Top 40) N [read] Keywords: mac
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Chicago Restaurant Week
Tue, Feb 22nd 2011 7:11p John D Head It is that time of year when Chicago Restaurant Week happens. About 150 of the city and suburb restaurants put together a lunch and dinner menu at a fixed price (dinner is $33), This year, four places are on tap: Vie Perennial Seasons Chizakaya As you can see from my Chizakaya Yelp review, not every experience is good. But I do love this week as it is a great place to check out new fooderies. Is there a Restaurant Week in your city? If so, I highly recommend it. [read] Keywords:
New Media Tuesday - 2/22/2011
Tue, Feb 22nd 2011 2:10p John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies All In: The Story Of Auburn's Undefeated 2010 Season All-Star Superman (Blu-Ray) (#38 in the DVDPS Top 40) All-Star Superman: SE Clover Due Date Fish Tank: The Criterion Collection Get Low Guild: Season #4 Huge: The Complete Series Ice Road Truckers: Season #4 Les Miserables: 25th Anniversary Memento: 10th Anniversary Edition Memento: 10th Anniversary SE (Blu-Ray) (#10 in the DVDPS Top 40) Nurse Jackie: Season #2 Psych: 9 Senso: The Criterion C [read] Keywords: vista
iBreastFeed iOS Application by medela - developed by PSC Group, LLC
Fri, Feb 18th 2011 12:10p John D Head I am pleased to announce that PSC Group, LLC's second iOS application is now available. Built for Medela US, iBreastfeed provides tools and resources to help you successfully breastfeed! Get information on the benefits of breastmilk, breastfeeding, breastpumping tups, breastmilk storage guidelines and instant access to other online resources. Add your baby's profile and easily keep track of breastfeeding, breastpumping, sleeping and diaper changes. You can even send the log to your baby' [read] Keywords: apple
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XPages and SharePoint working together? You Bet ... here is a video
Thu, Feb 17th 2011 8:43a John D Head One of the best demos I saw at Lotusphere 2011 was an application that Stephan Wissel wrote. In preparation for my IdoSphere: Super Feats of Integration of XPages with Symphony, SharePoint, and Office session, I reached out to Stephan and asked if I could add his app to my demo warchest. To highlight the demo, here is a video: So what you can see is an XPages application consuming the SharePoint Lists web service that is standard in an SPS installation. Stephan than shows how you can disp [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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To all the DDE on Mac supporters, a few thoughts
Tue, Feb 15th 2011 1:50p John D Head So there seems to be a meme today for the Lotus bubble to ask IBM to make Domino Designer on Eclipse (DDE) work on the Apple Mac OS. I have no horse in this fight, but a few thoughts. 1. Be exact in what you are asking for Are you really asking for DDE to come to the Mac OS? The entire thing? Or are you OK with an XPages only IDE for the Mac? Think long and hard about what your asking for and be very specific. Being too generic and broad in the request will likely prevent this from happeni [read] Keywords: domino
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Thanks for the support ... and thoughts on what makes the Lotus community different
Sat, Feb 12th 2011 10:11a John D Head It is hard to put into words how thankful I am for everyone in my life that reached out with support and thoughts this week. I don't want to talk about the specifics of what happened - google caching and all that - due to some privacy concerns. Things are greatly improving and while it will be a long road of recovery, the worst is behind us. I want to thank everyone for your support. I had such an outpouring of offers of help I can not even describe. People in every corner of the globe offering [read] Keywords: ibm
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PSC to speak at Chicago Information Technology Architects Group (CITAG) on Enterprise Architecture on 2/15/2011
Thu, Feb 10th 2011 9:20p John D Head PSC's own Chris Geraghty is speaking at the CITAG event next Tuesday. Here is the meeting information: Chicago Information Technology Architects Group - February 2011 Meeting Information technology architects are the hearts of their businesses. They try to make sense of the business landscape and form order out of chaos. Information technology architects do this with knowledge and experience. The Chicago Information Technology Architects Group is founded with the goal to unite architects i [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Follow the Product Managers and Executives on Twitter - this is for Marie and Stuart :-)
Mon, Feb 7th 2011 9:00a John D Head Before and during Lotusphere 2011, there have been some discussions about how to engage with the IBM Lotus Executives and Product Managers outside of the stage and event. There has been some discussion on if this is needed, and I get Ed's point, but it is always good to engage with folks on a regular basis. I thought it was very interesting that the IBM executives new to the social software team (i.e. Lotus) , Sandy Carter and Nigel Beck ( I love how his url directs to his about.me page ), are [read] Keywords: ibm
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Where was Project Vulcan? Say Hello to the IBM Social Business Toolkit
Mon, Jan 31st 2011 3:40p John D Head Rich asks where was Project Vulcan in the Lotusphere 2011 OGS today? It was there, but you had to be really paying attention to the Project Vulcan evolution in 2010 to add it up. At Lotusphere 2010, we got the introduction of IBM Project Vulcan, a roadman or blueprint to adding new social features to the portfolio. And as the year progressed, Alistair talked about how IBM was going to ship a first version of the IBM Project Vulcan toolkit in 2010 and make it available to partners. They did t [read] Keywords: ibm
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A shout out to some amazing coworkers at PSC
Mon, Jan 31st 2011 2:37p John D Head I must take a moment from all of the Lotusphere 2011 craziness to thank some people at PSC who went out of their way to help Alex and I with our session demos yesterday. We do so many demos in our sessions (this year we did 26) that we ask the team back at PSC to help out. Since our integration demos reach across our IBM Lotus and Microsoft practices, there are a bunch of people to thank: Eric M. Andy S. Wil H. Tim M. Jimmy M. Andrew B. Rick P. Eric, Andy, and Wil spent hours and hours up un [read] Keywords: ibm
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Lotusphere 2011: Opening General Session
Mon, Jan 31st 2011 12:30p John D Head Musical Guest: MASS Ensamble Guest Speaker: Kevin Spacey Alistair Renne - Get Social. Do Business. Profound shift in how enterprises drive value. Cusp of a new ear of a relationship of business and technology. Social Business Transformation - 2011 opportunity Innovate. Outperform. Thrive. Leading Social Business - BASF, CSC, KBC, AT&T, AFL, BC&BS of MASS, RBC, State Street .... exchange migrations count ... Leveraging Social Software for Business Result Capitalizing [read] Keywords: lotus
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Introducing IntegrationDestination.com
Sun, Jan 30th 2011 3:10p John D Head In our Lotusphere Session today, Alex Kassabov and myself announced a new PSC website that will be going live in the middle of Feburary. I started talking publically about integration topics in 1996 at Lotusphere. That message has been delivered for the past 15 years at Lotusphere, Advisor, View, and LUGs all over the world. It started with integration of Lotus Notes with Lotus SmartSuite. We added Microsoft Office integration in 2000 and OpenOffice.org and Lotus Symphony in the past 6 years. [read] Keywords: domino
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In the immortal words of the Joker ... And here we go
Sun, Jan 30th 2011 5:00a John D Head Lotusphere 2011 is upon us. The lead up to the event is always a whirlwind. But here is Sunday morning and Business Development Day is upon us. This afternoon, Alex and I present. After that - I get to enjoy the show, write a lot of blog entries, and more. I will have a couple of announcements on my blog tomorrow coming from our session today. But here is a preview: and yes, that is an XPage! I want to take this time to thank the amazing team at PSC for helping Alex and myself. Wil, A [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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PSC Speaking at IdoSphere
Mon, Jan 24th 2011 11:10a John D Head PSC Group, LLC is proud to be presenting three different sessions at the first ever IdoSphere conference on February 15th and 16th, 2011. First up, Luis Guirigay presents "Got Problems? Let's Do a Health Check" on Tuesday, Feb 15th at 9:15 AM and will cover the basics of performing your own IBM Lotus Notes & Domino health check. Second, I will present "The Notes/Domino Application Development Competitive Advantage" with David Via of IBM on Tuesday, Feb 15th at 3:30 PM. This sessio [read] Keywords: domino
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