IdoNotes (and sleep)

Google just launched the third generation Google Chromecast Streaming Media Player with a new look, some new features and the same price tag as before.  It comes in white and charcoal

What does this new Google Chromecast version bring? In full 1080p you can stream 60fps which in previous versions was only available in 720p.  Google also reports a 15% hardware speed improvement which should help with the new video capability. They also slightly changed the look of the Chromecast but since it sits behind the TV at most houses you never notice.

See It. Stream It.
The idea behind Chromecast   Continue Reading here" Google Chromecast Streaming Media Player (3rd Generation)" »

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On Monday, October 15th, 2018   by Chris Miller        

IBM integration with Box has two upcoming webcasts about their integration as a file storage service. Below is the information that IBM Business Partners need to attend the webcasts

SalesTalk: How to succeed with Box for Americas/EMEA time zones: Tuesday, February 16 at 9 a.m. EST / 3 p.m. CET SalesTalk: How to succeed with Box for Asia Pacific time zones: Wednesday, February 17 at 7:30 a.m. IST / 10 a.m. SGT / 1 pm AEDT TechTalk: A deeper look at Box integration: Wednesday, February 17 at 11 a.m. EST / 3 p.m. CET

Look for the replays of these to be online soon after the webcast dates if you cannot attend live.

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On Friday, February 12th, 2016   by Chris Miller        

I chose a quick commentary on comparing the BlackBerry Q10 versus the BlackBerry Z10 to get back into the IdoNotes podcast swing. I ran the BlackBerry devices for about two months each to get a feel for what I liked and did not like. The decision was obvious just a week into using one of them.

See more updates and hands-on with the BlackBerry 10 devices on BlackBerry Today.

See the video for the whole story and make sure you subscribe to the IdoNotes podcasts and Spiked Studio channels on YouTube,.

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On Tuesday, August 20th, 2013   by Chris Miller        

I am trying to fill out evaluations at IBM Connect and Lotusphere 2013 and I am having these issues with the system that runs it. Early warning and I hope they issue a fix quick.

P.S. my session numbers if they fix this is BP102 or 1050 for the four digit code.

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On Thursday, January 31st, 2013   by Chris Miller        

This is a packed 5 minute overview of the IBM Connect 2013 Opening General Session highlights including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, HitRecord, ForeSee, Kenexa, and analytics. I also need to get an interview at this Greenwell company too.

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On Wednesday, January 30th, 2013   by Chris Miller        

Here we go with day 1 highlights of IBM Connect and Lotusphere 2013. People, places, champions, things and music all make the cut.  Oh and the new badge changes.

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On Sunday, January 27th, 2013   by Chris Miller        

Each year Lotusphere Podcasts gets requests to see the annual backpack. IBM Connect and Lotusphere 2013 are no different.  Here is a look inside.

Make sure you subscribe and keep up with the Lotusphere Podcasts playlist on YouTube, the live IdoNotes shows all during IBM Connect 2013 and the new Notes client widget I made for the Lotusphere Podcasts!!

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On Saturday, January 26th, 2013   by Chris Miller        

Working together with Yancy Lent, the founder of PlanetLotus, we compiled the Top 10 posts for 2012 on PlanetLotus. We owe huge thanks to Yancy for taking the time to dig through these statistics.

I had a chance to sit with Karl-Henry Martinsson and Ulrich Klause live and talk about their Top 10 PlanetLotus posts for 2012 and then we discuss IBM Domino 9 and IBM Connect 2013.

The order below is not exact as some of these shifted since the count was so close. This is quite a list and as you can see the majority are around the new launch of IBM Notes and Domino 9 Social Edition.

Use RegExp with JavaScript split() by Ulrich Krause
Lotus Notes Client not starting - Loading.. Please wait loop by Paul Farris
How to Create an Auto-Response Mail Message in Lotus Notes by Gavin Bollard
iOS6 oddness and Lotus Traveler by Andy Donaldson
IBM Notes and Domino 9 Social Edition by Karl-Henry Martinsson
IBM Kills Drops and Uses Other Words about Lotus in articles around the web  by Chris Miller
IBM Notes and Domino 9 Social Edition by Volker Weber
How to: Restore the Sametime Emoticon Palette by John James
Customer project: Dojo 1.8 based portal on top of Xpages and Domino 8.5.3 by Mindoo GmbH
Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore  by Gregg Eldred

Do not forget to keep up with all of the Lotusphere Podcasts

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On Thursday, January 17th, 2013   by Chris Miller        

In previous Lotusphere years we had the unofficial Lotusphere database from Ben of Genii Software and this year for IBM Connect 2013 and Lotusphere a new version from Mat Newman of ISW launches.  What makes this database different than the Session Preview Tool from IBM we looked at last week? Watch the video above to find out.

Right before this published Mat also announced a mobile version!!

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On Tuesday, January 15th, 2013   by Chris Miller        

Lotusphere Podcasts are back for 2013 (also under the name IBM Connect Podcasts for grins) with the kickoff video showing the IBM Connect 2013 Session Preview Tool.

Keep up with all of the Lotusphere Podcasts by grabbing the Notes client widget or subscribing on YouTube.

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On Wednesday, January 9th, 2013   by Chris Miller        

I quickly needed an online form to collect data and decided to try out the IBM Forms Experience Builder in Lotus Greenhouse.  After playing around with the capabilities I realized there was no tutorial to make a quick and simple form in under five minutes. Watch the YouTube video above to see it in action.

The IBM Forms Experience Builder is quite powerful and allows simple to complex forms via a drag and drop interface.  You can then share the forms with the public or authenticated users. You can then export the data collected for simple reporting.

Make sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel or in iTunes to keep up with all the latest videos.

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On Wednesday, November 21st, 2012   by Chris Miller        

This week I had the opportunity to spend some time at the IBM PureSystem Labs that work with PureFlex and PureApplications. While the PureFlex systems were well defined on the specifications webpage (even after taking 12 clicks to find) the PureApplications systems were not.  I included what single image I could find into the video thanks to an IBM rep that was nearby.

The amount of horsepower in each rack with the interchangeable and expandable chassis slots makes it a great data center in a box approach.  Coupled with the management platform, you are able to spin on resources on demand and even take them away when demand drops.  Check out the video for more.

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On Thursday, September 13th, 2012   by Chris Miller        

I had the opportunity to sit with TemboSocial president Steven Green and talk about The Hive and it's integration with IBM Connections. We discuss social business, employee recognition, gamification, rewards.

We look at how The Hive is integrated with IBM Connections, badges, analytics, customization and even more.  Make sure to visit the TemboSocial website for the whitepapers, blog and receiving a product tour.

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On Thursday, July 12th, 2012   by Chris Miller        

I take a walkthrough on the new iOS update for IBM Connections. I liked the speed of interacting with the client.  I do feel there was some UI challenges and I never recall seeing any closed beta testing of features and functions which might have been helpful.  Watch the full review above to experience it for a first time as I do.

Before I could even get this out via podcast, many had found the YouTube version and made comments. Go catch up over there to read the threads.


Episode 125 was brought to you by Instant Technologies and Instant IMtegrity Archives.

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On Wednesday, June 13th, 2012   by Chris Miller        

I got my hands on the HTC EVO 4G LTE device this weekend and after a couple days of testing and usage I am sold that I definitely made the right choice.

• Super thin
• Super light
• 720x1280 screen
• Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0)
• Full HD recording
• Fast shutter for the 8MP camera
• Data and voice capability at the same time
• Dual core 1.5gHz processors (you sometimes feel some heat)
• 1 GB RAM
• Internal storage with Micro SD card slot for expansion
• Kickstand
• Google Wallet with NFC
• Free 20GB of Dropbox storage
• it goes on...

See the entire video review and make sure to get your hands on the HTC EVO 4G LTE


Disclosure: I fully paid for this device, it was not free.  But the links are Amazon affiliate

Also,  make sure you keep up with all the product reviews from Spiked Studio on YouTube.

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On Tuesday, June 5th, 2012   by Chris Miller        

This is the full replay of the webcast from May 23rd with Jess Stratton and Kathy Brown.

When your administrator and your developer are one and the same, and they’re both you, things can get confusing. As the administrator, you’ve got a lot of power. Frequently, the role of administrator is to lock things down, keep the server running smoothly and tune performance. As the developer, you want a lot of power. You want unlimited agents to run anytime you want, as frequently as possible, with little to no limitations! So how do you reconcile these opposing needs when you have to play both roles? Jess and Kathy will show you how to use separate IDs, location documents and other fail-safes to make sure your party of one is successful!

This webcast was brought to you by Instant Technology and their IMtegrity Archives solution.

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On Thursday, May 31st, 2012   by Chris Miller        

I had the chance to test yet another portable USB power pack, this one being the Verbatim 97927 Portable Micro-USB Power Pack Charger.  At under $40 on Amazon for the 2200 mHa battery inside, it does hold enough power to support charging an iPhone or any other type device.  It will not charge an iPad and I had some issues with a new BlackBerry.

It comes with a short cable to charge it up, but anything else you need to provide.  I did not like the single LED that they use multiple ways and coloring since you can never tell how much charge is left and they use the same color light for different meanings (red means charging and also that it is running low for example depending on what you are doing).

Watch the video where I show how it compares in size, portability and other variables I walk through.

Disclosure: these are affiliate links.

You can order yours Verbatim 97927 right here on Amazon

You can get the PowerGen 5200mAh device here

You can get the amazing PowerGen 8400mAh here


Also,  make sure you keep up with all the product reviews from Spiked Studio on YouTube.

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On Tuesday, May 29th, 2012   by Chris Miller        

IBM has launched a large initiative called PureSystems which offers built-in expertise, integration by design and simplified experience.

Expert integrated systems combine the flexibility of general purpose systems, the elasticity of cloud and the simplicity of an appliance tuned to the workload.

I was able to get access to a demo account, which by all means did not showcase all of the physical capabilities and on demand sclaing.  It was more of a layer inside of the IBM SmartCloud which was disappointing.

I think some of the message about PureSystems is clear, however much of it is very confusing when you get into PureFlex and PureApplications.

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On Wednesday, May 16th, 2012   by Chris Miller        

At Spiked Studio we were sent the Bell + Howell 8553 2.4 GHz Wireless Video Door Intercom System for product review. Above is the video and below is the summary.

From the Amazon page:

I was able to be highly disappointed. After seeing the pricing of this unit I am glad it was not a purchase. While the review I provide video goes into great detail I will summarize:

- The quality was cheap plastic for the casing. I did not like the locking mechanism for the battery compartment on the outside unit
- The outside unit came with a scratch on the screen while the inside had protective coating.
- There is no volume controls or battery indicator on the outside unit making it impossible to manage
- The inside unit functioned well and came with a base and charger
- However, the control menu on the base unit had the look of a 20 year old device with outdated technology
- The unit leads you to believe it sends constant streaming video. I was only able to find pictures taken y the camera, fuzzy at best. It also came with 3 pictures loaded on the device (I presume from testing?) of a guy in a shop
- The wireless frequency competes with many home phone systems and wireless access. Be careful as interference did occur in our tests
- The range was not as expected. I know there are tons of variances, but I couldn't get it to full signal in the same room feet apart as the video shows

So I hope that summarized our video for you. We always try and do videos now showing the product, packaging and you can see our reactions

So if you are still intrested in the ~$230.00 equipment you can visit the product page for the Bell + Howell 8553 2.4 GHz Wireless Video Door Intercom System.

Also,  make sure you keep up with all the product reviews from Spiked Studio on YouTube.

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On Wednesday, April 25th, 2012   by Chris Miller        

I had the pleasure to not only interview Bunchball gamification engine founder Rajat Paharia, but get a behind the scenes look at the user and administrative interfaces.

Bunchball launched a cloud based gamification solution that runs across more products than just IBM Connections including Salesforce and Jive. Nitro for IBM Connections is pretty powerful and competes directly with partner solution Kudos from ISW.

Watch the video for the interview sessions with Rajat before and after the demo in the middle.  I could see this gamification being used inside of email and other tools to drive adoptin of the cool new features.

Note: I just caught I left a remnant logo in there, sorry I will will fix it.

You can watch or subscribe to IdoNotes and all the Spiked Studio shows including TheSocialGeeks, BlackBerry Today and NotesIn9.

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On Wednesday, April 25th, 2012   by Chris Miller        

After numerous emails about the best way to load Lotus Traveler on the BlackBerry Playbook and much dispute of what worked, I went ahead and tackled it for you in this video.

I was unable to hit and load the Lotus Traveler server via the Playbook by using the servlet/traveler web interface or going via ActiveSync.  Some of you have emailed and commented  success and a lot depends on versions of servers, policies and more it seems.

So take make it easy for you I created a signed .bar file that you can sideload onto your BlackBerry Playbook if you must have Traveler working and want to use the Android player built into OS 2.0.  It just works!

Here is the signed Lotus Traveler.bar file from Spiked Studio.  This must be sideloaded onto your Playbook while developer mode is enabled (no rooting it is just a switch in preferences). I used DDPBInstaller to do it, you can find that free on the web.

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On Monday, March 5th, 2012   by Chris Miller        

I was able to get my hands on the Belkin 4-Way Privacy Screen Protector for Apple iPod Touch 4G for a review.  I was impressed with the ease of applying the film to the device and how well it worked.

While you could tell it was applied when using the power button it did not interfere with any of the touch features on the device.

The packaging came with a cleaning cloth and credit card like board for smoothing out the film and making sure no bubbles were there.  By rotating the angle of the Apple iPod Touch 4G just a bit you could see how it was blocking viewing of the screen.

This Belkin 4-Way Privacy Screen Protector for Apple iPod Touch 4G gets a thumbs up and will come in handy on flights.  Numerous manufacturers do make other types of device privacy screens for iPhone, Android, ipad and it seems every device.

Disclosure: Yes the above are affiliate links and make sure you subscribe to Spiked Studio for more reviews. Also,  make sure you keep up with all the product reviews playlist from Spiked Studio

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On Wednesday, February 29th, 2012   by Chris Miller        

Lotusphere brought us a bunch of information and anticipation about mail features that will be arriving in Lotus Notes 8.5.4 in terms of sorting and mail management.  I wanted to go back and highlight a partner software called FewClix (Windows only) that does an amazing job of working through your mailfile.

I first talked to them back in Episode 75.   FewClix is made by Synaptris, which is now a GBS company.  You can get a free trial on the site as I mention in the video above.

You can also subscribe to the IdoNotes channel on YouTube to keep up to date and like the video while you are there.

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On Tuesday, February 28th, 2012   by Chris Miller        

With all of the announcements this week, I have received inquiries about my thoughts and more specifications on the Social Mail and embeddable browser client experiences I got to see launched.  In this episode I express my thoughts until I can fully read all the technical specifications.

• the blog posting from Ed Brill
• the 2012 Strategy slides from Ed Brill
• the Flickr image Ed posted

Related posts:

• IBM Champion Simon Vaughn wins another award
• Lotusphere attendee tip on advanced iPad notetaking
• IBM Connections Next launch and news
• Windows Mobile for Traveler launch news
• IBM gamification partnership with Bunchball

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On Thursday, January 19th, 2012   by Chris Miller        

Joyce Davis walks us through the new Lotusphere Community on Greenhouse.


I had the chance to sit with Joyce Davis of IBM as she walks us through the new Lotusphere and IBM Connect Communities on the Lotus Greenhouse.  In the video interview she shows us how this Greenhouse community will be the future destination for all the content from the temporary Social Business Online site that runs during Lotusphere and Connect.

Lotusphere Community
IBM Connect Community

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On Monday, January 9th, 2012   by Chris Miller        

You can also watch the video in full HD on YouTube.

I had the chance to review the Plantronics Calisto P420 Speakerphone and was impressed with the quality it offered.  It is a simple plug-and-play device that was instantly seen by Skype and Sametime as an audio choice. watch the review for my other thoughts on the ease and call quality.

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On Tuesday, December 20th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

The Great Mind Challenge has been running for years, but has stayed overseas in India since 2004.  This year it came back to the United States to work with a bunch of higher education schools to dig into the IBM plan and new moniker of "Get Social, Do Business" for the 2012 competition.

One of the sponsors of the event is Group Business Solutions (GBS) who had the student projects look at their company. This article from the Spartan Daily (San Jose State University) has some good insight:

According to Daryl Pereira, social media manager at IBM, who has been an integral part in the creation of The Great Mind Challenge in the U.S., the challenge requires students interested in social business to form teams and solve real-world problems for the chance to win prizes and internships.

Gee said there were five winners who got a chance to move on to the next phase of the competition, inching closer to appearing in The Great Mind Challenge 2012.

“The five winners delivered a GBS (Group Business Software) Social Business environment audit study,” Gee said. “The audit provided further insight into GBS environment and ideas how to implement current/new social business techniques.”

So what does all of this mean? The students had to learn about social networking and analytics and bridging business and academics to solve business problems.   We won't see the results for the current program for a while, but the 2011 winners were announced.

Apparently Lotusphere 2012 will have a session on this in the Sponsor Track under SPN208.

Listen to the NerdGirls talk all about what they have going on at Lotusphere 2012 in this podcast

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On Monday, December 19th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

I had the pleasure to sit with Gabriella Davis of Turtle Partnership, Francie Tanner of Panagenda and Kathy Brown to catch up with all the activities at Lotusphere 2012 with the Nerd Girls.

• Great Geek Challenge - this awesome, geeky, trivia event will take place Tuesday January 17th from 8-10pm at the Dolphin Fountain restaurant (bottom of the escalator).  Bring your best team or just yourself early to get a seat to the event that filled to capacity last year.  There are numerous sponsors and prizes to be awarded.  Also free food and drink!  Your quick master are Carl Tyler and Paul Mooney.  The event will be recorded courtesy of Spiked Studio.
• Online weekly quiz and giveaways - the Nerd Girls have put together a XPages application serving up weekly shotr trivia quesitons to get you ready for the challenge at Lotusphere.  You can win a prize each week drawn from those that get the most answers right!
• Spark Ideas - this session at Lotusphere will be five minute presentations (no slides) about inspirational topics.  You can submit your ideas and abstracts now (both guys and girls welcome). Click the link to submit your idea.
• Nerd Girls blog - the place to catch up with the team blog
• Nerd Girls on Twitter
• Nerd Girls store on Zazzle

There is also the return of buttons for everyone to proudly wear and have for LUG's around the world.

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On Thursday, December 15th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

I was happy to have Lisa Harris, Offering Manager, and Stefan Jonsson, mobile development manager for IBM Sametime to talk about the IFR 1 release for version 8.5.2.  It brought an incredible amount of enhancements and features to mobility not usually found in an IFR type release.

We discuss:

• Why this was called IFR instead of a full point release
• Android client enhancements
• iOS client enhancements
• SUT capabilities
• Offline messaging
• and more..

Visit the Sametime team on the Lotusphere 2012 exhibitor floor and in the developer lab and also catch up with the latest news on their Sametime Blog.


Visit the Connectria website today and find out why we offer the best in Lotus Software hosting and management.

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On Friday, December 9th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

You can also watch the video in full HD on YouTube.

In this episode I do a an overview and walkthrough the installation of the HP StorageWorks (Data Vault) X310.  The server comes with:

• 1TB hard drive
• 2GB of RAM
• Dual core processor
• Windows Home Server installed
• 3 open bays
• 4 USB ports for external drives
• 1 external eSATA port

The setup took only a few minutes to walk through and it must be initially performed on a Windows workstation.  It has automatic backup ability of machines on your network, including Mac.

I turned off the automatic backups as I used a Windows VM for the install and then hooked it up as public access on the network to store and stream video and music.  It also has the ability and options to be a iTunes Server.

It has been extremely quiet and performing great over the wired network (no wireless included).  At this point I will start adding more drives and increasing the storage for the studio.

If you are looking to expand your home network, I would look into the HP StorageWorks (Data Vault) X310.

Thanks to Carl for pointing it out and the supplir for getting it sent over.  The links above are Amazon affiliate links.

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On Monday, December 5th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

In a recent article written by Network World, it highlights how IBM has started grading the developers that write the code that drives the products.

Using the Cast platform, IBM managers can analyze how a developer pieces code together, for instance, and make a quantitative determination of the developer's abilities. The system can review the code's performance, security and technical depth -- gauging, for instance, whether the code going to have a lower cost of maintenance in the long term.

"If you're writing something in Java, is the code itself structured in a manner that is compliant with what is recognized as an industry best practice? That's the type of science that Cast helps produce," Howard says.

So with this tool, IBM can now rate and score each developer on the same scale.   Which brings a question to mind.  Is it the amount of code that a developer writes that meets criteria, or awesome code never before seen at a slower pace that is seen as a higher score?  What if a develpoer writes code that doesn't meet industry best practices because it is revolutionary? How is this proven?

Taking the time to identify IBM's top software developers wasn't easy. Nor was it easy to figure out if all of its developers were fully utilized

So somewhere there is now a list of "top" developers.  Does your company have this type of list that everyone can see? I only mention the ability to see it from another comment in the article:

By defining sets of outcomes, or measures, that everyone in IBM's software development community (and its HR reps) could agree on, the Cast system makes it possible to quantify performance. "Essentially it permitted our people to walk around with a scorecard. They could begin to earn points, based on the results or the value they were driving for the business," Howard says.
With IBM's new system, reputation becomes something tangible. "Somebody can enhance their reputation within the community based on results that they're delivering."

So tell me what you think in the comments, Twitter, Google Plus or whatever suits your fancy this week.

Read the entire article here

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On Monday, November 14th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

Don't forget you can watch this in HD on YouTube, just click through!

Looking around the public side of Lotus Greenhouse, there is some recent public postings on the wikis and such about a new labs experiment called IBM Timeflash.  It is basically a competitor to Plancast and Lanyrd which build timelines around events, conferences and more but extending some areas to include timers, countdowns and the ability to draw in iCAl feeds.

Timeflash is a social microcalendar that allows you to publish your upcoming or past events to your social network, while keeping track of your time and interests.

I went ahead and did an introduction video until the invites start rolling out.  Go ahead and peek yourself at IBM Timeflash information.

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On Tuesday, October 11th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

Don't forget you can watch this in HD on YouTube, just click through!

I had the opportunity to open and review a BlackBerry Bold 9930 in this first of two parts. I have some thoughts on the sizing of the device, the touch and keyboard, the lack of international power adaptors like other previous BlackBerry devices I have owned and all the specs that are listed.

This episode covers everything up to activation, which we will cover in part 2.

But if you want to see more on BlackBerry tips, applications and news you should be subscribed to BlackBerry Today!

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On Tuesday, September 27th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

Don't forget you can watch this in HD on YouTube, just click through!

I had the pleasure of sitting down via video with Mary Beth Raven to celebrate 14 years of Iris Lotus and IBM history and all of her UI design accomplishments.  She is embarking on a new journey but we will consider her part of the Yellowverse forever!

Watch and listen as we recap her job history, amazing transition from her academic background, yellow clothing and futures.

While her new blog is not live yet, you can always find her on twitter!

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On Thursday, September 15th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

I have the pleasure of getting my hands on a Plantronics Voyager Pro UC version 2 to work with.  This one adds a bunch of capabilities I talk about in the video.

If this works as good as the first and also adds function, I will be switching over to this full time while on the road.

Disclosure: The links to the Plantronics Voyager Pro UC v2 are Amazon affiliate links.

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On Wednesday, August 24th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

When I went to pull up the call information on the monthly Lotus community call for IBM Collaboration Solutions (formerly the Lotus technical and Education calls) there was a change to the process.  It went from totally anonymous to registered only.  Did this have anything to do with the results from last month?

I blogged "How Lotus fits into the IBM social strategy - finally explained" back on June 28th.

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On Tuesday, July 19th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

If you have not discovered BlackBerry Today just yet, it is a podcast launched a few weeks ago and has become one of the top BlackBerry podcasts quickly.  Provided in multiple formats and locations, it is a video podcast providing:

• application picks of the week
• device and cool tips/tricks
• recent news

I encourage you to head over and subscribe to any of the formats:

• iTunes     (SD for all devices and HD for computer) - also feel free to rate the show when you see a couple
• Vimeo  (HD)
• Mevio  (HD)
• YouTube  (HD)
• BlackBerry Podcasts (HD and SD)

BlackBerry Today is another Spiked Studio Production.  Watch the show to see how to become part by sending in your comments, videos, voicemail and more.

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On Thursday, May 19th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

Paul Mooney takes time out of his schedule to talk about:

• Lotus Traveler seminar he is presenting at cities globally with Teamstudio
• UKLUG
• IamLUG
• Notes Net closing
• Symantec Vision
• AUSLUG
• PlanetLotus oddities

You can also watch this video in HD on the IdoNotes YouTube and keep up with all of the Spiked Studio shows.

Catch the newly launched BlackBerry Today!

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On Thursday, April 21st, 2011   by Chris Miller        

I played with the new features of IBM Connections 3.0.1 through the Lotus Greenhouse and had some thoughts on the features, as well as wanting to introduce them to you.  I also jumped over to IdeaJam for a comparison of some areas which I like better on IdeaJam.

You can also watch the video in HD on the IdoNotes YouTube channel.  I would also suggest you keep up with all the Spiked Studio shows.

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On Monday, April 11th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

Consultant In Your Pocket had an awesome launch last year covering FREE administration and development webinars.  After the brief Lotusphere and then IdoSphere events, I am getting emails asking when it will start again.  Well to expand the reach and offering, I am doing an open call for abstracts and sponsors.

Presenters:

Each session is 75 minutes long, presented live and allows for the last 15 minutes to be Q&A.

Sponsors:

See the sponsorship tab on the page to get all the information/costs and benefits.  Please contact me for reach numbers.

Contact

Please send an email with the subject line "CIYP Sponsor" or "CIYP Abstract" to  "events at consultantinyourpocket.com"

Watch

If you wish to watch any of the previous free episodes, you can always head to Consultant In Your Pocket  and watch at your leisure.

IdoSphere  now contain over 17 hours of replays.  You can still register for replay access by registering on the site.

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On Wednesday, March 9th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

You can also watch this video in HD on the IdoNotes YouTube Channel.

I received a link today for a Cloud Sales Guide for IBM Business Partners.  There is nothing NDA in there or even close, only references and areas to get more information.  I did find one portion I wanted to highlight.  That was the lack of Lotus Software across three of the areas.

Did I mention this was in an exe only?

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On Tuesday, March 8th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

You can also watch this video in HD on the IdoNotes YouTube Channel.

An abbreviated version of the session on IdoSphere on the steps to provision a Domino server on Red Hat Linux in the IBM Cloud environment.

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On Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011   by Chris Miller        

You can also watch this video in HD on the IdoNotes YouTube Channel.

IBM launched the Social Business Jam today, in an attempt to get businesses and social media experts to participate for 72 hours in sharing ideas and brainstorming.  I did a screencast of my thoughts as I entered the jam.  I was hoping it was populated with some starters in advance.  But I found it to be quite empty and I was not sure what to do.

While a Help section was there, and I noted it, a splash with simple steps would have made more sense.

You have about 70 hours left to get involved at the IBM Social Business Jam

UPDATE: The Jam I was thinking of at the end of the video was the Innovation Jam in 2006 via their Collaboration Jams

During IBM's 2006 Innovation Jam^TM - the largest IBM online brainstorming session ever held - IBM brought together more than 150,000 people from 104 countries and 67 companies. As a result, 10 new IBM businesses were launched with seed investment totaling $100 million.

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On Tuesday, February 8th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

I had the opportunity to again  be part of Gurupalooza.  I have sat on that stage each year since the very first time Rocky Oliver threw it together.  This year Susan Bulloch was the ringmaster, and did an amazing job keeping tens of best practice speakers in order.

If you have missed this session over the years, you get the chance to ask questions of the entire BP speaker track.

You've been basking in the knowledge that has shone down upon you from our tracks of experts all week. You’ve listened to their sessions, “borrowed” their ideas, and have cornered them in the hallways at every opportunity to get that little bit of extra help. But, as always, there are more questions than opportunities for answers. We’re giving you one last chance to pick their brains — and that opportunity is known as GURUpalooza. Bring those final questions, comments, and even a little bit of praise to GURUpalooza and let’s all have one more collaborative "geek fest"before we draw Lotusphere 2011 to a close!

This podcast is brought to you by IdoSphere.  Join in for two days of live web based technical presentations.  Most of the sessions brand new and never seen at the other events.  All recorded and available for playback at your convenience as a registered attendee.

Join in today and register!

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On Monday, February 7th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

Sandy Carter, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Evangelist, takes a deep breath to discuss her new role with IBM and all of the Social Business news from the Opening General Session at Lotusphere.


Special thanks to one of our sponsors Sherpa Software for their participation and support.

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On Tuesday, February 1st, 2011   by Chris Miller        

I had the opportunity to sit with strategist Anthony Satyadas to discuss the recent announcements around the Virtual Desktop Offering for Smart Business.  We cover what it means to companies, costs, deployment options and how it fits into your business model.

You can see more on Virtual Desktop at Business Development Day (BDD) at Lotusphere or on the vendor floor.


Special thanks to one of our sponsors Sherpa Software.

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On Friday, January 28th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

You can also watch in HD right here on YouTube.

I was exploring more of LSonline (the Lotusphere online site) and went exploring the exhibitor floor.  I noticed some changes to the floor layout, not to mention a visual lack of the same number of sponsors on the floor.

Anyone else notice this?

Special thanks to one of our sponsors Sherpa Software.

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On Friday, January 28th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

You can also watch this video in HD on YouTube right here.

With Tungle, you are able to seamlessly integrate your Notes calendar, Lotusphere Online (LSonline), LotusLive and more with your Blackberry and iPhone devices.  There are a few steps you need to know to make the transition complete for easy scheduling and a common calendar.

I walk you through these steps in a quick video.  Do not forget to register for your own Tungle account or schedule a meeting with me via Tungle.

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On Wednesday, January 26th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

You can also watch this video in HD on YouTube right here

The IBM Event Map service has been made available for Lotusphere 2011.  it is a visual way to see and set up your schedule.  A favorites feed is then generated to input into calendaring systems like tungle.me (see Lotusphere Podcasts for the interview)

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On Monday, January 24th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

You can also watch this video in HD on YouTube

I am having this deletion being marked as read only  issue in the 8.5.x Mac client and I finally wanted to ask if anyone else sees this?

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On Friday, January 21st, 2011   by Chris Miller        

I had the chance to sit with Mike Ostrowski, Vice President - Portals and Social Computing (Lotus), of Ascendant Technology to talk about the two (yes 2) Lotus Awards they received for Lotusphere 2011 as well as a finalist position for another to be announced live Business Development Day.



Mike covered the technology used for the winning solutions, how it influences future business and where to find them at Lotusphere 2011 at Pedestal 710

Today's podcast brought to you by GoDaddy:

• $7.49 for a domain name
• Host your Wordpress blog at GoDaddy special

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On Tuesday, January 18th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

You can watch this video in HD on YouTube as well.

A brief walkthrough of the Lotusphere 2011 online site that just launched.  I look at what is new, where to find items and the hope it sticks around.

Update: You get a sneak peek since the site now shows:

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On Monday, January 17th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

You can watch this video in HD on YouTube as well.
With over ten years of development, this free database from Genii Software, is the tool to have before you arrive at Lotusphere.  I do a screencast walkthrough of all the features and how to get the database.  You can also get the mobile versions in the iPhone and Blackberry app stores for free.  Just search for Lotusphere in both stores.

You may either visit the Genii blog itself, or create a local connection document to the Turtle Partnership server in your Lotus Notes client.
server: Tranquility/TurtlePublic
DNS:   lotusphere.turtleweb.com

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On Wednesday, January 12th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

The NerdGirls band together to talk about Lotusphere 2011, community growth, hashtags, buttons, online communities, community feedback, having daughters get involved and more.

If you want to track them down while at Lotusphere, their Twitter id's are below, you can also follow the LS11 speaker list or use IdoCheckin - location services for Lotusphere!

• Mary Beth Raven and LotusDesign
• Susan Bulloch
• Kathy Brown
• Francie Tanner and Panagenda
• Eileen Fitzgerald and GSX

For those interested in participating more in their communities:

• Zazzle for t-shirts
• LinkedIn group
• Skype chat (contact one of the above)
• NerdgirlsRule on Twitter

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On Thursday, January 6th, 2011   by Chris Miller        

You can also watch this video in full HD directly on YouTube.

Carl Tyler, Epilio, and myself discuss the new Sametime and Notes telephony plugin he helped develop for Plantronics.  The features are awesome, the installer smooth and it is only in beta.  The plug-in works across VOIP products, integrates with your status updates and more.



We then walk through numerous headsets and give our opinion on what we use daily.  My go to headsets are:

•  Plantronics Voyager Pro UC
•  Plantronics Savi Office Over-the-Ear
•  Plantronics Blackwire C420

Get in touch with Carl for more information on the plugin beta!

Disclosure: The above links are affiliate links.

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On Tuesday, December 14th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Radicati Group had a webinar this morning on Instant Messaging Market: An Evolving Landscape that piqued my interest.   The panel that was put together included:

• Jan-Joost (JJ) Rueb - CEO of eBuddy, an awesome aggregator of IM services
• Eric Young - Sr Director of Field Services at Facetime
• Dave Kong - Product Manger at Microsoft Lync Server 2010

Sara showed the numerous reports they just released on eDiscovery, email platform for service providers, this one and wireless email market.  She then entered the panel discussion before open Q&A.  Her question in italics and my summary following.

Why is IM still a competitive market?  Microsoft gave the best answer saying IM is part of the broader solution and framework.  Clearly it has value that communication may start with IM and escalate or be solved with the capabilities such as web conferencing.

With more and more solutions forming federation agreements, how is this changing the IM landscape and what you all are doing?  All aggregate or federate a connection in some form,  Outside of Facetime that provides a service around the evolution and merging of enterprise and public networks.  Security is something you want multiple layers.  Some is built into the platforms, the rest is needed to be applied.

Security continues to be a concern for business and consumer users.  How well do you think the current IM security technology is keeping up with IM threats?  People are not advertising the fact they are being hit by malware over IM channels.  Some enterprises cannot tell if it came from the web, IM or even brought in from home technology devices.  In general IM has had more security with things such as presence control.

All speakers agreed secure authentication procedures should be used.  From encrypted wifi networks to SSL.

Will IM move to a bit more mobile technology? It is a personal way of communication so it makes sense to use your phone.  But the need for advanced capabilities, it is a messaging system and some features will need a computer.

Will IM move to be a simple feature of social networking? Speakers had some opinions and didn't commit either way.  Each is a unique piece of a social network, so needing a social network to just have IM and presence will not make sense.

Does eBuddy connect with or work with SMS networks? He can see it happening, but not short term.

Is Microsoft planning support for iOS and Android for Instant Messaging? Microsoft is looking into different devices right now, but no timeframe .
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My summary
She really didn't dig into anything hard or not presented in their slides.  Quite disappointing with the group she brought together.  I hoped for more content and deeper questions about market and movement.  I wish Lotus Sametime had been part of this as well as it fit right into the conversation numerous times.  I left slightly empty.

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Sara Radicati did the brief introduction at the very beginning and let each vendor take about five minutes to talk about their product.  Read on that summary below
Continue Reading here" Live blogging: Instant Messaging Market from Radicati" »

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On Thursday, December 2nd, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Managed mail replicas is a new feature introduced in Domino 8.5.2.  This screencast (you can also watch this on YourTube in HD) is a subset of the larger Consultant In Your Pocket session covering all of the new features.  You can watch the entire video replay of the webcast on "What's new in Domino 8.5.2 Administration" here.

If you are missing out on seeing these live, and being able to ask live questions, you should immediately subscribe to the mailing list in the upper right corner of this blog and all my sites.  Join all of the lists you wish, but especially Consultant In Your Pocket to keep up!  Some big announcements coming that is sent to the list first.

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On Wednesday, November 24th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

In this November 2010 issue I talk about widget catalog issues and the following:

IN THIS ISSUE #64
* From the Editor: Chris' 0.0191762 CHF
* From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Duplicate Bookmarks Pushed Via Policies
* Options for Connecting to IBM Via Sametime
* Quick Tip: Sametime Client Does Not Have Audio/Video for Some Users
* From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Notesview Getdocumentbykey Error


Make sure you:
* head over to Consultant In Your Pocket and catch upcoming FREE webcasts and full replays of previous webcasts including "What's New in Domino 8.5.2 Administration
* catch up on the entire Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series here on IdoNotes
* Sign up for both the Consultant In Your Pocket and IdoNotes newsletters in the upper right corner of the blog.  Get early notices before the public, webcast information and commentary not found on the blog.  Did I mention the two free whitepapers on DCC and Search in Lotus Notes just for signing up?

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On Thursday, November 18th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Chris Lamb, Senior Marketing Manager for Lotus Connections, joins me for 30 minutes to cover all the new features in the leader in enterprise social software.  You can read all about the new features in the following:

• Lotus Connections 3.0 Reviewers Guide and the copy on Scribd
• Lotus Greenhouse for immediate access to test 3.0
• YouTube video on new 3.0 features from Suzanne Livingston
• Analyst review of Lotus Connections 3.0

This podcast was brought to you by Connectria.

Lotus Connections hosting, deployment and proof of concept offerings.

Eat.Sleep.Host    It is what we do.  Connectria Hosting

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On Wednesday, November 17th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Live from ILUG2010 I sit with Mary Beth Raven, the UX goddess of Lotus, and talk about the new personae, Cogtool usage by the UX team and a bit about the usability lab coming at Lotusphere 2011.

You can reach Mary Beth at the Notes Design Blog and her account on Twitter.

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This podcast is bought to you by Consultant In Your Pocket webcasts.  Join us on Nov 17th at 10 for "What's New in Domino 8.5.2 Administration"

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On Thursday, November 11th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

In this screencast I walk through LotusLive and Vondle Live integration for file viewers.  You must create a Vondle Live trial or full account, provision the application in LotusLive and then you can begin.  It supports up to 70+ file types for viewing, marking and printing.

You can see LotusLive integration with Skype and Tungle in the previous two IdoNotes podcast episodes.
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This screencast was brought to you by Connectria.

I could continue on but I think you should read my previous LotusLive Notes comparison chart, postings and comments including our merger and relaunch of expanded services.

Eat.Sleep.Host    It is what we do.  Connectria Hosting  

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On Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010   by Chris Miller        

In this screencast I walk you through Tungle integration with LotusLive.  I cover implementation, account creation and management as well as contact importing.

• To register for your own Tungle account first, visit Tungle right here
• To contact me or schedule a meeting with me on Tungle, I am IdoNotes on that network
• To listen in to what Tungle had to say before, listen to the exclusive IdoNotes Episode 71- Tungle launch from Lotusphere 2010

Watch the full HD version of this podcast on my YouTube channel right here.

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This screencast was brought to you by Connectria.

I could continue on but I think you should read my previous LotusLive Notes comparison chart, postings and comments including our merger and relaunch of expanded services.

Eat.Sleep.Host    It is what we do.  Connectria Hosting  

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On Wednesday, October 27th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

In this October 2010 issue I talk about the event creeping up on us and the following:

IN THIS ISSUE #63
* From the Editor: Chris' 1.986790 ALL
* From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Choosing the Right Blog Solution
* Lotusphere - How You Can Participate Using Social Media
* Quick Tip: Right Click on Servers in Domino Administrator
* From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Widget and Plugin Deployment


Make sure you:
* head over to Consultant In Your Pocket and catch upcoming FREE webcasts and full replays of previous webcasts
* catch up on the entire Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series here on IdoNotes
* Sign up for both the Consultant In Your Pocket and IdoNotes newsletters in the upper right corner of the blog.  Get early notices before the public, webcast information and commentary not found on the blog.  Did I mention the two free whitepapers on DCC and Search in Lotus Notes?

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On Wednesday, October 20th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

In this screencast, I walk you through the new Skype integration with LotusLive.  I quickly cover how it is implemented, the pitfalls and successes.

You can also watch the full HD version on YouTube.

This screencast was brought to you by Connectria.

I could continue on but I think you should read my previous LotusLive Notes comparison chart, postings and comments including our merger and relaunch of expanded services.

Eat.Sleep.Host    It is what we do.  Connectria Hosting  

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On Tuesday, October 19th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Myself and Rob Novak talk about:

• Quickr 8.5
  • Performance
  • DAOS (visit Consultant In Your Pocket for an upcoming DAOS session)
  • No more ActiveX !
  • DOJO
  • and so much more
• Collaboration University 2010
• Free plug-ins for your Notes client from SNAPPS and IdoNotes  for help in deploying plug-in please see the webcast here.

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On Wednesday, September 15th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Both Paul and Gab made some excellent postings on their blogs today on preparing your abstracts for their (and any) track for submission to be considered at Lotusphere.  I wanted to reach out and have a longer, candid conversation about what a potential speaker should expect in abstract submission.

Paul's blog posting : Lotusphere 2011 - preparing your abstract
Gab's blog posting: Thinking of submitting an abstract to Lotusphere this year?

The IdoNotes podcast is a Spiked Studio Production

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On Thursday, August 19th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

I was lucky to catch Ed Brill as he packed his bags and begin his walk to St Louis for IamLUG taking place Aug 2-3 2010.  IBM is a Platinum sponsor of the event and will once again bring a ton of information.  Last year we were lucky enough to hear about the Lotus Knows launch.  I wonder what will come out of it this time around?

The keynote from Doug Cox, vice president of development and support for Lotus and Websphere Portal, will be live broadcasted with the recent announcement from IamLUG and uStream.

There are literally only a few seats left for you to grab to attend IamLUG - the North American Lotus User Group.  Please join Ed and IBM at the event.

IdoNotes podcast is a Spiked Studio Production .    You can download the audio file (for non-iTunes or Zune subscribers) right here.

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On Thursday, July 22nd, 2010   by Chris Miller        

We left off finishing the advanced configuration document for the Google Apps Migration tool for Lotus Notes (GAMLN).  Besides establishing security for the database, we move on to the actual site configuration.  A single site document is required before any user migration occurs.  You may have multiple site documents later, but a first one is necessary to even do testing.  Pick a name for the site that makes sense and walk with me through the rest of the General settings.

• A timezone for the site is required.  This gets interesting if you have a centrally located server that handles users from all over as our customer does.  Your choice is the location of the server, the location of the company headquarters or where most of the staff is.
• The site administrators are normally the Domino administrators handling the migration.
• The system can read your Domino Directory for the mail server field and begin registering users assigned to that Domino server into Google.  We chose to do a batch and not use this option.  The default was off. If a user is not found in Google it skips that user during migration.
• However, we did leave the next section enabled.  The migration tool is to do a check to make sure the user being migrated has already been established as an account in Google before migration begins in the GAMLN tool.
• You can also provision user accounts in the Google domain if you enable the next section. In order to provision you must enable it to check accounts in the Google domain.
• Establishing the migration start and cutoff times are important.  You want good communication and testing before you roll this out to an entire server.  We would always allow the users to continue migration even after the cutoff date.  That always make me laugh across systems.  As we would not take a user after a certain date?
• The number of feeder databases and and maximum users per database are highly important to the performance of the tool balanced with the time it will take to move the users to the Google domain with the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes tool.  We covered some basic scenarios in earlier posts on how to configure the feeders.  Marie Scott chimed in with some excellent knowledge on this as well. The maximum feeder databases allowed are 10. The agent runs at 30 minute intervals, so the size of the mailfiles will matter greatly in order to get each one done in 30 minutes.

We will move through the other site tabs next.

History of postings on the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series:

• Intro
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10

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On Tuesday, July 20th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Google updated the Apps Migration for Lotus Notes tool to version 2.2.1 (GAMLN) in an announcement on their blog last week.  Some new features were also added of note:

Pre-migration Estimator: It is now possible to gather user statistics prior to migration for selected users.

Error Threshold Setting: In earlier versions of this tool, if any migration errors were encountered the system would keep the user at Active status until the error was resolved, manually flagged as complete, or the administrator moved the user to "Complete" status. It now allows the administrator to set a site level threshold for errors.

To catch up with the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes series I have in progress, you can read the articles blow in the history of postings on the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series:

• The intro,
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10

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On Monday, July 19th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

We left off the Google Apps Migration path from Lotus Notes for the client a while ago entering the Advanced tab information.  Let's quickly walk through some portions and descriptions of these choices.

• The integrity checker at the top runs the agent to verify there is no save conflicts (and replication in a distributed setup).
• we left the token refresh to 23 hours which is just below the Google time reset of 24 hours.  After reading their comment about possibly locking out accounts that request new tokens too often, we decided to leave it as far out as we can.
• Humorously, we always strive to keep individual message sizes shrunk down, this forces the issue with a maximum size of 25MB per message, including attachments.  Any message over the Google max is not migrated.  You can reduce this size down to strip larger attachments and force users to place them in other places.  We found this works well to make users filter and use things like Quickr.
• The length of Google labels frustrated users with tons of nested folders with long titles.  Google strips them down to the maximum of 40 characters no matter what.  So this is a UI issue in need of training.  You can fix this before migration by having users shrink and change folder name lengths.  But, that in itself will most likely never happen for everyone.
• Additional mail forms is not an issue for this migration but can be for many.  If you have built or installed third party products that added extra mail forms to your user mailfiles, you can migrate them with specific criteria.  So the good news is some of the basic workflow can be moved that is inside the mailfile but not part of the standard Notes template.  The bad news is the lack of the total workflow that can be moved.
• We did not need to mess or add custom site level settings at all.

As the bottom part says, we had no need to change any of the settings.  It would be nice if they hid those unless you clicked some action to prevent mistakes or accidental typing.


History of postings on the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series:

• Intro
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10

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On Monday, July 19th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

After looking at numerous phone cases for the HTC EVO, I finally decided I wanted both a cover and a holster to carry it around.  The large screen made it bulky no matter what.  An added case made it bigger.  So I did some searching and ran across the Innocase line from Seidio.  It has a snap together cover that leaves the camera, flash, speaker, volume controls and kickstand open.  It raises the back of the back of the phone just enough to protect the camera lens.  Then it snaps into the holster that is covered in a felt for the screen while allowing the clip part to cover the power button to make sure it doesn't get turned on or bumped.

So if you have the EVO and are looking for a case that doubles with a holster, the Seidio Innocase is my choice.

RELATED POSTS

• My first impressions of the HTC EVO
• My video hands-on review of the HTC EVO

Note: Yes, It is an affiliate link and comes in other colors as well.

Also,  make sure you keep up with all the product reviews from Spiked Studio on YouTube.

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On Saturday, July 17th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Issue #4 of the IdoNotes newsletter is about to go out the door and I want to make sure you are subscribed before I hit send.   Jump over to the right side and sign up.

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On Wednesday, July 7th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

As the blogs light up with a LotusKnows blogging initiative, I wanted to remind you of the resources available for keeping up with the news.

• If you do not use RSS feedreaders, I created a simple LotusKnows landing page for you in a year ago for LotusKnows and Lotusphere.  The data is being pulled from numerous searches brought together in widgets on the page.
• If you prefer a newspaper format, the LotusKnows newspaper edition exists as well.  Twitter, blogs, feeds and more.  Did I mention there was a XPages newspaper as well already made?
• I updated the full OPML file of Lotus blogs to include LotusKnows blog in the listing.  You import this directly into your feed reader of choice.  Hopefully that is Google Reader (my choice with the Feedly overlay) so you can easily share what great news you find.
• Finding the information you want was never easier with the Google Search for bloggers, Lotus technical information and more.  I shared the Lotus Notes client widget yesterday ort you can always use the search box in the corner of my blog.

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On Thursday, June 10th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Once we worked our ways through ACL issues, database access and roles, we now enter the actual configuration of the central administration database for the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes, or GAMLN.  

• In order for the global migration to kick off, the status must be enabled.  We decided to leave it disabled until we explored all the settings so we did not have any surprises.
• The administration server is important as that is where directory registration and maintenance takes place.  As we discussed in an earlier part, we were dedicating a server for this migration task to make sure we did not affect server load as best we could.
• Google, and myself, recommend you use the Internet Address field to create the user accounts in Google Apps.  Some sites that are larger may have another field they wish to use. But, it pulls this field from the directory in Domino, so make sure it is populated in each person document the way you want their account to be created.  A mistake here will mess up their account in GAMLN.
• The Google Domain tab is quite simple asking for the new Google domain being utilized and the email address for the Google domain administrator.  You will also enter the password for the administrator account here.  I suggest clicking the verification button before moving on.

In part 9 we will move on to the Advanced tab of the database before saving the form and then enabling the global migration.  DO not forget to catch up to the series below.  I swear this is better than Lost.

History of postings on the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series:

• Intro
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10

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On Tuesday, June 8th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

In the middle of the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series, I thought you would also take interest in a web application Google has created to try and estimate the savings your company (or school) will save by switching to Google Apps under the name GoneGoogle.  The animated screen asks one simple question, your company size .  From there is has a large amount of assumptions built in while it works it's number magic.

Now one thing I must admit is the awesome way it allows you to share at the end.  From a PDF, spreadsheet or poster, all the data is there.  There is also a bunch of web content around it, even asking you to place your icon on the map when you migrate.  I think this would be a great implementation to spread the news for LotusKnows as well showing wins in Lotus and where they are located.  No names are used, so confidentiality is kept.

One downside is when I attempted to adjust some of the settings to run the tool again.  For some strange reason the tool would not allow me to change the unplanned downtime for Lotus Notes to zero.  We just do not have it between general uptime and clustering.  So if they offer 99.95 themselves, why cannot I enter 100%?

You do get an estimated cost savings dollar amount and hours saved.  You can edit average mailbox sizes, number of people on laptops, group document creation and more. The numbers did not mean much to me at the end, as migration costs and man hours are not included.  However, the idea of providing this type of experience makes smaller companies raise an eyebrow and investigate the solution.

Something to consider in marketing.

History of postings on the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series:

• The intro,
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10

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On Tuesday, June 8th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

We talked about the HTC EVO on Episode 26 of TheSocialGeeks this week, but now having actually worked with the device, I am stunned and actually enjoying working with a phone.  The interface is slick.  The application choices immense and the quickness and response impressive.  Even with multiple applications open all the time.  The deal-maker for the day was when I received a quick message to load a specific app.  I did and was able to fully work with our Citrix environment, even launching the Notes 8 Standard client within the phone.

Forget the geek features like 8MB camera, 1.3 MB front facing camera for video chat, HDMI port, multi-app, kickstand, etc etc.  So far the phone is a winner and worth the change.  Oh, and Sprint named us a 4G city and I pick it up here and there as they deploy towers.  HTC has also promised free upgrades to Froyo (Android 2.2) for these phones.

Also,  make sure you keep up with all the product reviews from Spiked Studio on YouTube.

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On Friday, June 4th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Part 7 covers roles and ACL rights.  Google automatically assumes and enters a Global administrator setup and assigns it the [SiteAdmin] role.  Global administrators handle the administration database and overall management of all site documents.  Make sure you know who you list in this role.

Site administrators get configured each time you create a new site.  They are allowed to see all sites, but only edit their own plus related user profiles for that site.  In our circumstance, there will be no one outside of Domino admins touching this, so no decision had to be made of who gets additional rights.

The documentation also specifies that the administration database for GAMLN get an automatic ACL creation for -Default- set to Manager.  Not the best choice for any environment.  If you will allow users to work in the database and update their own profile during migration, it must be Author with no roles assigned.  We are not allowing users to do this during the Google Apps Migration and will go with the wonderful No Access choice for Lotus Notes.

The administration database assigns most of the roles for you as you place people in power.  So it makes it simple when you are using a select few people to manage the migration.  There is an owner right but that applies to the person being migrated.

History of postings on the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series:

• Intro
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10

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On Thursday, June 3rd, 2010   by Chris Miller        

As we have moved through the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) tool, I have received excellent input form Marie Scott on their trials and knowledge gained as well.  Now that we have the basic architecture decided, the documentation suggests establishing the migration server as a trusted server in the mail server documents (shown below) and signing the templates from Google with a trusted id source such as the server id file.

Here was a key factor I gleaned from the documentation, mainly since we cluster mailfiles between two data centers for redundancy.  Each time a message is migrated it modifies the Last Modified date.  Doing this to large mailfiles can cause heavy network traffic according to the GAMLN documentation.  They suggest you disable replication for each mailfile as you configure that user for migration.

The last step today will be to create the actual administration database we discussed earlier.  Google provides a gmail.migration.ntf template with the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes tools.

History of postings on the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series:

• Intro
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10

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On Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010   by Chris Miller        

The process of the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) also has steps to be completed on the Google side, as well as Domino.  Previously we had walked through the Domino beginnings.  Inside of your Google Apps control panel, a simple point and click allowed us to enable the ability to provision the users through the API.

In a previous posting (links below) I talked about the basic architecture, but overlooked the changes needed to the Domino Agent Manger in order for GAMLN to process larger files.  Marie Scott did a good job and posting comments around setting they have used to date, which I recommend reading.  However, the guide suggests to modify the maximum concurrent agents allowed and increasing the maximum execution times.

Another interesting request was that your Domino server have at least two mail.box files enabled.  Hopefully, you all do and understand the benefits of such.  FInally, the conversion of mail from Notes Rich Text to HTML needs to be set on the Server Configuration document for each mail and migration server.

History of postings on the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series:

• Intro
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10

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On Tuesday, June 1st, 2010   by Chris Miller        

So we left off yesterday running through the admin database and moving into migration options.  One of the key parts of this is the feeder databases where all the Notes mail is converted.  You are allowed to process users one by one or have multiple threads running.  My first fear was that no numbers were given for load based on this conversion.

•  How would this function on large mailfiles?
• What if the user mailfile was already over the maximum allowed size on Google?
• Do we waste time stripping down content from all the mailfiles before the migration?
• What if they had DAOS enabled?  This is not replication, so how is that handled?
• Can I grab local archives by moving them to the server and assigning them?

The list went and we soon discovered that in a complex Lotus environment, there is some huge hurdles.  In this smaller migration where users have single mailfiles that are not huge, the issue is not as bad.  Google does suggest placing the migration on a dedicated server for performance needs.  Once again, no numbers, just do it.  So to be safe we are firing up a VM and registering a server in their domain to grant access to start pulling data before moving ahead.

The admin database can be replicated out globally for large scale sites, but the feeder databases will be local to each install location.  I also figured that this dedicated extra server should be in proximity to the mail server being migrated up.  I wouldn't want it pulling hundreds of gigs of mail data across the pipe and then sending that same data again back to Google to build the new mailfile.

History of postings on the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series:

• Intro
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10

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On Thursday, May 27th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

The Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes surprisingly comes with a Domino database.  This was happily shocking and surprising as I imagined all sorts of command line stuff.  Now, there are partners that make many tools to migrate, but the customer wanted the built in provided tools, since they are free, of course.

The actual administration database is small, limited views and does the configuration.  Logs and stats are included in the database itself.  Users can be viewed by state (pending, active and complete).  Logs cover such things as mail conversions, migrations and registrations. Make sure you know the Google Apps admin password as it is required in the System Setup.



There was a setting I was curious about (I think Marie Scott has the answer) on maximum mail size allowed.  At first we were concerned it was the actual total mail file size itself and not an individual message.  We set the end date for the migration to indefinite as there is no guarantee of completion date and I am not sure why anyone would actually put a hard date in there and then also allow it to continue past end date.  Just don't set an end date.

User selection pulls from the Domino Directory via the familiar directory look-up interface.  We will talk about migration options next.

History of postings on the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series:

• Intro
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10

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On Wednesday, May 26th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Yesterday I concentrated on some of the email migration portions that were of concern as we entered into the migration testing.  Calendaring does have a tool as well and is supposed to support all meetings, reminders, events, recurring and even privacy.  Calendaring will be later and separate.  Today we focus on personal moving contacts and groups

So to move a users personal address book and/or groups we had a couple options to make this happen.

• Server side - the first thing we noticed is that the user must have synchronized all of their contacts into their mailfile.  Unfortunately, this has either never been done.  Due to it previously being manual, then in a policy that was never set, or worse yet it was done long ago and would totally screw them up if it was done now.  So the server side feature is only one, via an agent that runs, that should be considered if your environment has actively been synchronizing already.
  - The other portion is that users must enter their Google Apps passwords into the GAMLN system itself.  Not something we would have all the users do.  This whole idea of server based it borked it seems.
• User driven with a Notes form - This form actually gets emailed to users.  So now we expect them to fill this out.  The good news is it pulls their local names.nsf information, no sync necessary and they feel more in control and are able to enter their password directly into the form to upload their contacts.  The user being prompted gives a good feeling but then we rely on users to actually perform this step.  A catch-22.
• User driven with a web form - This only is needed if the user does not have Lotus Notes for email anymore.  So I am so confused.   It also tries to pull from their web mailfile.  Which means they had to sync before or have entered info now via the web only.  My guess is that this is made directly for iNotes.
  Something I did notice is that if the site forces SSL with a self-signed certificate then Google had issues connecting since it couldn't read the cert.  The only answer?  Remove the SSL for the migration of iNotes users.

All this above migrated content is not emailed in any way.  It is all direct upload via SSL to Google so the user must be connected to Google at the time.

Ok, that is enough for today..

History of postings on the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN) series:

• Intro
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10

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On Tuesday, May 25th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Back in February 2010, I made the change to turn off the native commenting system inside of DominoBlog.  While it was doing a great job of catching like 9% of everything, it was still dropping hundreds if not thousands of spam comments into the database itself.  So I made a decision to investigate alternatives.

In my other blogs, I was already utilizing Disqus with great success.  I soon realized it also gave me a slew of other benefits that were easily implemented:

• ability to comment registered (native, Facebook, Twitter, OpenID and more)
• ability to allow video comments
• ability to bring in tweets and pingbacks
• ability to allow such things as video comments
• ability to have users tweet their comments or share on Facebook brining more traffic back to the posting

You can subscribe to each comment section by email and the trackback URL is listed for each.  Sorting of the comments is allowed by newest, most liked and more.  This gives readers the ability to mark comments that are important, give answers or make good points.

So now I have a central management for all the blogs, no spam and a larger community built around it. You can get scripts, plug-ins for such things as Wordpress and other blog system to make implementaiton a breeze.  Now,  I am hoping for a migration tool to finish moving all past comments into Disqus as well.  They support Wordpress import, so I need to get all past DominoBlog comments intot that format and we am set.

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On Monday, May 24th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

In this May 2010 issue I talk about training and the following:

IN THIS ISSUE #58
* From the Editor: Chris' 0.0316841 TRY
* From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Widgets and Plug-ins. What's the Difference?
* Can You Attain Unified Communications?
* Quick Tip: Business Card Info In Notes 8.5x Client Has Changed
* From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Anti-virus and Sametime Connect

Make sure you:
* head over to Consultant In Your Pocket and catch one of the upcoming free webcasts on eDiscovery, Plug-ins and more
* head over to IamLUG and register for the upcoming North American Lotus User Group meeting in August 2010

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On Thursday, May 20th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

The YouTube video above walks you through my commentary on this awesome headset device, the Plantronics Voyager Pro UC.  This is a bluetooth solution for all the calls you take over your computer.  Couple it with the new plug-in from Plantronics for Sametime and you have one heck of a way to save on PC calls via Sametime, Skype or whatever VOIP software you load.  I would peek at the IBM announcements from Plantronics here.

Disclosures:
The headset was sent for me to give an honest review with no stipulations.  However, it has become my headset of choice when using my laptop.

The above link is an Amazon affiliate link so you can find the best deal.

Also,  make sure you keep up with all the product reviews from Spiked Studio on YouTube.

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On Wednesday, May 19th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

This is a hot topic with many organizations.  Well on Wednesday May 19th at 10am CST, there is a free webcast covering this very topic.

Tom Duff and Marie Scott are back for part 2 of their Tivoli Directoy Integrator series with the administration perspective:

Domino, LDAP, AD – what do they have in common?  Tivoli Directory Integrator!  Have you ever wanted to use TDI to synchronize data between directory sources but you weren’t sure about how to get started?  Join Marie Scott and Thomas Duff as they present a Domino Administrator’s perspective of TDI.  In this session, the focus will be on setting up TDI to detect changes in the Domino directory and Active Directory, keeping them synchronized automatically.

You will be able to attend this session on May 19, 2010 at 10am CDT.  Registration is still open!!

Another webcast brought to your by Consultant InYour Pocket.  If you are not on the newsletters to know when upcoming events are, sign up above or on the sites.

Upcoming webinars also include:

• eDiscovery
• Deploying plug-ins and widgets

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On Monday, May 17th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

William Malchisky, Effective Software Solutions, takes fifteen minutes to sit down and catch up on his:

•  sessions at Admin2010
• brand new blog
• upcoming webcast on may 26th
• user group presentations
• writing and more

We have a welcomed sneak guest of Andrew Pollack, with some of his thoughts as we go along.

Bill has some incredible content covering Linux and Lotus, discovery and archiving.  I would get ready to watch his blog.

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On Thursday, May 13th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Live from Admin2010 I sit with the Nerd Girls to talk about their BOF, Skype chat, LinkedIn group, Twitter hashtag, sessions and tons of woman in tech issues.  Join myself and:

• Mary Beth Raven
• Jess Stratton
• Kathy Brown
• Susan Bulloch

They also are passing out buttons all over Admin2010 as hope you catch them coming up at other events like IamLUG and Lotusphere.  Get in touch with any of them to get involved with the chats, #nerdgirls hashtag or LinkedIn group.  Or to become a Nerd Girl !

Special thanks to STS for sponsoring the buttons they are handing out.

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On Wednesday, May 12th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

If your company was unable to send you to Admin2010 or Developer 2010 in Boston this week, do not fear.  Consultant In Your Pocket has a slew of webcasts coming starting May 19th through June bringing content right to your desktop.

• May 19 - Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) for Administrators with Tom Duff and Marie Scott
• May 26 - eDiscovery In Your Enterprise (title might change) with Bill Malchisky
• Jun 2 - Deploying Plug-ins for Lotus Notes and Sametime with myself

There are one or two more that are joining the schedule the next couple days.  I suggest you get on the mailing list for Consultant In Your Pocket or follow the RSS feed at least to keep up.  Remember, the above webcasts are totally free.

While you are at it, why haven't you signed up for IamLUG in 2010 and the TackItOn event immediately following.  All taking place in St Louis Aug 2-4 2010.

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On Wednesday, May 12th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Sean Brown, Product Manager for Lotus Protector product family, joins me again to introduce the new appliance for Mail Encryption.  This goes beyond the boundaries of Notes encryption into a user to user Internet encryption using a public/private key technology, secure web interface or even encrypted PDF files.



We have talked about the Lotus Protector family a few times in Episodes 48 and 69.

The entire IdoNotes podcast family is part of Spiked Studio Productions.

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On Thursday, April 22nd, 2010   by Chris Miller        

I talk with Madan, the CEO of Synaptris and maker of FewClix, about their Lotus Notes application and mailfile integration.  They have provided excellent training videos on the features.   Their slogan of "email made easy" isn't far from the truth.  Their inclusion of Symphony document types in filtering jumps them ahead of the pack.



I first looked at them in Episode 70 and love the changes they made for Beta 2, including the archive support.
The entire IdoNotes podcast family is part of Spiked Studio Productions.

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On Monday, April 19th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

In this April 2010 issue I talk about filtering yourself (or not) and the following:

IN THIS ISSUE #57 * From the Editor: Chris' 0.140515 BOB * From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Our Notes Client Welcome Page Clocks Are One Hour Off * Sametime 8.5 Gets Its First Cumulative Fix * Quick Tip: End of Service Is Coming Quickly for Domino and Notes Versions * From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Integrated Windows Firewalls and Sametime

Don't forget to visit CertFX from the banner above and use the coupon code "IdoNotes" to get up to 25% OFF YOUR EXAMS

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On Friday, April 16th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

I talk with Reto, Product Manager of Doodle, about their Lotus Notes plug-in and integration.  They have provided a great Slideshare presentation on the steps to integrate and some of the features.  Doodle connects multiple calendars together, including branding for your company.



The entire IdoNotes podcast family is part of Spiked Studio Productions.

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On Thursday, April 15th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

Sit in with Rob Novak and Julian Robichaux of SNAPPS to cover the launch of SnappFiles (previously Project Jonathan that we covered in September on Episode 66).  This is the finest native Quickr for the iPhone/iPod/iPad application you will find.  You can get SnappFiles from the iTunes Appstore for free right here.



The entire IdoNotes podcast family is part of Spiked Studio Productions.

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On Monday, February 8th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

I sit with T.A. McCann, the CEO of Gist, about the Lotusphere announcement integrating Gist as a plug-in with Lotus Notes.  We cover what it offers, how it integrates, futures and more. If you are serious about using the technology, they are looking for your input on the beta and have extended a special offer to get in faster.  Become an early adopter!  If you want some good background, see my previous screencast from TheSocialNetworker first.

For my listeners, we have some special links ready to go.

• First, sign up now and get a free account quick with that link.
• Then head over here to get on the short list to get in on the Lotus Notes beta.  If you aren't serious about providing feedback and exploring the functionality, please leave the spot for someone else!

I would listen in and get excited about a way to manage your connections and see more information about how you connect as Notes integration blends as much as you wish with the public streams of social networking.



The entire IdoNotes podcast family is part of Spiked Studio Productions.

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On Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010   by Chris Miller        

In an exclusive interview (see below), I sit with Marc Gingras, CEO of Tungle, right after the Opening General Session of Lotusphere 2010 to discuss everything Tungle and Notes integration.  You can visit my Tungle right here. I would suggest listening to the entire podcast ot pick up on a ton of tips and tricks Marc let's loose as well as a few other exclusives and surprises.

EXCLUSIVE FOR LISTENERS!
As a listener of the IdoNotes podcast, we have a URL all set for you to get in on the beta quick!!  So head over, sign up and get ready to install.
(For those that want to see the URL ---> http://bit.ly/IdoTungle

The IdoNotes podcast is a Spiked Studio Production and this runs 15 minutes long

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On Monday, January 18th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

I praised FewClix earlier today, and still think it is good, if you don't run a Mac client.  Oops.  Here is what happened.

You can download the ~6MB and 3 minute episode right here

This episode is brought to you by CertFX.  Use that link and the secret code "IdoNotes" for up to 25% off your purchase

The IdoNotes podcast is a Spiked Studio Production

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On Thursday, January 14th, 2010   by Chris Miller        

I had the pleasure to sit with Art Fontaine (Product Manager) and Sean Brown (Technical Product Manager) for Lotus Protector to get the run down on all the new features and functions of the 2.5 release.  Pay special attention to the following areas:

• Notes 8.5.1 mailfile integration
• Zero Level Analysis (an IBM exclusive)
• Flexible rules, including time of day settings
• Phishing alerts
• Directory connectivity
• Competitive buyout pricing
• Licensing of the product itself

I don't want to spoil more of what we talk about for 30 minutes.  Listen in and make sure to visit them at Lotusphere on the vendor floor and in session ID207 where they both take the stage together.

And no has has an excuse for not trying Lotus Protector, they are offering partners with the right software agreement, free licensing to run Protector Then anyone in the world a fully functional 90-day free trial download.

Visit our sponsor for this episode through our special link, CertFX , and don't forget to use the special discount code "IdoNotes" for up to 25% off your purchase.

The IdoNotes podcast is a Spiked Studio Production

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On Monday, December 14th, 2009   by Chris Miller        

I walk you quickly through the OpenNTF Apache Catalog entry for the Sametime Unyte widget for Lotus Notes 8.0 and higher.  While it offers a quick way to click and access meetings through the URL and live text, there are some drawbacks and some items don't work correctly just yet.

Visit our sponsor for this episode, CertFX and don't forget to use the special discount code "IdoNotes" for up to 25% off your purchase.

The IdoNotes podcast is a Spiked Studio Production

Listen Up! IdoNotes Episode 68 - Sametime Unyte widget screencast

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On Monday, December 7th, 2009   by Chris Miller        

From the free 30 day trial registration, to creating accounts and how the UI works, I run through it all in this screencast.  While it is fast and offers small disk space, it is not Domino but works well in the ASP mode it was designed to be when IBM purchased Outblaze for the mailbox count and capabilities.


This episode of IdoNotes is brought to you by our new sponsor GoDaddy with three incredible offers!


GoDaddy coupon codes $7.49 .com domains
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You can keep up with all of the GoDaddy offers from TheSocialGeeks at the following URL: TheSocialGeeks official GoDaddy coupon codes

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On Tuesday, October 6th, 2009   by Chris Miller        

I sit with Rob Novak of SNAPPS where he announces Quickr on the iPhone via native application and browser interfaces.  All with Project Jonathan.  Dates, prices and more in the announcement live from Collaboration University.



This episode of IdoNotes is brought to you by our new sponsor GoDaddy with three incredible offers!


GoDaddy coupon codes $7.49 .com domains
GoDaddy codes 10% off any order
GoDaddy coupon codes $5 off $30 or more

You can keep up with all of the GoDaddy offers from TheSocialGeeks at the following URL: TheSocialGeeks official GoDaddy coupon codes

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On Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009   by Chris Miller        

I have the chance to sit with Mary Beth Raven, the UI Design goddess at Lotus, and cover her "What's New in 8.5.1" session she presented at IamLUG.  We definitely cover enhancements in calendaring, mail, widgets, policies and plug-ins.  As well as touch on xpages in the Notes client

Follow the above CertFX banner link and use the coupon code "IamLUG" when checking out for up to 25% more discount on your certification practice exams !

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On Tuesday, August 18th, 2009   by Chris Miller        

I have the chance to sit with Paul Steel, Technical Services Manager for North America at RIM, and cover his BlackBerry Futures session and BlackBerry development session he presented at IamLUG.  We are joined in the middle by Rob McDonagh a/k/a Captain Oblivious for his commentary.

We definitely cover BlackBerry futures, their Sametime client version, xpages and using GPS in applications

Pay special attention to the banner above while listening to the podcast to get the special codefor 25% off practice exams in the month of August with CertFX.

Here is a download link shortly for those that don't subscribe via iTunes (hint: Nathan).

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On Monday, August 10th, 2009   by Chris Miller        

I sit with Kevin Cavanaugh and Ed Brill of IBM/Lotus talk about the launch of "Lotus Knows" from IamLUG.  This will be a huge marketing push by IBM and I hoped for a fell amount of telling from Kevin and Ed on what Lotus Knows.

Follow the above CertFX banner link and use the coupon code "IdoNotes" when checking out for up to 20% more discount on your certification practice exams !

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On Wednesday, August 5th, 2009   by Chris Miller        

The bloggers gather again at Lotusphere2009 for open discussion with the Lotus executives (pt 2).  There is no guaranteed questions the executives will hear and each year they get a surprise or two in the candid lines of questioning.  Yet they always deliver candid answers to this group.  Something everyone looks forward to.  This is an annual podcast event found only at IdoNotes.  You can hear the previous years interviews for 2008 and 2007 also.

Follow the above banner and use the coupon code "IdoNotes" when checking out for up to 20% more discount on your certification practice exams !

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On Tuesday, May 12th, 2009   by Chris Miller        

The bloggers gather again at Lotusphere2009 for open discussion with the Lotus executives (pt 1).  There is no guaranteed questions the executives will hear and each year they get a surprise or two in the candid lines of questioning.  Yet they always deliver candid answers to this group.  Something everyone looks forward too.  This is an annual podcast event found only at IdoNotes.  You can hear the previous years interviews for 2008 and 2007 also.

 Follow the above banner and use the coupon code "IdoNotes" when checking out for up to 20% more discount on your certification practice exams !

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On Tuesday, May 5th, 2009   by Chris Miller        

Following Episode 58, I finish sitting with Sean Poulley, the VP of Online Collaboration for IBM/Lotus.  We finish discussions on what makes up LotusLive, the numerous offerings there is built arond the name and some of the technical areas in part 2 of this 2 part interview.

Sponsors for this podcast are:

• Instant Technologies - winners at Lotusphere2009 for Instant Queue Manger, one of their many excellent products
• CertFX - your testing preparation source.  Listen in for a discount coupon code

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On Wednesday, February 4th, 2009   by Chris Miller        

I sit with Sean Poulley, the VP of Online Collaboration for IBM/Lotus.  We begin discussions on what makes up LotusLive, the partnerships they have developed recently and what the cloud means in part 1 of this 2 part interview.

Sponsors for this podcast are:

•  The View, publications and Admin2009/Developer2009 Conferences
• CertFX - your testing preparation source.  Listen in for a discount coupon code

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On Monday, February 2nd, 2009   by Chris Miller        

Al of my Lotusphere2009 stream on Flickr put to the music of Ambient Teknology from Magnatune.  Pay close attention to about 2:15 in when you get a coupon good at CertFX.

If you don't subscribe to the podcast, shame on you, but I uploaded it to YouTube also.

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On Monday, January 26th, 2009   by Chris Miller        

Join Gabriella Davis, Kristin Keene, Libby Ingrassia, Jess Stratton, Maureen Leland and Mary Beth Raven as we discuss the NerdGirl panel and BOF at Lotusphere.  Then the big surprise as we announce the new podcast series to join the IdoNotes podcast family


The IdoNotes podcast family is part of the Techpodcasts network.

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On Thursday, January 15th, 2009   by Chris Miller        

The best way to see live blogging from the OGS?  LotusphereLive is in it's 3rd year running with more enhancements and features as a true realtime Domino based way to stream commentary, pictures and now video from the Opening General Session at Lotusphere2009.  We are under 18 minutes in length for this episode with Carl Tyler (Epilio) and myself.  We also cover making Carl part of Blueman Group and his sessions and announcements

The IdoNotes podcast family is part of the Techpodcasts network.

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On Tuesday, January 13th, 2009   by Chris Miller        

Just in for the start of the 3rd annual Lotusphere interview series with the track managers. Come see my session Are Your Users Chatting with the public? on the (Sametime Gateway) and From Domino Admin to WAS Admin - In An Hour with Gabriella Davis.

I almost forgot to mention that if needed, you can download the 23 min podcast in it's 23 or so MB glory also.

IdoNotes is now part of the Techpodcasts network

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On Monday, December 8th, 2008   by Chris Miller        

Live in London I sit with Rob Novak and Julian Robichaux of Snapps, Gabriella Davis of Turtle Partnership and gunfire to hear all about some Quickr news, product releases and commentary on attendees feedback and input from Collaboration University.

I almost forgot to mention that if needed, you can download the 24:12 podcast in it's 23 or so MB glory from right here.

IdoNotes is now part of the Techpodcasts network

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On Wednesday, September 17th, 2008   by Chris Miller        

Sametime announcements from Collaboration University with Carl Tyler and myself where we talk about some WAS news that affects Sametime.

I almost forgot to mention that if needed, you can download the 18:11 podcast in it's 17 or so MB glory from right here.

IdoNotes is now part of the Techpodcasts network

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On Monday, September 15th, 2008   by Chris Miller        

I hope you enjoyed the session and gathered something from it.

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On Monday, April 28th, 2008   by Chris Miller        

Hot from the printing presses, get your copy here for free!

IN THIS ISSUE
* From the Editor: Chris' 26.1942 UZS
* Sponsored by BCC
* From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Is There Really a Pubnames.ntf Fix for Domino 8.0.1?
* Sponsored by EMC
* From LotusUserGroup.org
- Lotusphere Comes To You ONLINE
- Take Jess and Tom's Lotusphere Challenge
- Moderated Topic Forum - Policies in Your Notes & Domino Environment
* Part 3 of 3: Domino Monitoring and Reporting
* Quick Tip: Removing Unwanted Fields From Outbound Domino SMTP Messages
* From the IdoNotes Mailbox: Is Lotus Notes 8.0.1 Standard Supported on Citrix?
* LotusUserGroup.org Virtual User Group Meeting

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On Friday, April 25th, 2008   by Chris Miller        

When PlanetLotus was down a while ago, l posted a podcast with Kevin Cavanaugh (Vice President Messaging & Collaboration, Lotus Software Group) on Lotus Foundations.

  I will have plenty of things coming out on Lotus Foundations shortly, so I would say take a listen to catch up.

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On Monday, April 21st, 2008   by Chris Miller        

Martha Hoyt (picture) and Satwik (Satwik Seshasai) get on the phone to discuss another one of the big Lotusphere 2008 announcements:

• Lotus Bluehouse
• Ed Brill mentions it from Lotusphere
• Interesting, there was tons of blogs and such, but no real "press release" that was just Bluehouse that I could find. Some mentioned it, but nothing dedicated.

Today's podcast brought to you by offerings from Instant Technologies.

IdoNotes is now part of the Techpodcasts network

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On Wednesday, March 5th, 2008   by Chris Miller        

Arthur Fontaine gets on the phone to discuss one of the big Lotusphere 2008 announcements:

• Lotus Protector
• The Gartner announcement

Today's podcast brought to you by offerings from Instant Technologies.

IdoNotes is now part of the Techpodcasts network

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On Thursday, February 28th, 2008   by Chris Miller        

Mike Rhodin sits down with the bloggers soon after the Opening General Session at Lotusphere 2008 to cover a wide array of topics that each blogger got to ask on the fly with no questions known in advance by Mike in this second annual edition (to catch last year's visit IdoNotes Episode 26):

• Lotus Connections
• What Mike finds disruptive in the workplace (and you might find this one interesting)
• Mike highlights a couple items they could not fit into the Opening General Session
• Lotus and it's attempt to enter the hosted world with Bluehouse. At 13:20 (or so) Mike states that Bluehouse has a long way to go, jump in and listen with Everyzing on my podcast tab.
• How do we push Lotus education courses into the local tech colleges and schools?
• Mike made his Superbowl XLII pick, see if he was correct
• Where are the "Add to Lotus" toolbars on the web?
• How did Lotus fare against the competitors this year?
• When will Lotus update and give away a set of killer templates?
• Another Bluehouse followup and SAAS within Lotus
• How will Lotus leverage the social aspect of the community?

Today's podcast brought to you by offerings from Instant Technologies and CertFX.

IdoNotes is now part of the Techpodcasts network

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On Sunday, February 3rd, 2008   by Chris Miller        

Alan Lepofsky and I sit down immediately after the Opening General Session at Lotusphere 2008 to cover a wide array of topics including a few of these in part 2 of 2 (you can catch part 1 right here):

• Project Atlantic with SAP
• Lotus Notes Widgets (just search for news stories on it)
• Lotus Connections

IdoNotes Episode 47 will cover the Bloggers session with Mike Rhodin

Today's podcast brought to you by offerings from Instant Technologies and CertFX.

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On Wednesday, January 30th, 2008   by Chris Miller        

Alan Lepofsky and I sit down immediately after the Opening General Session at Lotusphere 2008 to cover a wide array of topics including a few of these in part 1 of 2:

• Lotus Foundations
• Lotus Bluehouse
• Project Atlantic with SAP

IdoNotes Episode 46 will continue our discussion into social networking and the rest of Atlantic.

Today's podcast brought to you by offerings from Instant Technologies and Blackberry.

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On Sunday, January 27th, 2008   by Chris Miller        

Today's podcast brought to you by Rhapsody. Members get unlimited, legal access to over 1,000,000 songs, plus CD burning, playlist sharing and more. Access via the web, PC browser or even your stereo

Enjoy a 14 day free trial on me!!

Ed Brill and I talk for under 13 minutes about his track at Lotusphere2008 and what makes it different than previous years.

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On Thursday, December 13th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

Bob Balaban starts off the Lotusphere2008 track manager interviews with Jumpstart information

Music today is Beat Under Control from Stockholm, Sweden via Magnatune

Thanks Mac for noticing how tired I was and linking the wrong podcast the first time

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On Tuesday, December 4th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

Rob, Andy and myself sit live together in Philadelphia as we prepare to kick off the Notes and Domino 8 Upgrade Seminar. Listen close for the 'fans' in the background.

Music today is again Beat Under Control from Stockholm, Sweden via Magnatune

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On Tuesday, October 9th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

I interview the two Lotus Connections product managers, Suzanne Minassian and Ted Stanton, on the new version 1.0.1 plus what is coming in 1.0.2. Suzanne gives us two case studies to see how enterprises are utilizing Lotus Connections

Today's podcast brought to you by The View's Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Upgrade Seminar - early bird saving expire soon

Links for today's shownotes:

• Lotus Connections homepage
• Ted Stanton's blog on Developerworks
• Lotus Greenhouse

Music today is Beat Under Control from Stockholm, Sweden via Magnatune

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On Wednesday, September 5th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

This was one of the better technical discussions in the podcast series. Susan Bulloch, IBM Technical Enablement Engineer, talk in depth about her recently published article on Developerworks covering the new Message Recall feature in Notes and Domino 8. I managed to stump her a couple times with things of the top of our heads as we crawled through the new feature.

We have a couple answers to the stumps in the podcast. If you disable the user via policy from message recall then the action ability in the mailfile is hidden. The portion on personal veruses public groups is a lot longer answer that Susan will post or link to the reference. The fix for the Standard Notes 8 client is not pretty is my eyes. You be the judge.

Here are the links for this show:

• Blog posting from Mary Beth Raven in Jun 2007 asking the default on or off quesiton for the feature
• Blog posting from Nathan Freeman responding to Mary Beth Raven
• Blog posting from Richard Schwartz points out the finer parts of compliancy and how this doesn't matter
• Blog posting from DominoBlog.com answering if the features works with DAMO/POP/IMAP
• Blog posting from Charles Robinson on comparing Domino 8 recall with Outlook 2003, see who wins

I will update more information when I get it. Make sure you check out Susan's blog to catch her at one of the conferences.

Music from the Drop Trio via Magnatune

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On Sunday, August 12th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

Audio from the live BOF at Admin2007 on the new ND8 Upgrade Seminar starting in October. Make sure you register early at the website to get the discount. Join Rob, Andy and myself on the road in numerous cities to get all the knowledge you need to upgrade to Domino 8

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On Tuesday, July 24th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

I apologize for the drop in the audio while in the live section. Skype decided to crash when someone sent me a request to share contact details. So that means I dropped everyone connected to me, of course. But after that was eloquently handled by Carl Tyler, the talk continued and we had a good conversation and some good questions.

The podcast - The Collaboration University 'professors' (minus Gabriella) get together to talk content and answer any and all questions. All live on TalkShoe this morning!!

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On Friday, June 22nd, 2007   by Chris Miller        

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On Wednesday, June 20th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

Harry and I dug into DDM in Domino 8 from numerous angles.  We talk about new roles, new features, new probes, new interfaces, new options, modular areas versus stock entries, miscellaneous hidden gems and what do to with wishlist items you have for his team.  I even tell you where to look for Harry's name inside of DDM.

I promised a couple screeshots of areas in the podcast, so here you go for those too.



If you missed us on TalkShoe today, you missed out on a new way I will be doing some podcasts.  If you ever listened to a podcast and said, I had a question I wish they would have asked, well no more excuses.  I will schedule these way more in advance to get even more participation.

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On Wednesday, May 16th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

I need to thank Drop Trio and their Big Dipper album for the opening and closing music on Episodes 30 through 32.  I ran across these three on Magnatune and listened to the album samples.  A great jazz compilation.  Check it out after the podcast

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On Tuesday, May 8th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

Tim Kounadis, Director of Worldwide Channels and Marketing for Lotus, and I sat down live at Partnerworld 2007 to talk all about Lotus Connections for business partners.  You will hear some of the attendee buzz in the background.

A quick and highly informative interview under 11 minutes.  Lotus Connections for business partners has already received almost 200 new admittance requests since the press release and my blog posting, as well as a dozen new communities created inside of it.  Do not forget to hook into Activities once you sign in!!

Pay special attention to the URL we talk about to get your invite if one has not shown already:

http://www.lotus.com/connections/partners

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On Tuesday, May 1st, 2007   by Chris Miller        

Right from the press release comes the interview with Kathy Mandelstein, Director, Worldwide Developer Programs, IBM.  She and I talk for about 17 minutes on the new community spaces and then all things developerWorks and Alphaworks.  I could not let that chance slip by!  There is a new area on Alphaworks wrapped around web services that you need to see!

• http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/

I also inquire if Sametime awareness will show up someday soon and how all these pieces will integrate together.

Kathy Mandelstein currently manages the worldwide teams responsible for
engaging and communicating to development teams for IBM. The teams support
a community of innovative e-business portals including www.ibm.com
/developerWorks, IBM's resource for developers; www.ibm.com/alphaWorks,
which speeds IBM technology to market and attracts developers' feedback to
IBM's new product development process; and PartnerWorld for Developers,
www.ibm.com,/partnerworld/isv, IBM's Partner program for commercial
software developers interested in building applications that support IBM
technologies.

Kathy and her cross-functional teams consist of marketers, producers,
writers, technical evanglists, and business people reaching out to
developers in cities around the globe. Prior to her current assignment,
Kathy managed Web Development and Marketing teams in IBM Software Group.
She has focused on the developer audience for the last eight years and
began at IBM by leading the Java and e-business campaigns for this
audience. Before joining IBM in 1997, Kathy managed one of the earliest
successful retail Web sites, www.jcpenney.com. Kathy has over 20 years of
professional experience in the areas of advertising, marketing, corporate
communications, sales, management and web development.

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On Monday, April 30th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

In this podcast we learn all about the NewsGator plug-in I covered a couple days ago in a posting.  Todd, who is the Director of marketing,  said he would send some new screenshots of ther plug-in integration along and I will post here.  He also mentioned the ability to use this same plug-in in the standard Notes 8 client and how it compares to the built-in RSS feed reader.

We talked about the NewsGator Enterprise Server and how it interacts and he announced the agreement NewsGator reached with RSSBus and their RSSBus Feed Server that creates dynamic feeds from databases, spreadsheets and directories.

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On Thursday, April 5th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

Part 2: As the Lotus community, we needed some straight information from Lotus without having to wade through tons of pages.  Scott Vrusho, Manager for Notes/Domino Maintenance Releases and Serviceability in Human Interaction & Collaboration at Lotus, steps up to the plate to answer these questions.

A special note: Scott contacted me this morning with 2 important updates.  One, the Domino 7 agent for the RNR services was taken offline on Friday after we talked and it is being replaced today.  If you downloaded the version 4 agent Thursday night or Fri morning last week, get the new one downloaded.  The second was an answer on how the Sametime server will handle invited meetings.  I cover that in the podcast.

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On Monday, February 12th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

While there is a glaring line that states that the number of seats accounted for just applications in Notes/Domino are not being counted in here, it is interesting they way they break the sizing down for who has Domino and who has Exchange. Looking at their statements and figures, Domino leads in larger enterprises and the two go head to head in swapping customers in migrations.

Take a read of the article here:

The survey's release comes amid the shipment of Microsoft's Exchange 2007 late last year and IBM's annual Lotusphere conference, which was held last week and focused on Notes/Domino 8, slated to ship mid-year, and new social networking collaboration tools.

The report Gartner put out costs a lovely $995 to read some collection of data I never understand where they actually derive it from.  But if you have a log in, it is over here.

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On Wednesday, February 7th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

Part 1: A live podcast at Lotusphere2007 with Andy and Rob of Technotics discussing all things Daylight Savings Time (DST) in Lotus Domino.  While we joke around (as always), we drive right to the heart of why this is an issue you should be preparing for.

I have a part 2 coming that is a direct interview with Lotus discussing more on the DST and Domino issues we will face.

So enjoy the ambiance of having it sound like you are sitting right there with us at Lotusphere2007.  This podcast runs 22:28 minutes for a file size of 16.1 MB


Lotus provided numerous technical links in email.  I suggest you get to reading if you have not:

Daylight Saving Time select sites & technotes

Title: Daylight Saving Time Alert

Title: Lotus software: Daylight Saving Time (DST) changes for 2007 will affect Lotus software products

Title: Effects of 2007 Daylight Saving Time (DST) changes on Lotus Notes Calendaring and Scheduling functionality and Resource Reservation functionality

Title: Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 information for Lotus Notes and Domino

Title: Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 information for Domino Web Access

Title: Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 information for Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook (DAMO)

Title: Executive Summary and End User Guide: Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007
Content: Information to help IT System Administrators and Help Desk personnel communicate the changes for DST within your organization.

Title: Deployment Guide: Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007
Content: Step by step instructions to implement the changes needed to prepare your Lotus Notes and Domino systems for the DST 2007 changes, along with FAQ

Title: Agents for updating Calendaring and Scheduling entries and Resource Reservation entries for Daylight Savings Time (DST) 2007
Content: The released agents, instructions for applying the agents and a detailed description of how the agents work.

Rob Axelrod talks about his thoughts in the Notes and Domino forum

Blackberry talks about DST patches

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On Monday, February 5th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

A live podcast at Lotusphere2007 with the bloggers in an open Q&A with Mike Rhodin and his team in the Dolphin Americas room. So enjoy the ambiance of having it sound like you are sitting right there with us at Lotusphere2007. This podcast runs 27:38 minutes for a file size of 18.9 MB

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On Tuesday, January 30th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

A live podcast at Lotusphere2007 with attendees of the conference about their impressions, what they are taking away and what they thought was the key thing they learned. We are right at the Dolphin fountain so you can hear it in the background. The piano player even joins in during the second interview. So enjoy the ambiance of having it sound like you are sitting right there with us at Lotusphere2007. This podcast runs 13:23 minutes for a file size of 9.6 MB.

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On Friday, January 26th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

A live podcast at Lotusphere2007 with Ed Brill. Some of the volume is low due to people scattered all over the room and talking at different levels. Heck I am podcasting this within a few minutes of the session and I played with what I quickly could for audio levels. Sorry to Stephan Wissel, who got cut some. he was far back in the room and quiet. So enjoy the ambiance of having it sound like you are sitting right there with us at Lotusphere2007. This podcast runs 57:49 minutes for a file size of 41.6 MB

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On Thursday, January 25th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

A live interview at Lotusphere2007 with Alan Lepofsky, evangelist for the Lotus Connections program about my concerns and thoughts on getting actual useful data into the system about users. With the reliance on users to update their own information, there is chance for error, 'enhancemnts' of skills and no entry at all. Alan took the chance to sit right down with me near the Dolphin fountain. So enjoy the ambiance of having it sound like you are sitting right there with us at Lotusphere2007. This podcast runs 18:15 minutes for a file size of 13.2 MB

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On Wednesday, January 24th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

A live interview at Lotusphere2007 with Akiba Saeedi, Program Director for Real Time Collaboration at Lotus, right after the Opening General Session about the Sametime announcements. This podcast runs 18:26 minutes for a file size of 13.3 MB

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On Monday, January 22nd, 2007   by Chris Miller        

I interview Akiba Saeedi, Program Director of Real-time Collaboration Products at Lotus. She discusses "Sametime all the Time" at Lotusphere2007 and how to get the most out of your Sametime training while here. This podcast runs 10:24 minutes for a file size of 7.49 MB

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On Saturday, January 20th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

I interview Bob Balaban of Lotus. He is track manager for the Jumpstart sessions at Lotusphere2007. This podcast runs 17:19 minutes for a file size of 12.46 MB

My Odeo Channel (odeo/90ccf8a83add393f)

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On Thursday, January 18th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

I interview Ed Brill of Lotus. He is track manager for the Infrastructure sessions at Lotusphere2007. This podcast runs 10:34 minutes for a file size of 7.25 MB

Podshow PDN {podshow-7fd2dc203b3b0fa5cc14fa0664dd90e0}

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On Thursday, January 18th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

I interview Oliver Heinz of Lotus. He is track manager for the Hands-On sessions at Lotusphere2007. This podcast runs 13:52 minutes for a file size of 9.52 MB

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On Wednesday, January 17th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

I interview Jim Deters, president of Ascendant Technology, winner of a Distinguished Achievement Lotus Award for 2007. Jim talks about the Websphere Portal industry and what to look for in 2007 from them. He announces Blue Code and where to find them on the exhibitor floor at Lotusphere2007. This podcast runs 17:37 minutes for a file size of 12.6 MB

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On Tuesday, January 16th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

Chris Miller interviews Martha Hoyt, senior software manager at Lotus who in real life is the manager of the Application Development track for Lotusphere 2007. Martha covers how the track is broken down by subject area, what to look for that is new and where your first and last stops should be at Lotusphere2007. This podcast runs 21minutes for a file size of 15.4 MB

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On Tuesday, January 16th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

Chris Miller interviews Rocky Oliver, senior development dude at Lotus who in real life is the manager of the Best Practices track for Lotusphere 2007. Rocky covers the beginnings of the track, JamFest, SppedGeek and Boomerang. Don't know what they are? Listen into the podcast. It runs just under 19 minutes for a file size of 12.8MB

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On Monday, January 15th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

Chris Miller interviews Jessica Stratton, president, CEO and dishwasher for Solace Learning in Rhode Island about the recent market for Lotus training and the move to becoming an independent consultant.

Also discussed is the Lotusphere 2007 upcoming podcasts and events, the new book and the recent Sys Admin Tips newsletters in just under 21 minutes.

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On Thursday, January 11th, 2007   by Chris Miller        

Chris Miller interviews Adam Gartenberg, Lotus Offering Manager for Real-time Collaboration. We cover why the recent blog comments/postings exist and confusion over the Sametime Gateway in numerous areas:

• Why was the gateway not made to natively run on Domino?
• Why the choice of DB2 over Cloudscape?
• When will the Sametime server install be simplified and streamlined?
• Is IBM pursuing an appliance model approach for the gateway?
• The older Sametime 3.1 AOL integration versus now
• What can be done to lighten the memory load in the Sametime 7.5 client?
• Plus a bunch of others I tossed in and talked about myself with him

I apologize for some of the audio overlap, I did not know that was occurring until I was done recording.

Listen Up! IdoNotes Episode 13

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On Tuesday, December 12th, 2006   by Chris Miller        

Listen to Bruce Elgort from the west coast, Carl Tyler from the east and Chris Miller visiting Canada discuss the surprise announcement of the Real-time Collaboration (RTC) Gateway going gold. Learn what hardware, software and networking goes into this before you get started. We also level set some expectations for those of you that are eager to get playing in how you have to go about deploying it.

Podshow PDN {podshow-7fd2dc203b3b0fa5cc14fa0664dd90e0}
Listen Up! RTC Gateway Announcement podcastlet

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On Wednesday, November 15th, 2006   by Chris Miller        

Today made the official announcement of the move by IBM to take some of the .NET market with an open source alternative.
From Marketwire:

"An open alternative to Microsoft® .NET client software, Lotus Expeditor provides the flexibility that comes from service oriented architecture (SOA) and open standards-based software, giving all users a universal client experience and allowing WebSphere Portal, Lotus Forms and Lotus Sametime users to extend their current applications world beyond the desktop," said Ken Bisconti, vice president Lotus Software, IBM.

From Zdnet comes a little piece I liked on offline Sametime models:

Lotus Mobile Connect is software that gives people secure mobile access to Expeditor-based applications. It is designed to let people resume work they were doing with applications while offline, once they reconnect to a network. People who use IBM Lotus Sametime instant messaging, for example, can pick up where they left off without having to log back in.

It is set to be released this year according to the press releases, with no pricing announcement yet.  Pricing for something based on open source.  However taking away other market shares is always a bonus:

While companies that run Microsoft's database and client software will likely remain "Microsoft shops," Lotus Expeditor product manager Angus McIntyre said others may want to adopt IBM's software. He said it lets developers migrate from Visual Basic programming to Java, as well as tie into the upcoming Lotus Mobile Connect software.

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On Wednesday, November 1st, 2006   by Chris Miller        

Lotus introduced Sametime 7.5 CF1 and Carl Tyler and I had the chance to download, read and play with the fresh fix set. We got on Skype to talk about some of the humor, tips and tricks wrapped around the fix in this podcastlet of just under 19 minutes of talk.
Listen Up! Sametime 7.5 CF1 podcastlet

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On Tuesday, October 31st, 2006   by Chris Miller        

This month's LotusUserGroup newsletter addresses Sametime policies in 7.5 in an interview with Carl Tyler and Paul Mooney. We mention Magnatunes, a quick debug for LDAP and where to place those user full-text indexes.
Listen Up! LotusUserGroup Sys Admin #14

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On Tuesday, October 10th, 2006   by Chris Miller        

Listen Up! Sametime Policies podcastlet

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On Monday, October 2nd, 2006   by Chris Miller        

Here is the link

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Listen Up! Collaboration University London Day 1

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On Wednesday, September 27th, 2006   by Chris Miller