Episode 115, recorded on Tuesday 30th August 2016.  We discuss the MWLUG 2016 conference, the future of IBM Domino and xPages development, what Project Toscana means for all of us, and the IDC announcement that IBM leads the Social Business marketplace for the 7th consecutive year. Oh and on our final TWiL ever, we share an exciting announcement – WTF?

Hosts

Stuart McIntyre (blog | twitter | company) & Darren Duke (blog | twitter | company)

Guests

Jesse Gallagher (blog | twitter) is CTO at I Know Some Guys and a second-generation Domino developer. He is on the board at OpenNTF and blogs semi-regularly at frostillic.us.

Topics

We’re Back!

Just a one off, as we were all at MWLUG

TWiL archives coming back online on a brand new site… Relive the glory days at thisweekinlotus.com! Up to episode 74 now, remainder to come very soon

Introducing Jesse (0:02:17)

* Frostillicus – a Simpsons reference

* Asimov – Second Foundation

* ‘Gidgerby’ – loosely related to World of Warcraft

MWLUG (0:05:15)

Details:

Austin, August 17-19, 2016

Held at the Four Seasons, Austin

Previous locations

Overall feel and vibe of the conference

Kudos to Richard Moy, family and team…

Music plays a strong part

Amanda Bauman was the Austin liaison

Next event is pencilled in for Washington D.C. (not Washington state!)

Evolution of the event – is this now the primary North American event?

Icon US online-only in 2016

General discussion of event organisation

San Antonio trip – the Alamo

The River Walk

Stuart’s Fender Bender

Yes, North Pole, Alaska really is a place!

IBM Design Studio tour

Good intro video on YouTube – it’s a lot messier now!

IBM Design Thinking initiative

Session at Social Connections 10

Structure of event schedule

* Special cause

* Swan Songs – “Swan Songs fulfills musical wishes at the end of life by organizing private concerts for individuals with a terminal illness.”