Episode 87 recorded on Thursday 2nd February 2012. We review Lotusphere 2012, discuss some of the major announcements, reveal the details of a new jobs site just for social media and collaboration roles. 

Oh yes, we had a few technical issues too – make sure you listen through to the bloopers at the end!

Hosts

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

Guests

Luis Benitez (blog | twitter) is is one of the Social Software Product Managers for IBM covering IBM Connections Files & Wikis, Connections on the Cloud and Quickr Domino.

Victor Toal (Twitter, Blog Notesbusters, Websites ToalSystems & SSMCJOBS) is Chief Solutions Architect for ToalSystems, specializes in Social, Collaborative and Messaging solutions

Topics:

Lotusphere 2012:

Looking back in the rear view mirror, what did we think?

Highlights?

Announcements:

Quickr Domino

Minor release in Q1

Bigger release in 2H12

18 month release cycle

Connections Next

Mobile

Connectors

New Standard Support (OpenSocial, OAuth, ActivityStrea.ms)

New jobs site for IT folks in collaboration, messaging and social space SSMCJOBS.COM

IT Job website dedicated to Social software/Social media, Messaging and Collaboration

Free for Job seekers

Ability to search not only for jobs posted on the site but also pull in jobs from multiple other websites – one stop shopping for job seekers and contractors looking for their next opportunity

LCTY Get Social Do Business Roadshow Business Gets Social Dates Announced

Small list right now….early days

Yet another name change. Let the confusion reign!

Tips

Darren:

Traveler tap to dial codes for Android. “P”or a comma will cause a pause. “#”enter a conference code. Semi-colon or “x”to prompt user before sending codes.

Luis:

http://bit.ly/ConnWikiTips – and IBM Connections Users community , SXSW ideas

Victor:

Tool “Beyond Compare”http://www.scootersoftware.com and a tip: Learn WebSphere to stay relevant

Stuart:

Don’t delete your Dropbox folder on secondary machines, it doesn’t work out well!

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