This Week in Lotus

By Stuart McIntyre & Darren Duke

The weekly roundtable discussion of all things Social, Collaboration, Technology and Community…... more

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This Week in Lotus episodes:

July 09, 2010 7: Rick Astley makes my day!
Our seventh episode, recorded today (Friday 9 July 2010). A roundtable discussion of the latest news and topics of debate surrounding the Lotus brand.
Hosts
Stuart McIntyre and Darren Duke.
Guests
Kathy Brown (Twitter | Blog)
Chris Miller (Twitter | Blog | Company)
Ben Poole (Twitter | Blog | Company)
This podcast is 62MB and runs for 67 minutes at 128kps. Enjoy!
* Please note that all views expressed are the participants’ own and do not necessarily represent those of their employer(s).
Topics
IBM Named Worldwide Marketshare Leader in Social Platforms Software

* Congratulations to Jeff Schick and all the team at Lotus – clearly Connections and Quickr are doing well
* Does it matter? To IBM/BPs/Customer?
* Should the PL community be more interested?
* IDC report link

The PlanetLotus effect

* Rickrolls, ASWs, paid-for blogging and much more
* Does it show the best side of the Lotus community
* Do you tell your customers/users about PlanetLotus?

OpenNTF in the news

* Great case study featuring DominoWiki
* IBM execs praise OpenNTF
* What do we think of the ‘new’ OpenNTF?
* Is IBM’s input making a difference?

Lotus Protector – Chris’ post re: hardware requirements

* Why do we think Lotus has chosen to specify xSeries only?
* Have you used Protector? What did you think?
* Is it a player in the market?
* On-premise vs. cloud based anti-spam/anti-virus – which do you use/recommend?

Follow up to AppStore discussions

* Bruce says “stop talking and start selling/innovating“
* Do we agree?
* New App Catalog at catalog.lotus.com. Any better?

IAMLug
Tips
Ben: big fan of the application Evernote (Mac, Win, web, iPhone, Android, BB, Palm OS, WinMo) for organising notes, clippings, to-do lists, the whole nine yards.
Kathy: follow @NotesDevTips on Twitter
Chris: TackItOn seminars coming along..
Darren: Licensing webinar on 7/15 @ 1PM EST
Stuart: iWidgets in Lotus Connections, some examples…
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1h 8min
July 05, 2010 6: Stop that tweeting!
Our sixth episode, recorded on Thursday (1 July 2010). A round-table conversation about the latest Lotus and tech news.
Hosts
Stuart McIntyre and Darren Duke.
Guests
Andrew Frayling
Ray Davies
James Cadwell
This podcast is 69MB and runs for 75 minutes at 128kps. Enjoy!
* Please note that all views expressed are the participants’ own and do not necessarily represent those of their employer(s).
Topics
Interesting week for cellphones/mobiles

* iPhone 4 antenna issues for lefties, Steve Jobs says youre not holding it right! Also concerns about proximity sensor issues. Nice review on Daring Fireball though…
* Issues with speed on upgraded iPhones with iOS4
* Microsoft Kin killed (“Who killed Kinny?” etc…)
* IBM releases beta of Traveller on Android

More social media ideas from the Lotus community

* Peter Presnell – @TodayInLotus
* Robots everywhere… Chris Toohey and Stephan Wissel

“Today we sold…” meme

* Started by Vaughan Rivett
* Continued by Eric, Keith and Sasa Brkic
* Stuart can’t resist telling them how it should be done!

The confusion around licensing and anonymous access

* Darren’s blog post

Multi-faceted Social software

* How can Lotus Connections be extended to support multiple communities?

Tips
Darren: Hybrid hard drive – get one! Darren has tested the performance of the latest Seagate hybrid drive.
Andrew: drop.io – Simple real-time sharing, collaboration, and more.
James: Notes client management, compared Panagenda MarvelClient and Installpump – Marvel chosen
Ray: 1) Your freedom was launched in the UK last week. A web / blog site that allows you to vote to repeal silly laws in the UK.
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1h 16min
June 27, 2010 5: If we build it, will they come?
Our fifth episode, recorded on Friday (25 June 2010). An inter-continental conversation about App Stores, bundled applications, driving adoption and much more.
Hosts
Stuart McIntyre and Darren Duke.
Guests
Michael Sampson (Independent Strategist focused on Collaboration approaches and technologies. Author of many books, including “User Adoption Strategies, Collaboration Roadmap, SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration and Seamless Teamwork, based in New Zealand, father of 9)
Eric Mack (Productivity expert, colleague and advisor to David Allen of GTD fame, Lotus ISV and blogger, based in the mountains of California, homeschooling father of 4 daughters).
This podcast is 68MB and runs for 70 minutes at 128kps. Enjoy!
* Please note that all views expressed are the participants’ own and do not necessarily represent those of their employer(s).
Topics
It’s all about the apps:

* Ongoing discussion from posts of last two weeks – Jon Vaughan et al
* Now Ed Brill has moved the discussion onto a couple of areas that were mentioned in previous threads – Ways to improve developer resources, and free apps)
* Will an AppCatalog or AppStore really be the answer?
* Is OpenNTF the store?
* Who exactly are we targeting (users, admins, developers, executives)?
* How can ISVs make Lotus apps easier to consume and deploy?

Questions for Michael (as an analyst):

* Where does Microsoft stand these days?
* What is the future for Lotus Notes (particularly ref Michael’s Lotus Roadmap report)

Tips
Eric: Is it actionable or is it reference? Decide sooner and get things done.
Michael: Automate your text entry using Typinator (Mac) or Texter (Windows). Michael’s latest book – User Adoption Strategies.
Darren: Webcast – “Understanding the New IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Licensing and Entitlements” July 15 at 1:00 EST
Stuart: EyeTV on the Mac (and iPhone/iPad) – Elgato add Vuvuzela filter for the World Cup
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1h 11min
June 18, 2010 4: You’re being blindsided by Sharepoint
Our fourth episode, recorded today (18 June 2010). A controversial week in the Lotus community – much to discuss!
Hosts
Stuart McIntyre and Darren Duke.
Guests
Bruce Elgort, Matt White, Sean Cull, Sharon Bellamy
This podcast is 63MB and runs for 65 minutes at 128kps. Enjoy!
* Please note that all views expressed are the participants’ own and do not necessarily represent those of their employer(s).
Topics
Future of Domino as a development platform

* CodeStore entry from Jake Howlett http://www.codestore.net/store.nsf/unid/BLOG-20100610-0402
* JonVon’s entry http://jonvon.net/jonvon/blog/blog.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-the-long-goodbye.htm
* Ed’s followup http://edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/ive-never-been-a-developer
* Gartner being sued http://www.kellblog.com/2009/10/20/gartner-sued-over-magic-quadrant-for-alleged-damages-of-132m-plus-punitives-of-1-3b/

NotesAppStore

* http://blog.collaborationmatters.com/blog/cmblog.nsf/dx/if-the-community-wants-an-app-store

Traveler on Android

* Entered beta this week http://blog.collaborationmatters.com/blog/cmblog.nsf/dx/lotus-traveler-comes-to-the-android and http://www.rdmag.com/News/Feeds/2010/06/information-tech-ibm-collaboration-software-to-support-the-android-/

Topics
Sean: http://xpages101.net/
Sharon: Baretail – http://www.baremetalsoft.com/baretail/
Matt: Julian Buss’ http://www.xpageswiki.com/
Bruce: be “Zen” and control your own destiny
Darren: Turning “Green”, Lisa’s “going green” blog – http://www.lisaduke.net/
Stuart: FlightTracker app for mobile devices
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1h 6min
June 11, 2010 3: Duke vs. Duke
Our third episode, recorded today (11 June 2010). A smaller-than-usual cast, but plenty to discuss!
Hosts
Stuart McIntyre and Darren Duke.
Guests
Lisa Duke
This podcast is 62MB and runs for 65 minutes at 128kps. Enjoy!
* Please note that all views expressed are the participants’ own and do not necessarily represent those of their employer(s).
Topics
Radicati report – Notes/Domino to have 266m seats by 2014
The future of Notes/Domino as a development platform

* Jake Howlett – Why My Sudden Interest in SharePoint
* Volker Weber – Things I learned at the DNUG conference in Berlin

The Official Lotus Knows blog
How do you find the Lotus community

* PlanetLotus
* Rocky Oliver’s presentation
* Lotus User Groups

Google Home Page images
iPhone 4
Tips
Darren: “Best Practices for Domino on VMware” June 15 via webinar. Email [email protected] to register
Lisa: Tips In Two podcast
Stuart: Woopra site analytics
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1h 5min
June 04, 2010 2: Microsoft are the technology equivalent of Taiwan
Our second episode, recorded today (4 June 2010). Please forgive us for a little noise on the recording today – we’ll try to do better next time!
Hosts
Stuart McIntyre and Darren Duke.
Guests
Peter Smith, Mitch Cohen and Lewis Turek.
This podcast is 59MB and runs for 61 minutes at 128kps. Enjoy!
* Please note that all views expressed are the participants’ own and do not necessarily represent those of their employer(s).
Topics
Reflection on episode 1 – downloads, reaction etc
New releases and fixpacks

* Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1 FP3
* Lotus Connections 2.5 FP2 (and extra fixes)
* Notes/Domino 8.5.2 CD 5 available to DPs – new options, seems “faster” (Blog posts from Julian Buss and Chris Miller, Seagate hybrid drive)

The “future of collaboration”

* Ed Brill “ZDNet/Sam Diaz: Forrester: Email may be here to stay but it definitely needs an overhaul“
* Google Wave now part of Google Apps
* Project Vulcan

Next-gen programming technologies

* CodeStore: Ten Reasons to Love ASP.NET

RIM falling behind the curve

* Microsoft articles on The Register

Resurgence of Lotus jobs

* Duffbert’s LotusWatch on Twitter

Tips
Darren: Duffbert’s LotusWatch on Twitter
Peter: Spotify Premium
Mitch: Google Reader Bundles (also Feedly)
Lewis: Dropbox.com and Lotus UK ‘Power of Business Applications’ conference – 16th June, 2010
Stuart: TweetDeck 0.34.2
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1h 2min
May 28, 2010 1: Google is the next AOL
Our first full episode, recorded today (28 May 2010).
Hosts
Stuart McIntyre and Darren Duke.
“Horrible Lotus Notes” tweets, the every-increasing success of Lotus User Groups, that Apple tablet-thing, the end of Notes/Domino6.5, does Lotus really Know, and more.
Guests
Mike Smith, Tim Clark and Handly Cameron.
This podcast is 67MB and runs for 70 minutes at 128kps. Enjoy!
* Please note that all views expressed are the participants’ own and do not necessarily represent those of their employer(s).

Tips
Update: For the future we’ll be issuing show notes for each episode, but for this first one, here are the tips we passed on:
Mike: the Apple iPad
Tim: Notes.net and the Lotus Forums (Stuart added LotusInfocenters.com and LotusWikis.com, plus replicating the Forums locally)
Darren: NetFlix on the Nintendo Wii
Handly: XPages, and Bruce Elgort’s session on the topic
Stuart: Blue Microphones Snowball (Tim mentioned a good price on Amazon)
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1h 11min
May 27, 2010 0: An Introduction
A short introduction to our new podcast, This Week in Lotus.
This podcast is 2.3MB and runs for 2.5 minutes at 128kps. Enjoy!
* Please note that all views expressed are the participants’ own and do not necessarily represent those of their employer(s).
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3min

FAQs about This Week in Lotus:

How many episodes does This Week in Lotus have?

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