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planetlotus.org evolution

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:15:32 GMT

planetlotus.org tracked 192 Lotus blogs after Lotusphere 2008. I just checked again and we're now up to 329 - wow!

Lotusphere 2008: Batch presentation download

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:52:00 GMT

I was wondering this morning how long time it would take for something like this to show up. Remember to do it before 22 February where Lotusphere 2008 online closes... I'm downloading as I write this.

Stephan Wissel: Lotussphere Presentation Batch Download

Lotusphere 2008: The adventure begins! :-)

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:48:00 GMT

A picture tells a thousand words... See you in Orlando 18-22 January 2009.

Lotusphere 2008: And it's all over

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:45:00 GMT

And I'm back home in Denmark after spending Friday in Seaworld and flying back to Copenhagen. Thoughts on Lotusphere to come...

Lotusphere 2008: Evaluation site down!?

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:02:00 GMT

Lotusphere 2008: Kick ass appdev info!

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:11:00 GMT

Besides being in the showcase today I went to the "Meet the developers" lab today and spent the better part of 2 hours in there talking to various developers on the Sametime Connect client team and Sametime server team. Special thanks to Jessica Ramirez from the Connect client team for taking the time.

Besides getting some invaluable help with my own sidebar component I got exactly the info I needed on how to send richtext through the Sametime Java API - it's not straight forward, not documented and not something you figure out on your own. Suffice to say it includes knowing the right hex codes and correct data structures. Jessica actually brought up the actual source code of the Sametime Connect client to show how it's done!

What's an important lesson from this that if you need some piece of information go and ask!

Lotusphere 2008: BOF101 - startling news!

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:17:00 GMT

I went to BOF101 ((IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 Client Roaming) last night (Tuesday) to hear about the plans for (re)introducing roaming back into Notes 8. The BOF was moderated by Richard Wilson and John Banks. Besides these two Jeff Eisen sat in of the BOF.

The plans discussed were the plans for Notes 8.5 so I guess it's official not roaming wont be back in Notes 8.0.1 - at least for Notes 8 Standard. Roaming is supported, as it has been previously, in Notes 8 Basic. There are some nice things planned for roaming incl. a complete overhaul of the architecture. For one Lotus is planning on supporting roaming using file servers instead of Domino servers for in-office roaming. This is nice - especially for sales offices. Besides this and other good stuff there was a recognition that roaming needs work and we had a good discussion.

What was a little startling to me was that they hadn't really thought of roaming plug-ins. For me roaming means that a user can log off one machine, log into another and the eperience will be the same. Well it appears that this will not be the case. Currently the plan is to roam the "basic" Eclipse configuraton files but not the plug-ins directory which means that installed sidebar plug-ins may or may not be available on the workstation you roam to. Additionally plug-in parts of composite applications will need to be redownloaded. As the plan looks now, although Lotus was taking lots of notes (no pun intended), you will have to rely on plug-ins enforced to be installed via update sites for corporate wide mandatory sidebar plug-ins. I guess there's no "My Widgets" for roaming users as it looks now.

It sounded like Lotus is looking for design partners for roaming so if you feel you have somthing to contribute on the matter now would be a good time to raise your voice.

Decisions are made by those who show up!

Lotusphere 2008: Quote of the day (Tuesday)

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:38:00 GMT

Konrad Lagarde at the UC2 Keynote: "Don't you know - green is the new yellow!"