Lotusphere Comes To You 2009

2009 Lotusphere Comes To You dates and locations are now up on the IBM site.  I’m registered to attend the one in Chicago on April 9th.  I am curious to see what these events are going to be like.  I think this is the first time these events are to be held at an IBM [...]

Where are all the young’uns are (part deux)

My post on the noticeable lack of fresh young faces at Lotusphere 2009 received some mixed feedback.  The comments boiled down to 4 distinct categories: it’s hopeless: Notes is dead; it’s all good and there are young people working with technology; Lotusphere is too expensive to send young people; IBM isn’t doing enough pushing its [...]

Where are all the young’uns are?

Throughout the week of Lotusphere 2009 I heard the same question asked over and over again: “Where are all the people under 25?”  Looking around the show, I saw a lot and a lot of familiar faces.  These are the people I’ve been meeting and seeing here, in Orlando, year after year.  I’ve watched the [...]

JumpStart 205 – Integration of IBM Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino with Microsoft Office, .NET, and IBM Lotus Symphony

Welcome to the real world, where Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino are just part of your corporate toolset. This session will introduce you to integration of Lotus Notes and Domino 8 and 8.5 with Microsoft Office, .NET technologies, OpenOffice.org, and Lotus Symphony. We’ll start with the basics and gradually build up to advanced integration. Mail [...]

My Lotusphere session was approved

Once again it will be my honor and privilege to co-present with John Head a Jumpstart (JMP205) Integration of IBM Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino with Microsoft Office, .NET, and IBM Lotus Symphony.  We presented this session at a couple previous Lotuspheres.  This year, the session has been completely revamped with all new demos, including [...]

Was your Lotusphere abstract rejected?

If your Lotusphere session abstract was rejected, you probably received a blanket thanks-but-no-thanks email.  Over the past couple of days or so, since the notices were sent out, there was quite a bit of grumbling on Tweeter and in the blogosphere from the folks who were turned down.  Rejection is always painful but unexplained rejection [...]

Unwinding after the Lotusphere

I’m writing this in my hotel room at the Beach Club. Lotusphere 2008 is over, it ended yesterday and I had a whole day to unwind and digest the last 5 days. Now I’m feeling the pull of the keyboard and some strange obligatory need to join the plethora of Lotus Notes and [...]