Libby Says...
I'm actually sitting in the blogger BoF at Lotusphere and we're talking about a variety of great blogging topics. The room is full of people blog, who want to blog, and who read blogs. The community feeling in the room is fabulous -- there may be a few too many in-jokes for the folks new to the group, but for the most part, there are good questions and commentary and tidbits and advice:
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Well, it's Tuesday afternoon and I'm in a small (very small) break between meetings, briefings, and sessions..... You've heard about the Opening General Session from various bloggers, including on the Lotus Informer, so I won't rehash it here, but I will say that it was probably one of the best opening sessions I've seen in a lot of ways -- a great mix of speakers, some good tidbits... But other than the oohs and aahs that Ray Ozzie got and the giggles and applause for John Cleese... there weren't any other big *WOW* moments. The rest of my Monday included a press conference, some briefings on the developer tools news (Workplace Designer, Domino Designer 7, APIs with 2.5 of Workplace), Notes/Domino news, and some others. I also spoke to a few vendors, stopped by to visit at the Press reception, had a meeting about the LotusUserGroup.org site/organization (yes, the Domino Diva pins they're giving away have found their way onto my badge), and finally, had a late dinner with the GSX folks and the MKNetWork folks. I did stop by to visit with Kathleen and Pooter and Glen and the the Bob at Kimono's on my way back to the room, but I didn't stay too long. Today has been a whirlwind of appointments -- look for more commentary on the 20 years of collaboration panel at the Informer blog (not this instant, but a bit later on), as well as some stories coming from today's briefings on IBM Workplace and some tidbits from the Research lab. I sat down with our friends at Trilog to talk about their new project managment workplace and then with the folks at iEnterprises to discuss CRM on the Go, their newest product release. Both products are innovative uses of the technology and deserve a quick glance. I've been so busy with press stuff that I've not yet had the chance to hit any sessions, but I have high hopes for this afternoon! Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link
Well, it's late and I'm off to sleep, but thought I'd jot a quick update. I flew into Orlando today -- and even though I'm coming from the warm (fairly warm anyway) south, the weather in the rest of the country caused us to change aircraft today and so we were a bit delayed. On arrival at MCO, a good friend of my Mom's met me at the airport and drove me to the hotel -- so very generous. I just had time to check in, rinse off, and get moving to go to the Penumbra dinner. Thanks as usual to that organization for a very nice dinner -- it was good to see everyone. A lovely event occurred during the dinner -- my good friends Liz and Rob got engaged -- congratulations to them both. They're both sweet, sweet people and deserve much joy. Two years ago, Barbara and her husband Peter got engaged the night before Lotusphere, Gayle and Bruce just got engaged... it might be something in the water! I made a brief appearance at ESPN to visit with some of the gang, and then walked back with Alan and Michael to the Dolphin. No pictures from tonight's activities as the camera was in the room charging -- apparently I've not been charging it often enough as it was all the way down. I promise I'll try to do better! Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link
As I get ready for Lotusphere, here's a quick overview (Subject to change, of course!) of where I'll be during the show. I also started a new Flickr account for my photos from the show, so I'll try to keep up with the uploading duties! While I'll be doing some blogging here during the show, most of what I blog will likely be at the Lotus Informer blog, so keep an eye there throughout the week. Saturday: Arrive around 4:45 at MCO, Penumbra dinner, Gonzo gathering at ESPN Sunday: Morning appointments, 2 pm - 4 pm - Judging Lotus Best in Showcase award, Welcome reception Monday: Opening General Session, product showcase reception and press dinner (invite only) Tuesday: Innovators Panel, Appointments with vendors; Certification BOF; Lotus User Group BOF; Dinner with e-Pro team Wednesday: 8:30-9:30 - Speaking: STR106 How to "Sell" Notes/Domino Internally, with Ed Brill; Workplace Rich Client session; Blogging BOF; Appointments with vendors, Lotusphere party Thursday: Gurupalooza, Ask the Developers, Closing General Session Friday: Flying home early When I'm not doing all of this, I'll be in press meetings, additional vendor meetings, hanging out at the e-Pro booth (303), sneaking in a run here and there (anyone want to run with me?!), and trying to get next week's newsletters out! Stop by and visit... Don't forget to pick up your copy of the one and only Lotus Informer's Unofficial Guide to Lotusphere, available at the e-Pro publications booth! By the way..... Some of you were kind enough to notice that I wasn't nearly as perky as usual at last year's Lotusphere, but hopefully I'm back to my regular self finally. If you were one of the very, very nice people who wrote some Lotus haiku at Rocky's site, and you're going to be at Lotusphere, come meet me at the Gonzo party on Saturday night and I'll buy you a drink as appreciation. Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link
Ed posted a good comment-generating bit here that should allow any of you who have a Notes Sucks! comment to share to share away. Seriously, though, when our team migrated from Exchange/Outlook to Domino/Notes, I was the "unofficial" support for some of our team, and all the Notes sucks comments you might want were quite apparent. Some of our users have gotten used to it, but a few still tell me how much Notes sucks every time we talk... Since the session Ed refers to is one we'll be presenting together, if there's anyone who sees this who hasn't already seen that, we'd love all the comments you have! Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link
I love TiVo, and I know there are a lot of other folks out there loving it too. I jsut found out there's a new TiVo feature available to any of you with a Series 2 TiVo: TiVo To Go. Now you can take your TiVo recordings with you on your computer -- this will be particularly cool for those of us who travel a lot and don't actually get to sit and watch our TiVos very often. My TiVo doesn't yet have the service update that's necessary, but I'm still hopeful this will be an awesome feature. Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link
Well, with the surgery and how sick I've been all winter, I've had to make the decision not to run in the marathon in January. Some of you may already have expected this, but I'm pretty disappointed, myself. I've just gotten yet another cold, and it's pretty clear that I'm not over the weakness and lethargy that seems to be part of the recovery from the surgery, so I'm taking it a bit easy. Even if I can't run or row, I'm going back to the dance studio on Wednesday and I may be starting back into Nia and yoga. I'll definitely be doing some stretching at home. If you're not doing any stretching, this article has some good tips and stretches. Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link
Well, welcome to 2005. I've been up in Pennsylvania visiting some friends for the New Year, which has been pretty nice. Would've been even better if I'd had more actual time to take as vacation, but some things don't let up. I'm working on a special publication for us to present at Lotusphere -- I hinted at it a few weeks ago and we're going to print this week. If you're going to Lotusphere (who's going to be there, by the way?), please stop by our booth at the show and look for The Lotus Informer's Unofficial Guide to Lotusphere. Not having one of these is like Ford Prefect not having his Hitchiker's Guide and towel. Did anyone make resolutions this year? I thought a lot about what resolutions I might make and decided that a any one resolution wasn't what I wanted this year, but merely some commitments to myself. On the other hand, I have tried to promise myself to do a bit more writing and work here, including possibly some more "professional" writing. We'll see what happens. Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link |
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