Mac Guidera the Lotusphere 2009 Best Practices Track Manager just posted a blog entry that you all should read.

This year, I am suggesting we get social about this. If you plan on submitting or attending a session in the Best Practices track, then please head over to IdeaJam and write up what you would like to present or see at Lotusphere. No need to have a professional title and full on abstract there, I'm thinking more just a topic and a little detail on it. I think it would be great for the community at large to lay down what is important for us and what we are expecting from the Best Practices track.

Now this advert makes Lotus Marketing look brilliant:




Thursday, September 4th, 2008 | Comments (7) | Google it!

In a podcasting cross-pollination experiment, we bring Chris Toohey and Tim Tripcony on the show -- you know them from the YellowCast podcast for Lotus Notes developers -- to talk about the pros and cons of developing Notes applications for free. Or trying to make a small profit on them.

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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Volker blogged about "How to save half a gig of disk space in a couple of seconds". Well this just in:

Hello Mr. _______,

I have just received an update from the PAE team regarding your issue and wanted to let you know as soon as possible.

They recommended that you use the following switch:

-d This specifies that installation files are extracted to a temporary directory, from which they are deleted when the update is complete. -d Must be first in the series of arguments.

This argument is used when using a installation kit that is packaged in a single .exe file.

Please let me know if this is of use to you and if it resolves your issue.

I was using Bascamp this morning and noticed this message:

Important Reminder: IE 6 Phase Out

In July we announced that we would be phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6 on August 15, 2008. To make the transition easier, we've extended that deadline to October 1, 2008. From now until October 1st, anyone using IE 6 to access Basecamp (or our other products) will receive a notice every 3 days letting them know they'll need to upgrade their browser before October 1, 2008 in order to continue to use Basecamp. The notice will be displayed in the web browser and will include links to download a modern browser (IE 7, Firefox, or Safari). This notice will also be shown to your clients who use Basecamp. You may want to re-read the announcement so you are prepared for any questions they may have. If you have any questions please contact support. Thanks for your patience during the transition.

The first episode of our new podcast "The 1352 Report" is now available. In this episode Sean Burgess, Jess Stratton, Caryl Tyler and I talk about Notes/Domino 8.0.2, Lotus Marketing and much more. The show will be available via the iTunes Music Store in the near future.

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Sunday, August 31st, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

A few of you pinged me asking when there would be an IdeaSpace on the Lotus Community IdeaJam for Lotus Foundations Start. I am now happy to report that you can enter your ideas on how to improve Lotus Foundations Start on IdeaJam.

Lotus Foundations Start IdeaSpace on IdeaJam >


Thursday, August 28th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

I registered for the Bluehouse beta on January 31, 2008. On August 21, 2008 I was sent this:

Thank you for taking the time to register at http://bluehouse.lotus.com

We are unable to complete your registration because of the email address you are using.

Please consider re-registering for "Bluehouse" using a valid business email address.

Thank You.
The "Bluehouse" Team

Recieved an email today from a friend whose company just pushed out Windows XP SP3 to all of it's desktop. He said that SP3 caused all sorts of operational issues yesterday and it seems that some Notes apps that generate Word and Excel docs are seeing this error message:



Any ideas?


Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Andy helped save my friend Tom's arse today with a Notes 8.0.2 install issue. Tom's Notes 8.0.2 standard client would hang after launching. He had upgraded from 8.0.1 to 8.0.2 this morning. Seems this issue has also bitten a few other people. Special thanks to Twitter for being their to help resolve the issue.

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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

I am putting together a presentation for my trip to NEOLUG and need some help. I have a few slides talking about Notes 8 and more specifically all of the Notes 8 composite application and sidebar applications that are available from Business Partners. I do not however want to overlook any applications that may be out there so, if you know of any please leave a comment with the Business Partner and application name. Thanks in advance.


Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!