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Monday, January 28th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Ken asked in the comments of my earlier blog post how I was able to produce the video from Apple Keynote. The answer is extremely simple. On the File menu select Export and then choose your weapon: When these slides were played at Lotusphere I played ...

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Monday, January 28th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

BP214 - Yikes it Looks Like That?! - UI Worst Practices (PDF) - Bruce Elgort and Chris Blatnick BP304 - Templates, Templates Everywhere - IfYou Know Where to Look (PDF) - Bruce Elgort and Kevin ...

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Saturday, January 26th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

This video was played prior to the sessions that I gave at Lotusphere 2008. Based on the session evaluations that have come back so far, people really enjoyed watching them. Be sure to turn crank up the ...

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Friday, January 25th, 2008 | Comments (12) | Google it!

After waking up early today I hopped on over to my RSS reader and saw Ed's blog posting regarding a recent Fake Steve Jobs (aka Dan Lyons of Forbes magazine) posting. This brought back memories from 2004 when I had written Dan Lyons an email letting him know ...

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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 | Comments (4) | Google it!

Each and every Lotusphere becomes more and more of a challenge to truly dig into the flurry of new product announcements. While spending a great deal of my time in sessions I have also this year begun to spend more time in the various labs. Sitting down ...

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Thanks to Sean Harris for getting me a front row seat next to Sandra Marcus. 8:04 and the band and Orlando orchestra are still rocking the house. Mike Rhidin comes out on stage. Guest Speaker who is it? Mike Rhodin is teeasing us. It has something ...

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Monday, January 21st, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

OK 262 are on how to improve OpenNTF and IdeaJam. The rest are all Lotus related. Here are the latest stats: Ideas by IdeaSpace Number of Ideas, Votes and Comments by IdeaSpace Have you signed up ...

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Thursday, January 17th, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

How many of you plan on being at JAMfest? Now that it's in the Atlantic Dance Hall I expect the acoustics to be outstanding. Several Lotusphere's ago I heard a band play during a press event in that venue and it sounded killer. Oh should I pack a set of ...

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Thursday, January 17th, 2008 | Comments (9) | Google it!

Andrew writes: Finding me at LS is fairly easy. There are pictures of me on this site, but you won't need them. Look for someone who takes up way more space than their mass and volume would suggest. If you see someone who's 5' 9" (1.75 meters) but walks ...

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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 | Comments (3) | Google it!

Rocky Oliver, Bill Buchan, Paul Mooney, Julian Robichaux and I do a day-by-day rundown of the daily events and related activities happening at Lotusphere. This show also contains lots of new information for your Lotusphere veterans including details on the ...

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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Yes that is my wife Gayle from a past Lotusphere. The girl is dangerous - beware. ...

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Monday, January 14th, 2008 | Comments (9) | Google it!

This year at Lotusphere 2008 I have the privilege of presenting two sessions. Here are the details: Templates, Templates, Everywhere - If You Know Where to Look Speakers: Bruce Elgort and Kevin Pettitt Date and Time: Monday January 21th at ...

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Monday, January 14th, 2008 | Comments (3) | Google it!

If you have never been to the Lotusphere conference before and are interested in learning about what goes on each day of the show, and before the show for that matter, dial into the Taking Notes podcast on Tuesday, January 15th at 12:00PM EST. Rocky Oliver, ...

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Monday, January 14th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Ben Langhinrichs talks to Julian and I about the awesme Lotuspere 2008 session database that he has created. Need I say more? Take a listen. More ...

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Saturday, January 12th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Is this guy from Venus or Mars? Find out more at this Lotusphere 2008 ...

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Friday, January 11th, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Vince and I are registered for the third annual Blarmy Bloggers Boat Races. We are in as Swan Team OpenNTFJam. We aim to win and kick everybody's else swan! Our swan is open source powered and loves ...

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Friday, January 11th, 2008 | Comments (4) | Google it!

My new Gelaskin for my Macbook Pro came in the mail ...

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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

When you hear "hey Bruce" in the local grocery store and find that it's a person who reads your blog and listens to your podcast and lives only miles from your house. Meet Lou Stanley from ...

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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Here is the video that will be playing as people walk into the Lotusphere Sessions which I will be giving with Kevin and ...

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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 | Comments (8) | Google it!

Yesterday morning I received an email from a former UL coworker that Ken Haas had passed away over the weekend. Both Gayle and myself worked with Ken to open UL's Camas, Washington facility back in 1994. You will be missed Ken. It is with deep sadness ...

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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Yancy Lent talks about everything Planet Lotus on episode 72 of the Taking Notes podcast. More ...

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Monday, January 7th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

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Friday, January 4th, 2008 | Comments (5) | Google it!

Boy was I suprised when my friend Tom forwarded me a copy of the weekly Salesforce.com Developer Newsletter only to see that my blog was linked to the News Highlights section. Now if we could only get some nice books like these given to all new IBM ...

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Friday, January 4th, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Due to circumstance beyond our control we had to move the podcast recording with Yancy Lent from Planet Lotus to Monday. I did however get to spend some time talking with Yancy and let's just say that Gayle had to pull me away from my microphone as I was 30 ...

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Friday, January 4th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

This is fanastic! Thanks to the Sametime team for linking to Idea Jam. Please also take a read at comments 3 and 4 on this thread over on Idea Jam. [Via Gregg Eldred's ...

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Friday, January 4th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

If you haven't already guessed this blog posting is about drumming and how to develop some great double bass drum skills by playing "Double Stroke Hands/Signle Stroke Feet". This excercise involves playing doubles with your hands, as in a double stroke roll ...

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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 | Comments (4) | Google it!

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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

On Friday morning be sure and check iTunes and/or the Taking Notes Podcast site for an interview with Julian and I will be doing with Yancy Lent. Yancy is the creator of the new Planet Lotus site that is taking the Lotus blogging world by ...

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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!