Bruce Elgort

Notes/Domino 8.5 IdeaJam site is alive

We have decided to setup a dedicated IdeaJam site in support of the upcoming IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 Beta program. We encourage you to use both IdeaJam and the "official" IBM channel to log your bugs and enhancments for the 8.5 beta. There will be a ...

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Thursday, May 29th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5 Beta idea

This is a quick poll to see who welcome an IdeaJam IdeaSpace setup for the Notes/Domino 8.5 Beta which will soon hit the streets. Good or bad ...

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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 | Comments (9) | Google it!

Domino Designer and his new little sister Bella Luna

The Michael Sampson Company - Brainstorming in a Virtual Space: The IdeaJam Approach

The Michael Sampson Company has published a PDF version of their blog entry entitled "Brainstorming in a Virtual Space: The IdeaJam Approach". Here is a quote from the paper: IdeaJam transforms "ideas on a flat white space" into a complete idea ...

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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

ILUG 2008 Podcast with Matt White and Paul Mooney

Episode 82 of the Taking Notes Podcast is now out. Paul Mooney and Matt White join Julian Robichaux and myself to talk about the upcoming Irish Lotus User Group meeting in Dublin, Ireland, June 4-6. Have a listen to this 32 minute podcast. Don't mind ...

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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Now I remember why Bobby was my idol back in HS

We are going to have some fun

Matt, Sean and I plan on giving a killer presentation at ILUG 2008 which starts in a little over a week. Will we see you ...

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Friday, May 23rd, 2008 | Comments (8) | Google it!

Do you know Norman?

Quotes that reveal you you’re dealing with a “Norman”: I’ve seen all this stuff before Sounds like a lot of employees wasting a lot of time on frivolous stuff We already have collaboration software Social is what you do outside of work Show me ...

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Friday, May 23rd, 2008 | Comments (3) | Google it!

BusinessWeek: Big Blue Embraces Social Media

So far, IBM has Dogear, a community-tagging system based on Del.icio.us, Blue Twit, and a rendition of the microblogging sensation, Twitter. It also has a Web page called Many Eyes that permits anyone (including outsiders, at many-eyes.com) to upload any ...

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Friday, May 23rd, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Yes folks they are out there - don't ever assume

Earlier today I was talking with a company evaluating IdeaJam and guess what I learned? Brace yourself for this one. Are you sure you are ready to hear this? OK it's not really that bad but this particular customer has PC's out there still running 800 by ...

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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 | Comments (11) | Google it!

I just love Stanton Moore

Connectr #4, 3rd June IBM Dublin - the day before ILUG - A social networking experiment in beating the Jungle Drums. . .

I just got news of another innovative event being put together by the Lotus Connections Blog guys Neil Burston and Stuart McIntyre at http://lotusconnectionsblog.com/.  They have organized another Connectr session (the nickname for what is effectively the ...

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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Nice video - simply substitute company and product names

It's going to be hot

The end of the Taking Notes podcast

I had you all fooled there with the title line and I feel sooooooooooo bad that I am making you read this entry however, you guys click on any blog entry where the title is provocative. Well I am writing this blog entry after receiving numerous inquiries ...

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Thursday, May 15th, 2008 | Comments (6) | Google it!

Quote of the day (inspired by you know who)

Those who say it cannot be done shouldn’t interrupt the people doing ...

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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

LinkJam feature list

Below is a partial list of LinKJam features that we plan on delivering with V1.0. LinkJam is a pure IBM Lotus Domino application. One database template and you can have a social bookmarking system up and running in your organization in minutes. No new ...

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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Upgrading from QuickPlace 6.5.1 to Quickr 8.1 - advice needed

This week I plan on upgrading an old QuickPlace 6.5.1 server to Quickr 8.1 and was wondering if anybody had any advice before I taking the plunge. Multiple backups of the 6.5.1 server will be made and I have read through the documentation several times. It ...

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Sunday, May 11th, 2008 | Comments (6) | Google it!

A feature every Quickr user should vote for

Start your iPhones....

Now this is a new Notes 8.0.1 error I have not seen yet

After switching locations on my Notes 8.0.1 client I clicked on the Open button and then clicked on Home from the dropdown list and got this ...

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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

How outdated are your (mac) apps?

Good or bad IBM ad placement?

Screenshot from last nights LinkJam build

LinkJam is the perfect solution for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino shops that want to explore social bookmarking but can't afford IBM's Lotus Connections. LinkJam is a pure IBM Lotus Domino application that you can have running on your existing Lotus ...

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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 | Comments (6) | Google it!

The IdeaJam product brochure

Our star sales gal Gayle was getting lots of requests for a short product brochure for IdeaJam and as a result the team came up with this: Download the 2.4 mb PDF ...

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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections is now available

For all of you Lotus Connections geeks out there who want access via your Blackberry here you go: http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/server/domino/connections.jsp BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections takes the features and functionality of ...

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Monday, May 5th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Quickr the vote

If you are an IBM Lotus Quickr user and haven't yet voted or commented on these 42 ideas then please take a few minutes to do so. Also, if anybody can help put me in touch with the Quickr Product Manager so we can get them setup to manage the Quickr ...

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Sunday, May 4th, 2008 | Comments (3) | Google it!

LinkJam GUI Preview



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