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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Thursday, August 28th, 2008 | Comments (10) | Google it!

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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

If you have had experience with authenticating LDAP users from IBM's Blue Pages with Domino applications please drop me a line. We have setup a Domino LDAP source on a remote system and can authenticate and resolve the user name correctly. With IBM's Blue ...

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Monday, August 25th, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Many years ago I remember how I just couldn't wait to get my hands on new versions of Lotus Notes and Domino. Lately I just don't seem to get that excited anymore and was wondering what has changed. Granted I do have access to many of the beta programs ...

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Sunday, August 24th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

On Tuesday LeRoi Moore saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band passed away due to complications from an ATV accident that happened in June. Gayle and I found out the news when we received a Twitter direct message from Chris Toohey. We were both in disbelief ...

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Sunday, August 24th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

If you need to design a mockup of an iPhone application user interface and need to do it quickly and professionaly be sure and check out iPhone GUI PSD. More ...

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Sunday, August 24th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

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Friday, August 22nd, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

For those of you who use Twitter you may have noticed that everybody seems to be changing their avatars using Face Your Manga. Ed, Mary Beth, Alan and others all seem to now have these avatars. Ed Brill Mary Beth Raven Alan ...

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Friday, August 22nd, 2008 | Comments (3) | Google it!

Look carefully now. Notice that the machine is labeled Lattitued D620 however the software is saying that it's a Lattitude ...

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Friday, August 22nd, 2008 | Comments (4) | Google it!

WeBsphere TIvoli DB2 RatIonal Lotus ...

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Thursday, August 14th, 2008 | Comments (6) | Google it!

If there is one web site that I see many referrers from it has to be Alan Lepofsky's Product Catalog for Notes/Domino, Lotus Notes/Domino Administration Tools, and Application Development Tools pages. These pages are far easier to use than the Partneworld ...

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Thursday, August 14th, 2008 | Comments (4) | Google it!

I simply replicated my mail db manually and received ...

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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 | Comments (3) | Google it!

On Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Gayle and I will be attending and presenting at the Northeast Ohio Lotus User Group meeting at the IBM facility. We hope to see some of you there. An announcement from the NEOLUG Program Director will be emailed out to all ...

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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 | Comments (5) | Google it!

KosherMe is an iPhone-App that helps you say your Blessings ("Brachot") before and after you eat something. More ...

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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Back in July Jive Software's Sam Lawrence created these charts that I find myself using for some presentations over and over again. More ...

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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Please don't mind the yellow: With the help of Google data, we have looked at 12 of the top social networks to answer a simple, but highly interesting question: Where are they the most popular? The social networks we included in this survey were ...

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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Gayle and I will be spending a few days in Baltimore, Maryland on or about September 18-21. If you are interested in hooking up please let us know. We also may be stopping in Cleveland, Ohio for a Lotus user group meeting. I should know more about the ...

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Monday, August 11th, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

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Monday, August 11th, 2008 | Comments (5) | Google it!

Check out the "Aqua Taskforce" site where you will find Apple types pointing out flaws in the Apple user interface and operating system. "Find, publish and rate user experience quirks in Mac OS X". Does it look vaguely familiar? [Thanks Mr. ...

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Monday, August 11th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Liz is a 17 year old girl who has cancer living in my area who has been blogging about her ordeal. Please take a few minutes and post a comment on her blog with some words of encouragement. More ...

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Saturday, August 9th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

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Saturday, August 9th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Contact Gayle to learn more about LinkJam. Be sure and ask her about the special IdeaJam/LinkJam bundle ...

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Friday, August 8th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

I am happy to announce the creation of a new podcast that will focus on IBM Lotus and other technologies. The podcast will cover the Lotus blogs, events and user groups. Other related technologies from vendors including Apple, Microsoft and others will also ...

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Thursday, August 7th, 2008 | Comments (17) | Google it!

I just received a Twitter follower request from @pranzo in my mail. Who is @pranzo you say? It's a new local eatery called "Pranzo Cafe" near work that appears to have taken over the space from the prior eatery which was named "Artinos". Hopefully it has ...

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Thursday, August 7th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 | Comments (6) | Google it!

This is a great video that shows you how to easily create glass reflections for any image in Photoshop. Here is a blog entry that shows you how create beautiful "Apple Style" screen ...

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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Click on the "Check for Update" button within ...

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Monday, August 4th, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

If you have developed SMS capabilities for your Lotus Notes/Domino applications please get in touch with me ...

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Monday, August 4th, 2008 | Comments (4) | Google it!

Jeff Gilfelt has created an awesome tool that you can use to help make your Notes/Domino application work on the iPhone: iUIView is a Domino web agent that provides an iPhone optimized user interface for any "classic" Notes categorized view, without the ...

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Monday, August 4th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Sean Burgess has a new blog called "Foundations for SMB". The tag line is "Information on Lotus Foundations server for Small and Medium Business from the Domino Professional perspective". Be sure to check it ...

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Monday, August 4th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Joe Hewitt: "An Introduction to iUI" @ Yahoo! ...

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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Are you a bit behind on your Taking Notes podcast listening? Here are the last three episodes for your reference: XPages and Yellow Water Lotus Foundations UKLUG ...

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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!

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Friday, August 1st, 2008 | Comments (0) | Google it!