Lotus Notes Mail - The Gems And The Warts
Tue, Aug 31st 2010 10:00a Alan Lepofsky Every time I hear some "2.0 evangelist" sing the praises of Gmail my stomach churns a little, my heartbeat quickens and my face tenses as I ponder what could have been if more attention had been paid to the Notes UI years ago. I both enjoy and hate giving the "Lotus Notes did that a decade ago" speech. I enjoy it because I like showing people that these awesome new features are neither new nor innovative. I hate it because it reinforces how IBM was never successful in getting people to like u [read] Keywords: admin
ibm
lotus
notes
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desktop
eclipse
email
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Firefox 4 You Had Me At Organize Into Groups
Thu, Aug 26th 2010 10:10p Alan Lepofsky A few days ago FireFox 4 Beta 4 introduced "Panorama" which allows you to group tabs together and switch back and forth between different sets. You can manually do this today with FF3 by having multiple windows open, but this new ability to create the groups and see a visual representation has already greatly improved my web experience. I've created groups for "things I'm doing right now", "email, calendar and social media stuff", "articles to read later", "future to-dos", etc. The UI e [read] Keywords: email
firefox
Understanding The Pecking Order
Thu, Aug 5th 2010 8:30a Alan Lepofsky I'm happy to see Twitter gets the hierarchy right. Now if only my account was verified to prove I'm the real Alan Lepofsky. Thanks for the image Volker [read] Keywords: twitter
The Greatest Vacation Ever
Tue, Jul 20th 2010 11:30p Alan Lepofsky Go to http://www.gapadventures.com , under Region you'll see GAP is offering some pretty awesome destinations, Far Far Away... Packing for both Tatooine and Hoth on the same trip is going to be tough. [read] Keywords:
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Calling All Developers. Extend Enterprise Applications With Social Features
Mon, Jul 19th 2010 9:50a Alan Lepofsky Are you looking to extend your application development knowledge to include open internet technologies such as JSON, WebHooks, Activitystrea.ms and PubSubHubbub? Would you like to help your company or your customers by integrating existing enterprise systems with today's "2.0" social technologies? Are you free next Wed? If you answered yes to any or all of the above, then join us Wed July 21st at 9:30 PST for Integrating Enterprise Applications with Socialtext. Members of our Eng [read] Keywords: application
applications
development
enterprise
integration
Firefox 4 Option For Tabs On Top, Like Lotus Notes
Sat, Jul 10th 2010 10:40a Alan Lepofsky I've been hearing a lot this week about how Firefox 4 will be providing an option to put tabs at the top of the screen. Well, once again Notes which is always slagged for its UI was ahead of the curve. All kidding aside, this is a good video about UI design: [read] Keywords: lotus
notes
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A short video on SharePoint Integration
Wed, Jun 30th 2010 1:40p Alan Lepofsky The video below shows several Socialtext and SharePoint integration points, including: Adding microblogging to SharePoint via Socialtext Signals Showing SharePoint events (such as when colleagues add files to a SharePoint file library) in the Socialtext Activity Stream Accessing Socialtext Workspaces from within SharePoint Searching the Socialtext People Directory from within SharePoint [read] Keywords: application
integration
sharepoint
Adding Some Spice To The Old Acronym Soup
Wed, Jun 23rd 2010 12:10p Alan Lepofsky SMTP, POP3, IMAP, LDAP, LPTA, iCal, vCard, SIP, XMPP, and on and on goes list of standards used by enterprise collaboration products over the last decade. But now as the open web begins to work its way into the business world, a new generation of standards and protocols are emerging. A few of the most popular ones include: Activity Streams - An extension to the Atom feed format to express what people are doing around the web Oauth - An open protocol to allow secure API authorization in a [read] Keywords: collaboration
application
applications
desktop
enterprise
smtp
twitter
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Adding Some Spice To The Old Acronym Soup
Wed, Jun 23rd 2010 12:01p Alan Lepofsky SMTP, POP3, IMAP, LDAP, LPTA, iCal, vCard, SIP, XMPP, and on and on goes list of standards used by enterprise collaboration products over the last decade. But now as the open web begins to work its way into the business world, a new generation of standards and protocols are emerging. Here are a few: Activity Streams - An extension to the Atom feed format to express what people are doing around the web Oauth - An open protocol to allow secure API authorization in a simple and standard me [read] Keywords: collaboration
application
applications
desktop
enterprise
smtp
twitter
wiki
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Social Needs To Be Layer, Not A Feature
Tue, Jun 22nd 2010 1:50p Alan Lepofsky Last week at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston, Socialtext CEO Eugene Lee gave a keynote titled "The Social Layer." I'll link to the slides below, but the general idea is that application silos create walled communities, the exact thing we're trying to avoid with social software. You don't want your HR, Sales, Marketing and Engineering teams only talking to each other, yet that is exactly what happens if you add social tools to each standalone enterprise application. Instead, you want [read] Keywords: application
applications
enterprise
integration
social software
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Great Camera and Case
Mon, Jun 21st 2010 7:00p Alan Lepofsky Last week I purchased a Canon Powershot S210 IS digital camera. So far it's been fantastic and I'm just scratching the surface of what it can do. It's amazing to think these little cameras can shot 1280 x 720 (30 fps) video. Gone are the days of the standalone camcorder. While the camera is great, I'm equally happy with the Lowepro D-Wrap case I purchased. This thing conveniently protects the camera, allows instant access (no missed shots), and won't get left behind on the picnic table. [read] Keywords:
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A Community Is About People Not Products
Mon, Jun 21st 2010 11:40a Alan Lepofsky Last week while I was attending the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston there was quite the uproar in the Lotus community. The timing was interesting for me personally, as I could loosely categorize these as "my old life" and "my new life." But that's the problem. I don't want to define the communities I care about based on just my current job or the product I am promoting. I have friends that work with all sorts of different technologies, and via a variety of online tools I'm able to keep u [read] Keywords: lotus
community
enterprise
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It’s Not That I Don’t Love You
Fri, Jun 11th 2010 1:40p Alan Lepofsky I know one of the rules of blogging is don't apologize for not posting, but I do think this has been my longest hiatus. Excuses are plentiful: work, life, travel, upcoming conferences, alien abduction, twittering instead, etc. I'm not ready to completely dive back in yet, as I'm swamped with things for next week's Enterprise 2.0 show in Boston, but I will say this is the most excited I've been about Socialtext since I joined. Back soon... [read] Keywords: blogging
enterprise
Start With Why - How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Mon, May 10th 2010 1:40p Alan Lepofsky This is a great TEDTalk from Simon Sinek, author of the Golden Circle of Why -> How -> What. "Martin Luther King gave the I had a dream speech, not the I had a plan speech" Why do some people wait in line for hours on launch day to buy an iPad, when they could just walk in and take one off the shelf a few days later? [read] Keywords: application
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My Big View of Minis
Wed, Apr 14th 2010 4:00a Alan Lepofsky Here is the view out my window of the new Toronto Mini Dealership. You can see the BMW dealership in the background, with cars in the windows in the middle of the building. Click image for larger version I used Hugin to stick together 4 photos. What a great tool. [read] Keywords:
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Enterprise Microblogging Enables Everyone To Participate
Mon, Apr 12th 2010 2:20p Alan Lepofsky Conversations via email and instant messaging only reach a limited audience. Often those conversations would benefit from allowing more people to participate. This is where enterprise microblogging comes in. Three of the most beneficial uses of enterprise microblogging are: (click each for more details) 1. Status Updates 2. Questions and Answers 3. Sharing Links There are many other uses in addition to these three, what are your favourites? [read] Keywords: application
email
enterprise
instant messaging
The Evolution of Productivity Management - SECR
Thu, Apr 1st 2010 9:10a Alan Lepofsky Socialtext once again is leading the evolution of enterprise collaboration software, with the introduction of Socialtext Enterprise Chatroulette, or SECR. SECR removes the hassle of having to manually locate subject matter experts, by allowing you to interact with any available colleague. Signup for your own account here. [read] Keywords: collaboration
application
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Using Enterprise Microblogging for Sharing Links
Sat, Mar 27th 2010 9:31a Alan Lepofsky As children, our parents teach us to be kind and share with others. "Share your toys. Share your snacks. Share your games." So shouldn't we be expected to behave the same way when we grow up and join the business world? Unfortunately in competitive corporate environments, people sometimes horde information to try and gain any advantage they can over their colleagues. Thankfully, a cultural shift is occurring, where people understand that sharing and openness are vital to company-wide success [read] Keywords: application
email
enterprise
integration
profile
social bookmarking
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The Coolest Product I’ve Seen In A Long Time - Bee Docs 3D Timelines
Wed, Mar 24th 2010 11:10p Alan Lepofsky I was at a presentation tonight, where Ryan Homes, CEO of Hootsuite told a story using Bee Docs 3D Timelines. The product looks amazing. The first thing I thought of was displaying product release notes. Then I tought how cool it would be to have a 3D calendar. Imagine scrolling to the month, day, and time you want to see, and having the event pop out of the time line in gorgeous 3D fashion. I wonder if there is some way to iCal enable it? [read] Keywords: notes
application
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