Andy Donaldson and the quest for the iPad 3
Fri, Mar 16th 2012 3:40p Andy Donaldson Okay so it's not really the iPad 3 but it is the new iPad. Our adventure started off today at about quarter of five when I woke up and decided I was going go ahead to Best Buy. I finally had enough money saved that I could get my very own iPad and I decided I was going to wait until the announcements came out a week ago to make my move. Should I get a new iPad or should I go for a lower price iPad 2? So after some online consultation for others and after hearing the announcement it was decided [read] Keywords: blogger
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Android - I'm just not feelin it (Yes I'm venting about Android, again)
Mon, Jan 30th 2012 10:33a Andy Donaldson Maybe it's because I'm getting older and don't feel like screwing around with stuff like I used to. But when it comes to Android tablet devices, I'm just not getting it. I've been using them for a couple of months now and they just don't stand up to an iPad. At least for me. At Thanksgiving, I stayed up all night to snag an online deal for a Dell Streak 7. When it arrived, I was like a kid at Christmas. Immediately set forth on setting it up with all the cool stuff I could. Skype, w [read] Keywords: lotus
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Lotusphere 2012. It Wasn't The End Of The World After All.
Sun, Jan 22nd 2012 6:43p Andy Donaldson It's done and in the books.I've started this blog post about 300 times in my head I think. The run downs has been posted about what an incredibly awesome OGS it was last Monday morning and what an incredibly odd CGS on Thursday. No need to repeat it here, so I won't. Lotusphere, in name, still remains. They even announced at the end of the OGS the dates for Lotusphere 2013. I speculated on here that this would be the last one and next year the event would be under a different name. I wa [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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The one overlooked Lotusphere item. The Playlist.
Thu, Jan 12th 2012 6:15a Andy Donaldson Remember the mix tape? Back in the day, it was the soundtrack of your life. As soon as you got your drivers license it was one of the first things you did. Well, that's not true. I remember doing the "tape a song on your boom box off the radio" deal to get all the songs you like when I was younger. But still, you wanted your music to go with you. Now fast forward 30 years and most all of us of some form of iToy or DROIDDDDDDDDD..... And those devices make it pretty simple to take tunes [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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I present my poem, honoring Lotusphere 2012
Wed, Jan 4th 2012 12:41p Andy Donaldson Twas 10 days before Lotusphere and what have you doneTo prepare yourself for the onslaught yet to come?The early morning BOF's, with a quick breakfast to followA day full of sessionsToo much knowledge to swallow? The showcase floor, full of bright shinny thingsThe receptions and partiesAnd plenty of networking Away from your homes and family you'll beThe late nights with friendsSinging a little Karaoke. So relax for now, and get plenty of sleepBefore you know itYou'll be rubbing your sore fee [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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13 Years a Dad
Wed, Dec 14th 2011 5:22a Andy Donaldson Dear Alex, It was on this day in 1998 that I "officially" became a Dad for the first time. In a courtroom in Tuscarawas County, OH in front of a judge, I made my intentions known. And after several minutes of Q&A it was done. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was over before we knew it. But I realized as I was dating your Mom that we were meant to be together as a family forever. Your Mom, I know, agrees with that as well. In fact, you were the one to call me Dad first without an [read] Keywords: blogger
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How to use InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes - SHOW103
Mon, Dec 12th 2011 3:58p Andy Donaldson That's right gang. I'm one of them too Stop on down the Swan - Osprey 1 & 2 on Thursday, January 19, 2011 and see my Show 'n' Tell session entitled.... How to use InstallShield Tuner for Lotus NotesI was hoping to be able to get lasers, flashpots, orchestra, clowns, Bengal Tigers, Beagle puppies and magicians, but IBM wasn't going to go for it. Instead, you get me. Ya. Sorry about that. But stop on down and check it out! [read] Keywords: ibm
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Andy Donaldson and the case of the missing LotusNotes853.itw
Fri, Dec 9th 2011 10:41a Andy Donaldson So if you've been following my manic tweets lately, you may have picked up that I'm doing a session at Lotusphere 2012. My session stems from a document I wrote up, and have tried to keep updated, several years about about InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes. Great app, free, learn all about at my Show -N- Tell. Since I am putting together the session slides, I have to go through and do step by step screenshots. Not a big deal. But, when you're using InstallShield Tuner, one of the requi [read] Keywords: ibm
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Going to the big leagues. Speaking at The 'Sphere
Tue, Dec 6th 2011 4:52a Andy Donaldson Yesterday like many others, I got word that my session abstract for Lotusphere was accepted. I'm speaking at Lotusphere! So stay tuned to your local conference guide for date and time of my Show 'n' Tell "How to use InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes", presented in living color! Let the freak out begin! [read] Keywords: lotus
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My 2 cents review: Dell Streak 7
Thu, Dec 1st 2011 7:18p Andy Donaldson If you have been following me at all on Twitter or the Facebook, you know that I am a tech whore. I love gadgets. Drives my wife nuts. I have always been all about having information on the go. Back in 1999, it was my Philips WinCE device that I just HAD to have. Neat and fun device. Even had the built in modem, 14.4 I think. But that started my addiction. From there, it went on to Palm Pilots, Treo's, Kyocera Palm smartphone, BlackBerry's, iPod Touch, Droid X, iPhone....iPad. Ya, I h [read] Keywords: lotus
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Today, I am thankful
Thu, Nov 24th 2011 3:10p Andy Donaldson Here in the states today we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. So I want to take a few minutes and post my thoughts about what I'm thankful for. - I am thankful that I have the love and support of my best friend and partner, Denise. I can never fully put into words the amount of love I have for her. - I am thankful for my son Alex. For being a part of his journey through his life. - I am thankful for my beautiful daughter, Mary Elizabeth, aka Molly aka peanut. Seeing her mothers beauty and my [read] Keywords: blogger
"Lotus"phere 2012 - The end as we know it?
Tue, Nov 1st 2011 6:36p Andy Donaldson Seems like the chatter is picking up early this year. And after reading tweet's, blog comments and other social media, one question keeps coming to mind already. Will this year be the last "Lotus"phere as we know it? Does it matter? No. Is change good? Yes. Is it time for IBM to dropkick the Lotus name to the vapors of the Interwebs? Last year, I was all against it. I believe in brand recognition. But time changes things and I think that this change would be a good one. For the product li [read] Keywords: ibm
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A IBM Lotus Traveler heads up in an iOS 5 world
Mon, Oct 17th 2011 10:30a Andy Donaldson As I was working on my Traveler server this weekend, I started noticing an error scrolling by on my server console that I had not seen before, nor could find any information about online. 10/17/2011 11:40:02 AM Lotus Traveler: SEVERE CN=UserName/OU=BabaBooey/O=DERP Response is null for command FolderCreate and should not be null with status 200 10/17/2011 11:40:04 AM Lotus Traveler: SEVERE CN=UserName/OU=BabaBooey/O=DERP Unknown command: FolderCreate So, of course, I opened a ticket with t [read] Keywords: ibm
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A Traveler security "issue"
Wed, Oct 12th 2011 8:27a Andy Donaldson Once again, repeat after me, "IBM Lotus Traveler just works." Amen. That's been the mantra since it's release and it does just work. But I found an issue this week that had me calling support. And with their help we got it fixed. Here's the scenerio. As part of our policy with mobile devices, you have to have approval for certain ones to be used. When someone connects one to the system, we put them into "Deny Access" mode until they are allowed. For one user, we set their deny acce [read] Keywords: domino
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10 Years
Sat, Sep 10th 2011 8:50a Andy Donaldson This weekend, we remember the victim's of 9.11.2001. I'm not going to try and put into words the anger and sadness that still fill my heart today. Instead, I'm simply going to offer this. The flag pictured above arrived in the mail one day. Included with the flag, was this document. Since receiving this, it has had a special place in my office. But it didn't feel right leaving it down there this weekend. This is not a flag I was weathered and destroyed, this is something to hold on to f [read] Keywords: blogger
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So let's give this a whirl!
Thu, Sep 8th 2011 1:30p Andy Donaldson The goo folks at Google have decided to release an iOS app for Blogger hosted sites. I, of course, have mine hosted there so I figured I would download it and give it a try. I like the fact you can add location and pictures from the mobile device to your entry. So this was just a test blog post. Nothing to see here, move along. Update: I see a problem already. In the title field, I entered "Let's give this a while!" It did not like the 's, so it of course added the other crap there. Lesson [read] Keywords: blogger
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Getting social in the comfort of your own home!
Wed, Aug 31st 2011 10:26a Andy Donaldson As the school year starts to get into swing, Andy's House O' Blog is happy to share with you some simple steps on how to use (free) social tools to keep everyone on the same page. In our household, we all have Google accounts, mobile devices and different schedules. So for the kids to know when Mom is working, if I'm out of town or even worse, when I'm cooking dinner because Mom is working late, it's all readily available. So if you haven't thought about this, it can work better then th [read] Keywords: lotus
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SnTT - Synchronize Contacts: A warning
Thu, Aug 25th 2011 8:16a Andy Donaldson One of the best features introduced in the R8 code stream was the Synchronize Contacts feature on the replicator page. If you are unfamiliar with this gem, it will automatically put any contacts that you have stored locally in your personal address book and place them in the hidden view $Contacts in the mail file. Very useful for making your contacts available on iNotes and mobile devices. Before, it was a manual process and often forgotten about. But as I have come to find out this week, t [read] Keywords: inotes
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WTFrak, IBM?
Tue, Aug 23rd 2011 12:40p Andy Donaldson Ok. I don't normally write conspiracy posts. I really do try to stay away from them. But when I read today that Mary Beth Raven was leaving IBM, I got to wondering. What is going on there? A social company letting one of their most social people go? They have met her, right? She brings the noise AND the funk to conferences. But, what is going on there?There has been a wave of exits, mainly European based, over the past couple months. But someone as widely known and respected among most [read] Keywords: ibm
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Mon, Aug 15th 2011 5:51a Andy Donaldson 8 years ago, I wrote this: Greetings. My name is Andy, and I will be your host into my psyche. So please, sit back, relax, and enjoy what I have to say. And with that, Andy's House O' Blog was born. Thanks to everyone that has stopped by over the years and added to this collective of knowledge. It's grown into what I wanted it to be. And maybe a little more. It's also been the launchpad for other endeavors of mine. Being stuck in a flooded river valley.
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The "Application did not get installed" error message from hell!
Tue, Aug 9th 2011 5:51a Andy Donaldson Getting Lotus Notes 8.5.1 rolled out at my company has not been that big of an issue. Seriously. It's been a rather smooth experience. People love it! A lot of testing went into the final package and a lot of pride, too. So when this error message started showing up:
(Image stolen from IBM Support site)
I was getting a little miffed. While not an unknown or unseen error, it's one that we just couldn't figure out the root cause. To fix it, you simply shut down the client, delete the [read] Keywords: ibm
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I'll never forget.
Fri, Jul 8th 2011 10:30a Andy Donaldson Growing up, I always heard the comment, "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" For me, that's simple. I wasn't even born yet. But this morning I watched, at work streaming over the Interwebs, the final launch of America's Space Shuttle program. And I remember all the important times and where I was. August 12, 1977 - I was 8 years old. Back then Star Wars and everything space was the hot topic. I remember plain as day sitting in my bedroom in Detroit trying to run out the clock to wa [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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So since the Lotus brand name is dead and/or dying...
Mon, Jun 6th 2011 7:03p Andy Donaldson It's time for a song to sing it away. With apologies to Hall & Oates, "Let's play finish the lyrics!" To the tune of "She's gone"Everybody's high on social software Everybody's trying to coll-ab-orate.. Some people are worried about the name Lotus but it's plain to see, it's still Notes to me Sorry Yellowsphere for this imposition I think we've got it, got the strength to carry on.... I need a drink and a DB2 server Now it's up to me, will my(Can't think of anything here)Cho [read] Keywords: lotus
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My son, Alex. Part 2. He did it!
Sat, May 28th 2011 4:53a Andy Donaldson Photo by John P. Donaldson, Jr.Well, what else can I say about this kid? He did it! He gave Autism another black eye. Alex walked across the stage last night to receive his diploma. But this is just another chapter in the long novel of his journey. In August, a new chapter begins and a new set of challenges. But for now, we celebrate this major milestone. It's always great to see those moments when he knows he did it. That extra spark in his eye. That extra spring in his step. Just pl [read] Keywords: blogger
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War and Peace - A review. Plus, musing about NYC
Thu, May 19th 2011 8:35p Andy Donaldson This week, myself and a co-worker were fortunate enough to go to the Metropolis of New York City to attend the inaugural "Mobile War and Peace Workshop - Lotus Traveler: The Limits and Beyond" presented by Teamstudio and led by the one and only, Mr. Paul Mooney. Now, if you are a frequent reader of the old "House O' Blog", you might ask why I would want to attend a workshop on Traveler since I have already implemented a setup in my work environment. I asked myself that question too to be [read] Keywords: domino
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My son, Alex.
Mon, Apr 18th 2011 10:25a Andy Donaldson _MG_9593, a photo by Macian on Flickr.Too often I forget that my blog is not just about my exploits in the world of Lotus Notes/Domino, but it's also my sounding board for things in the world. This is my son, Alex. In just over a month, he graduates from high school and a few months after that, will go off to college. Alex was diagnosed with PDD-NOS back when he was 3. It's one of the many flavors of Autism. He has overcome much and will have plenty more to overcome ahead of him. Friday nigh [read] Keywords: domino
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SnTT - Another fun day with Traveler
Thu, Apr 7th 2011 5:26p Andy Donaldson Had two things come up today that I wanted to share with the class. Both were goofy things with Traveler. Not bad, just goofy oversights on our part. Ready? Here goes. My buddy from the hardware team, (the group that is responsible for taking care of all things hardware, including mobile devices), calls me first thing this morning from the executive floor. One of the execs was having an issue with items in the outbox on his iPhone not sending. The iPhone was just sitting there in the conne [read] Keywords: admin
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The journal.nsf conundrum
Mon, Mar 28th 2011 11:40a Andy Donaldson Ah, Monday's. You just gotta love them. Mine started out like most others. A mess and lots of different things to do. As always the Director of Infrastructure, (who's office I unfortunately sit right outside of), seems to pick up on my vibe that I have a lot to do. So, he calls me into his office to answer questions. Least of which was how to sync his personal Journal, now called Notebook in Lotus Notes 8, to his mail file so that it gets onto his BlackBerry. Okay, no big deal. I take [read] Keywords: agent
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My odd Lotusphere experience. Attack of the squirrel!
Sun, Feb 27th 2011 4:50p Andy Donaldson I'm sure most anyone that attends Lotusphere has a story of something odd happening to them. This year, I had a REALLY odd thing happen to me. No, it wasn't me doing my Bobby Darin at Kimonos. It was the demonic squirrel attack. I was lucky enough to score a ground level room with a patio at the Dolphin. I loved it because at night, I could go out on the grass under the stars to enjoy a cigar in the warm night air. At least, warmer then what was up in Ohio. So on one of the mornings there, [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Beware of forced encryption with IBM Lotus Notes Traveler
Mon, Feb 21st 2011 9:24a Andy Donaldson Had an another interesting issue pass through my desk today. A user had just set up his iPhone to use IBM Lotus Notes Traveler. Always a happy sight to see the gleam in their eye as they get to play with their new toys. But that gleam quickly went away when every message that was sent down to his iPhone looked like this: Now I'm talking about EVERY message. Both intentionally encrypted and not sent encrypted. Of course, this makes using the iPhone kind of a pain since you would have to [read] Keywords: domino
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Today's Traveler issue - Name lookup and the power of Getting Social
Tue, Feb 8th 2011 7:50p Andy Donaldson Had a weird issue come up today that I hadn't seen before. One of the support team came to me today saying that someone with in our organization couldn't find their name when they do a name look-up against the corporate directory on the iPhone. But here's the kicker. The person has a last name with just 3 characters. And, his first name has just 3 characters. So here's what I did to troubleshoot. 1. Looked up other names. Like mine. No problem. Both first and last name. 2. Looked u [read] Keywords: domino
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Andy's Guide To (Post) Lotusphere 2011 - Looking in the rear view mirror
Thu, Feb 3rd 2011 9:50p Andy Donaldson Well kids, we made it through another Lotusphere, haven't we? Every year leading up to Lotusphere, I come up with my yearly guide to get us all ready and revved up for another week of drinking from the fire hose of knowledge. This year, I'm going to start a new tradition. The what to do after Lotusphere. At least my opinion. So now that it's over, what are we to do? Simple. Get Social. Do Business. Sound familiar, doesn't it? Well, settle in, because here's my take on it. Get Social: I [read] Keywords: ibm
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Lotusphere 2011 Report - Breaking news! Lotus NOT dead after all! Film at 11. Wednesday, February 2
Wed, Feb 2nd 2011 10:25p Andy Donaldson Well, I'm glad to have gotten something cleared up tonight at the This Week in Lotus taping that was held live here at Lotusphere 2011. IBM's Kathy Mandelstein joined the panel and when the question of if the Lotus brand name was no longer going to be with us, the answer was NO. Once the podcast is posted, I will post a link to it here so you can hear it directly from her. So that's great news. There was also a lot of great discussion on the podcast, so do take a listen. I apologize if my [read] Keywords: ibm
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Lotusphere 2011 Report - Where's the meat? My take on the OGS Monday, January 31
Mon, Jan 31st 2011 11:39a Andy Donaldson Dear IBM, I love your product, Lotus Notes. I really do. I was excited to see the "Next" version of the product line. Very refreshing. I also really like that the college kids were brought in to experience this for themselves as well. And actor Kevin Spacey as the guest speaker, awesomeness. But, where was the marketing this morning? Seriously. You are telling us the success stories with the panels during the OGS, but, how are the policy and decision makers back at the office going to learn a [read] Keywords: ibm
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Lotusphere 2011 Report - What are you looking for in the OGS? Sunday, January 30
Sun, Jan 30th 2011 8:24p Andy Donaldson Once again dear friends, we descend upon Orlando and immerse ourselves in education and discussion regarding the product line we all know and love. IBM Lotus Notes and Domino. And all the other products that go along with it. Sunday at Lotusphere is reserved for Jump Start sessions and deep dives into different areas of the product line. I attended a few of those today and was happy to know that at least on my Lotus Traveler implementation, we're doing it right. Sunday is also reserved for [read] Keywords: domino
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And so it begins...Lotusphere 2011
Sun, Jan 30th 2011 6:30a Andy Donaldson Yup. It's 8:30 on a Sunday morning in late January which means one thing. Lotusphere has begun. Stay tuned. There's lots more to come! Location:Epcot Resorts Blvd,Southwest Orange,United States [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Neat app for the iPad
Wed, Jan 26th 2011 5:00p Andy Donaldson Since I get to borrow the iPad from work for the trip to Lotusphere, I was of course looking for cool apps to put on there. I think I have a new favorite. Flipboard. It's a cool that that takes your feeds from Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader and others and puts it in a nice magazine format. Best of all, it's free. [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Troubleshooting IMAP - Slaying the beast
Wed, Jan 26th 2011 10:35a Andy Donaldson I don't know a whole lot about IMAP other then it's a protocol used in mail and it's a pain in the butt. A couple of years ago we had to start using IMAP to support some internal processes that require systems to connect to the IMAP enabled mail file and process workflow. But when it breaks, it's a pain point. This morning it broke again. Normally when it breaks in our test environment, a reboot of the server clears up the connection errors that are occuring. But when one of the system admin [read] Keywords: domino
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Twas the week before Lotusphere. A poem...(kinda)
Fri, Jan 21st 2011 11:37a Andy Donaldson Twas the week before Lotusphere and what have you doneTo prepare yourself for the onslaught yet to come?The early morning BOF's, with a quick breakfast to followA day full of sessionsToo much knowledge to swallow? The showcase floor, full of bright shinny thingsThe receptions and partiesAnd plenty of networking Away from your homes and family you'll beThe late nights with friendsSinging a little Karaoke. So relax for now, and get plenty of sleep Before you know itYou'll be rubbing your sore f [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Something new to play with before Lotusphere
Wed, Jan 19th 2011 5:10p Andy Donaldson Mitch Cohen and I were chatting on twitter last week about possible apps to use for live blogging the OGS, and that's when I found BlogPress. It's a pretty neat little app that allows for creating blog entries and posting them to Blogger, WordPress or several other services. Even will post pictures from the iPod Touch right to the post as well. We'll see how well it works on the iPad I get to borrow from the support team for Lotusphere. Neat tool! [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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My Lotusphere Schedule
Tue, Jan 18th 2011 10:10a Andy Donaldson Looks like my dance card is pretty full: (Click image to enlarge) I'm not a speaker so I'm really not tied down to having to be at any particular place at any one time. But as my calendar is showing, it's filling up quickly. And as the company I work for is good enough to continue to send and support me going, I will be in the one place I need to be, my seat. Soaking up as much as possible. And taking lots of notes...about Notes and Domino and Sametime and Traveler and etc. And blogging. [read] Keywords: domino
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A Lotus Traveler upgrade issue - Self-inflicted
Sat, Jan 15th 2011 8:50a Andy Donaldson Let's face it. Lotus Traveler has been the true gem in the Lotus software portfolio. All of us who are Admins of the server know, it just works. So going into today's upgrade of my production server from beta to the full 8.5.2 version I didn't think it was going to be a big deal. But then the problems started. But as I came to find out, they were self-inflicted. After upgrading to the latest 8.5.2 code and applied FP1, I saw that there was a hot fix available for the server to resolve an [read] Keywords: domino
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An interesting iPad/Traveler situation this week
Fri, Jan 7th 2011 6:19p Andy Donaldson Had an interesting situation happen with an iPad this week that I wanted to share with the class.A user brought our support team an iPad to set up for him. Not a big deal, right? Our team followed standard protocol for setting up the iPad, usually an extremely painless and quick process. But after installing Traveler on the iPad, the device would not sync. Thinking that an error had occurred during installation, they removed the Traveler account, I deleted the device on the server and they s [read] Keywords: lotus
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Blocked Senders List, a story of pain.....(Epilogue)
Wed, Jan 5th 2011 4:15p Andy Donaldson When you last joined me here on the House O' Blog, you may have read my frustration with regards to the Blocked Senders List in Lotus Notes. After having a day to think about it and let it soak in, my frustration for Lotus Notes has waned and I now see things a little more clearly.The fact is the higher-higher up that was having the issue is someone that is well known in the community. His email, like many executives, is easily available on the Internet for anyone to snag and use. Vendors or [read] Keywords: lotus
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Blocked Senders List, a story of pain.....
Tue, Jan 4th 2011 7:10p Andy Donaldson One of the features that was introduced in Notes 7 that has provided many a happy user with some measure of control over the spam they receive is the Block Senders Feature within the mail file. In my experience, it works pretty well. But just before the holidays, one of the higher-higher up's ran into a problem with his list. Any time he wanted to add an address to the list, he was told that he reached the maximum and it wouldn't allow him to add any more. Doing a quick search, we found th [read] Keywords: domino
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My 2010 - Looking Back
Thu, Dec 30th 2010 7:59p Andy Donaldson I know it's a cliche thing, writing a year in review post, but it's always good to look back before moving forward, right? 2010 seemed like it was a year of change and growth for me and the family. Was a tough year for the household to get through on a couple of things. But we made it through together as a family. And, it made us stronger and more able to discuss things that go on in life and not be afraid to face it. On the blogging side of things, I felt like I kind of let it go a little [read] Keywords: lotus
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Lotusphere Idol submission time - Just do it! (Part 2)
Wed, Dec 22nd 2010 10:16a Andy Donaldson While lounging on the couch this morning enjoying my vacation, I was looking through Planet Lotus and saw that a href="http://planetlotus.org/7c5290" target="_blank"Gab/a, a href="http://planetlotus.org/7c509c" target="_blank"Paul/a and a href="http://planetlotus.org/7c4610" target="_blank"Ed/a all posted about this years Lotusphere Idol.nbsp; If you're not familiar with Lotusphere Idol, click out the hotlinks on their names and read all about. But in summary, Lotusphere Idol is a g [read] Keywords: lotus
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Lotus Notes Traveler on Android - It just works! (But there's a gotcha)
Wed, Dec 15th 2010 8:05a Andy Donaldson Unless you've been under a rock for the past 24 hours, you may have missed the news from a href="http://www.edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/now-available-lotus-notes-traveler-for-android" target="_blank"Ed Brill/a that bLotus Notes Traveler for Android/b is officially available to implement in your infrastructure!nbsp; While that's a huge win for the Lotus product line, there is one issue you need to be aware of.br /I was fortunate enough to be part of the beta testing group for Android [read] Keywords: domino
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Looking for work in the Lotus world
Tue, Dec 7th 2010 7:15p Andy Donaldson Well, not me.br /(iThe following is a public service announcement from bAndy's House O' Blog/b/i) nbsp; br /A very dear friend of mine is looking.nbsp; So if anyone out there in Lotus-land is looking for a seasoned Domino Administrator and you're located in the greatest place on the planet, Northeast Ohio, please let me know!nbsp; I will be happy to get you in touch with them.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685 [read] Keywords: domino
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Wanting to see if your iPhone/iPad/iTouch can print to YOUR printer?
Mon, Nov 22nd 2010 3:26p Andy Donaldson It took me some digging around to find it.nbsp; So, as a public service from those of us here at biAndy's House O' Blog/i/b, here is the link to Apple's support site on Airprint!br /br /a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4356" target="_blank"Apple's iOS Airprint 101/abr /br /Don't say I never gave you anything.br /br /Now back to playing with the Galaxy Tab before I have to give it up to others at work tomorrow ;-)div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='ht [read] Keywords: apple
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Oh the geeky goodness of the Samsung Galaxy Tab
Sun, Nov 21st 2010 5:09p Andy Donaldson div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eb9UuKo0Rcs/TOmHvzyoVaI/AAAAAAAACIA/uX1jsE4HqoM/s1600/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab1-300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eb9UuKo0Rcs/TOmHvzyoVaI/AAAAAAAACIA/uX1jsE4HqoM/s1600/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab1-300x300.jpg" //a/divOur Verizon rep brought me an early Christmas present on Friday.nbsp; The n [read] Keywords: lotus
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Insufficient Memory.....what a pain
Thu, Oct 7th 2010 3:55p Andy Donaldson We've been having a heck of a time down here at the ranch with an error that keeps popping up on our 8.5.1 Domino servers.nbsp; Multiple PMR's and "try this" and "try that" from the Lotus Support team along with the HF additions to the fix packs installed were tried with no luck.nbsp; The issue has centered itself around mail files becoming corrupt.nbsp; I mean *really* corrupt.nbsp; Nothing that myself or Candice, (my partner in all things Domino Admin here), could think of would fix the [read] Keywords: admin
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Man, where have I been? (Again)
Tue, Oct 5th 2010 8:36p Andy Donaldson I just noticed something tonight.nbsp; I haven't been keeping up with my blogging here at the old House O' Blog again.nbsp; It goes in cycles, I guess..nbsp; It's just because I've been too dang busy!nbsp; Lately at work the majority of my day has been spent on a lot of run model type work and creating security policies to push out to our hand held users.nbsp; Oh, the good times.nbsp; So that hasn't given me much opportunity to keep up with all things Domino they way I like to be.nbsp; Ther [read] Keywords: domino
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BlackBerry PlayBook
Tue, Sep 28th 2010 8:00a Andy Donaldson div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/PB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="240" src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/PB.jpg" width="320" //a/divYesterday at Research in Motion's annual DEVCON get together in San Francisco, the ba href="http://www.blackberry.com/playbook" target="_blank"BlackBerry PlayBook/a /bwas un [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Session slides and documentation from my MWLUG presentation
Fri, Aug 20th 2010 1:37p Andy Donaldson Thanks to all the folks that attended my session on InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes at MWLUG in Cleveland today.nbsp; Below are both the slides and the documented steps to walk through creating your own custom Lotus Notes installation.br /br /a href="http://sites.google.com/a/macian.net/www/UsingInstallShieldTunerforLotus-MWLUG2010.pdf?attredirects=0amp;d=1"Click here for the slides from my presentation/a. (In .PDF format.)br /br /a href="http://sites.google.com/a/macian.net/www/ISTforLNv [read] Keywords: lotus
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Forgetting something?
Mon, Aug 16th 2010 10:00p Andy Donaldson div style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/macian/4894796795/" title="photo sharing"img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4894796795_711b0e0b10_m.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" //abr /span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/macian/4894796795/"Toby and the sky lantern/abr /Originally uploaded by a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/macian/"Macian/a/s [read] Keywords: blogger
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Seven years in cyberspace, my Bloggervesary.
Sun, Aug 15th 2010 6:00p Andy Donaldson Seven years ago today, I wrote this:br /blockquoteh2 class="date-header"spanFriday, August 15, 2003/span/h2a href="" name="106097532992413817"/a div class="post-header" /divdiv class="post-body entry-content" Greetings. My name is Andy, and I will be your host into my psyche. So please, sit back, relax, and enjoy what I have to say. /divspan class="post-author vcard" Posted by span class="fn"Andy Donaldson/span /span span class="post-timestamp" at a class="timestamp-link" href= [read] Keywords: admin
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iNotes Ultra-light mode on the Android
Fri, Aug 13th 2010 10:43a Andy Donaldson div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divbr /Tripped across a really neat thing this morning that I wanted to share with the class.nbsp; As you may have heard, Lotus Traveler support for Android devices is currently in beta mode and is expected out later this year.nbsp; But with the growing number of Android users in the corporate populace, the requests for supporting for the device are mounting.nbsp; So that led me to a little bit of playing around this morning.nbsp [read] Keywords: agent
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Everything old is new again - The Handheld Wars
Wed, Jul 28th 2010 9:26p Andy Donaldson After reading a href="http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-87RVUU" target="_blank"Gregg's/a post today and the follow-up conversation on his entry, it got me to thinking about all of the conversations that I've had recently at work. You see dear readers, I believe that we are at the dawn of the post-modern PC era.nbsp; (Like most techies don't know that already.)nbsp; But what's funny to me is, that just like how things were back in the early 90's with the PC revolution, [read] Keywords: lotus
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The Droid X Camera
Thu, Jul 15th 2010 7:49a Andy Donaldson div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eb9UuKo0Rcs/TD71tSg-eRI/AAAAAAAAB_k/NEjzVTV6S4w/s1600/2010-07-15_07-00-28_959.jpg"img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eb9UuKo0Rcs/TD71tSg-eRI/AAAAAAAAB_k/NEjzVTV6S4w/s400/2010-07-15_07-00-28_959.jpg" border="0" //a /divbr /It's pretty nice. Still getting use to doing thing Android rather then iPod Touch or BlackBerry. Cool device and the camera is a win!div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTE [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Fort Laurens Revisited
Wed, Jul 14th 2010 9:10p Andy Donaldson div style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/macian/4785194653/" title="photo sharing"img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4785194653_718a96cbae_m.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" //abr /span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/macian/4785194653/"_MG_6479/abr /Originally uploaded by a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/macian/"Macian/a/spanbr /span styl [read] Keywords: blogger
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Apple fesses up on signal issue...kinda
Fri, Jul 2nd 2010 3:39p Andy Donaldson In an a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/07/02appleletter.html" target="_blank"open letter/a published by Apple today, they claim that their signal issues with the new iPhone is based on a bad algorithm and ATT told them how to "fix" it. Ok, I might buy that, but, what about the signal strength on the upgraded iPod Touch? As I stated in my last post, since I had upgraded it to the new iOS 4, I can sit close to the access point and the signal indicator will still show low signal. [read] Keywords: apple
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I don't think the iPhone is the only thing having reception problems
Tue, Jun 29th 2010 12:42p Andy Donaldson A lot of news has been generated this past week about the iPhone 4 and it's reception issues.nbsp; I, like many, was all excited last week to download and upgrade my iPod Touch to the latest and greatest from Apple.nbsp; After the upgrade, I started to notice something goofy.nbsp; My signal strength meter started showing low reception.br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eb9UuKo0Rcs/TCogV8sbFZI/AAAAAAAAB-0/SooXB7HAuWI/s1600/sig [read] Keywords: lotus
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It's official, I'm a speaker at MWLUG2010!
Fri, Jun 18th 2010 2:03p Andy Donaldson I received word yesterday that my abstract was accepted for MWLUG2010 that will be held in Cleveland, OH on August 19 and 20th!nbsp; Not sure yet as to what day I will do the presentation, but I am looking forward to it.nbsp; My presentation will be an updated version on using InstallShieldTuner for Lotus Notes that I presented at the a href="http://www.lotususergroup.org/QuickPlace/neolug/Main.nsf/h_Toc/4df38292d748069d0525670800167212/?OpenDocument" target="_blank"Northeast Ohio User Group [read] Keywords: lotus
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Oh, the things that DDM finds
Fri, Apr 30th 2010 3:31p Andy Donaldson div style="text-align: justify;"This was too funny not to share.nbsp; My cohort in all things Domino here at the office , Candice, was going through DDM to take a look at things and found this:/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eb9UuKo0Rcs/S9svQSTUsRI/AAAAAAAAB8w/G2mw27395_0/s1600/harrypotter.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="284" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ [read] Keywords: domino
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Migrating Traveler
Sat, Mar 20th 2010 2:54p Andy Donaldson We've all come across it.nbsp; There comes a time in an admins life when you have to move a server instance from one piece of hardware to another piece of hardware.nbsp; Usually it's an EOL situation, hardware upgrade or even for DR testing purposes.nbsp; Moving Domino is usually an extremely easy task.nbsp; Shut down Domino on the old server, install the application on the new server to match your old server, copy/paste, rename servers, reboot, smoke cigar.nbsp; But when another Domino based [read] Keywords: domino
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Damn you, NetBackup!
Fri, Mar 19th 2010 12:27p Andy Donaldson Had a really interesting issue this morning at the office.nbsp; Got a call from my colleague that a mail file was having all kinds of corruption issues.nbsp; Everything that could be done against the mail file could had been done, and it was looking like it was time to bring the server down to fix the mail file.nbsp; The error that kept flying by on the console wasbr /b[1E90:02D3-14D8] **** DbMarkCorrupt(Folder ($Inbox) corrupt), DB=g:LotusDominodatamailuser.nsfnbsp; TID=[1E90:02D3-14D8] File=db [read] Keywords: domino
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SnTT: A Lotus Traveler Memory Issue, but there is a fix!
Wed, Feb 24th 2010 8:04p Andy Donaldson Let me start off by once again saying how much I love Lotus Traveler.nbsp; I think any admin that has set it up and rolled it out to their users has the same warm feelings for it.nbsp; But after returning from Lotusphere and installing the 8.5.1.1 CF1, (to allow for meeting acceptance on the iPhone), that love hit the rocks a little.br /I started getting phone calls from people saying that mail was not syncing down to their devices.nbsp; Seeing the same issue with myself, I quickly jumped on the [read] Keywords: admin
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Another weird MIME error
Sun, Feb 21st 2010 4:59p Andy Donaldson div style="text-align: justify;"This past Friday morning, I came across a weird error that I couldn't find the answer to online, so of course I have to blog about it./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"A co-worker of mine sent along a message that when opening his Notes client, he got the following error:/divdiv style="text-align: justify;""Warning: unexpected MIME error:"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eb9UuKo0Rcs [read] Keywords: inotes
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A Lotus Traveler gotcha, if you're a moron like me.
Mon, Feb 1st 2010 9:19a Andy Donaldson Okay, I admit it.nbsp; I pulled another dumb-Dom-Admin move this weekend.nbsp; I didn't R.T.F.D.nbsp; i(That's br/bead bt/bhe bf/braking bd/bocumentation for those that don't know.)nbsp; /iI now submit the following confession in hopes for absolution.br /Our story begins two weeks ago at Lotusphere 2010 when I heard the great news that the new 8.5.1.1 patch for Lotus Traveler would allow users to accept meetings on their iPhones/iPod Touch's.nbsp; Happy day, I thought.nbsp; I had also heard [read] Keywords: admin
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This years trophy added to the collection #ls10
Fri, Jan 29th 2010 7:51a Andy Donaldson div class='posterous_autopost'a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/hossmacian/ej6JImg2tVG0XBcTOY9oNmPI0Ube1RqFRbXJIGNmzVhd9anY41wIieqKW32D/IMG00021-20100129-0744.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/hossmacian/oQIdDkrwq4KqQVFmr4X8BPnFbBlvWS5tBSeb4WJc6EOWXsNJMJq3oqkaVG77/IMG00021-20100129-0744.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="667"//a pSent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry/p p style="font-size: 10px;" a href="http: [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Lotusphere 2010 Report - Lotusphere in the rear view mirror
Thu, Jan 28th 2010 7:20p Andy Donaldson I had every intention of doing a daily blog summary of the sights, sounds and events of Lotusphere 2010.nbsp; But this year, I just never seemed to find the time to get them done.nbsp; And, with so many others more eloquently giving the information, I didn't want to get stuck in the echo chamber with my ramblings.br /But, it's been officially a week since the end of Lotusphere 2010 and I'm still impressed with this year.nbsp; I can't remember a prior Lotusphere where it went by with such a b [read] Keywords: lotus
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Why I now dislike the iPad
Thu, Jan 28th 2010 6:44p Andy Donaldson Like everyone else in the land of Geektopia yesterday, I was glued to my monitor as the live blog spewed forward information about the iPad event.nbsp; I was in awe and amazement of this wonder product that will liberate us from the doldrums of being stuck with outdated devices.nbsp; I mean this thing has it all for $499.nbsp; It makes my 3rd generation iPod look like a reel-to-reel tape player.nbsp; 16GB of storage, Wifi, iTunes, Safari, ability to use iWorks productivity software, movies, e-re [read] Keywords: administration
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Lotusphere 2010 Report - Tuesday learnin's
Tue, Jan 19th 2010 10:58p Andy Donaldson Really just a quick report from Yellowverse central tonight.nbsp; Food coma is a terrible thing.nbsp; Then add to thatnbsp; enjoying a nice cigar while going for a walk with the iPod and you have the ingredients for an early evening.br /Today was an exercise in learning.nbsp; Started off the day bright and early in Paul and Gab's iSHOW 101 - Step by Step: Install, Manage and Configure DAOS and ID Vault/i.nbsp; A fantastic session that truly does go through each step needed to set up and configu [read] Keywords: domino
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