What "A Beautiful Mess" it truly is
Mon, Feb 15th 2010 1:36p Bruce Elgort It's been a very long time since I blogged about anything to do with "music" so I thought I would jump back in with a quick review of Jason Mraz's new CD/DVD "A Beautiful Mess - Live on Earth". This CD/DVD was recorded back in August 2009 in Chicago on the lake front and is truly one of his best performances. Gayle and I have been following Jason since we met him and Toca Rivera at a Dave Matthews Band concert at the Gorge Amphitheater back in 2004. In fact we snapped a not so good picture with [read] Keywords: traveler
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Please join Pavone and Elguji at the Portland, Oregon Lotusphere Comes to You
Mon, Feb 15th 2010 10:35a Bruce Elgort For all those unable to attend IBM Lotusphere 2010 in Orlando, PAVONE AG and Elguji Software offer the possibility to learn about IBM's news and trends in Portland, Oregon. We are inviting you to our Lotusphere Comes to You event on March 16, 2010.
A few hours of your time will allow you to catch up with the most important news from Lotusphere® 2010. Will also give you a summary of current IBM trends for 2010.
We will start at 8:30 AM and end at 1 PM, allowing you to return to work in the a [read] Keywords: ibm
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Salesforce to cease support for IE6
Wed, Feb 10th 2010 3:38p Bruce Elgort This just in...
Dear Bruce,
At salesforce.com, seamless upgrades are a top priority, and we strive to provide open communication whenever we make changes that may impact our customers. You are receiving this email because we have identified you as system administrator for a Salesforce.com organization that will be impacted by an upcoming change to our support policy for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (IE6). We have identified that one or more users in your organization logged into salesfor [read] Keywords: applications
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The Lotus Awards 2010
Tue, Feb 9th 2010 6:24p Bruce Elgort The IBM web page with the complete list of 2010 Lotus Award winners is now available. Congratulations to the winners and finalists.
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/awards2010"
I also was sent a nice PDF to share with customers and prospects. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Podcast rewind
Mon, Feb 8th 2010 6:19p Bruce Elgort Just in case you missed some of these Taking Notes and 1352 Report shows:
Taking Notes
The Lotus Technical Information and Education Community with IBM's Joyce Davis and Amanda Bauman
Lotusphere 2010 Monday/Tuesday Coverage
Lotusphere 2010 Sunday Coverage
Lotusphere 2010 Get Ready with Tom Duff and Andy Donaldson
IBM's Smart Work Initiative with Antony Satyadas and Bill Malchisky Jr.
SharePoint Integrator 2.5 with Mainsoft's Yaacov Cohen
The 1352 Report
There’s an app store for yo [read] Keywords: foundations
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Community Building - Been there and still doing it
Thu, Feb 4th 2010 8:51p Bruce Elgort Today I received an email from my good friend and colleague Jack Dausman who suggested that I read and pass on the following. The first is a book by Jono Bacon who manages one of the most visible open source organizations Ubuntu. The book is available as a free download and is titled "The Art of Community".
When I started work on The Art of Community I was really keen that it should be a body of work that all communities have access to. My passion behind the book was to provide a solid guide t [read] Keywords: community
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I will be speaking in the Application Development Mini Keynote
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Bruce Elgort On Tuesday at 10 AM I will be speaking about Domino Designer 8.5.1 and XPages in the Application Development Mini Keynote on the "main stage" as Ed says. Hope to see you there and I hope you enjoy my part of the presenation which includes a few slides and a product demonstration. Please also visit the Elguji Software crew (Gayle, Matt, Ben, Julian and Mark) at booth no. 622 in the Product Showcase. Also, please feel free to stop me and say hello. All requests for "hey Bruce buy me a beer" will b [read] Keywords: domino
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One day course on XPages is filling up quick!
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Bruce Elgort Matt White Elguji Software's Chief Software Architect will be running a one day "XPages 101" course in London, in February 2010. You can learn more about the course on the XPages 101 site. Matt designed Elguji's award winning IdeaJam and also IQJam, LinkJam and TaskJam applications.
Matt is considered to be one of the worlds leading XPages developers and has put together a comprehensive seminar for all developers wanting to learn how to develop IBM Lotus Domino XPages applications. Don't miss [read] Keywords: domino
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Sametime 8.5 with Carl Tyler on the Taking Notes Podcast
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Bruce Elgort Carl Tyler of Epilio talks to Bruce and Julian about all things Sametime 8.5 and what you can expect when you upgrade. Carl gives great information that is a must listen for all of you running Sametime. The gang also talks about Lotusphere 2010, the new Lotusphere Sessions iPhone app from The Turtle Partnership and also includes some good tips on how to improve your English accent.
Taking Notes Episode 103 > [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Lotusphere BALD 2010 is coming!
Mon, Dec 21st 2009 9:56a Bruce Elgort For those of you who will be at Lotusphere 2010 on Saturday afternoon (January 16th) and want to hang out with a bunch of friendly Lotus geeks be sure and head on over to the Big River Brewery on the Disney Boardwalk at 3:30PM for "BALD" or "Bloggers (and friends) Annual Lotusphere Dinner". If my memory serves me correctly this we will be the 6th BALD event which keeps on growing and getting better and better each and every year. Last year we had close to 100 attendees! Feel free to leave a comm [read] Keywords: lotus
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2010 Lotus Award Winners
Fri, Dec 18th 2009 11:24a Bruce Elgort Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists.
Best Industry Solution
WINNER: Prolifics (United States)
Finalist: ebVOKUS Software GmbH (Germany)
Finalist: Brookstone Technologies Pty Limited (Australia)
Best Community Service Award
WINNER: LAN2LAN, Limited (United Kingdom)
Finalist: Gemini Systems, LLC (United States)
Finalist: Kolaco, Inc (United States)
IBM Lotus Energy and Environment (Green) Award
WINNER: NetRouter, Inc. (United States)
Finalist: Enterprise Information Mana [read] Keywords: collaboration
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How OpenNTF Open Source Solutions Can Save You Time, Money And Your Hair
Wed, Dec 9th 2009 5:19p Bruce Elgort Just posted a presentation from Lotusphere 2006 on SlideShare titled "How OpenNTF Open Source Solutions Can Save You, Time, Money and Your Hair. Slides 86 and 88 have some samples of the "OpenNTF Featured Projects" graphics that were discussed today on this OpenNTF blog entry.
How OpenNTF Open Source Solutions Can Save You Time, Money And Your HairView more documents from Bruce Elgort. [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Lotus Domino XPages Forum Trial
Wed, Nov 18th 2009 6:45p Bruce Elgort The fine folks over at IBM Lotus developerWorks are asking for help testing a new discussion forum database to replace the existing dated discussion forums. Please take a few minutes out of your busy day to kick the tires and submit any feedback you have. Notes access will also be provided.
Here are some screenshots to look at:
Test drive the Lotus Domino XPages Forum Trial database > [read] Keywords: domino
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Our OpenNTF presentation from the Tri-State Lotus User Group Meeting
Wed, Nov 11th 2009 6:10p Bruce Elgort On Monday John Head and I co-presented a session together at the Tri-State Lotus User Group meeting held at IBM in New York City on Monday, November 9th. The session was titled "OpenNTF - The Lotus Notes and Domino Open Source Organization" The session was well attended and there was a lot of good interaction and discussions with the audience. This was also the first time I have co-presnted with John and it was a blast. Here is the slide deck from the presentation:
OpenNTF - The Lotus Notes and [read] Keywords: domino
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A quick VMWare Fusion Tip
Wed, Nov 4th 2009 1:57p Bruce Elgort Have you ever had VMWare Fusion virtual machines do funky things that made you wish you could simply power off the VM? Well there is a way to power off your VM that doesn't appear on the Virtual Machines menu (unless you know the secret keystroke option). Take a look at your Virtual Machines menu and you will see Shut Down Guest, Suspend Guest and Restart Guess. If you hold down the Option key and re-select the Virtual Machines menu you will that the three options now read Power Off, Suspend and [read] Keywords: vm
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You are cordially invited to our November Lotus Technical Information and Education community meeting
Wed, Nov 4th 2009 1:19p Bruce Elgort Julian Robichaux and I will be presenting at the November Lotus Technical Information and Education community meeting which will be held on Tuesday, November 17th. Here is what we will be talking about:
Podcasting and Lotus Information - Bruce Elgort and Julian Robichaux, Elguji Software, LLC and SNAPPS
Learn about podcasting to share technical information and expand your Lotus product knowledge.
Bruce and Julian have been hosting the Taking Notes Podcast for 4 years, and 100 episodes! Hear [read] Keywords: ibm
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The XPages Blog: October 1, 2009 - November 1, 2009 Article Recap
Tue, Nov 3rd 2009 9:28p Bruce Elgort XPages - Taking the next step by Peter Presnell
Prototype versus closure in SSJS - by Peter Presnell
XPages heade to New York City! - by David Leedy
Adding the Ability to Watch for ANY Partial Refresh in an XPage - by Jeremy Hodge
XPages Using Domino Designer Course Updated for 8.5.1 - by Paul Calhoun
XPages - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - A Final Word - by Peter Presnell
What's New For XPages in 8.5.1 - by Peter Presnell
XPages | Things to be aware of when using an 851 Designer with [read] Keywords: designer
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What are your favorite OpenNTF apps?
Mon, Nov 2nd 2009 2:44p Bruce Elgort Over the years I have used many of the more "popular" apps on OpenNTF however, I know that there are some real gems that have been overlooked. So my question to you is to help me identify some apps on OpenNTF that you would recommend taking a look at. Addittionaly, which apps are you running in a production corporate environment. Again, many thanks for your feedback.
I want to include some of these apps during my TriStateLUG presentation next week in NYC. [read] Keywords: openntf
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Your help is requested - eBook readers
Mon, Nov 2nd 2009 2:29p Bruce Elgort Here are three questions that I hope you can answer for me:
1) Do you currently own an eBook reader? If so which one?
2) If you answered No to question 1 do you intend to be purchasing an eBook reader in the near future? If so which one and when (next 3 months, 1 year)?
3) If you answered No to questions 1 and 2 I would like to know why you wouldn't invest in an eBook reader.
Thanks in advance for your help. [read] Keywords:
Taking Notes Podcast Episode 100 - A talk with the XPages gurus
Sun, Oct 25th 2009 7:56p Bruce Elgort Head on over to The Taking Notes Podcast blog to listen to episode 100 where Julian and I talk with XPage gurus Matt White, Declan Lynch and Peter Presnell. The show runs for 44 minutes and includes some great information. We also spend some time talking about the Lotus Awards for OpenNTF contributions. Also, many thanks to our friends for their kind wishes at the beginning of the show. [read] Keywords: lotus
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Your Notes and Domino applications need to step into the "Spotlight"
Mon, Oct 19th 2009 9:49a Bruce Elgort TeamStudio is having their annual TeamStudio Spotlight Awards contest and you should really think about entering some of the applicatons you have created.
For the past two years, Teamstudio has recognized outstanding developers in the Notes/Domino community. This year, the judges are back and ready to see how you've pushed your skills to the next level!
If you think you've created a remarkable application, see the attached PDF for all the contest details, including entry requirements and deadl [read] Keywords: domino
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Elguji @ UKLUG
Sun, Oct 18th 2009 1:46p Bruce Elgort Many thanks to brother Steve McDonagh for this illustration of Gayle, Matt and myself: [read] Keywords:
A quick note on my friend who was hospitalized back in July
Mon, Sep 7th 2009 11:06p Bruce Elgort I can tell that my friend Kelly is feeling much better after her hospitalization and recovery from acute renal failure. She has been illustrating, painting, and knitting up a storm. It's amazing to see how she went from living through a real life episode of House M.D. and recovering the way she has. Her recovery is clearly evident as she is back in the saddle being the creative person she is.
On CafePress (http://www.cafepress.com/wrytoast/2682475) you can find several new illustrations of dog [read] Keywords: php
Kids Cancer Pages
Mon, Aug 31st 2009 2:20p Bruce Elgort The Childrens Cancer Assocations Kids Cancer Pages is the first-ever national resource directory on childhood cancer, recognized by the National Cancer Institute as “the most comprehensive guide for families currently available.” For families battling pediatric cancer – and the medical professionals who care for them, our Kids’ Cancer Pages directory is a vital support tool.
Download and/or print our searchable Kids Cancer Pages (PDF). Printed copies are also available [read] Keywords: office
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Coming to IdeaJam V1.6 (Fall '09)
Thu, Aug 27th 2009 6:40p Bruce Elgort Here is a partial list of some things to look out for in the forthcoming version of IdeaJam:
IdeaJam XPages version upgraded to run on Domino 8.5.1 only.
This dramatically improves performance under XPages mode and also makes the application more stable. (Classic continues to work with Domino 7, 8.x and 8.5.x)
Custom HTML Header in Control Panel.
The custom HTML will appear in the header of every page in the IdeaJam site
@CommentBody@ can be used to insert the comment body for new comment noti [read] Keywords: agent
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Where oh where to put the button?
Thu, Aug 27th 2009 6:27p Bruce Elgort Situation: IdeaJam V1.6 (coming in the next few weeks BTW along with IQJam)
Feature: Follow an IdeaSpace - receive email notifications when new ideas get added to an IdeaJam IdeaSpace
UI Challenge: Where to put the button and/or link on the UI to allow users to Follow/Un-Follow an IdeaSpace
So our question to you is "Where would you place the Follow/Un-Follow button/link?". We temporarily have placed it to the right of the RSS icon but, aren't happy with the way it fits in the UI.
Your tho [read] Keywords: email
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I sure hope not...
Wed, Aug 26th 2009 7:04p Bruce Elgort From my inbox:
Hi Bruce,
We have a solution for you to reach your competitor’s prospects using Lotusphere January 2009 attendees list. We have a total of 8,658 contacts targeting Lotusphere January 2009 attendees who have attended in this year? If yes, we can certainly assist you with a ready to use email list at a very economical cost.
Our key services are:
We are a list compiler and a dominant player in the Business List Industry with over 45 Million B2B contacts and 220 Million B2C [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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IBM Software Helps Army Take Soldiers Out of the Line of Fire
Wed, Aug 26th 2009 6:56p Bruce Elgort Just came across this press release about Lotus Forms of which I am hearing more and more about:
With IBM's breadth and depth of product and service offerings including portals and e-forms, delivered by partners like EIM, IBM continues to help organizations in their efforts to reduce their reliance on paper, improve business efficiencies, lower operating costs and for some, save lives. "This technology allows the Army to actually stop sending soldiers into the line of fire in order to get an [read] Keywords: forms
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Finally Camtasia Studio for the Mac
Tue, Aug 25th 2009 1:50p Bruce Elgort Techsmith the makers of two of my favorite Windows programs Snagit and Camtasia have just released Camtasia Studio for the Mac. After only a few minutes playing with the Mac version I am extremely pleased with it. Now I no longer have to fire up a VM to record screencasts and demo videos. This software is a must have for every Mac owne needing to create top shelf video presentations.
Download a 30 day evaluation copy here >
PS - Note who is featured in the "Spotlight on..." section. It's no [read] Keywords: ibm
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David Allen Weighs in on Lotus Knows
Fri, Aug 21st 2009 5:17p Bruce Elgort David Allen the world recognized productivity expert and creator of the Getting Things Done methodolgy and has joined the discussions going on at the Lotus Knows IdeaJam. Of particular interest is this comment he left on this idea:
Lotus needs to be very careful not to make the mistake Outlook and others have made, once a company "gets" that email is something to be managed - over-structuring and feature-creeping. What passes for "organization" for most people is rearranging incomplete piles o [read] Keywords: ibm
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Introducing the IQJam JSON API
Thu, Aug 20th 2009 5:02p Bruce Elgort A few weeks back I blogged about the IQJam Web Services API. Well now it's time to introduce you to the IQJam JSON API that will ship with V1.0 of IQJam.
The following methods are available:
addQuestion
addAnswer
findQuestionById
searchQuestions
getRecentQuestions
getRecentQuestionsByTag
getRecentQuestionsByAuthor
We also have to the Developers page the ability to unit test each of the JSON methods for your coding pleasure.
Stay tuned for more IQJam goodness coming very soon.
Oh yeah... dr [read] Keywords: ideajam
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The Most Talked About Lotus Knows IdeaJam Ideas
Wed, Aug 19th 2009 11:01p Bruce Elgort To view the ideas on the Lotus Knows IdeaJam that have the most comments, go to the All Ideas Theme and click on the Comments link to the right of the Popular ideas view. To see the ideas in a particular Theme with the most comments first select the Theme and then click on Comments.
There are some ideas with over 30+ comments. You all be jammin! [read] Keywords: ibm
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12 hours of Lotus Knows IdeaJam Jamming
Wed, Aug 19th 2009 7:54p Bruce Elgort Twelve hours into the Lotus Knows IdeaJam we have the following stats:
There are some truly amazing ideas and discussions going on in the jam and it's really cool to see so many IBM'ers participating. Two more days to go! [read] Keywords: ibm
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Intranet Journal: Lotus to Launch 'Lotus Knows' Campaign
Mon, Aug 17th 2009 8:06p Bruce Elgort John Roling writes about the launch of the Lotus Knows campaign on Intranet Journal:
In the next few months, you'll be seeing a lot more from the IBM Lotus Marketing department. Yes, I did say Lotus and marketing in the same sentence.
One of the complaints that the Lotus community has had for a long time has been the lack of any real marketing voice, or campaign touting Lotus products and capabilities. For years, people using Lotus for their collaboration infrastructure have had to endure man [read] Keywords: collaboration
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OpenNTF Mail Template Rewind
Mon, Aug 17th 2009 6:50p Bruce Elgort Today in my email I received an inquiry about the OpenNTF Mail Template - talk about a blast from the past! It's inspiring to hear that there are still companies out there using this template in one version or another. So after responding to the email I fired up the search feature on my blog and found a nice chronicle of the evolution of the template. The first OpenNTF Mail Template was released back in October 2002.
It would be interesting to hear from any of you who are using the mail templ [read] Keywords: notes
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Some (Lotus) Yellow Facts
Mon, Aug 17th 2009 5:42p Bruce Elgort We are currently preparing some very cool adverts and literature for some upcoming events and needed to know what the exact Lotus "yellow" color was for our Photoshop and Illustrator work. Well here is the lowdown:
PMS - 116 coated, 115 uncoated
CMYK - C0 M18 Y100 K0
RGB - R255 G204 B0
WEB - FFCC00
Well there you have it. Many thanks to David Hsu of IBM for this information. [read] Keywords: ibm
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The paradiddle-diddle
Sun, Aug 16th 2009 6:30p Bruce Elgort A paradiddle-diddle's is a great drumming rudiment to use around the drum kit. The sticking starting with the right hand is RLRRLL RLRRLL and when starting with the left hand LRLLRR LRLLRR. Take a look at this vdieo to see some excellent examples of using the paradiddle-diddle: [read] Keywords: application
You won't believe it....
Sun, Aug 16th 2009 6:15p Bruce Elgort It's no secret that we at Elguji do a lot of demonstrations of our products IdeaJam, LinkJam and now IQJam.. One thing that has suprised us all lately is the sheer number of Lotus customers who are running Lotus Connections. I wouldn't hesitate to guess that 95% of customers who demo our products are running Connections. These customers are both big and small - from 100 users to 50,000 users. And what do you think the number one requested feature of these Connections customers is? Yeap, you gues [read] Keywords: connections
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The DominoPower Interview
Sun, Aug 16th 2009 12:25p Bruce Elgort In this latest installment of our venerable series, The DominoPower Interview, I had the opportunity to interview one of the Lotus community's favorite sons and two-time DominoPower author, Bruce Elgort.
David: We've known you around the Lotus world forever, but what's your actual background? Tell us about yourself.
Bruce: I started with Notes back in 1993 when I was asked to create a "paperless" office for Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Notes was (and still is) the perfect solution for creatin [read] Keywords: domino
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What are these things you call "tags"?
Thu, Aug 13th 2009 7:33p Bruce Elgort During a recent Skype call with Julian we were talking about web 2.0 tagging and whether or not the typical office/business person understands what they are. I asked the Twitterverse and got some interesting responses. What has your experience been with employing tags in your applications and whether or not you are finding that people "get" the tagging concept? I know that Lotus Notes has had had the concept of "categories" from the get-go but, I am finding that tagging is still a very foreign c [read] Keywords: lotus
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A must see video by Caleb Sasser: Coda Confidential
Thu, Aug 13th 2009 7:14p Bruce Elgort Caleb Sasser is one of the Co-Founders of Portland, Oregon based Panic Software. Panic makes some killer mac software including Transmit (FTP client) and Coda (editor). Of particular interest to me was the way in which Calbe designs his mockups in Photoshop using layers. Have a watch and let me know what you think. [read] Keywords: application
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You need to tell your customers about it....
Wed, Aug 12th 2009 2:20p Bruce Elgort Yesterday both Ed Brill and Bilal Jaffrey blogged about the upcoming "Lotus Knows IdeaJam" starting August 19th. I suspect that many of you will be participating in this IdeaJam which is very cool.
What you should really be doing is sending the Lotus Knows IdeaJam registration info to your customers, co-workers, employees and others who may have some feedback. So please help IBM Lotus by spreading the word about the IdeaJam starting next week.
Please have them read Ed and Bilal's posts or the [read] Keywords: ibm
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Introducing the IQJam Web Services API
Mon, Aug 10th 2009 10:09p Bruce Elgort IQJam has a set of web services (SOAP) that will allow developers to read data from and post data to an IQJam. The way this will work is through a security token that each user is assigned in their Profile along with an ACL Role that allows the API access. The implentation is very elegant and currently consists of the following methods:
addQuestion
addAnswer
findQuestionById
searchQuestions
getRecentQuestions
getRecentQuestionsByTag
getRecentQuestionsByAuthor
If we take a look at the addQuest [read] Keywords: acl
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We are looking for ten of you...
Mon, Aug 10th 2009 5:11p Bruce Elgort As the development of IQJam wraps up we are looking for 10 people to sit through a 45 minute product demonstration. We are specifically looking for feedback on the overall product functionality and user interface and it would help us if you weren't one of our fanboys and/or fangirls as we want some truly contructive feedback.
If you would be interested please let me know by either leaving a comment or by sending me an email. If you leave a comment please be sure to include your email address so [read] Keywords: development
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Oh yes it's true...
Thu, Aug 6th 2009 8:14p Bruce Elgort Yes it's true that IBM Lotus is partnering with Elguji Software, LLC to bring Lotus customers, Business Partners and customers a 72 hour "Lotus Knows Jam" using Elguji's flagship IdeaJam product. Participants in the jam will be able to use their IdeaJam.net usernames and passwords. Elguji has been working closely over the last couple of weeks with IBM'ers setting up the Jam logistics and we are all looking forward to hearing the many great ideas that you all have.
Elguji's Domino ISP of choice [read] Keywords: domino
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In 7 hours...
Thu, Aug 6th 2009 7:23p Bruce Elgort We will be picking Matt up from the airport and will be heading out to Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast for a company retreat. All I can say is "I hope Matt likes Abba!". Cannon Beach was the internal code name for the soon to be released "IQJam". [read] Keywords:
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3 Years
Thu, Jul 30th 2009 3:14p Bruce Elgort Happy Anniversary Gayle. I love you very much. [read] Keywords:
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Business Partner networking group idea
Mon, Jul 27th 2009 7:43p Bruce Elgort A few months back I was chatting with an IBM Business Partner from California about creating an informal group of IBM Lotus Business Partners to discuss various topics. The group could virtually meet periodically to talk via conference bridge or Skype. These talks could include things like documentation and brochure copyrighting, graphic design, legal stuff, web design, software licensing and many other things that we as Business Partners do not typically talk about as a group.
Again, just thro [read] Keywords: ibm
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So where did the name "IQJam" come from?
Mon, Jul 27th 2009 7:30p Bruce Elgort Believe it or not the Elguji team spent weeks and possibly even months kicking around product names for IQJam. We came up with names such as AnswerJam, Elguji Answers and many others. Then in walks our good friend Carl Tyler with "IQJam" and within minutes we all turned to each other and said "that's it!".
Many thanks to Carl for the IQJam name as well the support and coaching he gives the team. [read] Keywords:
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Quote of the day
Mon, Jul 27th 2009 7:05p Bruce Elgort Awesome stuff, Matt and Elguji!
I really like the way your apps take Notes/Domino towards a modern "socially enabled" platform.
-- Lars Olufsen on Matt's blog [read] Keywords: domino
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Introducing IQJam
Mon, Jul 27th 2009 9:32a Bruce Elgort An Innovative Collaborative Question and Answer Community for the Enterprise - Coming Fall 2009
Let's face it, we all know that someone somewhere out there has the answer to a question or a problem that you have. The hard part is finding that someone. CEOs will always tell you that an organization's greatest asset is the cumulative knowledge of its employees.
IQJam helps you locate and harness the power of that knowledge with exceptional ease. [read] Keywords: community
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Our next JAM Product - Hint No. 3
Thu, Jul 23rd 2009 9:46a Bruce Elgort And here is hint no. 3:
Build a knowledge base for your company or community.
And now for a bonus hint because you all deserve it:
Bonus hint:
*****Jam is the perfect solution for organizations looking to capitalize on the knowledge of
their employees.
And in case you missed hints 1 and 2:
Hint 1 - Eliminate the need for discussion databases.
Hint 2 - Help departments develop and manage communities of practice. [read] Keywords: community
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A big thank you to The PSC Group and John Head
Wed, Jul 22nd 2009 5:22p Bruce Elgort As Elguji's business continues to grow so do the requirements for server capacity and more importantly 24/7 data center support. The PSC Group and more specifically John Head have been instrumental in providing Elguji with outstanding server hosting for the past several years. Both of them have always provided us with A++ service and support.
The team is currently in the process of replicating the public IdeaJam.net site over to a new data center and expects to have the move completed by Sunday [read] Keywords: ideajam
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Our next JAM Product - Why Domino 8.5.1?
Mon, Jul 20th 2009 10:00p Bruce Elgort Today many of you pinged me and asked "why we are you developing *****JAM for IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.1?". Well the answer is quite simple and may surprise you a bit. Are you ready for it?
Ok, lets just say that a majority of our IdeaJam and LinkJam customers are already running Domino 8.5 and plan to upgrade to 8.5.1 soon after it's release. Additionally, with the advent of XPages with Domino 8.5 and the fact that many companies are running or, plan to soon upgrade to 8.5.1 made our descision to [read] Keywords: domino
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Another email sent off to the OpenNTF Steering Committee - this time a plea for sanity
Mon, Jul 20th 2009 7:15p Bruce Elgort I just sent another email off to the OpenNTF Steering Committee that really tells them how I REALLY FEEL. It is the actions of one single individual on the Steering Committee that pushed me to writing this email. I don't like being bullied.
Remember what I said in my prior blog post "In the meantime, the OpenNTF steering committee work is critical and should have the community's full support."
Man this all sounds way too familiar of years gone by. [read] Keywords: community
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And our new JAM product is...
Mon, Jul 20th 2009 4:31p Bruce Elgort Going to be announced on Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Stay tuned for the news. Here is the teaser we blogged in June.
Ok I will give you some facts about it:
- It's a pure Domino XPages 8.5.1 app
- It has no support for IE6
- It's the first app of it's kind in the Domino world
- We will have a community site running it [read] Keywords: domino
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Elguji Software, LLC widthdraws from the OpenNTF Alliance
Mon, Jul 20th 2009 4:12p Bruce Elgort Here is the email that Elguji Software, LLC sent to the OpenNTF Steering Committee on July 9, 2009 regarding our withdrawel from the OpenNTF Alliance:
All,
On behalf of Elguji Software, LLC I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that our company decided to leave the Alliance for business
reasons. We are very fortunate to be an extremely successful IBM Lotus micro-ISV and with this comes a lot of work which I am sure you can all
relate with. With a new product launching soon and kee [read] Keywords: ibm
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Shhhhhh.....Domino Designer and Bella Luna are going to be pin-ups
Fri, Jun 19th 2009 2:20p Bruce Elgort Domino Designer and Bella Luna (our English Springer Spaniels will be featured in the Willamette Valley English Springer Spaniel Association (WVESSA) 2010 calendar. They both wanted to appear in the month of December during their photo shoot. They had a hard time chosing between July and December. Bella simply couldn't get her bikini to fit correctly so they opted for December.
Here are the results: [read] Keywords: designer
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Elguji Software has a fan page on Facebook
Mon, Jun 15th 2009 3:53p Bruce Elgort Gayle and Matt have had this fan page for a few months now and are having lots of fun and success with it. Please become a fan.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elguji-Software-LLC/63008741897?ref=ts
Also, PlanetLotus has a fan page too - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Planet-Lotus/99056356846?ref=mf [read] Keywords: lotus
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Is this normal when creating a new replica?
Sat, Jun 6th 2009 11:56a Bruce Elgort Every time I create a new replica on my Notes 8.0.2 client I see the folllowing date in the replication tab:
Is this the date it creates new replicas by default or is this a bugaroo? I mean 1979? [read] Keywords: notes
Learn more about how IdeaJam works on XPages
Sat, May 9th 2009 10:47p Bruce Elgort This is the video we submitted as part of our award submission for the 2009 Lotus Awards. You will see how you can switch between running IdeaJam in XPages and classic Domino all with the click of a button. You will also see a lot of other cool stuff. Hope you enjoy it.
Watch the video [read] Keywords: domino
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Windows Server 2003 Shadow Copy Issue
Thu, May 7th 2009 4:25p Bruce Elgort We recently noticed that the number of shadow copies of files on one of our file servers being kept went from 30 days to 1 day. After reviewing the Windows Event logs we discovered this:
So Windows decided to delete all of our shadow copies all by itself. Time to rethink how we are using this feature. [read] Keywords: server
