For those of you that have attended any of the integration sessions I have given this year (and years before), I have a demo database that has very specific feature demos for integration topics. I make sure the slides and demo numbers match the demo database. Attendees have told me they love the demo database because it is organized and each demo is self contained. So while I will not stop doing this demo database, I have wanted to do something a bit more usable for a while. So in an effort to rebuild the Integration and Symphony sessions at Lotusphere that I will be giving, we are going to take a new approach. So enters the OpenNTF.org Contacts Experience project.
I have always wanted to extend the Contacts application with real world, usable features. I didn't got that route as the templates were not distributable (officially), but now they are. So for the Lotusphere sessions, we are going to build functionality that an end user can use AND highlight integration functionality. Advanced mail merge, labels, complex document generation and far more - all from selected contacts. Want to add a customers to a file for sharing, where that file is located in a Notes document library or your mail file and the sharing location is Google Docs or LotusLive? Yep, that's on the list.
This will also allow others to add functionality they want in the Contacts application. More fields for things like Twitter and Facebook and LinkedIN? Easy to add. I hope we will see some great contributions to the Contacts application.
The first version of this template will be released the Sunday of Lotusphere. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to add.
One final note: Special thanks for Vince for OK'ing the OpenNTF.org Experience brand that he has put so much time in and allowing it to be applied to this effort.
Open XML SDK for Microsoft Office Version 2.0 has shipped
Mon, Mar 15th 2010 2:50p John Head A big day for the OOXML community ... On February 21, 2008, I posted on Microsoft Interoperability Principles, which are designed to make our products more open and more available to the broader software community. Since that day, Microsoft has made several strides in this area, too many to recount here and now, but largely explained by the Interoperability@Microsoft team. Today we are making an important advance in the area of document format interoperability for Office, as part of our ongoin [read] Keywords: application
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New Media Tuesday - 3/9/2010
Tue, Mar 9th 2010 7:20p John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies Boondock Saints II, The: All Saints Day Breaking Bad: Season #2 Brothers Warner, The Capitalism: A Love Story Greek: Chapter Four Hannah Montana: Miley Says Goodbye? Hunter: Season #1 In Plain Sight: Season #2 Iron King: The Complete Series Johnny Bravo: Season #1 Life with Derek: Season #3 Matt Houston: Season #1 Penguins Of Madagascar, The: Operation: DVD Premiere Pirate Radio Planet 51 Scarecrow And Mrs. King: Season #1 Stoning Of Soraya M., T [read] Keywords: microsoft
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New Media Tuesday - 3/2/2010
Tue, Mar 2nd 2010 1:50p John Head Here is what's coming out today ... Movies 2012 (Blu-Ray) (#1 in the DVDPS Top 40) 2012: 2 Disc Edition (Blu-Ray) (#2 in the DVDPS Top 40) Bitch Slap: Unrated Castle In The Sky: SE Clash Of The Titans (Blu-Ray) (#28 in the DVDPS Top 40) Designing Women: Season #3 Gentlemen Broncos Hell's Kitchen: Season #2 Kiki's Delivery Service: SE Matlock: Season #4 Plenty Ponyo (Blu-Ray) (#17 in the DVDPS Top 40) Ponyo SGU: Stargate Universe: Season #1 (Blu-Ray) Where The Wild Things Are (Blu-Ray) (#4 [read] Keywords: atlantic
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Reminder: OpenNTF.org IP Working Group Open Call Tomorrow!
Thu, Feb 25th 2010 4:31p John Head The first quarterly call will be tomorrow, Friday, February 26th 2010 at 10 AM Eastern. The agenda is that I will present our goals and top tasks for 2010 and then open the floor to comments and questions to anyone on the call. To access the call in info, go here. [read] Keywords: openntf
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Welcome to the updated JohnDavidHead.com
Thu, Feb 25th 2010 11:51a John Head So as you can see, this site has a new look. Something a bit more current, a bit more polish, and a bit more focus on what I do on a daily basis. The color scheme matches the PSC look, but this is definitely my site. A bit of the 'edge' is gone - notice that the website title is just "John D. Head" not "John D. Head aka Starfish" - and the World of Warcraft image is gone. Not that this site will go super stuffy, but I wanted this site to be more a reflection on how I have changed. I still play g [read] Keywords: domino
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This blog is getting a facelift over the next 24 hours ...
Wed, Feb 24th 2010 10:20a John Head Please pardon any issues as this blog gets a facelift over the next 24 hours. I am excited about the new look and feel and direction for my site. More as the facelift is complete and the bandages come off [read] Keywords:
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Today is Paczki Day!
Tue, Feb 16th 2010 12:10p John Head This time of year, one of my favorite days is Paczki Day. Today is Paczki Day (well, at least in my family tradition - some people celebrate Paczki Thursday), which just happens to be Fat Tuesday or the day before Lent. Paczki (Punch-key) are delicious, jelly filled dough balls covered with server types of sugar or glaze. The idea behind Paczki's is that on Ostatki (Fat Tuesday), Polish bakers make paczki because 40 days of fasting is about to begin and the cooks must use up the ingredients in t [read] Keywords: server
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