A much needed fix to the Recent Contacts in 8.5.2
Wed, Aug 25th 2010 10:58a Denny Russell I always thought the 'recent contacts' was a great idea when it was added to a few releases ago. However, I always found adding your CC & BCC to this list was bogus and just caused a lot of clutter. 8.5.2 appears to give me an option to handle this a little better. I've just installed this morning so it may take a few days to really test it out but like that I have some options around this feature now. [read] Keywords: domino
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MWLUG: Getting Social in the Lotus Space Presentation
Mon, Aug 23rd 2010 8:29a Denny Russell Last week I was fortunate enough to be able to present at the MWLUG conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Gregg Eldred and myself presented a topic on using social media tools to get yourself connected to fellow Lotus professionals. In one hour, we talked about sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, Bleedyellow and even starting your own blog to help you build your professional resume and industry credibility and meet up with some of the finest individuals out there. Unfortunately, it seems like no mat [read] Keywords: lotus
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Answer to my Website Redirects in Domino Post
Fri, Aug 6th 2010 11:30a Denny Russell After posting a question I had about using Internet Site documents in Domino, I received some good replies. Comment #2 asked a simple question, In the server doc (basic tab) have you set it to use internet sites? And my first reaction was 'Yes, I've been doing this for years this way.' As I was typing up my reply to both that had initially replied, it hit me. This is a second Domino server that is external facing. The one I have been using these redirects on has been setup that way since [read] Keywords: domino
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Website Redirects in Domino: Need some input
Wed, Aug 4th 2010 11:30a Denny Russell I've stumbled onto an issue that I can't seem to solve and am hoping one of you out there can see my mistake. Current Setup: I've got an external Domino server that is running Lotus Traveler. I've changed my server document in the Domino Directory to point to the Traveler Homepage... And it all works fine... Current Problem: This server also serves as my iNotes server. I want to give the users an easy URL to hit (ie, webmail.domain.com) that will take them to the iNotes redirecto [read] Keywords: domino
inotes
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File hosting/sharing sites: Need some feedback
Mon, Aug 2nd 2010 4:31p Denny Russell I'm currently working on another website (well at the moment it's just a blog hosted over at Blogger.com). In the end, I hope it will turn into a very useful resource for other hockey coaches. I'm looking for an easy way to share out practice plans and one page drills that can be downloaded and then placed into a practice plan. I thought of just writing them in html, or I may even fall back to something like Word or some other word processing software. What I'm looking for is an easy place [read] Keywords: blogger
Fewer Bars in More Places: updated iPhone software
Wed, Jul 21st 2010 4:12p Denny Russell Last week I placed the latest iPhone update (4.0.1) on my phone. Now I understand this was to address a problem with the number of bars that shows up on the iPhone. I got the talking to a collegue about this and while I understand that the formula was wrong before, it's more of a 'peace of mind' thing for me now. Prior, even though it was wrong, it appeared I had 4 & 5 bars all the time. Now it's always displaying 1 or 2. I never even thought about poor coverage or lost calls. Now, [read] Keywords: iphone
security
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Controlling the size of images in the body in the Domino Blog
Mon, Jul 19th 2010 11:24a Denny Russell Many of us use the Domino Blog template and it's a great tool and it is very easy to customize this. Often, I see entries where the blogger places a screen shot in for visual help on the entry. One thing you will find is if the image is too large, it scrolls of the right size and you lose your right side menu or even worse, the text around the entry like this... You've got several options for how to fix this. 1. Remember to size down your images and make sure they don't cause scrolling. [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotus Notes Developer position in Pittsburgh
Thu, Jul 15th 2010 3:25p Denny Russell Just saw a job posting I thought I'd pass along... About the Job Sonexis Technology (an affiliate of Compunetix) is the global leader in providing in-house conferencing and collaboration solutions to large and small enterprise customers. Sonexis connects businesses with their customers, partners, and employees through an impressive audio conferencing bridge that's easy-to-use, secure, and cost-effective — and integrated with a full suite of Web conferencing capabilities. Our flagship [read] Keywords: collaboration
domino
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3 years of Blogging
Thu, Jul 15th 2010 9:23a Denny Russell Reading a post by Curious Mitch and his 3rd Blogiversary got me thinking about when I got into all of this. Looking back, on June 29th, 2007, I put my first post on my old blog. It's amazing how many things have changed and the tools we now use to communicate. I'm truly blessed for the friends that I have made these last few years. While the blog has changed to this new one (which will be celebrating it's 1 year mark in September) I still write with the same purpose. To share my thoughts, [read] Keywords: blogging
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I’ll be presenting at MWLUG
Wed, Jun 30th 2010 10:28a Denny Russell I'm pretty stoked that I'll be back at MWLUG this summer and once again I'll be presenting with Gregg Eldred. We presented a similar topic last year and hope to introduce some new people to the space this year. Title: Getting Social in the Lotus Space Abstract: With the number of social networking sites available, are you taking advantage of all that is being offered to you? Thought about Twitter as your primary source of help and information? From job postings, new product announcement [read] Keywords: lotus
network
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iOS4 patch for iPhone
Wed, Jun 30th 2010 8:28a Denny Russell If you have the new iOS 4 for your iPhone, it's recommended that you download the patch that was recently released. Many have reported problems with synching mail, calendar or contacts after the upgrade. Go to this link on your iPhone and download it. Symptoms Immediately after updating to iOS 4, some users may notice that Exchange ActiveSync Mail, Contacts, or Calendars do not sync, or sync very slowly. In addition, some Exchange Server administrators may notice their servers running slowly [read] Keywords: apple
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exchange
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Another way IBM can help the Developers/Business Partners
Wed, Jun 16th 2010 12:21p Denny Russell I've stayed pretty much out of the conversations that are going on. I sent Ed an email and told him of our story. Quite honestly, we are seeing a better year this year than we have in the past 2 and I have my reason for why that is, but that's not what this post is about. But if they want to know what IBM can do to help, IMHO, they need to help the developers. A lot of the developers are in fact Business Partners, ISV, whatever you want to call them. And IBM needs to help them. Below is [read] Keywords: domino
ibm
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Happy Anniversary Kelley
Tue, Jun 15th 2010 9:25a Denny Russell 14 years ago today, I married my beautiful wife Kelley. So many things have changed around us, yet, there's no one else I'd want by my side through it all. Happy Anniversary, Kelley. I Love You!!! [read] Keywords:
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A few new Lotus Notes Resources (tips, tricks and podcasts)
Mon, Jun 14th 2010 1:25p Denny Russell After my last post, I was made aware of another Tips site. I also found a few other sites as well that I've been meaning to add to the "Tips, podcasts & Webcasts" page. LotusNotesHelp.net - your one stop shop for Lotus Notes tips, tricks, shortcuts and guide to help make you be more efficient and productive. Brought to you by Lee and Rob. Lotus Notes 8.x Tips - Your guide to what's great about Notes 8 (and higher) Tips in Two - Your source for useful, everyday tips and tricks [read] Keywords: ldd
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Lotus Notes Job in Pittsburgh
Wed, Jun 9th 2010 4:24p Denny Russell 6 Month Contract in Pittsburgh PA ((Lotus Notes/Domino Engineer)) Lotus Notes/Domino Engineer Start Date: 6/20/10 Duration: 0-6 month(s) End Date: 12/19/10 Hours: 8:00am to 5:00pm Description/Comment: Lotus Notes Engineer for 851 upgrade. Successful candidate will have LN upgrade exp from LN 801 to LN 851 For more information, go here. [read] Keywords: domino
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2 new resources for the Lotus Community
Fri, Jun 4th 2010 10:23a Denny Russell I've updated my Podcast page to now be a Podcast and Webcast page. 2 new items that I have found out here to be quite useful are: Consultant in your Pocket - IBM Lotus Software Instruction through webcasts, video & on site training Consultant In Your Pocket brings deep technical content, delivered virtually through free and subscription based webcasts. Webcasts are geared toward all aspects of your Lotus environment. Management, product overview and focused technical sessions are deli [read] Keywords: collaboration
ibm
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community
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3 more things I miss about my Blackberry (after switching to the iPhone)
Wed, Jun 2nd 2010 11:24a Denny Russell A few weeks back I posted my original thoughts about switching over to the iPhone from my Blackberry. While I still like the phone, I've since found more things that I miss about my Blackberry. If I forward or reply to a message on my iPhone, Lotus Notes does not show me that I did so. Here is the forward from my iPhone in my Sent... Yet my inbox in Lotus Notes does not show me.... I can't forward a ring tone or any other file that is on my phone. I really don't have a way to save a file [read] Keywords: lotus
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How to Automatically show remote images in Lotus Notes 8x
Wed, May 26th 2010 11:29a Denny Russell 1) Go to File - Preferences 2) Expand the Mail section, and then click Internet. 3) Clear the Do not show remote images without my permission check box to display remote images in Internet mail you receive automatically. When this option is selected and you open an Internet message that contains remote images, you are prompted to display the remote images or not for your security. 4) Click OK. [read] Keywords: lotus
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Capturing the web address from a Blackberry browser
Fri, May 21st 2010 10:26a Denny Russell Thanks to the people over at BBGeeks.com for this tip. If you want to view a site’s web address, press the P key. That will bring up a dialog box. You can see the address and site description, and can copy the address or send it along. If you choose to copy it, it will, obviously, be sent to the clipboard. If you choose to send the page, you’ll get a follow-up dialog box, from which you can choose your message medium (sms, mms, email, bbm, etc.) You can get the rest of the Bl [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Updated Twitter client for Blackberry
Thu, May 20th 2010 2:13p Denny Russell Looks like Blackberry has updated their Twitter client. Features With Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones, it only takes a moment to do the things you love on Twitter. Get your Direct Messages as soon as they arrive Reply to Tweets, re-Tweet and send Direct Messages Post a link from your BlackBerry® Browser Take a funny picture and upload it Search for, and type @Usernames quickly with Auto Complete Share your thoughts or join a conversation Edit re-Tweets with the Quote Tweet feature Sys [read] Keywords: blackberry
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How to Schedule a Meeting and check the invitee status
Thu, May 20th 2010 7:29a Denny Russell Step 1. Open your Calendar Step 2. Create a new "Meeting" Step 3. Add the Attendees and any Resources Step 4. Check their availability Step 5. Adjust time accordingly Note: You can click and drag the current time and move it to one that is available to all. Step 6. Send out invite [read] Keywords: lotus
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How to turn on Attention Indicators
Thu, May 20th 2010 7:29a Denny Russell If you would like to see the blue attention indicators in your inbox view indicating if the mail was sent directly to you, mail sent to x number of users or your were only on as a cc, then follow the instructions below. 1) Open your mail file 2) Click File..Preferences...Mail 3) In the right pane, click Mail...Attention Indicators Thanks to George Paglia [read] Keywords: lotus
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bleedyellow
bleedyellow.com
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Lotus Notes Short-cut Keys
Thu, May 20th 2010 7:29a Denny Russell List of shortcuts: To see this list in Lotus Notes, press Ctrl + shift + L Additional ones not on the list: Send an email: Alt + 1 Shift + Esc End of a Line: CTRL+Right arrow Bottom of a view: End key [read] Keywords: lotus
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New Lotus Notes Tips Section coming on my website
Wed, May 19th 2010 12:29p Denny Russell Back in the fall when I started this site, I made mention of the fact it would be a place for tips and tricks around the products we love. Well, I've been working and trying and banging my head off the desk and finally made a decision. This site will now hold those tips. I tried to use the xPages template and I am not a developer. Never claimed to be, wish I had time to be, but it got the best of me. It seemed that every time I touched something simple, I broke something else. The problem [read] Keywords: lotus
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Another option to speed up the load time of the Lotus Notes client
Wed, May 19th 2010 9:28a Denny Russell A while back, I posted on a method to speed up the eclipse version of the Lotus Notes client. The other day, I came across another option and tested it out some. It appears to help on my laptop. This one requires editing the registry. I don't see a problem adding this value as it will preload some of the files needed by Lotus Notes to get started. The majority of the time that I start my laptop, I need my email anyway so what's the harm. To make the change: Go to a Command Prompt Type [read] Keywords: lotus
notes
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eclipse
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microsoft
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Switching from a Blackberry to an iPhone: My thoughts
Mon, May 17th 2010 9:24a Denny Russell Somewhere back in 2006 I got my first Blackberry device. It was an old 7130c and well, I thought it was the greatest tool for work I'd had in a long time. Fast forward 4 years and several devices later, I had the opportunity to switch to an iPhone and well, I jumped on it. Don't get me wrong, I still liked my Blackberry. It had always served it's purpose and did a fine job with other apps that I could add to the device, but still I wanted an iPhone. I have an iPod Touch and configured it [read] Keywords: ibm
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Notes Administrator job in Pittsburgh, PA
Wed, Apr 28th 2010 10:24a Denny Russell Let me know if you are interested and I'll get the contact info to you. 6 month contract and will either get extended long-term or potentially convert to a permanent position. The key is any experie ... [read] Keywords: notes
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10 years ago today, I became a DAD
Fri, Apr 23rd 2010 9:24a Denny Russell Besides the moment I saw my wife walk through the doors of the church on our wedding day, not many other memories stand out in my mind like the birth of my kids. 10 years ago today, Taylor was born a ... [read] Keywords:
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youSENDit Tracker for Blackberry
Thu, Apr 22nd 2010 10:23p Denny Russell If you use youSENDit, there is now a Blackberry app for tracking your file transfers. I've never used it to send any files but have received them from customers in the past. Not sure if this would b ... [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Twitter for Blackberry available now
Fri, Apr 9th 2010 10:27a Denny Russell Logged into TweetDeck this morning to see some buzz about the new Twitter client for Blackberry client being available so I figured I might as well download it and give it a shot. The install was ea ... [read] Keywords: blackberry
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LinkedIn App for the Blackberry Released
Wed, Mar 31st 2010 8:25a Denny Russell Yesterday morning I picked up a feed that showed a new LinkedIn app specifically designed for the Blackberry. The site states it supports the following models: Tour, Bold, Curve (OS 4.3.0 or higher) ... [read] Keywords: blackberry
linkedin
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Tag Clouds, Categories: Do you use them?
Mon, Mar 29th 2010 3:24p Denny Russell I'm in the process of redoing my blog and the layout and was looking around the site and trying to figure out what is useful or not. I started looking at the Categories list (which used to be a Tag C ... [read] Keywords:
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Speeding up the Notes Eclipse version
Wed, Mar 24th 2010 4:24p Denny Russell Until yesterday, I had forgotten all about this little trick of making the Lotus Notes eclipse version load faster. A colleague of mine said, 'hey, did you know this trick?' It got me thinking that ... [read] Keywords: lotus
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