Survivor
Sun, May 5th 2013 5:21p Mitch Cohen Survivor is the only reality TV show I watch. I have been watching it since it went on the air in 1998. Some seasons have been better than others, some of the survivors have been more fun to watch than others, but through the years for some reason I keep watching.
This morning we are celebrating real survivors, including my favorite survivor pictured here.
Feel free to support our team and raise money for Breast Cancer Research and Support here [read] Keywords:
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Speaking at IamLUG
Tue, Apr 30th 2013 8:23a Mitch Cohen IamLUG is back in St Louis, MO next week and I will be there and be presenting. My Session is titled “Fast track users for IBM Smart Cloud for Social Business with Tivoli Directory Integrator“.
I will be showing how to use Tivoli Directory Integrator to provision your users in to IBM SmartCloud. In addition I will be covering the basics of Tivoli Directory Integrator, so if you are working with SmartCloud, IBM Connections Profiles, or have any other Directory Integration needs t [read] Keywords: connections
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Traveler for Android is now available on Google Play
Fri, Apr 26th 2013 6:24a Mitch Cohen A while back I asked “Why Not Put Traveler in the Android Market?”, things have changed since I wrote that. For one thing the Android Market is now called Google Play. As of yesterday IBM Traveler for Android is now available in Google Play. Thanks for listening IBM.
From the IBM Notes and Domino Wiki
Traveler for Android is now available on Google Play
Traveler for Android on Google Play [read] Keywords: domino
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Bitcoin Explained
Wed, Apr 10th 2013 7:13a Mitch Cohen If you are looking to understand what Bitcoin is I though this video was a good explanation. [read] Keywords:
Farewell Google Reader – The “Free Problem”
Thu, Mar 14th 2013 8:15a Mitch Cohen Everyone loves Free products, but just look at the last few weeks/months here is a list of services or apps I use(d) that are going away
Posterous
Tweetdeck (Air version)
Memolane
Google Reader
Spool
There are others like Otixo which I used which transitioned from Freemium to paid, at which point I made a value judgement that it was not worth it to me to pay for that service. Ultimately you get what you pay for, and when you are not paying, you are simply hoping the free service you are us [read] Keywords: facebook
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Oxford University Blocks Google Docs
Tue, Feb 19th 2013 6:15a Mitch Cohen This story caught e eye this morning, Oxford University made a decision to block Google Docs on the campus network at least temporarily for security reasons. You can read the article for why Oxford made this decision, the key though is how they say Google’s response (or lack thereof) to Phishing attacks running in Google Docs
Unfortunately, you then need to wait for them to take action. Of late that seems typically to take a day or two; in the past it’s been much longer, sometimes on [read] Keywords: email
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Automatically Managing Attachments with Gmail & Dropbox
Wed, Feb 13th 2013 9:12a Mitch Cohen I mentioned earlier in the year I am focusing on reducing the overall amount of traffic in my inbox, and at the same time the amount of time spent managing my inbox. In my work life IBM Connections Files has greatly reduced the number of attachments received in email, and the ones I do receive are simply dragged and dropped into Files using the Notes Sidebar plugin.
In my personal life no such luck, I still get quite a deal of attachments in email, and I have found a pretty good system for dea [read] Keywords: connections
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A Clarification on Traveler High Availability
Wed, Feb 6th 2013 7:11a Mitch Cohen Last week at IBM Connect Chris Whisonant and I presented a Show and Tell Session on IBM Notes Traveler High Availability. One of the attendees at the session was a developer from the Traveler team. I had worked with Smith (actually his first name not an alias) many times before during Traveler Betas, and on a couple of PMR, but met him for the first time at a Birds of Feather session on Traveler that morning.
While I was confident in my knowledge on the subject, a couple of times while pre [read] Keywords: domino
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The Lotusphere Closing Ceremony
Tue, Feb 5th 2013 12:12p Mitch Cohen Most people believe that when the Closing General Session ends Lotusphere is over. Lotusphere isn’t over though until the official closing ceremony much later on that night.
It is not easy leaving ones #happyplace [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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20 Random Thoughts from IBM Connect 2013
Tue, Feb 5th 2013 6:59a Mitch Cohen 1. The batteries on Mat Newman occasionally need recharging
2. They label these things for a reason – double check the sign before entering
3. It’s So Fluffy
4. The only thing better than Minions is Dancing Minions (The person working the gift shop laughed a lot while we were visiting)
5. The Wifi was worthless this year, thank goodness for 4G (and unlimited data plans)
6. I love Roller Coasters but I skipped the Rocket at Universal which was probably a [read] Keywords: ibm
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What Will IBM Connect be called next?
Mon, Feb 4th 2013 8:12a Mitch Cohen During the Closing General Session of IBM Connect 2013 John Hodgman lists off future names for the ‘conference formerly known as Lotusphere’. Unfortunately I missed the first few seconds of this bit. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Caption Competition
Mon, Feb 4th 2013 6:47a Mitch Cohen Mat Newman greeting Andy Donaldson at IBM Connect. Leave a comment with your caption. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Farewell and Thank You IBM Connect 2013
Fri, Feb 1st 2013 5:12a Mitch Cohen Seven Days, 426 Tweets, 1620 pictures and videos, and very few hours of sleep, I am headed home from IBM Connect 2013.
As I have in past years I always like writing down a few thoughts and thank yous on my way home.
Thank you to my wife Elisa, every year I spend a week in the warmer climate of Florida, while Elisa stays home and takes care of the kids. This year I was thrilled that Elisa was able to join me in Orlando for a couple of days, and meet so many of the people that makes Lotusphere s [read] Keywords: ibm
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The (unofficial) Blogger Open: Where to Hangout After then Closing Session
Wed, Jan 30th 2013 6:39a Mitch Cohen There is no officially planned or sponsored Blogger Open this year, thanks to those who generously offered to sponsor, unfortunately I was not able to raise the dollars needed to officially run the event.
The unofficial community hangout after the IBM Connect Closing Session will be Splitsville bowling Alley at Downtown Disney.
Downtown Disney is located conveniently close to the Swan, Dolphin, Yacht, and Beach Club. Disney offers shuttle buses or it is a short cab ride away.
Splitsville offers [read] Keywords: ibm
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Live Blog: IBM Connect 2013 OGS
Mon, Jan 28th 2013 6:15a Mitch Cohen Thanks for joining me for live coverage of the IBM Connect 2013 Opening General Session, feel free to comment or ask questions will do my best to answer. [read] Keywords: ibm
Keep Calm and Travel(er) On
Fri, Jan 25th 2013 9:15a Mitch Cohen The Show and Tell session that Chris Whisonant and I will be presenting at IBM Connect has been featured on the IBM Social Business Insights Blog, read all about it here.
If you are interested in High Availability for IBM Lotus Notes Traveler here are the details
Show100: Making IBM Traveler Highly Available – Part 1: IBM Traveler Design
When: Tuesday January 29th 10:30 AM
Where: Swan Osprey 1 & 2
Social Business Insights Blog:Keep Calm and Travel(er) On [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Worlds Collide (What a Difference a Year Makes)
Fri, Jan 25th 2013 7:14a Mitch Cohen Last January I headed down to Orlando for Lotusphere with very mixed emotions, on one hand I wanted to be there, in some ways I needed to be there, and at the same time I was a little worried about leaving home one week after Elisa had major surgery. It was Elisa who months earlier knowing what was ahead insisted I make my plans and go to Lotusphere as I have been doing for years now.
It was around this time that the idea was born that Elisa should come to Lotusphere 2013. Over the course of [read] Keywords: ibm
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Results of The 2013 IBM Connect Tablet Survey
Thu, Jan 24th 2013 1:14p Mitch Cohen The results are in, thanks to all who responded this year. There was 155 responses, and not surprisingly the iPad rules at IBM Connect. I was surprised that there were not more iPad Minis, I thought there would be more of them in the mix.
The presence of only one response of Microsoft Surface tablet did not surprise me, for a while it looked like it was going to finish at zero.
In the “Other” Category there was one Lenovo Yoga, one ”Etch a Sketch” and one “ [read] Keywords: ibm
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Heading to IBM Connect? Consider Yourself Warned
Thu, Jan 24th 2013 6:38a Mitch Cohen Talk about setting the bar high, Mat Newman wants to hug even more this year and I have no doubt he will succeed.
New Year’s Resolution: Hug More, Complain Less, Live Life and Love every Moment.
— Mat Newman (@matnewman) December 31, 2012
The Dolphin Rotunda…. at 2 AM [read] Keywords: ibm
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The ODBC DSN could not be registered” when adding a database from DB2 Configuration Assistant
Tue, Jan 22nd 2013 7:39a Mitch Cohen A while ago I documented how to connect the DB2 Client to a remote database, which is useful if you want to run the DB2 client on your local machine and connect to various DB2 servers. Recently I came across this error trying to add a database using the DB2 Configuration Assistant.
CCA3054N The ODBC DSN could not be registered
After checking and re-checking my Database configuration and deciding I had all the information correct I started searching and found the anwer
The error is caused by [read] Keywords: ibm
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Planning Your IBM Connect Calendar
Tue, Jan 22nd 2013 7:13a Mitch Cohen Later this week I will be heading down to Orlando for IBM Connect. This is my 9th Lotusphere/Connect and over the years I have come up with a method for planning my schedule and keeping up with it while at the event. I warn you in advance this involves printing (yes printing) and despite all the mobile devices and calendars, I have stuck with this system as it works for me.
Step 1: Plan your schedule
Thanks to Mat Newman and his team there is once again a Notes Database for planning your sc [read] Keywords: collaboration
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The 2013 IBM Connect Tablet Survey
Wed, Jan 16th 2013 7:39a Mitch Cohen Once again this year I am asking you take a moment and share with me your gadget plans for IBM Connect.
In addition to asking about tablets there is also a second question this year asking about a laptop. I am hoping for the first time to travel to Orlando with out a laptop, I wonder how many others might be planning the same. Feel free to drop a comment why you require or don’t require a laptop.
Poll is open until January 23rd, results will be published on the 24th
2012 Survey Resu [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Lotus Traveler, Android, and Browsers
Tue, Jan 15th 2013 7:52a Mitch Cohen This is documented in the IBM Lotus Traveler Documentation, but it is worth pointing out. If you are using IBM Lotus Traveler on Android the browser used to download the client on the device will determine which information is populated in the client.
What this is saying is that if you download the Traveler client using the Browser that came with the Android OS (Usually labelled simply ‘Internet’) the Server name and Username will fill in and after installing the configuration s [read] Keywords: ibm
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Unsubscribe
Fri, Jan 11th 2013 6:48a Mitch Cohen One of the things I have been looking at recently is the volume of email I receive how to cut it down. No this is not a email is evil we must stop using it post, rather a focus on using it more efficiently.
There are two problems I am trying to solve:
1. Keep my inbox manageable and clutter free
2. Reduce the number of notification I receive on my phone (turning email notifications off altogether is just not an option)
To accomplish this I am taking a few specific steps
1. Unsubscribe: When em [read] Keywords: community
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Sonny and Cher Return for IBM Connect 2013
Thu, Jan 10th 2013 9:05a Mitch Cohen Last year at the conclusion of Lotusphere those who were lucky enough to be in Kimonos on Thursday night saw Tom Duff & Andy Donaldson do their best imitation of Sonny & Cher with their rendition of “I got you babe“. Tom and Andy will be back (there might even be two shows this year) and we need your help picking a song for them.
Please make your suggestion (if the form does not appear below click here)
I Got You Babe – Lotusphere 2012 [read] Keywords: ibm
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Roll Your Own Netflix
Thu, Jan 10th 2013 8:13a Mitch Cohen I have had my Roku box for a little over a year now, I mainly use it to connect to Amazon Prime Instant Video, Netflix, and occasionally Pandora. I have always known there is more to do with a Roku but never took the time to explore.
Over the holiday season I was reading many of the “Got a new_____ Here are some tips” posts and found this one on Roku, which introduced me to the Plex Media Server.
Plex took 5 minutes to install on a machine at home, and less time to configure and p [read] Keywords: integration
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The Blogger Open, There Might be Life in this Thing Yet
Wed, Jan 2nd 2013 8:34a Mitch Cohen I delivered the bad news last month that the Blogger Open would not be back for IBM Connect 2013. I appreciated all the feedback, and it is clear that there is interest in a post Closing Session event so I followed up on some suggestions. I have good news and bad news.
The Good news
The new bowling alley at Downtown Disney is the perfect location to hold and event, they will reserve a section of the bowling alley, and serve food. While it is a bus ride away from the Swan & Dolphin, ther [read] Keywords: collaboration
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2012 By The Numbers
Wed, Jan 2nd 2013 7:08a Mitch Cohen My usual look back at the past year, by the numbers
Blogging
Blogging was a bit down this year, especially in the second half of the year, I am not sure exactly why but a combination of being incredibly busy, and working on some projects that did not lend themselves to blogging definitely contributed. I have a list of posts I want to write or need to finish, hopefully some of them will get done in January.
Twitter
January’s twitter explosion can be easily explained as the combination of [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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IBM Notes Traveler 8.5.3 Update Pack 2 adds To Do’s
Wed, Dec 12th 2012 10:24a Mitch Cohen IBM Notes Traveler 8.5.3 Update Pack 2 adds To Do functionality to the Traveler family. After a quick update to my dev servers this morning here is what it looks like on Android
To Do now appears as a sync option
Here is the To Do app (before any of my To Dos had a chance to sync, trust me you don’t want to see that list)
As Mr. Newman said “a whole lotta blue” (*The Blue Traveler icons were introduced in UP1)
A Traveler To Do app for iOS should appear in the App Store [read] Keywords: ibm
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We are The Champions Again
Wed, Dec 12th 2012 9:13a Mitch Cohen During the December IBM Collaboration Solutions Community Webcast IBM announced the 2013 IBM Champions for Collaboration Solutions. I am honored to be on the list again for 2013 and happy to see many others return as well as some new names added to the list.
I would like to thank those who nominated me, and IBM for the recognition.
Congratulations to all the Champions.
IBM Champion Program [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Speaking at IBM Connect 2013
Fri, Dec 7th 2012 7:04a Mitch Cohen I am excited to be back in the Show and Tell track again this year at IBM Connect (for my friends outside the IBM world IBM Connect is the conference formerly known as Lotusphere).
Chris Whisonant and I have teamed up again to present on High Availability for IBM Notes Traveler.
Making Traveler Highly Available: Part 1 Traveler Design
So, you have IBM Notes Traveler deployed in your organization. Deployed quickly, easily and at minimal cost to you. Of course now is has become mission criti [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Will the Real Blog Addict Please Stand Up
Tue, Dec 4th 2012 3:11p Mitch Cohen Having already lost the title of ‘family blogger’ to Elisa last year she just keeps raising the bar. Elisa actually tweets now too, but today she really outdid herself.
Today was a very special day for me and my family. Today was the day that my port was removed! Those who have dealt with a port themselves, or had a family member with a port, will understand the significance of having it removed. Many patients will leave their port in for a year, or more, after chemo. It is a decisio [read] Keywords: blogger
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Farewell Blogger Open… Thanks for the Memories
Mon, Dec 3rd 2012 6:48a Mitch Cohen For the past four years following the Lotusphere Closing General Session, the Blogger Open has taken place at the Disney Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf Course. If you are not sure what the Blogger Open is was you can find out all about it here.
I am sorry to announce that the Blogger Open is done, history, finished. Why you may ask? Simply put I can not come to an agreement with the folks at Disney to run the event this year,
The facts are as follows:
Disney will not (for any price) grant u [read] Keywords: connections
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As God is My Witness I Thought Turkeys Could Fly
Mon, Nov 19th 2012 1:10p Mitch Cohen See the famous Turkey Drop clip here, not surprisingly I got 100% on this one.
A WKRP Thanksgiving Quiz
Score: 100% (9 out of 9)
The Mental Floss “As God is My Witness I Thought Turkeys Could Fly” lunchtime quiz [read] Keywords:
Hurricane Tales part 2
Tue, Nov 6th 2012 10:14a Mitch Cohen Part 2 of some of the more humorous moments from the past week, this one is about a simple task we all take for granted, filling our gas tanks.
Before the hurricane hit I had filled both of our cars with gas, which turned out to be a good thing. I knew that stations might be without power and unable to pump gas, but had no idea how bad the search for gas would be after the storm passed.
New Jersey instituted an odd/even gas system reminiscent of the early 1970 gas crisis in the US. The rati [read] Keywords:
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Do I need to be registered to vote?
Tue, Nov 6th 2012 7:50a Mitch Cohen Classic West Wing Scene from Election Night
(Thanks to Rabbi B for finding the clip, it was on my mind but with power outages and no internet I had forgotten about it) [read] Keywords: wiki
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Hurricane Tales part 1
Mon, Nov 5th 2012 11:14a Mitch Cohen I am going to attempt to share some of the funnier moments from the past week while we were without power and displaced from our home. Here is the first installment.
On Tuesday when We realized we would be without power for a while, we packed up our refrigerator and freezer, grabbed some clothes and headed to my parents in Brooklyn who fortunately had power.
We consider ourselves very lucky to have a place to go, not everyone without power is so lucky, but apparently the accommodations were no [read] Keywords:
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The City Geeks Hurricane Survival Guide
Fri, Nov 2nd 2012 6:53a Mitch Cohen For the second time in a year we find ourselves with out power for an exteneded period of time. Last year after escaping hurricane Irene with no issues at all in August, we lost power for a week in the crazy October snowstorm. Ironically one year later to the date hurricane Sandy blew through and knocked out our power, to be restored who knows when (Best Estimate is at least a week).
We are very lucky for a number of reasons
1. No one in our family was hurt in the storm
2. We did not suffer any [read] Keywords: apple
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Hacked! Now What?
Wed, Oct 24th 2012 7:21a Mitch Cohen Earlier in the week a couple of friends were nice enough to let me know that Google was reporting that my site contained malware. Unfortunately when I investigated it appeared that malicious code had found its way on to my site.
Fortunately I take regular backups, and the easiest way to fix was to restore the WordPress files from a backup (after of course confirming that the backup was Malware free). My Database was not impacted so I did not have to restore it.
I am still trying to determine [read] Keywords: database
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Important Links for IBM Connections 4.0
Fri, Sep 7th 2012 5:58a Mitch Cohen IBM Connections 4.0 is available for download today, just so I have all these in one place:
Technote 4033179: Download IBM Connections (includes all the part numbers)
Technote 7035893: IBM Connections 4.0 Detailed System Requirements
IBM Connections Wiki: Connections 4.0 Documentation
and of course always remember to check Fix Central for the latest fixes. [read] Keywords: connections
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Back to School (Part 2)
Thu, Sep 6th 2012 9:11a Mitch Cohen Following yesterday’s sendoff of their big sister the boys returned to school today, their last year in preschool.
They chose to sit in the corner we didn’t put them there.
This was their mother after dropping them off at school this morning [read] Keywords:
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Back to School (Part 1)
Wed, Sep 5th 2012 8:13a Mitch Cohen Molly’s first day of fourth grade and her 9th birthday*
I don’t know why but Molly likes the sign on the sneakers picture every year
Off to 4th Grade
Back to school is a little different than when I was in school
This is what we actually did on our summer vacation.
Back to school part 2 tomorrow.
*Yes there will be Carvel Cake later to celebrate [read] Keywords: twitter
What is your J-Score?
Wed, Aug 22nd 2012 11:15a Mitch Cohen One of the apps that I installed on my new phone is Carat
Carat is a research project that aims to detect energy bugs—app behavior that is consuming energy unnecessarily—using data collected from a community of mobile devices. After running Carat for about a week, you will start to receive personalized recommendations for improving your battery life. We are based out of the AMP Lab in the EECS Department at UC Berkeley, collaborating with the University of Helsinki
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Migrating from Posterous to WordPress
Wed, Aug 22nd 2012 8:12a Mitch Cohen For the past few years I have used a site on posterous. I liked posterous easy approach to posting via the web or e-mail and it’s ability to display photo albums. Add to that the iOS and Android apps it was a great place to easily post, and not spread photos around a variety of services (twitpic, twitter, yfrog and others).
Then came the acquisition by twitter and the vague acquisition FAQ which makes it clear that at some point they will shut the service down. This is when I d [read] Keywords: facebook
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Classic Domino Admin
Thu, Aug 16th 2012 7:15a Mitch Cohen This used to be a mainstay in my Notes client toolbar, and for some reason I forgot all about it, until someone was nice enough to remind me yesterday.
In preferences customize your toolbar and add a new button with a Formula of
@Command([AdminRemoteConsole])
Make sure that button is in a visible toolbar, and you now have an instant classic domino remote console
I am sure this is documented elsewhere, but leaving it here as a reminder to myself. [read] Keywords: admin
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First Thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy S III
Tue, Aug 14th 2012 1:19p Mitch Cohen Yesterday it finally arrived, my brand new Samasung Galaxy S III, my first Android phone that was not manufactured by Motorola. This is not a full review of the phone, I haven’t even tried any of the new features like NFC, or any of the Samsung specific features like S-Beam, S-Voice, S-Memo or S-Suggest. So far just focused on getting all my apps installed and configured, and finding my way around the phone.
Size and Feel
The phone is slightly larger than my Droid X, but not noticeab [read] Keywords: application
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No iPhones or iPads in 2015?
Mon, Aug 13th 2012 7:13a Mitch Cohen via Jump Start
The Back to the Future trilogy are among my favorite movies, one of the reasons seeing Michael J Fox live on stage in January was so great.
Michael J Fox takes the stage to Johnnie B good #ls12
— Mitch Cohen (@curiousmitch) January 16, 2012 [read] Keywords: twitter
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The one troubleshooting command you need to know for Lotus Notes Traveler
Wed, Jul 18th 2012 9:52a Mitch Cohen I am a big fan of Lotus Notes Traveler I have been working with it since the earliest beta builds. Overall it has been a fairly stable product, but like any other system use it enough you will run in to issues.
Any time you open a PMR you can expect to be asked to provide logs, Traveler has greatly simplified that process by adding a Tell Traveler PMR command, (I believe this was added in 8.5.2) allowing you to automatically collect and upload logs to your PMR.
While of course I would pref [read] Keywords: domino
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Building the (Lego) Space Shuttle Expedition
Mon, Jul 16th 2012 10:12a Mitch Cohen Back in June on Fathers day my wife surprised me with the Lego Space Shuttle set. I had my eye on this for a while and was very excited build it. The set is 1230 pieces, not sorted in any logical or easy to find order.
It probably took in the area of 4 hours total to build the Shuttle and another couple of hours to complete the fuel tank, booster rockets, and launchpad.
The level of detail and the custom pieces Lego crafts to design these sets is just incredible, though I am convinced the des [read] Keywords: office
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Connecting Tivoli Directory Integrator to a Domino Database
Wed, Jul 11th 2012 8:12a Mitch Cohen Most of my work in Tivoli Directory Integrator has been using CSV Files, LDAP, AD, and DB2 as sources/destination for data occasionally but not often I connect TDI to read/write from a Domino Database.
This morning I banged my head against the wall for a bit having forgotten one simple step to make this work, so saving this here as much as a note to myself as anything else.
TDI ships with a Notes Connector, but requires a Jar file to be copied from Domino to TDI before it will work, if you [read] Keywords: connections
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Five Years
Tue, Jul 10th 2012 6:11a Mitch Cohen Yesterday marked the fifth birthday of CuriousMitch, my first post coming from Collaboration University back in 2007. Things appear to have been a little slower than usual here recently, partly because of a lack of time, and partly due to working on a couple of projects that don’t lend themselves to blogging. I have lots of posts in drafts that one of these days I will finish and post (or I might simply discard them).
Thanks for stopping by enjoy help yourself to a piece of Blogiversa [read] Keywords: collaboration
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The Problem with Android
Fri, Jun 29th 2012 7:15a Mitch Cohen Back in 2009 (when apparently I was a much bigger fan of iOS) I wrote about how Apple got it right in how they managed OS upgrades compared to RIM who let the carriers control when and if devices got upgraded. Sound familiar? Substitute Google/Android for RIM and it is the exact same scene playing out all over again.
To highlight the absurdity of this yesterday Google announced Chrome for iOS, while Chrome for iOS is far from perfect if I choose to I can install it today on my original iPa [read] Keywords: apple
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Am I Blue?
Wed, Jun 27th 2012 6:14a Mitch Cohen After upgrading to Traveler 8.5.3 UP1 the answer is mostly
I like the new icons, and glad to finally have High Availability in my Traveler environment, my dev system is upgraded from beta to gold, and now working on the plan to migrate a rather large Traveler production environment in to a High Availability cluster.
Just have to wait for an updated Sametime Client icon now to match the others. [read] Keywords: lotus
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Swiftkey 3 The Best Android Keyboard
Thu, Jun 21st 2012 7:14a Mitch Cohen Swiftkey 3 was released today, I have been a long time Swiftkey user, including the beta of Swiftkey 3. There are many things I prefer about Android over iOS, but typing use Swiftkey is high on the list.
Swiftkey learns how you type to give you better predictions, if you give it permission it can also learn your typing style by reading your Twitter and Facebook posts, as well as read your Gmail account and blog.
Swiftkey 3 on Google Play [read] Keywords: facebook
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Instagram Revisited (OK So I like it)
Fri, Jun 8th 2012 7:11a Mitch Cohen Back in March when Instagram announced it was coming to Android I asked if I should care. Of course when Instagram shipped for Android I tried it. Almost 100 pictures later I have to admit I like it. I am still not sure I get it though.
What do I like about Instagram? The camera interface is simple, and takes decent pictures, I almost never use the filters, or effects, though it does do a good job of adjusting the lighting when needed. I like the ability to easily share with Twitter an [read] Keywords: facebook
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Updated IBM Connections Mobile App with Multiple Account Support
Thu, Jun 7th 2012 7:10p Mitch Cohen If you use IBM Connections you should be running the mobile app on your phone or tablet. Today an update shipped adding lots of new features including support for multiple accounts, useful if you have a need to connect to more than one instance of IBM Connections. I received the update on my Android tablet, and am guessing that it is working it’s way through the Apple approval process and will be in the App Store soon
IBM Connections on Google Play
IBM Connections on Appl [read] Keywords: connections
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Space Shuttle Discovery and other Images from Washington DC
Mon, May 21st 2012 7:11a Mitch Cohen I had the opportunity to spend a couple of days last week in Washington DC. Last time I was there was back in 2012, it was great to be back there again. For me the highlight of the trip was our first stop to see the Space Shuttle Discovery. Here are some images of Discovery and others form the trip.
Visit the set on Flickr to see the photo descriptions [read] Keywords: application
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Test Your Backups
Wed, May 16th 2012 7:11a Mitch Cohen Hat tip to Andy Donaldson for pointing me at this, great reminder to not only take backups, but test them.
How Toy Story 2 Was Almost Lost Forever [read] Keywords: twitter
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Repeat After Me
Thu, May 3rd 2012 7:11a Mitch Cohen Yes I watched the whole game last night, though I was really fading at the end.
Bart Simpson Chalkboard Generator [read] Keywords:
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Audio Manager for Android
Mon, Apr 30th 2012 10:11a Mitch Cohen It’s been a while now since I used a Blackberry as my everyday phone, one of the features I miss most is the Profile manager and the ability to easily switch from one profile to another. I have looked at different solutions for Android and finally found AudioManager which suits my needs.
AudioManager lets you create different profiles, and set rules for when different profiles activate. So I now have my phone automatically switch from my daytime settings to my nighttime settings (S [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Farewell Old Friend
Fri, Apr 20th 2012 8:12a Mitch Cohen This morning it was time to say farewell to my old car a 2002 Saturn SL2, I am amazed it made it this far, the transmission has been having issues for a while now, and recently it would no longer go in reverse which was the end of it. I thought about just dumping the car in the backyard but in the end decided to donate it to an organization that can hopefully make some good use of it.
Here is the car being towed away
Here is the rest of the set
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My Grandmother Would have Loved This
Thu, Apr 12th 2012 6:12a Mitch Cohen Back in 1991 (yes 1991) my grandmother enrolled in a class titled “How to speak computers with your grandchildren”, unfortunately she was the only person to sign up for the class so it was cancelled. She passed away in 2004, she was obviously just a little ahead of her time, she would have loved this. [read] Keywords:
Happy Fourth Birthday Abe & Jack
Fri, Mar 23rd 2012 6:13a Mitch Cohen Hard to believe it was four years ago today that Abe and Jack were born.
Here they are last night enjoying their Carvel* Birthday Cake
* no birthday is complete with out a Carvel Ice Cream cake [read] Keywords:
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Managing your Files in the Cloud Made Simple with Otixo
Mon, Mar 19th 2012 8:11a Mitch Cohen I find that I have files stored in a number of places these days, Google Docs, Dropbox, Amazon S3, box, and Picasa to name a few. A while back I came across Otixo which allows me to access all of them in one place, and move files between the services all from one dashboard. Here is how Otixo explains their service:
(wouldn’t it be nice to see IBM Connections Files, and IBM Smart Cloud on their list of supported services?)
Otixo also supports WebDAV access to your account, allowing you [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Troubleshooting Guide for WebSphere Application Server
Mon, Mar 19th 2012 6:45a Mitch Cohen If you are working with Wepsphere Application Server this is an excellent reference
The document contains sections on, Administration, Application Development, Architecture, Installation, Migration, Performance, Problem Determination Tools, and Security. Each section contains links to Learning documents, technotes, and troubleshooting references.
I found this via the IBM_appserver twitter account, a good one to follow if you are working with WAS.
Looking for the troubleshooting Guide for WebS [read] Keywords: administration
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Instagram is Coming to Android Should I Care?
Mon, Mar 12th 2012 7:11a Mitch Cohen Instagram Announces Android Version curious.li/z00juC
— Mitch Cohen (@curiousmitch) March 11, 2012
Last night I came across the story above that Instagram is coming to Android, which now leaves me wondering should I care? should I be excited? Since I do not currently own an iOS device with a camera I haven’t tried Instagram to date, however I see lots of Instagram photos on Facebook and Twitter.
So I ask all of you Instagram lovers out there, what will I be able to do with Instagram th [read] Keywords: facebook
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My Review of the HTC Jetstream Android Tablet
Thu, Feb 9th 2012 9:12a Mitch Cohen The kind folks at HTC who I met at Lotusphere were kind enough to provide me with an HTC Jetstream Android tablet to kick the tires on. Those who follow me know that I am a huge fan of Android, prefer it over iOS, and have been in search of the right Android tablet for some time now with no luck. I am not going to bore you with the Jetstream’s specs you can read them yourself, but the hardware is nice. My main point of comparison is against my Droid X (running Gingerbread), and my orig [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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NitroDesk Touchdown to Officially Support Lotus Traveler (Kindle Fire Owners Take Note)
Fri, Feb 3rd 2012 9:20a Mitch Cohen This is a rather interesting press release I spotted this morning. NitroDesk the makers of TouchDown an Activesync client for Android have announced their plans to officially support Lotus Notes Traveler. Now Touchdown has worked well with Traveler for a while, and there have been a number of new releases since I last played with it.
Here is the interesting part, I am not sure why someone using a supported Android Device would choose Touchdown over IBM’s Android App, but Touchdown supp [read] Keywords: ibm
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Lotusphere 2012 Recap
Thu, Feb 2nd 2012 6:13p Mitch Cohen It has taken me longer than I expected to recap Lotusphere this year, but I finally finished it. See the end of the post for links to my pictures from Lotusphere 2012.
Sunday
I managed to get to two Jumpstart sessions this year, the first JMP203 Getting the Most our of IBM Connections Profiles and Tivoli Directory Integrator. I have had some bad luck in past years with Jumpstart sessions presented by IBMers but this one was excellent, and I did pick up a few new tricks to bring home and implemen [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Which one am I?
Wed, Feb 1st 2012 7:10a Mitch Cohen I know I have been talking about the Super Bowl quite a bit this week here, here and here (maybe even here too), but hey the Giants are in the big game and I am excited. For a little fun today can you pick which of these Super Bowl party goers I might be? Leave a comment with which one you think I am, and let me know which one best describes you.
Lets Go Giants! [read] Keywords: twitter
What is the Blogger Open?
Wed, Jan 25th 2012 8:06a Mitch Cohen Read my guest post on the Social Business Insights Blog, The Blogger Open: Not Your Typical Round of Golf.
There are pictures of this years event here and here. Special thanks to our 2012 event sponsors. [read] Keywords: connections
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Meet the Gurus of Lotusphere
Tue, Jan 24th 2012 7:56a Mitch Cohen One of the Thursday morning mainstays at Lotusphere is Gurupalooza, a session that features speakers from the Best Practices Track on stage taking questions from the audience and occasionally even answering them.
Hosted by Susan Bulloch it is a fun and informative session, starting with each of the Gurus introducing themselves, which I captured here. [read] Keywords: ibm
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