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The Annual Microsoft pre-Lotusphere spoiler game!
Wed, Jan 7th 2009 265
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Tue, Jan 6th 2009 111
8.5 out today
Tue, Jan 6th 2009 83
Caption competiton
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Back in the saddle
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Notes 9 - delivered in 2010
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The Annual Microsoft pre-Lotusphere spoiler game!
Wed, Jan 7th 2009 265
Lotus Notes front end prototype?
Sat, Oct 11th 2008 260
Time to rethink the Lotus Notes front end?
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A new Lotus Notes workspace?
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Excellent discussion
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Unusual Lotus URL
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A Domino administrator client for Mac and Linux. Why I think its a bad idea
Thu, Jan 8th 2009 6:49p   Paul Mooney
Usually I would start a post that will get me in trouble with a phrase similar to "put on flame proof jacket and asbestos underpants" but in this case I really don't think its worth the effort. I'm gonna get flamed but please give my post some thought. Recently, I have heard some mumbling of a Mac/Linux Admin client for Lotus Notes. I don't know if this is going to happen or not, but let me start by stating two very well known facts. 1. I am a domino administrator. Ergo I u [read] Keywords: admin domino ibm ilug lotus lotusnotes lotusphere notes notes client R7 R8 template application community development eclipse google interface linux mac vista vmware workspace
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The Annual Microsoft pre-Lotusphere spoiler game!
Wed, Jan 7th 2009 6:13a   Paul Mooney
Step right up.... Lets see if we can have some fun waiting for the Microsoft "Notes is dead, We are great, Application analyser rules, Exchange Sharepoint is the killer product" post. Enter the date you think there will be an announcement as a comment here. I've got a feeling the 15th Jan will be the big day, so I will take that one. [read] Keywords: lotusphere lotusphere2009 notes application exchange exchange microsoft sharepoint
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Whats new with Travel(l)er 8.5
Tue, Jan 6th 2009 4:10p   Paul Mooney
* Nokia S60 device support IBM Lotus Notes® Traveler 8.5 is now supported on a Nokia S60 devices. * Mobile device security policies An administrator can now define mobile device security policies for Windows® Mobile devices, along with other Lotus Notes Traveler application settings. The Lotus Notes Traveler client will monitor the device security settings, and if they are not compliant with the policy, an administrator defined action is taken. * Remote wipe If a mobile de [read] Keywords: domino ibm lotus lotusnotes notes policies rich text traveler application applications database email integration mobile security server
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8.5 out today
Tue, Jan 6th 2009 12:19p   Paul Mooney
Downloading away. With this software now, we can add the final images to our SNT sessions and update any assumptions made for presentations. And of course, go nuts with the geek stuff! [read] Keywords: lotusnotes
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Caption competiton
Tue, Jan 6th 2009 12:19p   Paul Mooney
The best so far was "just a little prick". [read] Keywords:
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Back in the saddle
Tue, Jan 6th 2009 12:19p   Paul Mooney
I took most of Christmas off this year, and spent New Year in New York City. Starting to trudge through masses of post and emails now before heading to customer sites on Thursday. Of course, all this will be overshadowed by Lotusphere 2009, which is now only days away. I have a massive amount of prep work to complete for that, and will publish my schedule for the week in the coming days. As for New Year's resolutions, I have a few, and will try to stick to them. 2008 seemed like a bl [read] Keywords: lotusphere facebook
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Mac versus PC
Tue, Dec 23rd 2008 4:09a   Paul Mooney
Old, but good [read] Keywords: application mac
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New toy - Blackberry Bold
Sat, Dec 20th 2008 10:59a   Paul Mooney
The short review... "It's not a toy, its the best blackberry I have ever owned, combining rock solid performance with a lust factor that should scare iPhone users (and I am an iPhone user)". The longer review.... Upon returning to Belfast two days ago, my blackberry bold was waiting for me. I won't say where it came from (without their permission), but it was a very kind and gracious gift, one that I will not forget. Considering I was quite tired, I ignored it as I unpacked an [read] Keywords: domino bes blackberry enterprise interface iphone server
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Look mum. I've been published
Sat, Dec 20th 2008 10:09a   Paul Mooney
An article I wrote about prevention of system downtime from a high level has been published on the GSX blog site. You can download it here. OK, I'm no Duffbert, and pretty much sure that being syndicated on the New York Times is an accolade that I will never be able to announce (Incredibly good work Duff btw), but consider this document a high-level look at "why" you should monitor your environment, taking into consideration current economic conditions and the fact that many people h [read] Keywords: document
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Home
Thu, Dec 18th 2008 10:42a   Paul Mooney
From leaving the hotel in Manila, to getting home in Belfast... Time for some sleep methinks. [read] Keywords:
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Replicate with a cluster name, not a server name
Thu, Dec 18th 2008 5:09a   Paul Mooney
Quick technical tip. You can use a connection document to point at a cluster name. This will allow a server to connect to either server in a cluster for replication or routing. In the destination server name, enter the cluster name. [read] Keywords: document sntt server
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IT Consultants, image, and tree-hugging
Thu, Dec 18th 2008 5:09a   Paul Mooney
Keep in mind I have been travelling for 27 hours at this stage, so later on (or tomorrow) when I look at this myself I will think "what the hell was I typing". In the location where I worked for the past month, I was joined by other consultants from various different departments. My desk had a phone, and my Mac, and lots of shelves and a filing cabinet. Same as every other consultant's allocation. You could tell the IT people a mile away. 1. Most of the independent IT peopl [read] Keywords: mac
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The IT crowd
Thu, Dec 18th 2008 4:59a   Paul Mooney
I managed to get through the first two seasons of The IT Crowd during my travels. Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant. [read] Keywords:
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Looking for geek help with Adminblast session (this will be fun)
Tue, Dec 16th 2008 4:49a   Paul Mooney
Last year, we had the I'm Ed Brill video, and the admin versus dev video. This time.. I need your help! At the start of the Lotusphere session, I want to have about 15 videos, all 5-10 seconds long. All different people. For example, "Hi I'm {insert name} and I hate end users" or... "Hi, I'm {insert name}. I'm a developer... What the hell have users got to do with applications?" or... "Hi, I'm {insert name}. I'm an end user in Marketing... my life has no meaning" [read] Keywords: admin lotusphere lotusphere2009 applications
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1000
Mon, Dec 15th 2008 11:00a   Paul Mooney
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Leaving Philppines soon
Mon, Dec 15th 2008 5:39a   Paul Mooney
Working in the Philippines is almost at an end for me. I start heading back to Belfast on a 3 flight trip on Wednesday afternoon, with a 6 hour stopover in Qatar. While here, I managed to get some interesting work done, along with the Lotusphere sessions. Early starts and late nights for the first two weeks keep up with both those tasks almost put me in "hermit mode". I took one weekend off and went to Boracay for a night, which comes highly recommended. The worst part about that [read] Keywords: ibm lotusphere lotusphere2009 blogging viral wiki
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The Troubled Geek helps people suffering from the Bill and Paul syndrome
Mon, Dec 8th 2008 5:49a   Paul Mooney
I had no idea we caused so much pain. If you have fine minutes to spare and want to spend them laughing at the expense of Bill and I, watch Francie and Steve rip the piss out of us on what will most definitely be one of my warm up videos at a Lotusphere session. [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Symphony Karaoke - what the hell is it?
Tue, Dec 2nd 2008 7:09a   Paul Mooney
Bob has already mentioned that Symphony Karaoke will be on in Kimonos at 7.30pm on Tuesday 20, January 20th. The abstract for this bit of fun is.. "New! Symphony Karaoke @ Kimono's Making it's Lotusphere debut, Symphony Karaoke is a blatant parody of the dreaded "business culture". Join us as brave volunteers "present" a random deck of slides, struggling to link one slide to the next, taking what was once tedious corporate monologue and transforming it into five minutes of raucous [read] Keywords: inotes lotusphere lotusphere2009 symphony
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Lotusphere IDOL - call for abstracts
Tue, Dec 2nd 2008 5:19a   Paul Mooney
Do you want to speak at Lotusphere? Have you never spoken at Lotusphere before (or not in the last three years)? Do you want your speaking skills reviewed and judged? Do you want to have fun in the process? As Ed eluded to recently, Lotusphere IDOL is on again for LS2009. The format stays as it was last year, but for those that do not know what Lotusphere IDOL is about, read on.... Every year, the Lotusphere content managers are on the hunt for new, "young blood", with goo [read] Keywords: administration lotusphere lotusphere2009 development email
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Watch some of the worst practices presentation from 2008
Fri, Nov 28th 2008 5:29a   Paul Mooney
Proof that Lotusphere is more then just technical sessions. Last year, Tom Duff took the liberty of taking Bill and I apart, live, on stage, proving that we did not always practice what we preach. With IBM's blessing, I posted to be viewed. Enjoy, and yes.. it was both funny and horrible at the same time. [read] Keywords: ibm lotusphere lotusphere2009 application
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It finally happened
Thu, Nov 27th 2008 7:39a   Paul Mooney
Ok.. made me laugh [read] Keywords:
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Symantec Enterprise Vault for Domino webinar. December 2008
Tue, Nov 25th 2008 6:19a   Paul Mooney
BE Systems and Symantec are holding a joint webinar on using the enterprise vault tool to archive Lotus Domino mail files. It't worth a watch if you are losing massive amounts of disk space to mail files. Click on the image for more information. [read] Keywords: domino lotus archive enterprise
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Unusual Lotus URL
Tue, Nov 25th 2008 4:29a   Paul Mooney
I went to the wrong URL on the infocenter site today. Click on the image to try it. I get the feeling they had a hard time setting it up! [read] Keywords: lotus



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Every year the lull...
Mon, Nov 24th 2008 5:49a   Paul Mooney
Of technical content I see from the community. Many of the bloggers are also speaking, hence prepping their sessions at the moment. Blogging time is minimal. If you have never spoken at Sphere before, or you are a seasoned speaker, you will know that the 4 weeks or so we have to get our slides submitted are *tough*. Its the biggest event of the year, with a very tough audience (although the admin conferences are also tough audiences) and you want to "get it right". So, while I am ei [read] Keywords: admin lotusphere2009 blogging community
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What to expect at the SNT sessions
Sun, Nov 23rd 2008 3:29a   Paul Mooney
Just to address the questions I have received by email. SNT sessions are the replacement for the hands on sessions They will be 2 hours long You do not need to have a laptop with you If you can have the slide deck in front of you during the session, it may be useful for you to take notes, but not really required This is a classroom lesson style session - you will be taught a full "how to" during the session. It is a step-by-step, picture-by-picture lesson. You WILL know how to [read] Keywords: lotusphere2009 notes email laptop server
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Manila - First impressions
Sun, Nov 23rd 2008 3:29a   Paul Mooney
I arrived here in Manila on Tuesday, after a fairly grueling trip. Managed to spend all of 12 hours in my home, before heading out again to the Philippines. 24 hours later, I arrived. Work commenced on Wednesday, and jet lag was kicking hard. Found myself wide awake in the mornings and by 3pm starting to doze at work. The people I am working here with are friendly, smart, enthusiastic and keen to improve. So that's a bonus in itself. Its been work every day since, either on site, w [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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iPhone feature review
Tue, Nov 18th 2008 6:59p   Paul Mooney
Made me laugh.. [read] Keywords: iphone
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Speaking at Lotusphere2009
Fri, Nov 14th 2008 8:40a   Paul Mooney
With the conference all week, I never got to mention that some of my Lotusphere sessions were accepted. At Lotusphere I will be presenting: Adminblast 2009. An updated version of last year's session. Expect lots of new tips and tricks. Also, if you have suggestions for tips... mail them to me. The 11 commandments A new session with Bill Buchan. "Paul and Bill - the worst practices guys - crank it to 11. They think that all domino administrators and developers should have a [read] Keywords: domino id vault idvault lotus lotusphere lotusphere2009 roaming show and tell traveler blackberry iphone mobile
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An open request to Francie Whitlock and Steve McDonagh
Fri, Nov 14th 2008 8:19a   Paul Mooney
On Monday, I have some *harsh* connections to make my flights to Manila. 1hr 30mins to make it from T1 to T3 in Heathrow, for example. This is not going to be pretty. I would also like my luggage to make this flight.... and arrive with me in the Philippines. Francie - please lock yourself in a darkened room all weekend and Monday/Tuesday. Don't look up. Steve, please re-do whatever pagan spell you tried last time to exorcise the travel demons from Francie, and in turn, helping us [read] Keywords: connections
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Admin2008
Fri, Nov 14th 2008 8:09a   Paul Mooney
Admin Europe has come and gone again, and this time excellent itself in content. It was a deep technical conference, and apparently got 100% approval on both admin and development tracks. That's pretty amazing for any conference. As ever, its great to meet up with the conference team, then Rob, Andy, Bill, Chris, Susan, Lance, Julian and everyone else. Admin2008 is a conference with technical meat on the bones - no IBM strategy sessions (except keynote), services sessions or roadmap [read] Keywords: admin ibm idvault development
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iSight into iSight
Wed, Nov 12th 2008 6:59a   Paul Mooney
Taken in Amsterdam.. captions welcome [read] Keywords: mac
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Old versus new
Wed, Nov 12th 2008 6:49a   Paul Mooney
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Utility to list signers of all agents in all databases
Wed, Nov 12th 2008 5:09a   Paul Mooney
Yesterday, I presented my agent debugging session at Admin2008. Some great interaction and feedback. I was also asked if there was a free tool for listing all signers of all agents in all databases on a server. I offered to have one written and posted, but afterwards the very kind Dennis van Remortel, sent me a database he had already written to complete the task. I have not tested this yet myself, but as per his email to me: The documentation - sign it with a full accessadmin [read] Keywords: admin agent domino sntt database email server
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Repost - NSD debugging tool
Wed, Nov 12th 2008 4:59a   Paul Mooney
I promised the delegates at my NSD debugging session yesterday that I would link to my post on the NSD tool available on the sandbox - click here for details. [read] Keywords: nsd
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Arrived at Admin2008
Mon, Nov 10th 2008 5:09p   Paul Mooney
Last week, it was DNUG, this week, Admin2008 in Amsterdam, where I am presenting seven times (I think) so its going to be a busy week. Travel today was a nightmare, with delays, bad weather, and now my luggage is somewhere, but not with me. Met the usual gang in the bar for a drink, and for some strange reason, everyone was sensible and went to their rooms early. For all the talk of "sky falling" and recession, everyone was running back to do more work, get more proposals finished [read] Keywords: lotusphere best practice
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My MacbookPro. First thoughts
Sun, Nov 9th 2008 9:49a   Paul Mooney
My new MBP arrived finally on Friday. I will save the disastrous customer service story about the delivery of the kit for another blog post. I'm typing this from my 2.8Ghz Dual Core 15 Inch MBP with 4GB RAM and 320Gb 7200 Sata drive. At the moment, I own the fastest MBP you can own. Give it .. em.. a week and Im sure someone will blog with 6GB RAM. So, some thoughts: The good It is "bite the back of your hand" beautiful to look at, let alone use. Placing it in my office immed [read] Keywords: laptop mac macbook office vm wifi wireless
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Test post - please ignore
Sun, Nov 9th 2008 9:09a   Paul Mooney
move along... nothing to see [read] Keywords:
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The day I lost control
Fri, Nov 7th 2008 6:09a   Paul Mooney
Made me laugh - thanks Suzanne [read] Keywords:
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IPhone 3G tethering coming 'soon'
Thu, Nov 6th 2008 4:50p   Paul Mooney
"Using the iPhone as a wireless modem to share Internet access with a laptop has been off limits to owners of the device so far. But Thursday, AT&T Wireless CEO Ralph de la Vega said that tethering is coming to the iPhone 3G “soon.” De La Vega spoke at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, where he was interviewed by TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington." O2 better follow... more [read] Keywords: iphone laptop web 2.0 wireless
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Home from DNUG
Wed, Nov 5th 2008 6:19p   Paul Mooney
I left DNUG at lunch time today, and one train, two planes and a car ride later, made it to Belfast, for one night only. Back to Dublin in the morning, and then a weekend of not working, followed by Admin2008 in Amsterdam. A few people have been asking my opinion of DNUG. Some very keen for my opinion, possibly expecting overly positive or overly negative feedback. Well, here you go. DNUG is a very professional conference, aimed and focussed at the German marketplace and German [read] Keywords: collaboration ilug lotus lotusphere notes networking
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notes 802 standard will be able to support 40 clients on citrix
Tue, Nov 4th 2008 4:49a   Paul Mooney
Again, worth a post in itself. Using PAE on citrix (i.e. doubling the RAM to 8GB) and specific documentation, you can run 40 notes standard clients on a citrix box. Documentation on how to do this is on the way, and it will be made easier in next versions of the client code. [read] Keywords: notes citrix
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iPhone Sync tool for Notes being developed
Tue, Nov 4th 2008 4:40a   Paul Mooney
Considering the interest in this topic, it's worth a post on its own. At DNUG, Kevin Kavanagh announced that a sync tool for iPhone and Lotus Notes is in development, and demos will be available soon. Funnily enough, traveler was not mentioned in that line. Let the rumour mill begin! [read] Keywords: lotus notes traveler development iphone
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Kevin Kavanagh - blogging the keynote
Tue, Nov 4th 2008 4:29a   Paul Mooney
Kevin Kavanagh - opening keynote speech. Brent Peters comes to stage aswell. Will just blog the key points below (hit refresh every now and then as I am updating) Notes and Domino's focus will be social computing platform. Going beyond the normal paradigms of desktop software computing Green computing a focus... Reduce power consumption of services Lotus have lead the way in enterprise social networking software Focus on what has come with the Notes 8 client (mail UI, widg [read] Keywords: connections domino foundations ibm inotes lotus lotusphere notes notes client traveler apple applications blackberry blogging citrix desktop enterprise iphone mobile networking rim widgets
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At DNUG opening Keynote
Tue, Nov 4th 2008 4:09a   Paul Mooney
Over 200 people at DNUG. [read] Keywords:
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DNUG week
Sun, Nov 2nd 2008 10:09a   Paul Mooney
Last week, Admincamp. This week, DNUG. Enroute to Heathrow now, with another flight to Dusseldorf followed by a train to Dortmund for the DNUG conference. Im not presenting at this one, and I think this is the first event I have been to in three years where I don't speak. If you are heading to the event, be sure to say hello. Last time I was at DNUG, was (I think) 2006, so looking forward to catching up with some speakers, vendors and customers there. [read] Keywords:
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Working in the Philippines from Late Nov to Christmas
Wed, Oct 29th 2008 9:20a   Paul Mooney
My travel filled year is ending on a biggie. The day after I get back from Admin2008, I will be heading to the Philippines until Christmas working on a customer site. The project looks interesting, and I have never been to that region before. Compared to some of the guys in the bubble, I don't travel globally much, so will be happy to take advice on the region if you have been there. Feel free to comment or drop me a line. This leads to another offer. Since I will be there full tim [read] Keywords: notes
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Heading home from Admincamp
Wed, Oct 29th 2008 9:09a   Paul Mooney
Sitting in Dusseldorf Airport now, waiting for a flight to Heathrow and then to Belfast. I had not been to Admincamp in 2 years, and the event has matured and grown very well. Rudi and the gang have managed to put together a deeply technical, fun conference with people from various parts of Europe, in English and German. Smart scheduling, excellent food, and a free bar (for those that could use it - I was not too well) lead to excellent networking opportunities. Sticking to an excelle [read] Keywords: ilug networking
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Admincamp
Tue, Oct 28th 2008 8:49a   Paul Mooney
Bill and I are just prepping (yea...) to present "Admin Worst Practices". Actually in conversation, we think this is the last time before that elephant is finally dead. Turn out at the event is excellent, with lots of new (noticeably younger) faces in the audience. Always a good thing to see. Even nicer is the fact that the development version of this camp (Entwicklercamp) is much larger then the admin one. [read] Keywords: admin development
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Getting ready for three weeks of travel and conferences
Sun, Oct 26th 2008 4:19p   Paul Mooney
Tomorrow I'm back at work (although its a public holiday in Ireland) and will spend most of the day en route to Admincamp. Most of the speakers/delegates are there already, and it is lining up to be its usual focused event. The following week, I will be attending DNUG for the first time in many years. The following week, Admin2008 in Amsterdam. If you see me at any of the above, be sure to say hello. I have a few blog posts to put out aswell, continuing on the technical side of 8 [read] Keywords:
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Best Chain Mail ever (one for Chris Linfoot)
Thu, Oct 23rd 2008 12:00p   Paul Mooney
Made me laugh out loud. Thanks Eileen. [read] Keywords:
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Another day, another crappy update for MS Office for Mac
Thu, Oct 23rd 2008 11:39a   Paul Mooney
How I really ... REALLY wish I could do without this product. [read] Keywords: mac office
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Flying Lesson
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 2:59p   Paul Mooney
In response to a few questions. Yep - got behind the stick of a plane for the first time in 10 years today. The current economic climate does not lend itself to "fecking off for flying lessons" (average cost of lessons in Northern Ireland is 100Stg per hour) but I wanted to give it a go again. Since I am near an airfield and the PPL was always something I wanted to do, I just had to try it. So a Cessna 152 (2 seater training plane really) for an hour. Great fun... I was terrible a [read] Keywords: wiki
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Certified Advanced Security Professional for Lotus Domino 8
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 4:19a   Paul Mooney
Yes, like the ND7 one, its a tough exam. [read] Keywords: domino lotus lotusnotes nd7 security
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Interview with lotususergroup available
Sat, Oct 18th 2008 6:59a   Paul Mooney
Before I disappear, I was interviewed in advance of the Admin2008 conference in Amsterdam a few days ago. Its available for download from here. One or two admin tips in there and me going on.. and on... and on... for 20 minutes or so. [read] Keywords: admin lotususergroup.org
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Taking a break
Fri, Oct 17th 2008 12:29p   Paul Mooney
Taking a week off guys, before Admincamp, DNUG, Admin2008 and Lotusphere prep. Expect little or nothing at all for the next week. P. [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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A business Twitter product
Thu, Oct 16th 2008 11:29a   Paul Mooney
Ask Declan Lynch about this.... Nice work Dec. Interesting. [read] Keywords: twitter
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Mobile phone graveyard
Wed, Oct 15th 2008 9:23a   Paul Mooney
Last night, I picked up one of the final boxes from my move. Not every phone I ever had, but not far off.... [read] Keywords: mobile
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GSX blog site up
Wed, Oct 15th 2008 9:09a   Paul Mooney
GSX have setup their own blog for their team. Hopefully, it will contain some good stuff on their monitoring software and product development. Admin people may want to add it to their RSS feeds. [read] Keywords: admin development
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Configuring the Domino server to send "message delayed" notifications to senders
Mon, Oct 13th 2008 5:29p   Paul Mooney
In the second of the "Just stuff what them Admin weenies shuld have on but don't kindof things" blog posts about Domino 8, I thought I would mention the delayed notification feature. Many large domino organisatiions consist of many servers, spread out around the world. Even in the largest of Domino domains I have worked on, a message from one end of the planet to the other should hop through no more then 5-6 servers (depending on architecture). The time required for a message to get [read] Keywords: admin document domino sntt email server
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Setting forwarded email addresses to the name of the original sender in Domino
Sun, Oct 12th 2008 12:39p   Paul Mooney
Ok, this is relatively old by ND8 standards, but its one of those features I never ever mentioned here. Every now and then (rarely these days) I have to give a training course. Tomorrow it is on ND8 admin, and trying to separate what is out in 802 and what is coming out in 8.5 is blurry, as we run beta kit all the time. Sidenote.... Associating features to versions is not easy for me... often forget what came when. Anyways, during the week I am going to post some Admin features that [read] Keywords: admin agent document domino nd8 sntt email
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Lazyweb - I need a new NAS box
Sun, Oct 12th 2008 12:00p   Paul Mooney
I have a Buffalo Terastation for 2 years now, and it has been on more or less all the time (exception holidays and moving house). I'm starting to worry about it. Strange things are going on and I think its time to move it on to pastures new and get myself another one. The worrying thing about the NAS is how much I would lose, if I lost everything on it. My important files are on a Time Machine USB drive and the NAS. But I have over 300GB of VM images on the Raid5 array on the NAS, an [read] Keywords: foundations ibm server vm
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Lotus Notes front end prototype?
Sat, Oct 11th 2008 8:39a   Paul Mooney
Devin Olson, has published an active workspace prototype. This may or may not be a viable solution, but as in my earlier post, it should help provoke discussion. Click on the image to see what Devin has said... [read] Keywords: lotus lotusnotes notes workspace
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Lotusphere 2009 Beacon awards - a quick test for the observant
Fri, Oct 10th 2008 11:29a   Paul Mooney
Ok - nobody take this too harsh... Go to this site..ok? Do a search for the amount of times you see the word "Notes" Now do a search for the amount of times you see "domino" Go that.. Now search for "Portal" [read] Keywords: domino ibm lotusphere lotusphere2009 notes
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Lotusphere abstract reviews - SNT
Wed, Oct 8th 2008 4:20p   Paul Mooney
Now Rocky and Gab have blogged about session reviews, I feel I can without the IBM swat team dropping into my house with a gag and handcuffs. Its tough going for track managers. We wade through every submission and try to find quality sessions in a big bunch of .. em... quality sessions. The bar is very very high for abstracts, so each one has to be looked at. For our little track (much smaller then the usual tracks, and rightly so as its the first time), we have had over 150 submi [read] Keywords: ibm lotusphere lotusphere2009 swat
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GSX monitor supports iPhone (and more devices)
Wed, Oct 8th 2008 3:12p   Paul Mooney
The guys from GSX impress me. They know their trade, and know it very well. Uncompromising software, and very professional presentations. When asked last week at the conference if they supported iPhone browser... they didn't say yes, they gave a url... cocky... I just tested it. It works on WMD, iPhone, and a berry... impressive. A clean dashboard interface, whilst on the move, giving you status information of your servers. [read] Keywords: interface iphone
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Gmail prevents you from sending emails when pissed
Wed, Oct 8th 2008 6:20a   Paul Mooney
This is just plain genius... and something we all agree would of done with at one stage or another (usually drink related). "Sometimes I send messages I shouldn't send. Like the time I told that girl I had a crush on her over text message. Or the time I sent that late night email to my ex-girlfriend that we should get back together. Gmail can't always prevent you from sending messages you might later regret, but today we're launching a new Labs feature I wrote called Mail [read] Keywords: email
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Time to rethink the Lotus Notes front end?
Tue, Oct 7th 2008 6:29p   Paul Mooney
One of the biggest bones of contention with Lotus Notes is the front end. In the beginning, we had the workspace, and it was good! People loved it. Very very functional and easy to use. On the downside, it is not that pretty, and still has not had a revamp in a long time, not to mention it was hard to manage/control. Then, in Notes 5, we got the bookmarks bar, and some people loved it, and some people hated it. In Notes 8, we have the open dialog, which is XML base [read] Keywords: admin lotus lotusnotes notes policies application applications development iphone linux mac workspace xml
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Domino.Doc versus Quickr
Mon, Oct 6th 2008 6:53p   Paul Mooney
Tomorrow, for the first time in years, I have to demo Domino.Doc on a customer site. I only do this because a *cough* large *cough* consultancy firm recommended this product to the customer as it would fit their needs. After a few phone calls with the customer, I talked about a native domino solution, or Quickr, and the customer agrees that they want to look at these, but also need to see Domino.Doc as this was the recommended product. As far as I know, Domino.Doc went on a level of m [read] Keywords: document domino domino.doc ibm lotus notes notes client quickplace quickr integration interface office security sharepoint
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What to do when constantly being sent legitimate emails in error
Mon, Oct 6th 2008 5:12p   Paul Mooney
Back in 2004, I was lucky enough to get an early gmail account. Do you remember the days when they were more exclusive then goldust, and you could only invite a new person every few months. Anyways, I took pmooney@gmail.com. And although it is not a primary email address, I do use it for some services and have mail redirected to my pmooneynet account. My name is common, and online I share it with many others, including a comedian, a cricketer, a writer, and a Microsoft blogger. T [read] Keywords: blogger citrix email microsoft password wiki
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View from a conference
Fri, Oct 3rd 2008 8:19a   Paul Mooney
Really bad photo of a really nice view from the rooftop of the Boscolo Park Hotel in Nice. GSX laid on a networking lunch on the rooftop before the afternoon begins. Kicking off is Mary Beth Raven with an 8.5 update session. I smell a daily build being used!.... [read] Keywords: networking
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New ACL tool available
Fri, Oct 3rd 2008 3:19a   Paul Mooney
Version 0.2 available on the resources page. Now has the ability to modify roles aswell as ACL. Thanks again to Pavel and Barry Hughes in Bluewave. [read] Keywords: acl
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En route to GSX day in Nice
Thu, Oct 2nd 2008 12:29p   Paul Mooney
Flying with easyjet (a ryanair lookalike) for the first time today from Belfast International to Nice, France direct. The GSX seminar begins and is shaping up to be a great event. Tomorrow, I will be presenting a version of Worst Practices (admin stuff only, so I'm in hog heaven - sorry Bill). Mary Beth Raven will be presenting on the new goodness and fantastic UI improvements with Notes 8.5. I already know I will be asking her about client side performance improvements and citrix st [read] Keywords: admin notes citrix
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The mail file ACL changing tool is revised
Wed, Oct 1st 2008 4:59p   Paul Mooney
Version 1.1 of the ACL manipulator tool will be released in the next few days. This will hopefully include the ability to manipulate roles. I just have to test it before publishing. If you have no idea what I am on about, click here. [read] Keywords: acl admin
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What does your work environment look like?
Wed, Oct 1st 2008 4:59p   Paul Mooney
Chatting with Susan Bulloch and Jamie Magee, we thought it would be fun to post our office space, where we do most of our work. Well, lining myself up for a kicking, here is mine. When I am not on site, I typically work from home. My beloved Mac is tied to a 20Inch screen, NAS, and two other servers below to the right, printer, scanner, two routers, a hub, VOIP box, plant, fish tank and punch bag (required). So... if you have a blog ... take a pic and post. [read] Keywords: mac office
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iNotes Ultralite on firefox
Tue, Sep 30th 2008 5:10p   Paul Mooney
Ok, this is going to sound dumb. I chose iNotes ultralite instead of iNotes lite when accessing webmail a few minutes ago. And do you know what, it was great! Even faster the iNotes lite, this gave me exactly what I needed, access to read email. Blisteringly fast over a crappy link. I know this is totally not using a product for its intended purpose, but thought I would share the event. Give it a go! [read] Keywords: inotes email firefox
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The new Lotusphere Show n Tell Track. A view from the inside (ish)
Tue, Sep 30th 2008 4:49p   Paul Mooney
Last year Gabriella Davis and I got talking about the limitations of the Hands on sessions. Having presented one in the past (on integration of portal with domino), it was frustrating for the instructors and the delegates that we could only offer limited seats, as the logistics of having laptops for hundreds of people, and managed VMs were a veritable nightmare. We discussed this with one of the organisers of Lotusphere (Kristin Keene) and suggested an alternative session type, where [read] Keywords: domino lotusphere lotusphere2009 show n tell integration
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Ideajam on iPhone
Wed, Sep 24th 2008 5:29a   Paul Mooney
Nice.. [read] Keywords: ideajam ideajam.net iphone
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Clock is ticking for sphere submissions
Wed, Sep 24th 2008 3:09a   Paul Mooney
Just a reminder to anyone that wants to submit a session to present at Lotusphere. The submission window closes at 12PM EST this Friday, 26th September. So, over in DST/GMT world, you have to the end of the business day on Friday. Click here to submit. [read] Keywords: ibm lotus lotusphere lotusphere2009
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What do YOU use Lotus Notes for?
Tue, Sep 23rd 2008 12:10p   Paul Mooney
When wrapping up UKLUG, before heading for my flight, Carl Tyler and I got talking about Lotus Notes in the SMB space. We share the common idea of what we think an SMB is (1-999 users). Discussing what Lotus Notes is used for there, we realised that almost all BP's would qualify as SMB sites. So, looking at Bluewave/BE Systems, here is what we use Lotus Notes/Domino for in production (keeping dev servers and hosted servers out of the equation). Email server for office staff Calen [read] Keywords: calendaring document domino inotes lotus lotusnotes notes quickr sametime application applications blackberry database email enterprise instant messaging iphone microsoft mobile office server
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Re-Post. Reduce the size of pasted images in Notes considerably
Tue, Sep 23rd 2008 10:49a   Paul Mooney
At UKLUG, I mentioned this setting and that Ed had already blogged it. A few people asked me to link to this tip cause they want to implement it now. In the twitterverse, it would be a "retweet", but what the hell. As per Ed's post, images pasted into Lotus Notes client will be converted to jpg or gif, rather then bitmap, saving buckets of space. It is a preference in 8.5 but pushing out the following notes.ini to all clients (654 and onwards) will enable this feature: OptimizeImag [read] Keywords: lotus notes notes client sntt
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GSX webinar on 24th September
Tue, Sep 23rd 2008 10:39a   Paul Mooney
Tomorrow I will be moderating and presenting with The View, GSX and HSBC on "The business impact of monitoring global messaging servers". It is a FREE session and has three presentations and a Q&A at the end. So far, there are well over 100 companies registered to attend this online event, and from looking at the slides of the other presenters, I'm looking forward to it aswell!. It is on at noon EST (5pm for UK) tomorrow. Click here to register. [read] Keywords:
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The twitter song....
Sun, Sep 21st 2008 12:12p   Paul Mooney
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Webcams viewing the LHC experiment in Geneva
Sun, Sep 21st 2008 12:12p   Paul Mooney
If you are not aware of these ground-breaking experiments, em..