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Gab
Davis and Paul
Mooney talk about their new
Connections101.net
website, a project to document the steps involved with building an IBM
Connections server from scratch
using a "module-based" approach. In the podcast they discuss:
- What motivated you to do this in the
first place?
- What kinds of questions are customers
asking about Connections?
- Is it really that complicated of a product
to set up?
- What is the difference between Connections101
and the IBM
wikis?
- Do IBM Lotus Notes and Domino customers
already have an entitlement to IBM Connections?
- And much more...
You
can contact Paul and Gab directly via their websites (pmooney.net
and turtleweb.com)
or on Twitter at @pmooneynet
and @gabturtle.
Episode 153 runs 35:00.
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We talked to Graham
Acres, an IBM BP in Canada,
about how to develop a strategy around mobilizing your applications in
the enterprise. Graham discussed mobile strategies in general as well as
his own personal experiences, including:
- Deciding which devices to support
- Working with users and business units
- Defining how the mobile app will work,
and what it will look like
- Problems with networks, firewalls, and
device settings
- Dealing with "bring your own device"
policies
- Choosing a toolkit
- And more...
Graham
gave a Lotusphere session on this topic, and his slides can be found at
the
Brytek Systems website. You
can also follow him on Twitter at @gacres99.
This episode runs 36:48.
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Learn about Teamstudio
Unplugged, a tool that helps
you mobilize (as in mobile smartphones) your Lotus Domino applications.
We spoke with Nigel Cheshire, president and CEO of Teamstudio, and Craig
Schumann, Teamstudio senior developer, about:
- The rise of Apple and iOS in the enterprise
- The rise of XPages in the Lotus developer
world
- Teamstudio's approach for adding a mobile
interface to Domino apps
- Replicating data to and from a device
for offline use
- Choosing a strategy for mobilizing your
apps, to make sure your project is successful
- And more...
This
episode runs 34:00.
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Today we talked with Alan
Lepofsky, analyst at Constellation
Research Group, about the current and future state of Activity Streams
in the enterprise. Our discussion included:
- What's the difference between streams
of information like Facebook and Twitter, and what we'll see in business
in the coming months and years?
- Considerations about filters, and making
sure important information gets seen
- How does analytics play into all this?
- Is there truly "one stream to rule
them all", or does certain information need to be siloed?
- What about my inbox?!?
- Where will mobile devices fit into this
picture?
- Once this all gets going, what are some
of the advantages (obvious or not) with having a stream-friendly enterprise?
For
more on what Alan has to say on the subject, also check out his Making
Activity Streams More Manageable
blog post from last week, and find him on Twitter at @alanlepo.
This show runs 41:14.
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In today's show we talk about all things
OpenSocial with Ryan
Baxter of IBM and Mikkel
Heisterberg of IntraVision.
We talk about:
- What is OpenSocial? How did it
get started?
- How is IBM involved? How can I
get involved?
- How is IBM leveraging OpenSocial?
- What is Apache Shindig and how is it
connected to OpenSocial?
- What are the advantages to building
OpenSocial gadgets over existing technologies? Will I be able to
leverage XPages?
- How do I get started building gadgets?
- What about the community? Is there
a community built around OpenSocial, should the ICS community become involved?
- How can we also leverage the OpenNTF
community?
- Where else can I leverage OpenSocial
outside of embedded experiences?
- What other companies are involved in
OpenSocial?
- What does IBM need from the ICS community
when it comes to OpenSocial?
Also,
here are some links to a few of the things we discussed in the podcast:
the
OpenSocial website, the
OpenSocial sandbox, and Ryan's
Lotusphere slides.
The
Lotusphere 2012 Social App Throwdown video.
This episode runs 43:12.
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We had the pleasure of interviewing IBM
Collaboration Solutions General Manager Alistair Rennie (Twitter),
where we talked about:
- Lotusphere! Specifically, the evolution
of Lotus/IBM products we saw demonstrated there last week.
- What's driving improvements in the Notes/Domino
platform for 2012.
- Why is "social" so important
to businesses right now? What has changed in the past few years to make
it relevant?
- Are traditional desktop applications
going away, in favor of mobile and web initiatives?
- What kind of feedback and takeaways
did Alistair get from Lotusphere?
- And more...
The
podcast runs 24:06 and is best listened to while eating one or more pretzel
cookies.
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Today we spoke with Joyce Davis and Colleen
Burns from IBM about the upcoming Lotusphere 2012 and Connect events being
held in beautiful sunny Orlando, Florida NEXT week!
We would like to thank Ken
"MacOSKen" Ray for
the new Taking Notes intro that he graciously produced for us. Ken produces
three outstanding Apple focussed podcasts including:
You
can also hear Ken on MacBreak
Weekly with Leo Laporte on
occasion.
We also suggest you follow Ken on Twitter at @macosken.
Topics included:
See
you all at Lotusphere in a few days. Oh, and we will be recording several
live shows from Orlando.
This show runs 26:56 and goes quite well with a glass of pinot.
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On this episode we spoke with Michael Sampson
about his new book "Collaboration
Roadmap - You've got the technology now what?"
We talked about:
- Why do companies need to develop a collaboration
strategy
- Are there any special "tricks"
to making collaboration happen?
- ROADMAP and what it means
- Does the book apply to any specific
technology/product?
- Are there differences in the way groups
and teams need to collaborate?
- Is there one platform that can "do
it all"?
- Are successful collaboration efforts
based on grass root efforts?
- Michael's take on "Social Business"
- What's the future of collaboration
- What role does video conferencing play
with collaboration
- What has made collaboration a topic
of late
- What do you get when you buy Michael's
book
- Michael attending Lotusphere 2012
- and much more...
This
show runs 38:13. Oh, and be sure and go
order Michael's book now.
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On Episode 145 we spoke with three members
of the IBM Collaboration Solutions division about the brand new IBM
Connect 2012 event being held
in parallel with Lotusphere 2012. Our guests were Susan Collins, Marketing
Manager, IBM Collaboration Solutions and Social Business, Dan Hauenstein,
Manager, Social Business Marketing Strategy and Michelle Tuttle, Market
Segment Manager, IBM Collaboration Solutions.
We talked about:
- What is Connect?
- Where and when it is.
- Why you need to go to Connect.
- What kind of sessions there will be.
- Who the Connect OGS speaker will be
(Awesome choice).
- Surprises people may see/hear about
at Connect.
- How attendees will be "transformed"
by attending this event.
- We ask about the Lotusphere OGS speaker
and get an answer.
- What attendees do at IBM Connect.
- and more...
Keep up with the latest on the IBM Connect conference by following the
IBM
Social Insights Blog or the
Twitter hashtags #IBMConnect
and #IBMSocialBiz.
You may also hear Bruce say "use the garage" during the show
at some point. Obviously we need to teach him to mute his microphone when
not speaking.
The show runs just under 27 minutes and is a great listen while wrapping
your holiday gifts, trimming the Christmas tree or working on your P90X.
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With only 46 days until Lotusphere
2012 we thought we would pull
together a show with community luminaries
Andy Donaldson, Paul
Mooney and Stuart
McIntyre. Topics included:
- Will this be the the year of the "big
change" (It's
the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine)
- Tips for Lotusphere newbites
- Why we go to Lotusphere
- Who the OGS speaker will be
- Where to socialize at Lotusphere
- The quality of breakout sessions
- Expect demos, demos and more demos
- What does "social" mean at
a conference like Lotusphere?
- IBM Connect
- Paul wins the "social" bingo
game
- Will Lotusphere go back to being a purely
technical conference?
- What are Andy, Paul and Stuart excited
about being at Lotusphere?
- and much more....
The
show runs approximately 46 minutes.
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