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Taking Notes Episode 88: 2008.09.14 - SharePoint and Lotus Notes integration with Yaacov Cohen of Mainsoft 9.14.2008
Yaacov Cohen CEO of Mainsoft talks with Bruce about:
  • Mainsoft's SharePoint Integrator for Lotus Notes
  • Moving documents between Notes 6.5, 7.x and 8.x Lotus Notes clients and SharePoint
  • Lotusphere 2009
  • and much more
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Taking Notes Episode 87: 2008.09.12 - Ed Brill and Dwight Morse on Notes 8.0.2 (and beyond) 9.12.2008
Bruce and Julian had the opportunity to talk to Ed Brill (Worldwide Sales Manager for Lotus Notes/Domino) and Dwight Morse (Lotus Notes Product Manager) about changes and new features in the recent Notes 8.0.2 release. We also got to discuss a few "future directions" sort of things. Talking points included:
  • Do we have any numbers yet on how many companies have upgraded to Notes 8 so far? How about customer references?
  • Is Lotus comfortable with the 8.0.2 startup speed and smaller memory footprint, or will it continue to improve?
  • What's the big deal about the new INI parameter that controls whether the client opens in Basic or Standard mode?
  • Are the Symphony editors in the Notes 8 Standard client simply "nice to have", or is IBM aggressively pushing the Symphony product?
  • Is there better integration coming between Notes and Connections, especially as it relates to Activities?
  • Can we confirm or deny William Shatner as the opening session speaker at Lotusphere?
And certainly, much much more. Also be sure to check out Dwight Morse speaking about Notes 8 on the Ziff Davis Innovations podcast.

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Taking Notes Episode 86: 2008.09.01 - Writing Free Notes Apps 9.2.2008
In a podcasting cross-pollination experiment, we bring Chris Toohey and Tim Tripcony on the show -- you know them from the YellowCast podcast for Lotus Notes developers -- to talk about the pros and cons of developing Notes applications for free. Or trying to make a small profit on them.

Oh, and sorry it took so long to push this out. We actually recorded over 2 weeks ago, but we've all been busy. You know how it is.

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Taking Notes Episode 84: 2008.08.01 - Lotus Foundations 8.1.2008
Bruce, Julian, and guest interviewer Sean Burgess talk to Caleb Barlow from IBM about the Lotus Foundations "Start" server, including topics like:
  • What is Lotus Foundations anyway?
  • The target audience is small businesses with 1 to 500 employees. Why would they want this?
  • What is an "appliance" server? What does it mean that the Foundations server is "self-healing"?
  • What version of Lotus Domino is included? What if I want to package up custom applications or upgrade the Domino version?
  • How do Lotus Business Partners fit into this picture?
  • Collaboration University 2008
  • How is Lotus Foundations marketed against the legacy Microsoft Small Business Server?
  • Will there be other versions besides the current Foundations "Start" server?
  • Sean Burgess' Lotus Foundation blog
  • Graham Dodge's blog
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Taking Notes Episode 85: 2008.07.31 - UKLUG 2008 7.31.2008
Get the scoop on the upcoming UKLUG conference -- September 26th and 27th in London. We talk to Warren Elsmore and Mike Smith about things like:
  • Who's speaking (and which Paul Mooney will be attending)
  • Are there any sponsor slots left?
  • The emphasis on real Lotus customers giving sessions
  • Which company that recently migrated TO Lotus Notes will be giving a session
  • The beautiful location, just around the corner from Westminster Abbey
Also, if anyone can help Warren get Bluetooth working with NXT, please send him an e-mail. Otherwise, for more information on the conference, just go to http://uklug.info and you'll get all the details. See you there!

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Taking Notes Episode 83: 2008.06.29 - XPages and Yellow Water 6.29.2008
Rob "Captain Oblivious" McDonagh and John Head talk about the forthcoming Domino Server 8.5 feature called "XPages".  During the show you will learn about:
  • Why you need to brush up on your Javascript skills
  • Why XPages are important
  • What the heck XPages are
  • What XPages can't do
  • How XPages will change the way you design Domino applications
  • Will XPages run in the Notes client?
  • What are some of the new design elements in Domino Designer 8.5
  • What yellow water is and much more...
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Taking Notes Episode 82: 2008.05.25 - ILUG 2008! 5.25.2008
Paul Mooney and Matt White tell us all about the upcoming (less than 2 weeks away) ILUG 2008 conference in Dublin. We talk about things like: Listen and learn. And we hope to see you in Dublin!

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Taking Notes Episode 81: 2008.04.06 - Lotus Notes 8 Plugins with Mikkel Heisterberg 4.6.2008
Bruce and Julian got a chance to talk to Mikkel Heisterberg about his new "TwitNotes" sidebar plugin for Notes 8, that allows you to access Twitter directly from the Lotus Notes client. We talked about things like:
  • Where did the idea for this come from?
  • How hard (or easy) is it to develop sidebar plugins for Notes 8?
  • What tools do you need to get started?
  • The plugin is free, but is it open source?
  • Is this just one more example of how important Java is for Notes developers now?
If you want to install the TwitNotes plugin for Notes 8 -- and why not? It's free! -- go to http://lekkimworld.com/twitnotes for detailed instructions.

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Taking Notes Episode 80: 2008.03.12 - Sametime Advanced with Adam Gartenberg 3.12.2008
Adam Gartenberg tells us about all sorts of new Sametime goodies, including: This podcast was brought to you by Elguji Software the makers of IdeaJam.

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Taking Notes Episode 79: 2008.02.23 - BleedYellow.com 2.24.2008
Bruce and Julian talk to Nathan Freeman and Chris Whisonant about the BleedYellow.com site, discussing things like:
  • What the heck is that logo anyway? Is it Wolverine?
  • Unleashing your "inner beast of collaboration"
  • How the site got started and how long it took to put together and customize
  • What can you do with the site now?
  • What's coming next? (Sorry, you'll have to listen to find that one out)
And if you haven't visited the BleedYellow site yet, go take a peek -- registration is free and there are plenty of things you can look at without having to log in. If nothing else, it's a good look at what a Lotus Connections site has to offer.

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