Gregg Eldred Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:22:46 -0400 http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf Domino and BES: Performance Best Practiceshttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7K9L2SLotusGregg Eldredhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7K9L2Shttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7K9L2SIBM Lotus Domino with Blackberry Enterprise Server: Performance best Practices, authored by Aaron Payne, has been posted on developerWorks:Lotus.

From the introduction:

This article is designed to act as a guide and reference paper for configuring BlackBerry Enterprise Server with IBM® Lotus® Domino®. It focuses on the load implications of running BlackBerry Enterprise Server within a Lotus Domino mail environment. It is designed to highlight areas where this load can be controlled and minimized.

. . . This article is aimed at Lotus Domino administrators who either are planning on implementing BlackBerry Enterprise Server or need to better understand the interaction between IBM Lotus Domino and BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

Link: IBM Lotus Domino with Blackberry Enterprise Server: Performance best Practices

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]]>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:22:46 -0400 http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=420944807F9BAD38852574DD00548A36 http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=420944807F9BAD38852574DD00548A36Reliving Past Lotusphere's, Google Stylehttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7K94HVLotusphereGregg Eldredhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7K94HVhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7K94HVsearch their oldest available index, from January 2001. My search term, lotusphere, resulted in some fun hits:

Project "Yoda" - "is described as a suite of knowledge management capabilities for R5 that is intended to cement Lotus' leadership in the groupware market it inaugurated and still leads with 34 million seats." Was this a precursor to "Raven," which, I think, turned into Domino Discovery Server?

Lotusphere 99. I wonder if this will ever happen again (or similar?):

In a dramatic bit of showmanship Sunday night, an executive jumped off a building to herald the arrival of Lotus Notes/Domino 5.0.

With several thousand attendees watching at a massive, outdoor party on the opening night of Lotusphere '99 here, Iris President Steve Beckhardt slid down a high tension wire from the roof of the 20-story Swan hotel. He traveled across a man-made lagoon and onto the grounds of the adjacent Dolphin Hotel.

And, of course, there was the Gonzo Lotusphere 2001 site. Ahh, those were the days.

One of the things that I still have from Lotusphere '99 is an autographed copy of Jeff Papows' book, Enterprise.com. Embarrassingly, I still haven't read it. But I have it. Does that count for anything?

Link: Papows Discusses "Yoda" and Mail Migrations

Link: Iris Exec "Flies" For R5

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]]>Wed, 8 Oct 2008 22:07:46 -04001 http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=B1125A0B473C3BFC852574DD000BBF0A http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=B1125A0B473C3BFC852574DD000BBF0AThe Deceived by Brett Battleshttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7K24BFBook ReviewsGregg Eldredhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7K24BFhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7K24BFI was very happy to see that Brett Battles has penned a second novel featuring his "cleaner," Jonathan Quinn. Quinn is hired to remove all traces of a crime or to make sure that there are no loose ends. If there is a murder, he makes sure that the body is not discovered and all traces of the deed are covered up. When he is done, nothing can be traced to either him or his client.

The Deceived opens with Quinn and his assistant being called to dispose of a body that was found in a transcontinental shipping container. While outwardly cool and professional, Quinn is shocked that the body is that of Steven Markoff, a man who once saved his life. After cleaning the scene and disposing of his friend's body, Quinn needs to find out who killed him. Adding to his stress, Markoff's girlfriend, Jenny, an assistant to a Congressman with presidential aspirations, has gone missing and Quinn believes that it is related to his dead friend. As he investigates these two events, he is pursued by some powerful people that want him dead before he discovers the truth.

Brett Battles has seem to have found his man in Jonathan Quinn. And Battles does an excellent job with the character, the supporting characters, and the plot. Quinn is supported by his assistant (Cleaner in training), Nate, and Orlando, a brilliant Cleaner in her own right. Both of those characters could stand on their own. The killers provide a good compliment to Quinn, as they are as focused and resourceful as he is. Unlike the first book, The Cleaner, Battles benefits from tighter editing, which makes this novel a better, more enjoyable read. And what a read it is-fast paced, exciting, and with some wicked twists. Also, unlike his first novel, Battles provides more background for Quinn, which allows the reader to better understand him.

If you are a fan of Lee Child, Stephen Hunter, or Barry Eisler, you will find a new author to add to your list - Brett Battles.

Technorati tag: book review Brett Battles ]]>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 21:57:29 -0400 http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=C911F2D88ACF8753852574D6000ACBD9 http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=C911F2D88ACF8753852574D6000ACBD9New US Citizenship Test - How will you score?http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JZK5REverything ElseGregg Eldredhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JZK5Rhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JZK5RPRWeb:

As of Wednesday, October 1, 2008, there is a new United States citizenship test. During the examination, applicants must demonstrate an understanding of basic U.S. civics, history, and government. The test changes, instituted by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), will affect millions of immigrants in the U.S. who intend to become American citizens. Readers can test their civic skills in a quiz provided at CitizenshipU.com.

Ten Questions in the little quiz, and here are my results.

US Citizenship Quiz Results



Link: Sample Citizenship Test and Resources Available at CitizenshipU.com to Help Immigrants Pass New U.S. Citizenship Test
]]>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:36:18 -04005 http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=7D4D35C76422D178852574D500504515 http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=7D4D35C76422D178852574D500504515developerWorks:Lotus Feedback Workshttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JZ6A8LotusGregg Eldredhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JZ6A8http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JZ6A8Yesterday, when attempting to post a reply in the developerWorks:Lotus forums, I was getting the error:

OpenForm&ParentUNID=D0DB6F00242FD790852574D3006FC6EA&Seq=1 HTTP Web Server: Lotus Notes Exception - Error validating user's agent execution access

I thought that it was me or my web browsers. After seeing that several times, and not being able to post responses, I sent feedback to the forum. Today, I received this response (emphasis, mine):

This should be fixed now. It was happening across all the forums. The issue was an agent signed by an expired Notes ID.

Nice to see that it was fixed. But the resolution made me laugh. Anyone have any recommendations for the developerWorks Lotus Team on how to avoid this issue in the future? :-) ]]>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:37:51 -04003 http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=C3A0FF1A1DC60A25852574D50013FBCE http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=C3A0FF1A1DC60A25852574D50013FBCEiNotes and iPhone Make Google Newshttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JYRW7LotusGregg Eldredhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JYRW7http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JYRW7
iNotes Makes Google News

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]]>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:22:37 -0400 http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=C8BAC6E8CBAB8B83852574D4006FF99C http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=C8BAC6E8CBAB8B83852574D4006FF99CClosing General Session Speakerhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JY4D3LotusphereGregg Eldredhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JY4D3http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JY4D3


]]>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:00:00 -0400 http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=F174F7E66AFDAB3A852574D4000B0640 http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=F174F7E66AFDAB3A852574D4000B0640Discussion Database - What is it Good For?http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JMPK6LotusGregg Eldredhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JMPK6http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JMPK6Probably the most popular discussion databases are the forums at developerWorks:Lotus. But what about inside your organization? I'll wager that you have your fair share of them, but when were they last updated? Have you moved that information to wikis? Much like most Web 2.0 initiatives, where you are hoping for collaboration and sharing, most of those discussion databases have probably been updated by just a few people. I can give you several examples of discussion databases that were created only to die of neglect.

The old, R4/R5 interface probably doesn't help either (but that should be fixed in R8.5).

So what use is the discussion database if you don't have collaborative minded people?

Simple, you use it to fix mail problems. If there is an issue with the design of a particular mail file, you replace the design of it with the discussion database and then replace it again with the appropriate mail template. There are several examples of this in the forums. This is just one of them. I do that and I am sure that you do, too.

The discussion database serves a very good, honorable purpose. But you are in a organization where not everyone will embrace this new world of networking, information sharing, and strong collaboration. You have the tools to engage people, but most will not contribute even if you give them access to the discussion database and trained them. So, what good is it if no one, or only a few, contribute?

[Blog intermission - some of you may be wondering what has happened to me. First, I talked about the lack of participation in the Yellow Bubble, and now this. My point is that not only is there a lack of participation in the Lotus Community, there is a lack of participation in your own organization.]

You want a successful, useful discussion database? Don't train the users, educate them. And that, my friends, will be much more difficult. ]]>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=C56C397C81BFDC87852574C90064F68A http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=C56C397C81BFDC87852574C90064F68AAdmin2009/Developer2009http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JTRXYLotusGregg Eldredhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JTRXYhttp://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf/plinks/GELD-7JTRXYMark your calendars, boys and girls:
 
 
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