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My 20th Lotusphere is in the can. Loved every minute of it. So much cool stuff coming up: IBM Verse, IBM Connections Next, Bluemix, and yes, some nice things for Notes/Domino in the pipeline too. Bu ...
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img alt="Image:ConnectED 2015: Loved it" border="0" src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/connected-2015-loved-it/content/M2?OpenElement" />My 20th Lotusphere is in the can. Loved every minute of it. So much cool stuff coming up: IBM Verse, IBM Connections Next, Bluemix, and yes, some nice things for Notes/Domino in the pipeline too. But 2 things stood out for me: - We got an amazing community, and that's what makes this conference go beyond just being a tech gathering. - I lost my speaker virginity. My session went pretty well and I enjoyed myself on stage, and had the impression most attendees did. Too bad the room was so small, as we had to turn down people due to 'Session Full'. Here's the title of the session and the abstract: BTE101: Yes! You CAN Use Those Cool New Frameworks in Your Mobile Domino Apps! Did you know there is an abundance of cool CSS and JS frameworks out there? Have you ever wanted to find out how you can use them in your own (mobile) Domino apps? We'll show real world applications from our customers using some of these powerful frameworks inside Domino. Explore with us on how they integrated Bootstrap, Ratchet.js, Knockout.js, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, jQuery.js, Zepto.js and more! You'll walk away from this session excited, and full of ideas you can start to implement as soon as you get home. Let's show the world how innovative, flexible and on-the-edge Domino development still is! You can download the <a href="https://engage.ug/engage.nsf/Click?Open&e=ConnectED2015&s=BTE101&f=LS15/$file/BTE101.pdf" target=_Blank>Session Slides</a> and the demo <a href="https://engage.ug/engage.nsf/Click?Open&e=ConnectED2015&s=BTE101&f=LS15/$file/ConnectED2015_Theo.zip" target=_Blank>Content Management System Notes application</a>. Let me know if you have any feedback, and pull your head out of the sand! ]]></content:encoded>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img alt="Image:Pull your head out of the sand!" border="0" src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/pull-your-head-out-of-the-sand/content/M2?OpenElement" />Did you ever pull your head out of the sand and looked at the world around you? Of course you did. But you, as a Notes developer, did you ever look at the world outside of your precious, 'I-can-do-anything' development environment? Maybe not! Same here. For the past 20 odd years, I happily wrapped myself in my comfort zone. Then a new web project presented itself and I needed something Notes/Domino could not provide. So I googled around, and boy, was I in for a surprise! I discovered a plethora of libraries, frameworks, tools I never dreamed possible. Many of them less then 5 years old! Toddlers, but with so much promise. Could I use them within my own environment? Sure I could. I found most of them were not that hard to implement. I was lucky enough to have a few mobile projects that would benefit from Bootstrap. Another one needed field mapping, so I fooled around with Backbone, to end up with Knockout, because it suited the project better. I fell flat on my face with App.js and Ratchet for another client app, but found a solution in the end. I thrive on learning new things, so sharing my experience to spread my excitement came naturally. So I submitted an abstract for a session at ConnectED (aka Connect, aka Lotusphere). The new track 'Beyond the Everyday' seemed like a nice fit. I dreaded and hoped my session got approved. After many nerve-racking months, I finally got a 'Your IBM ConnectED 2015 Session Submission Has Been Accepted' email. I was over the moon, and fearful at the same time. So here we are. One month later, and 2 weeks before the presentation submission deadline. Things are shaping up, presentation halfway done. A brand new Notes database coming along just fine. The fear is gone, replaced by a healthy anxiety. Bear with me when I take the stage in the Swan hotel with shaking knees. My first ever real presentation, at my 20th Lotusphere (I did a few BOFs in the past). It's not going to be a deep dive, nor very technical. Many of you will probably be disappointed, as what I'm showing is not rocket science, but practical solutions to business needs. My only aim is to pull your head out of the sand, and get you excited again. There's a big world out there, and it fits in your pocket! Hope to see you in about a month in Orlando. <a href=http://www.ibm.com/software/collaboration/events/connected/ target=_Blank>Register here</a>. Here's the title of the session and the abstract: BTE101: Yes! You CAN Use Those Cool New Frameworks in Your Mobile Domino Apps! Did you know there is an abundance of cool CSS and JS frameworks out there? Have you ever wanted to find out how you can use them in your own (mobile) Domino apps? We'll show real world applications from our customers using some of these powerful frameworks inside Domino. Explore with us on how they integrated Bootstrap, Ratchet.js, Knockout.js, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, jQuery.js, Zepto.js and more! You'll walk away from this session excited, and full of ideas you can start to implement as soon as you get home. Let's show the world how innovative, flexible and on-the-edge Domino development still is! ]]></content:encoded>
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I normally write a blogpost every day at Lotusphere #LS12. Not this year though. Every year I meet more people I'ld like to hang out with, and I get more socially involved too. So nights are short and ...
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Let's start by wrapping up a weirdly busy (last) year, since it's been some time this blog was updated (no apologies here, follow me on my blog @theoheselmans, where I got more to say): 2011 was wei ...
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/IBMChampion.jpg/$file/IBMChampion.jpg" alt="IBM Champion"/>Let's start by wrapping up a weirdly busy (last) year, since it's been some time this blog was updated (no apologies here, follow me on my blog @theoheselmans, where I got more to say): <ul> <li>2011 was weird in a sense that I was moderately busy work-wise doing projects, but I still having the feeling that the extra free time I got was filled up with a lot of trivia. I did a lot of Excel related development in 2011, and little exciting Lotus stuff. </li><li>I got involved with the <a href=http://www.penumbragroup.com/ target=_Blank>Penumbra</a> group, and am now a full member of this great bunch of top-notch experts! Catch one of us at Lotusphere (#LS12), and you might get invited to Ice Cream Tuesdae. </li><li>IBM elected 50 (now 63) Collaboration Solutions Champions worldwide. I was honored with this title/award too. Because of this I got invited to the Leadership Alliance Conference (aka LoLa) in Boston. We saw some exiting stuff (under NDA), which we can finally talk about in a few days, as most will be made public at Lotusphere. </li><li>Another thing that kept me occupied (although not nearly enough), was the beta-testing program for a <a href=http://unplugged.teamstudio.com/ target=_Blank>cool new thing from Teamstudio</a>. I developed my first (still rough) iPad app using it. </li><li>We had a great holiday in Zakynthos (Greece) and a short one in the Mosel area (Germany). </li><li>Of course we've had some really great wine tastings too, e.g. about Argentinian Zapata wines. The local wine-twips got together twice, and a third winetwunch is planned for February. Really nice to see twips IRL.</li></ul>I'm writing this wrap up from Orlando, where I'm enjoying my yearly pilgrimage called Lotusphere. You'll read more about it in future blogposts. I might blog more this year, but since our 2-day BLUG event is coming up in March, I'm afraid I'll spent most of my free time preparing for that. Anyway, thanks for reading my blog and please do follow me on twitter @theoheselmans ]]></content:encoded>
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A couple of weeks ago an idea started spreading across the Belgian wine-twitter scene: let's get together and enjoy what we like best: Wine! Filip, Jelle and Peter were the culprits. They took the in ...
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/WineTwunch1.gif" />A couple of weeks ago an idea started spreading across the Belgian wine-twitter scene: let's get together and enjoy what we like best: Wine! Filip, Jelle and Peter were the culprits. They took the initiative, and soon managed to get everything together: <ul> <li>a date and time (yesterday) </li><li>a sweet location (Wine-bar <a href=http://www.pazzo.be/ target=_Blank>Pazzo</a> in Antwerp) </li><li>15 eager people (Filip, Jelle, Peter, Danielle, Olaf, Stijn, Hans, Jonas, Jens, Werner, Melanie, Fabrice, Kaat, Wim and myself) </li><li>a great flexible menu (moderately priced too) </li><li>corkage fee included (important!)</li></ul>Each of us would bring 1 or 2 (or 3-4) preferred bottles, and we would share, taste and evaluate them together (blind as it turned out). Well, we ended up having close to 30 bottles! A feast to make even Bacchus jealous with envy ! We sure had some beautiful (and some less blessed) wines to go through. A decent pace was needed, but there was no real rush. On the table:6 bubbles, 8 whites, 14 reds and 2 sweets (and a homebrew beer from Hans to round the evening night off). Here's an overview of the wines we tasted: <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=35%><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bCavaCanFestis.jpg" /> Cava Can Festis (SP) <td width=32%><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_2989.jpg" /> Entre-Deux-Monts (BE) <td width=31%><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_2990.jpg" /> Champagne La Closerie Extra Brut 2004 (FR) <tr valign=top> <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_2991.jpg" /> Champagne Jean Michel 2004 Blanc de Blancs (FR) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_2992.jpg" /> Franciacorta SatÃ©n van Pizzini (IT) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_2994.jpg" /> Champagne Francis Boulard Brut Nature 2006 (FR) <tr valign=top> <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_2995.jpg" /> Riesling 2009 – Philipp Kuhn – Pfalz (DE) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_2996.jpg" /> Le cÃ¨dre Viognier 2007 (FR) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_2997.jpg" /> Genoels-Elderen Gold 2000 (BE) <tr valign=top> <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_2998.jpg" /> Clos d’Opleeuw 2006 (BE) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_2999.jpg" /> Chablis 2008 – Alice & Olivier De moor (FR) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3000.jpg" /> Riesling ‘Montiggl’ 2009 – St. Michael-Eppan (IT) <tr valign=top> <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3001.jpg" /> Velich ‘To’ 2008 Apetlon (AUT) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3002.jpg" /> Meursault ‘Les Narvaux” 2009 – Jobard & Morey (FR) <td> <tr valign=top> <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3008.jpg" /> Buena Pinta 2010 – Manchuela (SP) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3010.jpg" /> Saint Cosme ‘Little James Basket Press’ (FR) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3011.jpg" /> St. Joseph 2009 – Dard & Ribo (FR) <tr valign=top> <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3012.jpg" /> Quinta do Crasto Tinto 2009 (PT) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3014.jpg" /> Gevrey-Chambertin 2009 – Philippe Pacalet (FR) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3015.jpg" /> Pommard 2006 – FranÃ§ois Mikulski (FR) <tr valign=top> <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3016.jpg" /> Malophet 2010 (FR) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3017.jpg" /> Isole e Olena ‘Cepparello’ 2004 (IT) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3018.jpg" /> Els Pics Priorato 2008 (SP) <tr valign=top> <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3019.jpg" /> St. Joseph ‘Les pierres seches’ 2007 – Yves Cuilleron (FR) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3021.jpg" /> Finca Sobreno Reserva 2005 – Toro (SP) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3024.jpg" /> Rosemount Estate ‘Balmoral’ 1994 (AUS) <tr valign=top> <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3025.jpg" /> Amphoraey Vineyard 2000 – (IL) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3043.jpg" /> Mauro 2005 - Castilly y LÃ©on (SP) <td> <tr valign=top> <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3033.jpg" /> Moscato d’Asti Ca’d Gal ‘Lumine’ (IT) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3034.jpg" /> ChÃ¢teau Chalon 2000 – Vin Jaune 2000 (FR) <td><img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/WineTwunch1.gif/$file/bIMG_3044.jpg" /> (Beer) Ceci c'est pas une Saison (BE</table> As you can guess, we all had a great evening, and I'm sure we'll do it again. Many thanks to Filip for doing most of the organization, and to all the fellow wine-lovers, for bringing good wine and for being great company. Cheers to all of you. ]]></content:encoded>
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Almost exactly 1 year ago, I wrote a blogpost about my favorite iPad apps. A lot has changed during that period, not the least having almost 100,000 iPad specific apps in the App Store. Daunting ! Wh ...
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img alt="Image:iPad: my favorite apps (1 year later)" border="0" src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/ipad-my-favorite-apps-1-year-later/content/M2?OpenElement" />Almost exactly 1 year ago, I wrote a blogpost about my <a href="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/ipad-my-favorite-apps-for-now" title="ipad-my-favorite-apps-for-now"/>favorite iPad apps</a>. A lot has changed during that period, not the least having almost 100,000 iPad specific apps in the App Store. Daunting ! What hasn't changed, it my enthusiasm for this device. I use it all the time! The huge success of the first iPad was followed by the same overwhelming interest in the iPad 2. I'm regularly asked (not only by newbies) what my favorite apps are (at the moment), so like before, here's my short-list (out of the >400 installed apps!). I categorized them again, so if you're e.g. not into games, skip that section. I marked all 'to be included in demo's' with an *. New ones (since previous list) are marked by <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> . Productivity <ul> <li>*iWorks suite: Numbers, Keynote, Pages (spreadsheet, presentation and word processor) </li><li>NewsRack: easy, flawless RSS reader that syncs excellent with Google Reader </li><li>Things: To-do list, also possible to group by project (a good alternative is Wunderlist) </li><li>*iThoughtsHD: mind-mapping done right </li><li>Bento: easy to use database for creating your own. Syncs with Bento on the Mac (I use it for my wine inventory and tasting notes) </li><li>*Mail: just great, and combined with Notes Traveler just super! </li><li>Contacts: syncs using Traveler too </li><li>*Calendar: id., and has nice week and month views </li><li>Jumbo: just a great/big calculator </li><li>Safari (not the best browser, but will get better with iOS5) </li><li>Simplenote: easy notes in the cloud. Can be shared too. <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>ThinkBook: a new (for me) tool for outlining. Need to use it more. <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>Echofon: for twitter streams (Twitter itself is not bad, but I prefer this one) <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>Flipboard: Cool way of consuming news/tweets/blogs <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"></li></ul>Reference material <ul> <li>AppAdvice: daily iPad/iPhone news, great tips, temporarily free apps,... </li><li>AppShopper: similar to AppAdvice, but only for apps (no news) <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>SwissQuote: stock updates (Bloomberg is OK too) </li><li>*Videos: movies, TV-shows, podcast,... </li><li>*iBooks: read books and PDFs too (Kindle app is nice too) </li><li>*Photos: slideshows, using 'Origami' is just stunning </li><li>*Zinio: a magazine reader. Some magazine editions are free. (for my Belgian readers: Knack and Trends is also available !) </li><li>Weather+/Celsius/Fahrenheit/WeatherPro: all good weather apps <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>Buienradar HD (only for Dutch and Belgian users): the rain forecast: always accurate <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>TMobilis Pro (only for Belgium): live traffic updates (iPhone app, but works OK) <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>Maps: built in, but very useful </li><li>Google Earth: just like the one on a PC/Mac </li><li>*Comics: the iPad is made for comic reading. You can download some free samples. Too bad it's only US comics </li><li>Dictionary.com: simple, free and good (the dictionaries from Brentwick are much better, but not free) </li><li>IMDb: great way to find Movie/Actor info. </li><li>Wikipanion: my favorite Wikipedia browser </li><li>*WebMD: medical info, a lot of it on-line only, but the first aid stuff is available off line, and very thorough </li><li>Epicurious: cooking recipes </li><li>Airports: very detailed info about any airport in the world (you need to be on-line though) </li><li>*Fotopedia Heritage: discover the world by pictures: a must have <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>Hubble Top 100: super cool images of the galaxy, planets, stars, nebula <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>Coca Cola Heritage: beautifully made history of Coca Cola (watch the 'old' video) <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>EMD PTE: the periodic table like you have never seen it before (this is a free version) <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>*Coins HD: nicely made reference about coins in the world. Very detailed, with excellent pictures  <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"></li></ul>Games <ul> <li>Words with Friends: my current favorite game: play 'Scrabble' with people around the world <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> (wanna play with me: my username is 'Theo Heselmans') </li><li>Angry Birds (regular or Rio): addictive ! <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>*Pinball HD: 3 very nice pinball's </li><li>Lux DLX2: if you like 'Risk' games, check this one out. Lots of maps too (my favorite: Spacestation LUX) <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>Osmos HD: addictive and very attractive: do yourself a favor: buy it and enjoy <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>Shanghai Lite: en simple, but nice (and free) Mah-jong, my wife's favorite game </li><li>*Scrabble: great fun, and one of the few games that is not rushing you. Too bad there's STILL no Dutch language support </li><li>Solitair Forever: at least a hundred different Patience card games. My favorite is Yukon </li><li>*Asphalt 5: there are about 5 different racing games, but this one was cheap, well rated, and arcade style </li><li>Ice Age Delux: a very cool platform/puzzle game. Lots of levels</li></ul>Utilities <ul> <li>*Dropbox: exchange files with your Mac/PC/iPhone, and send them to supporting apps </li><li>MyPics HD or Web Albums: 2 cool ways to watch/share/upload your pictures to (Google) Picasa  <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>GoodReader: exchange files from different sources and send them to apps </li><li>*DocsToGo: edit Excel and Word files (the premium version also supports Powerpoint). Sync them with your PC/Mac </li><li>QuickOffice HD: edit all kinds of documents (including MS Office) </li><li>*RDP lite: Windows Remote Desktop connection. Connect to your Windows Server/PC and take control of the screen/keyboard/mouse </li><li>VNC Viewer: take over your PC/Mac using VNC </li><li>Splashtop: Control your PC/Mac, better and much faster (video too), and supports international keyboards) <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>EyeTV: watch TV (live or recordings) if you have EyeTV on your Mac </li><li>Adobe Ideas: simple but nicely done sketching app </li><li>PhotoPad: edit your photo's. Lots of different adjustments, filters,... </li><li>PS Express: mini photoshop. Very good too <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>Maps: Google Maps. Very nice on the big iPad screen </li><li>Time Zones: cool way to show the time zones <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>*Yelo (only for Belgian Telenet users): TV guide, inclusive programming; live TV watching too <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"></li></ul>Music <ul> <li>*GarageBand: a must have, even if you don't know anything about making music. Replaces many other music apps  <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>*Discovr Music: great source for discovering artists/bands, based on what you like. Lots of info about them  <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>Remote: control your iTunes music remotely (works very well with Apple Airport Express)  <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>Shazam: recognize music/songs </li><li>RadioZone (Belgium only): live radio, but also re-listen to latest news and traffic <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"></li></ul>Other stuff you need to demo <ul> <li>*Pocket Pond: your own very well rendered pond, with koi, moving water, sounds and multi-touch support </li><li>*Gravitarium 2 or Gravilux: play with thousands of stars. your finger is a gravity well </li><li>*Uzu: finger art too (there are many others, but this one's my favorite) <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>*Epic Citadel: Move in 3D through a castle <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/new.gif/$file/new.gif"> </li><li>*Molecules: 3D rotating representations of molecules (e.g. DNA)</li></ul> Other stuff I missed and absolutely need to have or show ? ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jun 2011 09:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Theo Heselmans</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/<a href=http://www.uklug.info/>http://www.uklug.info</a>"><img alt="Image:UKLUG’s over, and it was great" border="0" src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/uklugs-over-and-it-was-great/content/M2?OpenElement" /></a>Manchester is a great city, and luckily we've seen a bit of it. On top of that, if you organize a LUG in the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), then there is no other option for us nerds, then to be there. Warren, Kitty and the rest of the team did a great job, as ever: smooth organizations, top-quality speakers, excellent sponsors, casual atmosphere, lots of attendees. Thanks guys! As I've started to 'know' quite a lot of people, it's always bliss to see so many old (and young) friends, and have a chance to make new ones. Sure we had a lot of social events and dinners, and they were memorable, but in the end you come for the sessions, right ? I did go to quite a few, and did learn a lot: <ul> <li>Ted Stanton did a great job in the keynote, and doing good demos too. I was impressed with the analytics stuff. </li><li>John Head explained the competitive advantage we have in Notes/Domino development. His knowledge about both the IBM and Microsoft world made it absolutely worthwhile. </li><li>Paul Calhoun showed of the latest version of GBS's Transformer. A cool product to convert existing Notes applications into XPages apps. </li><li>Peter May gave us some background about how he struggled to became a XPages developer, having a 'classic' Notes development background. Very useful insights indeed! </li><li>Tim Tripcony did the same session as he did at BLUG, but this time I had the time to attend. And it sure was interesting. Themes make XPages so much more powerful. </li><li>Another session by Paul Calhoun. XPages Extensions seem to be a must have, but at the same time a 'work in progress'. Having it decently documented and included in a next release, will make it so much more appealing. </li><li>The speed-sponsoring session, hosted by Bill and Steve is always a blast, and there are always surprise topics (and cool give-aways/prizes). </li><li>The Introduction to XPages was a 2 hour hands-on, and proved to be highly successful. All XPages gurus where available. Cool. </li><li>Carl Tyler presented my most favorite session of the event: His personal 23-year experience at IBM and Lotus. Seeing Lotus Notes version 1 (yes 1.0), LIVE, is just mind-blowing. Going into memory lane is always fun, but Carl was sometimes hilarious. Thanks Carl. </li><li>Paul Mooney's session 'AdminBlast 2011' is not up my alley, but I did learn some useful do's and don'ts in the admin world. Besides, Paul is a great speaker and always fun to go to.</li></ul>UKLUG is finished as an event, but it will live on for quite a while. Most sessions are available for download too. <a href=https://picasaweb.google.com/117836620041434665399/UKLUG2011# target=_Blank>Here's some of the picture</a> (and vids) I took. Check out the (long) one where Carl tells the story of his 'Superman' gig. Hope to see a lot of you (again), and one of the LUGs or Lotusphere/SocialSphere/SoftSphere/... ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Sat, 9 Apr 2011 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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This 3rd big BLUG event is the second one I've organized, and I made 2 wrong assumptions: It would be a lot easier, because I had done it before, and all bases were covered (website, workflow & ...
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<dc:creator>Theo Heselmans</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img alt="Image:BLUG 2011: It’s a wrap" border="0" src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/blug-2011-its-a-wrap/content/M2?OpenElement" /><a href=http://www.blug.be/ target=blug></a>This 3rd big BLUG event is the second one I've organized, and I made 2 wrong assumptions: <ul> <li>It would be a lot easier, because I had done it before, and all bases were covered (website, workflow & mailing-tools, ...) </li><li>A two days event would be the same effort as a 1 day event </li></ul>Well, the first one was partially correct. But still, it's a pretty big task, and involves a lot of things to think about. I decided to work with ToDo lists (Think on my iPad), and that helped a lot. I certainly felt more in control, and at ease. I really miscalculated on the 1-day vs 2-day duration: you need more than twice the speakers, and as we had to find a bigger (read: more expensive) venue, we needed more sponsors too. Now, don't get me wrong: I got enough abstracts in to fill the 40+ slots. I could even be picky. Our <a href=http://www.blug.be/blug.nsf/pages/sponsors2011 target=blug>sponsors for 2011</a> where very generous too. No, what I underestimated was the serious increase (more than double!) in communication (mostly emails). This was the first time we had to deal with a regular (conference) hotel, but the hotel staff, especially Dalia, were a pleasure to work with: very professional, approachable and keen to help. The Crowne Plaza in Antwerp was an excellent choice: easy to reach, lots of car parking, close enough to the city center, and above all, an almost perfect conference room layout. Next to the sessions and sponsor area to organize, there are the 'after-hours' social events too: speaker & sponsor dinner and city trip. The day before the actual event there is always a lot to do: set up sponsor booths, beamers, fill the bags (we had almost 20 items to put into 300 of them), prepare the speaker room, reception area,... Luckily we had help here. Thanks guys/girls. As soon as the conference starts, all I needed to do is walk around :-), and check if everyone was happy: speakers set up, and ready to present, sponsors satisfied, reception area OK, catering ready, attendees at ease, speedsponsoring prepared, raffle organized, ... I was glad my short introduction went OK. I prepared all my slides using Keynote on my iPad. So, after Kevin Cavanaugh took over, I was time for me to relax a bit. But all this is forgotten, when you see and hear the positive reactions of the attendees, sponsors and speakers. Except for a few small hiccups, everything went pretty smooth. There are so many people I need to thank, but I think I've done that to most of them in person. Most speakers have already submitted their <a href=http://www.blug.be/blug.nsf/pages/Event20110331_Sessions>presentations and/or sample applications</a>. Katrijn, our photographer took <a href="http://www.blug.be/blug.nsf/Click?Open&e=20110331&s=BLUG_Photo&f=https://picasaweb.google.com/115638003750053843728/BLUG201102?authkey=Gv1sRgCKi-4oqH6uW9mgE&feat=directlink" target=blug>a lot of pictures</a>, of almost everyone. The evaluations that came in were mostly very positive. They also contained some very useful ideas on how to improve things. Thanks for that. So, am I going to do it again? You bet, it's certainly worth it, and fun too. Let's meet again, end of March 2012 ! Are you organizing, or thinking about organizing a Lotus User Group, I would certainly go for it. The result is absolutely worth the effort. Hope to see many of you at UKLUG in Manchester. ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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5 weeks from now, our third major BLUG event is starting. Our first 2-day event, and it's still FREE. This weekend we announced the complete agenda and all approved sessions. It was tough to decide wh ...
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<dc:creator>Theo Heselmans</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img alt="Image:BLUG: March 31th-April 1st 2011: Announcing Speakers and Agenda" border="0" src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/blug-march-31th-april-1st-2011-announcing-speakers-and-agenda/content/M2?OpenElement" /><a href=http://www.blug.be/ target=blug></a>5 weeks from now, our third major BLUG event is starting. Our first 2-day event, and it's still FREE. This weekend we announced the complete agenda and all approved sessions. It was tough to decide which abstracts would be accepted. And as usual those that made it are happy, and others are disappointed. The winners for sure are the attendees, and boy, do we have something for you ! <img alt="Image:BLUG: March 31th-April 1st 2011: Announcing Speakers and Agenda" border="0" src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/blug-march-31th-april-1st-2011-announcing-speakers-and-agenda/content/M3?OpenElement" />Our keynote speaker will be Kevin Cavanaugh, IBM Vice President Messaging and Collaboration Products. We got some more great and famous speakers lined up, a lot of them had a presentation at Lotusphere ! Bob Balaban, Ulrich Krause, Roland Driesen, Paul Mooney, RenÃ© Winkelmeyer, Vince Schuurman, Warren Elsmore, Kathy Brown, Martijn de Jong, Tim Tripcony, Paul Calhoun, Chris Miller, Gab Davis, Martin Donnelly, Tony McGuckin, Paul Withers, Tim Clark, Carl Tyler, Eileen Fitzgerald, ... Here's the full <a href=http://www.blug.be/blug.nsf/pages/Event20110331_Sessions target=blug>list of approved sessions</a>, and the <a href=http://www.blug.be/blug.nsf/pages/Event20110331_agenda2 target=blug>2-days agenda</a>. Your <a href=http://www.blug.be/blug.nsf/pages/sponsorinfo2011 target=blug>sponsorship</a> or donations are still very welcome. To our <a href=http://www.blug.be/blug.nsf/pages/sponsors2011 target=blug>sponsors for 2011</a>: Thank you, on behalf of all attendees! <a href="http://www.blug.be/blug.nsf/EventReg?Openform&EN" target=blug>Registration for this FREE Event is required</a>. Hurry, seats are limited. Hope to see many of you there ! ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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We've always complained about there being so few books about our beloved software. At Lotusphere #LS11 we were treated to 2 brand new and interesting books (which sold out very fast): Overview of ...
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<dc:creator>Theo Heselmans</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/LS2011.gif/$file/LS2011.gif" alt="LS2011"/>We've always complained about there being so few books about our beloved software. At Lotusphere #LS11 we were treated to 2 brand new and interesting books (which sold out very fast): <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td><img alt="Image:Lotus Related Books: on sale" border="0" src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/lotus-related-books-on-sale/content/M2?OpenElement" /> <td>Overview of IBM Lotus Sametime 8 Essentials: A User's Guide, by Packt Publishing Written by Marie L. Scott and Thomas Duff <ul> <li>Collaborate securely with your colleagues and teammates both inside and outside your organization by using Sametime features such as instant messaging and online meetings </li><li>Make your instant messaging communication more interesting with the inclusion of graphics, images, and emoticons to convey more information in fewer words </li><li>Communicate with other instant messaging services and users, such as AOL Instant Messaging, Yahoo Instant Messaging, and Google Talk and know how someone's online status can help you communicate faster and more efficiently </li><li>Discover how the Sametime Meeting Center can maximize the productivity of teams in your organization with the use of online meetings, training session playback, seamless voice/video integration, and screen sharing </li><li>See how Sametime works in common, every-day, real-world situations with tips, resources, and detailed screenshots</li></ul>Packt Publishing is doing a great job, providing us with very good books. Besides this one about Sametime, they also cover topics such as IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 User Guide and IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration. Mary, Gab Davis and Tom are working on an Admin guide for Sametime too. Packt has a special offer on all IBM print books, throughout February: <a href="http://www.packtpub.com/article/ibm-tuesday" target=_Blank>Buy any IBM print book and receive a 20% discount</a> <tr valign=top> <td><img alt="Image:Lotus Related Books: on sale" border="0" src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/lotus-related-books-on-sale/content/M3?OpenElement" /> <td>Mastering XPages: A Step-by-Step Guide to XPages Application Development and the XSP Language, by IBM Press Written by Martin Donnelly, Mark Wallace and Tony McGuckin (Tony and Martin will be at our <a href=http://www.blug.be target=_Blank>BLUG event</a>, end of March) The first complete, practical guide to XPages development - direct from members of the XPages development team at IBM Lotus Martin Donnelly, Mark Wallace, and Tony McGuckin have written the definitive programmer's guide to utilizing this breakthrough technology. Packed with tips, tricks, and best practices from IBM's own XPages developers, Mastering XPages brings together all the information developers need to become experts - whether you’re experienced with Notes/Domino development or not. The authors start from the very beginning, helping developers steadily build your expertise through practical code examples and clear, complete explanations. Readers will work through scores of real-world XPages examples, learning cutting-edge XPages and XSP language skills and gaining deep insight into the entire development process. Drawing on their own experience working directly with XPages users and customers, the authors illuminate both the technology and how it can be applied to solving real business problems. You can find this book e.g. on Amazon. Pretty hefty, not cheap, but a bargain nevertheless ! I bought mine at Lotusphere and got it signed by Martin. (PS. There is another XPages book on Amazon, but that's a book to avoid!)</table> Thank you Packt and IBM. Thank you Marie, Duffbert, Martin, Mark and Tony. ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Sat, 5 Feb 2011 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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When I was at Lotusphere, I got a very unexpected email from my mother. Why unexpected? Well, to start with, she's turning 81 soon, and she has never used a computer in her life. We, her children, g ...
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<dc:creator>Theo Heselmans</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img alt="Image:Unexpected Email" border="0" src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/unexpected-email/content/M2?OpenElement" />When I was at Lotusphere, I got a very unexpected email from my mother. Why unexpected? Well, to start with, she's turning 81 soon, and she has never used a computer in her life. We, her children, gave her an iPad for Christmas, so she could use it for some leisurely gaming (solitaire mainly) and looking at her photo's. After some basic 'training' she managed to 'surf the web' a bit too. But this week, to my utter amazement I got a (albeit short) email from her. I'm pretty proud of you Mam! To her (in Flemish/Dutch): Ik ben zeer trots op je, Ma! ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Sat, 5 Feb 2011 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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Day 4: Thursday As there weren't that many session this morning at #LS11, I had a chance to catch up on some sleep. Sorely needed too ! At 10am the Gurupalooza was on. Susan Bulloch (track manager f ...
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<dc:creator>Theo Heselmans</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/LS2011.gif/$file/LS2011.gif" alt="LS2011"/>Day 4: Thursday As there weren't that many session this morning at #LS11, I had a chance to catch up on some sleep. Sorely needed too ! At 10am the Gurupalooza was on. Susan Bulloch (track manager for the BP track this year) did a good job of keeping everything under control. Most questions were about admin stuff though. Still I like coming to this session every year, as it gives me the opportunity to see a lot of (now) familiar faces on stage at the same time. As I do every year, I went out and did some shopping. I returned to find that the brand new 'Ask the Product managers' went very well. Everybody seemed happy about it. I have to read the live-blogging when I get home. I was back in time to get in line for the annual BloggerOpen mini-golf tournament. This is a fun and relax way to spent some time with friends, and wind down. Many thanks to Mitch Cohen for organizing this, and to the many sponsors. I went to dinner at Shula's with Bill Malchiski, David Leedy, Garret Wolthuis and Ali. Excellent food there, but a but pricey. Had a very decent Jack Kendall cab sav from 2006. The first really good wine I had this week. As most nights I ended up in Kimonos. Enjoyed myself as usual, and was glad to have a chat with some countrymen. As this was the last night, it was sad to have to say good-bye to so many people. As we got thrown out of Kimonos around 1.30h, we opened the unofficial bar at the Dolphin Rotunda. That vodka and whisky wasn't that bad at all. Thanks Mark ! Mary Beth got us some nuts, chocolate and candy, so I stayed a while. Can't remember being in bed that late/early (3.30h). After a few hours of (deep) sleep, I started packing. I gave Mary Beth a lift to the Airport. I had a stopover in Newark, and now I'm waiting for my 7 hour long flight back home to Brussels. I'm pretty sure I will be sleeping this time ! I'm always delighted to come to Lotusphere, but I'll be glad to be home again. It's been a though but fun and informative week ! My conclusions for this year's Lotusphere: <ul> <li>It was a great event, as ever, but without any real highlights re. product announcements </li><li>The 'Lotus Software' brand, even if contradicted at the 'This week in Lotus' live recording, is gradually disappearing imho. It might be a good thing to get rid of the 'Lotus is old' adagio, but, having used the yellow brand for over almost 20 years now, it saddens me to see it go. </li><li>I've recently started tweeting, after holding back for 2 years, so this was my first sphere on twitter. And I don't regret it. It's a cool way to stay in touch with everyone. Reading other people's reaction to spoken (or non spoken) words is sometimes enlightening. At the same time it's cool to read what's going on in other sessions. I do hope we get an update on the stats about the total amount of tweets and blogs with the #LS11 tag. The intermediate figures were mind-blowing. </li><li>The Wifi was rather good this year. There even was decent coverage in the hotel rooms. A few occasional dropouts, but way better than we've had before. Thanks for that. </li><li>The proliferation of iPads. I read that at the Opening General Session alone there were 1200 iPads in use on the Wifi network. That's 1 person in 5 ! The battery life is staggering. I'm been using it throughout the day, and always had over 50% left at night. </li><li>I got a lot of T-shirts this year, but by far the coolest/nerdiest one, I got from Nathan (GBS). It reads: <xmp></bitching> <doing></xmp> </li><li>During the BloggerOpen, I had a chat with Donna Bieg, recently appointed to be in charge of dealing with the community. She's been with IBM for about 20 years, but hasn't been involved in the Lotus product line. She told me: "You are aware that you've got an Exceptional Community, are you?" I am, thank you. </li><li>Don't run down an escalator going up ! I did, and was rewarded with a sprain that (still) hurts</li></ul>Lotusphere might be over, but we'll have our own mini-sphere in less than 2 months. Our <a href=http://www.blug.be/ target=_Blank>BLUG event, March 31th - April 1st</a>, is around the corner. Lots of things to do for that. We are going to try to make it an exceptional experience too. PS. @Phigment: Sean, thanks for getting those chocolates to Kevin Pettitt. Don't eat them all. @LotusGuru: Kevin, make sure you get at least a few ;-) ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Thu, 3 Feb 2011 01:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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Day 3: Wednesday Had to wake up early again. We did a repeat BOF session re. Organizing a Lotus User Group event at 7am. Eileen was so kind as to replace Warren (he had another BOF). A few people tur ...
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<dc:creator>Theo Heselmans</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/LS2011.gif/$file/LS2011.gif" alt="LS2011"/>Day 3: Wednesday Had to wake up early again. We did a repeat BOF session re. Organizing a Lotus User Group event at 7am. Eileen was so kind as to replace Warren (he had another BOF). A few people turned up again. Had no breakfast :-( Next up was the keynote about the future of Social Business. The intro by Andrew MacAfee was very good. I'm going to follow him on twitter (@amcafee). They certainly ’advertised' other IBM software products: Cognos, Case Management and Rational. Next year this conference will be called 'IBM SoftwareSphere'. Now that's my prediction. Irene Greif made some predictions too. I really like here CrowdSourcing2 ideas. Went to the Innovation lab, as I do every year, to check out the research stuff they are doing. I saw some cool stuff (e.g. the Crowdsurfing iPhone app in beta phase). I spent some time on the show floor again, and met mostly happy vendors: "It's not crowded, but we got some good leads". Jess Stratton's presentation on setting up a server for developers, was very well structured and enlightening. Good job. I definitely took something away from this. The session on XPages Expression Language was not that good. Sorry guys, rehearse this first, and/or try to speak at a LUG to get rid of this stage-fright. Next up: a life recording of one of my favorite podcasts: This week in Lotus. Hilarious sometimes, serious too. Overall a very nice finish for the day. Kudos for Stuart and Darren for providing this weekly. Much appreciated. As usual on Wednesday evening; we went to a park. This year it was Island of Adventure, mainly because of the new theme: Harry Potter. Spent the whole evening with Barry Sanders from Australia. Great company, great rides: the Hulk, Spiderman, Jurassic park, Hogwarths Castle and the Dragons. Absolutely amazing. Quick visit to Kimonos. I was really tired though, so off to bed (barely managed to get this blogpost out the door). Cu l8r #LS11. ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 2 Feb 2011 00:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Day 2, Tuesday Woke up at 5h, so had 3 hours of sleep. Shower, dress, started writing these blogposts, and then off to the Swan, for my first Lotusphere #LS11 gig ever, a BOF re. LUGs, with Warren Els ...
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/LS2011.gif/$file/LS2011.gif" alt="LS2011"/>Day 2, Tuesday Woke up at 5h, so had 3 hours of sleep. Shower, dress, started writing these blogposts, and then off to the Swan, for my first Lotusphere #LS11 gig ever, a BOF re. LUGs, with Warren Elsmore. Initially scheduled for Wednesday, and moved to Tuesday on the printed schedule, but not on LS Online. No wonder we only had 7 people. But it sure was cozy Ã nd informative. Because we think some people will show up tomorrow, we decided to have a BOF repeat. Probably the first ever at LS. So up early again :-( Went to the ’social' keynote, and sat next to Rob Novak in the Bloggers den: very comfy sofas indeed! Mike Rhodin and Jon Iwata were having a panel talk. Yes, another panel, but this time without much teleprompting, so a very 'natural' conversation. Off to some tech stuff. Julian Robichaux had a very content-rich structured presentation about feeds. Great job, very useful. Maureen Leland and Tim Tripcony hacked the Designer 'gently'! If this is what they call gently, I'm afraid to see them 'dig deep'! But is certainly showed the flexibility and extensibility of the Designer/Eclipse. The XPages extension library is an incredible versatile toolbox, tripling the number of controls in XPages. Check it out on OpenNTF. Next up: a business session given by a Belgian partner re. a thing they did for BASF. Only went in to wish Keno luck. Paul Withers and David Leedy gave us a great insight in the mojo of DOJO! Good job guys. At 5.30 my 'evening' began: <ul> <li>The Penumbra Ice cream Tuesdae. Extremely good but filling shakes </li><li>Teamstudio Spotlight Award reception: beer, food, guitar hero and good company </li><li>NY area IBM Reception at the Y&B hotel. Had a chat with a lot of IBM people re. EY. Saw THE Brian Chang, but lost sight of him, before I could thank him personally for his superb appearance at the OGS </li><li>Great Geek Challenge in the Fountain restaurant: Loads of fun, very though questions, cool stuff to be won (e.g. a Magic Harry Potter wand (aka a remote). Thank you organizers and sponsors. </li><li>Spanky's Brewery: sampled 2 of Spanky's own beer brews. Very decent material. Especially the 'White' beer: "Your's may be bigger, but mine's better"</li></ul>I also should have gone to a BBQ (which I'm sure was awesome), and to the Aussi party, but enough is enough. Sorry guys, maybe next time. Off to bed at half past midnight (really !). ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Feb 2011 17:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Day 1, Monday OGS at #LS11. Where to start? The opening music from the Mass Ensemble was just excellent. The huge harp was stellar. The surprise guest this year was Kevin Spacey. He was pretty engagi ...
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/LS2011.gif/$file/LS2011.gif" alt="LS2011"/>Day 1, Monday OGS at #LS11. Where to start? The opening music from the Mass Ensemble was just excellent. The huge harp was stellar. The surprise guest this year was Kevin Spacey. He was pretty engaging and better than last years' Kirk. Then the 'have-to-say-this-many-times-because-of-the-press-and-analysts' section, which lasted too long. For us Belgians, we had a bit of a 'Proud' moment, when Geert Tilborghs of KBC was on stage. The first ever OGSser from Belgium. Of course everyone was eagerly awaiting the demos. It took a while, but finally we were treated with a very refreshing 'Brian'. He was invigorating. Some nice new enhancement for the Notes client, like e.g. Shared calendars. Then we saw some new stuff for LotusLive, Quickr and Connections: the almost final incarnations of project Vulcan and Concord. Pretty cool. Connections is going to have embedded email, with a Domino or MS Exchange back-end (indeed!). Sametime Next is going to have integrated audio and video. So, overall not so bad. Some personal notes: <ul> <li>Lotus brand is missing again (name dropping ;-) </li><li>XPages was mentioned only once </li><li>During the panel discussion </li><li>NO product was mentioned. </li></ul>Next up, a few sessions: Maureen showed some neat things to come in 8.5.3. Rob Novak and Viktor Krantz doing their 'Great Code Giveaway' for the Xth time. Very useful stuff. I'll sure use it! Many thanks (again). The rest of the afternoon I spent at the Product Showcase. Quite a lot of show-goers, and most of the vendors seemed happy. Saw some cool things, like the upcoming DatabaseEZ from Ytria, and the Database Explorer from Panagenda. Around 18h the 'social' part is starting :-) The product showcase reception with relatively decent Mexican XX beer and excellent spring rolls. Had a chat with a lot of people. At Bill and Joe's yearly cocktail party: that sidecar kicked ass! Tx guys. At 20h the BLUG hosted a dinner at the Blue Zoo restaurant for 30 attendees from Belgium. Thanks IBM/Laurent for sponsoring this great initiative. It really brings people together. The food was excellent, and the 'La Crema' Chardonnay and Pinot Noir was highly appreciated. I sneaked out of the dinner for half an hour, to join the UKLUG party over at Shula's. Crowded and loud as usual, but great atmosphere, and always fun. At 22.30h the dinner was over, and I went over to Kimonos. Sat at  table with Bob Picciano, Doug Cox and Nathan Freeman. Very approachable guys. They let me share some delicious sushi, and the best sake I've ever had. Bob, Doug and Scott the turtle did a karaoke act. 'Soul man' became 'Lotus man' (Bob is still proud he is the first Lotus GM to have been on stage at Kimonos 2 years ago) Rob Novak and Jess Stratton had the best voices of the evening. Got back to my room at 1.45h at night. I had a BOF at 7h so it would be a short night indeed ! ]]></content:encoded>
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<dc:creator>Theo Heselmans</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/LS2011.gif/$file/LS2011.gif" alt="LS2011"/>I know I normally write a blogpost every day at Lotusphere #LS11. But I got 3 good reasons why I haven't written anything for these past couple of days: <ul> <li>I'm getting older, so I need more sleep </li><li>If I had less beer/wine, I would still be reasonably 'fit' at 1am </li><li>If there weren't so many friends I like to talk too, I would get to my room sooner</li></ul> Anyway, let's start with day -1, Saturday Up early to catch my flight, arrived in the Dolphin around 21h. Registered, and got my badge and (rather small) backpack. No 'Lotus Software' being mentioned anywhere. Immediately off to the ESPN to hug, kiss and drink. Always great to see so many familiar (and new) people. Day 0, Sunday Went to the Opening General Session (OGS) of Business development day. Not my cup of tea: sales and a little bit of marketing talk. Hardly heard or seen the words 'Lotus' or 'Domino'. Seeing a trend coming here! As Sunday is my only 'free' day, I went shopping. Thanks for the company, Marnix. At 18h I started queuing for the Pool Party (officially called the Welcome Reception). Met Barry Sanders from Ernst & Young Australia again. Nice chap. This party is always cool, because you meet so many people, in a relax atmosphere. The food was OK, and the red wine was pretty good, so I had a few (too much?). Around 21h you get thrown out (gently). Off to Kimonos. 1 more drink (really!), and some very good karaoke singers on stage. Paul Withers and Jess Stratton were/are my favorites. Tired, jet lagged, and a tiny bit drunk I went to bed, for a rather sleepless night. ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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A couple of months ago Warren Elsmore and myself submitted a Birds-of-a-Feather session for Lotusphere 2011. Our topic: 'Organizing and Running a User group (event)'. I'm thrilled to announce that ou ...
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/LS2011.gif/$file/LS2011.gif" alt="LS2011"/>A couple of months ago <a href=http://www.elsmore.net/ target=_Blank>Warren Elsmore</a> and myself submitted a Birds-of-a-Feather session for Lotusphere 2011. Our topic: 'Organizing and Running a User group (event)'. I'm thrilled to announce that our BoF got accepted. Looking at the crowd that turned up last year, and the lively interaction there was, I'm looking forward to it a lot. I'm sure it's going to be both informative and fun. So, if you are already involved in a LUG, or thinking about starting one in your neighborhood, drop in, and join us. We would love your input. Countdown to Lotusphere #LS11: 3 weeks to go. Update: It's BOF 410 on <a href="https://www-950.ibm.com/events/wwe/lotus/lsph2011.nsf/sessionabstract?openform&sessionid=BOF410" target=_Blank>Wednesday morning 7.00am to 8.00am, SW Ospray</a> ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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Remember my delight at Lotusphere 2009, when winning the Teamstudio Spotlight Award. This year Teamstudio does it again, for the 4th time ! Bruce Elgort, Julian Robichaux from the Taking Notes Podca ...
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/LS2011.gif/$file/LS2011.gif" alt="LS2011"/>Remember my delight at Lotusphere 2009, when <a href="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/spotlight-award-walking-on-clouds" title="spotlight-award-walking-on-clouds"/>winning</a> the <a href=http://www.teamstudio.com/ target=_Blank>Teamstudio Spotlight Award</a>. This year Teamstudio does it again, for the 4th time ! <img alt="Image:Spotlight Award 2011: Listen to the Taking Notes podcast, and then enter the contest" border="0" src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/spotlight-award-2011-listen-to-the-taking-notes-podcast-and-then-enter-the-contest/content/M2?OpenElement" />Bruce Elgort, Julian Robichaux from the <a href=http://www.takingnotespodcast.com/ target=_Blank>Taking Notes Podcast</a> invited me to their most recent podcast (<a href=http://www.takingnotespodcast.com/blogs/takingnotes.nsf/dx/TakingNotesEpisode129.htm target=_Blank>episode 129</a>). Teamstudio's Craig Schumann and Karen Frasca join in too. Have a listen, as the Taking Notes podcast is exactly the reason I joined the contest myself. If you've created an incredible Lotus Notes application, then show the world you're a great developer ! You just have to explain the application (and if you're one of the finalists, you have to demonstrate it over the web). This means that also in-house developed apps are eligible ! <a href="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/spotlight-award-the-winning-app" title="spotlight-award-the-winning-app"/>eSurvey</a>, the application I won with, was developed for a customer of mine (who gave their approval). These are the considerations for the Teamstudio Spotlight Award: 1.        Complexity of task performed 2.        Degree of automation 3.        Size of user community 4.        Business value Beside making yourself (and/or your company/customer) look good, you get eternal fame, win some cool stuff, and walk away with all the great tools of Teamstudio. So what are you waiting for: Submit your great application ! You got until December 31th. Here's the <a href="http://www.teamstudio.com/news-events/contests-promotions-fun.html" target=_Blank>infopage from Teamstudio</a>, with all the details. ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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I've returned from Belfast, (Norn Iron) UK, where the 3 day ILUG conference was held. It felt good seeing so many familiar faces again. As I arrived before the actual start of the conference, I helpe ...
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img alt="Image:ILUG 2010: it’s about content and community" border="0" src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/ilug-2010-its-about-content-and-community/content/M2?OpenElement" />I've returned from Belfast, (Norn Iron) UK, where the 3 day ILUG conference was held. It felt good seeing so many familiar faces again. As I arrived before the actual start of the conference, I helped out 'filling the bags'. The hotel of the venue, was located out of the city center, so I was happy that there was a great Indian restaurant next door. I just love Indian food. Of course the evening was not complete without some Guinness! Steve McDonagh added some of his home made brew to that :-) Wednesday morning kicked off with a nice keynote by Kevin Cavanaugh. Especially the Project Concorde (multi-user editing of Symphony document) was interesting. We also got an update on Project Vulcan. Looks promising. Went to some good sessions. Bill Bucan is not only funny, but he gave some great tips too. I spent quite a lot of time talking to the sponsors (thanks for your support). The day ended with 2 very cool sessions: Warren Elsmore shared his passion for Lego, and the Nerd Girls got romantic. Paul Mooney treated everyone to a tourist bus tour in Belfast city. It was freezing, but we all had a great time. Took some nice pictures (I'll send them to Paul, so you can see them all together). The second day had a few surprises: a very informative session on using XML and RDBMS as source for XPages, by Paul Calhoun; followed by a 'way over my head' XPages extensibility API presentation. Ed Brill gave us a good overview of Lotus land, and a look into the future. After some very useful tips at the speedgeeking, we all had a great laugh when Steve McDonagh told his view on the history of Ireland. Thanks Steve. Day 3 had a lot of XPages sessions in store for me. Paul Withers, Tim Clarke and Matt White all delivered. Julian Robichaux's presentation about (geo)locations was extremely useful. Maureen Leland gave us a glimpse of where the Domino Designer is going. Mary Beth Raven lead an interesting discussion regarding IBM vs. community. During the closing session, the sponsor prizes were drawn, and some people got lucky (including me, tx Francie). 'The whole family' had a great Indian diner again, and a few beers :-) Very short night, as I had to get up way too early to catch my flight back home. Ed Brill got me into a Lounge at Heathrow, and we had a relaxing chat. A big thanks to Paul, Eileen, Steve, Warren, Kitty, Matt, Bill, Julian, Mike, Coatsee, Kerr, ... 3 days full of great content, but above all, full of friendship ! End of yet another very successful ILUG. Next up: Lotusphere in January, BLUG in March and UKLUG in May. See y'all there. ]]></content:encoded>
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Alex, a former colleague of mine is helping out people in Gambia. Every year he collects stuff to ship to them by filling (part) of a container. He goes there (with his family) to distribute the goods ...
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<dc:creator>Theo Heselmans</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.xceed.be/blog.nsf/dx/LS_Backpacks.jpg/$file/LS_Backpacks.jpg" />Alex, a former colleague of mine is helping out people in Gambia. Every year he collects stuff to ship to them by filling (part) of a container. He goes there (with his family) to distribute the goods themselves, so you know it's all given directly to those who need it most. This year he asked for the usual stuff like cloths, baby-things, shoes, toys,..., but what caught my eye was that he also asked for backpack and football gear. So here you go: I got a whole bunch of Lotusphere (and other) backpack laying around on my attic, and I still have some leftover BLUG T-shirts (which would make any football/soccer team proud). I'm packing them today. I'm going to ask Alex to take some pictures of kids wearing Lotusphere backpacks. It's a sight we're used to see in Orlando, but it will be quite an eye-catcher in Gambia ! Here's a link to their site (in Dutch), in case you want to help too: <a href=http://www.senegambiafamily.be/home.html target=_blank>www.senegambiafamily.be</a>. Now I need to pack myself: I'm going to ILUG in Belfast :-) ]]></content:encoded>
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