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Taking Notes Episode 113: 2010.02.18 - The OpenNTF Wildfire Project Team from IBM Business Partner ISW 2.18.2010
Bruce and Julian talk with Adam Brown, Matt Newman and Andrew Welch from IBM Premier Business Partner ISW about their new Wildfire application available from OpenNTF.

Check out the
Wildfire project on OpenNTF.

Watch a video demo Wildfire and Adam's blog.

We talked about:
  • What Wildfire is and how it works
  • What social networks Wildfire works with
  • How a developer new to Lotus Notes developed the sidebar app in three weeks
  • Their experience with the open source OpenNTF.org community and how easy it was to get their project started and publish
  • How they benefit from contributing projects on OpenNTF as a business partner
  • John Heads review of Wildfire
  • Why they are excited about sidebar development
  • Hear how Matt plays the roles of Mary Beth Raven
  • Info about ISW and what they do
The show is 22.1 mb and runs 24:04 minutes.



Taking Notes Episode 112: 2010.02.15 - Meet Tim Clark of "The XCast Podcast" 2.15.2010
Bruce spends 10 minutes talking with Tim Clark the host of the brand spanking new "The XCast Podcast". Please give it up for Tim and learn about this new podcast focused on all things XPages by having a listen to what Tim has to say.

Please subscribe to The XCast on iTunes here.  You can also follow the podcast on Twitter at @TheXCast.

The show is 9.2 mb and runs 9:56 minutes.



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Taking Notes Episode 111: 2010.02.05 - All things Lotus Technical Information and Education Community with IBM’s Joyce Davis and Amanda Bauman 2.5.2010
In this episode Julian and Bruce talk with Joyce Davis, Community and Program Manager - IBM Lotus Software and Amanda Bauman,

We talk about:
  • What Joyce and Amanda do at IBM
  • What is the Lotus Technical Information and Education community?
  • Ways people can participate in the community
  • Benefits to contributing to the wikis
  • Lotusphere 2010 - what  the team did, how information was captured and presented
  • Innovating in the area of information development and delivery
  • Redbooks
  • Plans for 2010
  • How to contact Joyce and Amanda
  • and much more...
The show is 28.1 mb and runs 30:35 minutes.



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Taking Notes Episode 110: 2010.01.18 - Lotusphere 2010 Monday Coverage 1.18.2010
Lotusphere 2010 Monday News Coverage

Please check out our Lotusphere 2010 sponsors Simplified Technology Solutions or "STS" at
http://simplified-tech.com. STS also has started a new series of screencasts "TipsInTwo" at http://tipsintwo.com. Also, be sure and attend Darren Duke's Show-N-Tell Session at Lotusphere 2010 on Sunday from 4-6 PM in the Swan Osprey room.

The show is 32.4 mb and runs 35:17 minutes.




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Taking Notes Episode 109: 2010.01.17 - Lotusphere 2010 Sunday Coverage 1.17.2010
Lotusphere 2010 Sunday News Coverage

Please check out our Lotusphere 2010 sponsors Simplified Technology Solutions or "STS" at
http://simplified-tech.com. STS also has started a new series of screencasts "TipsInTwo" at http://tipsintwo.com. Also, be sure and attend Darren Duke's Show-N-Tell Session at Lotusphere 2010 on Sunday from 4-6 PM in the Swan Osprey room.

The show is 23.2mb and runs 25:16 minutes.




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Taking Notes Episode 108: 2010.01.15 - Lotusphere 2010 - Get Ready!!! Tom Duff and Andy Donaldson talk about Lotusphere 2010 1.15.2010
With only a few days left until Lotusphere, Bruce and Julian talk with Tom "Duffbert" Duff and Andy Donaldson. The gang talked about:
  • Tips and tricks for newbies
  • A discussion about the OGS speaker
  • Andy's Guide to Lotusphere
  • Some of the things Tom and Andy want to learn about at the show
  • much more...
Please check out our Lotusphere 2010 sponsors Simplified Technology Solutions or "STS" at http://simplified-tech.com. STS also has started a new series of screencasts "TipsInTwo" at http://tipsintwo.com. Also, be sure and attend Darren Duke's Show-N-Tell Session at Lotusphere 2010 on Sunday from 4-6 PM in the Swan Osprey room.

The show is 41.5 mb and runs 45:14 minutes.




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Taking Notes Episode 107: 2010.01.15 - IBM’s Smart Work Initiative with Antony Satyadas and William Malchisky Jr. 1.15.2010
Just in-time for Lotusphere 2010, Bruce and Julian talk about the IBM Smart Work initiative with co-presenters, Antony Satyadas and William Malchisky Jr.

The informative conversation includes these topics:
  • What is the IBM Smart Work methodology?
  • Defining the IBM Client for Smart Work
  • Elaborating on potential target markets for the tools
  • The Lotusphere 2010 customer panel at session SMART203 covering recent client site successes with IBM Smart Work
  • Potential cost benefits received when adopting the Smart Work methodology
  • The Lotusphere 2010 Smart Work curriculum and conference buzz\
Please check out our Lotusphere 2010 sponsors Simplified Technology Solutions or "STS" at http://simplified-tech.com. STS also has started a new series of screencasts "TipsInTwo" at http://tipsintwo.com. Also, be sure and attend Darren Duke's Show-N-Tell Session at Lotusphere 2010 on Sunday from 4-6 PM in the Swan Osprey room.

The show is 21.8 mb and runs 23:52 minutes.




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Taking Notes Episode 106: 2010.01.15 - SharePoint Integrator 2.5 with Mainsoft’s Yaacov Cohen 1.15.2010
Bruce spoke with Mainsoft President Yaacov Cohen about their SharePoint Integrator for Lotus Notes V2.5 announcment.

During Lotusphere 2010 Mainsoft will preview SharePoint Integrator for Lotus Notes V2.5. Built using the Eclipse Rich Clicent Platform, the Lotus Notes sidebar application makes SharePoint easy to access and easy to use from Lotus Notes. The preview introduces support for Sharepoint 2010 including integration with SharePoint-based professional networks.

Yacoov talks about how first time, IT users in mixed IT environments will be able to access a slew of information (contact details, photographs, areas of expertise, experiences, connections, and more) on the contacts they know, and the they'll be able to search for new contacts based on their areas of expertise and experience. All of this, plus SharePoint-based document collaboration and calendards, right at their fingertips, within Lotus Notes.

Please check out our Lotusphere 2010 sponsors Simplified Technology Solutions or "STS" at http://simplified-tech.com. STS also has started a new series of screencasts "TipsInTwo" at http://tipsintwo.com. Also, be sure and attend Darren Duke's Show-N-Tell Session at Lotusphere 2010 on Sunday from 4-6 PM in the Swan Osprey room.

The show is 14.8mb and runs 16:02 minutes.




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Taking Notes Episode 105: 2010.01.07 - An Interview with Mary Beth Raven and Julie Forgo from the IBM Lotus UX Team 1.7.2010
In Episode 105 we Interviewed IBM's Mary Beth Raven and Julie Forgo from the User Experience or "UX" team.

We talk about:
  • What is a "UX person" and what do they do?
  • The UX Lab at Lotusphere 2010
  • Designing with "personas" and why it's important to software design and creating great user experiences
  • Group usability
  • How users can influence software design
  • Learn the secret code word for "user"
  • Community based information dissemination and gathering.
  • Learn how the UX team learns from users
  • and much, much more...
Please check out our Lotusphere 2010 sponsors Simplified Technology Solutions or "STS" at http://simplified-tech.com. STS also has started a new series of screencasts "TipsInTwo" at http://tipsintwo.com. Also, be sure and attend Darren Duke's Show-N-Tell Session at Lotusphere 2010 on Sunday from 4-6 PM in the Swan Osprey room.

The show is 41.3mb and runs 45:02 minutes.




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Taking Notes Episode 104: 2010.01.01 - Lotus Symphony with John Head 1.1.2010
For our inaugural episode of 2010 we talk with John Head, Director Enterprise Collaboration at The PSC Group about Lotus Symphony. We cover:
  • Some background on the version history of Symphony
  • What kind of API's are available for developers to create integration points for Symphony
  • Lotusphere 2010 sessions covering Symphony
  • Document format support
  • and much more...
The show is 35mb and runs 38:07 minutes.



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