Announcing Apache OpenOffice 3.4
Tue, May 8th 2012 9:18a Bruce Elgort “With the donation of OpenOffice.org to the ASF, the Foundation, and especially the podling project, was given a daunting task: re-energize a community and transform OpenOffice from a codebase of unknown Intellectual Property heritage, to a vetted and Apache Licensed software suite,” said Jim Jagielski, ASF President and an Apache OpenOffice project mentor. “The release of Apache OpenOffice 3.4 shows just how successful the project has been: pulling in developers from over 21 c [read] Keywords: community
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Podcast: Connections101 with Gab Davis and Paul Mooney
Tue, May 8th 2012 7:59a Bruce Elgort 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 [read] Keywords: connections
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It’s time for you to catch up…
Sun, Mar 4th 2012 9:48a Bruce Elgort Julian and I have received some great feedback on the last 5 Taking Notes episodes we did with Graham Acres, Alistair Rennie, Mikkel Heisterberg, Ryan Baxter, Nigle Cheshire, Craig Schumann and Alan Lepofsky. Topics included mobile app dav, activity streams, OpenSocial, Lotusphere 2012 and more:
Episode 152 - Mobile AppDev Strategies with Graham Acres
Episode 151 - Teamstudio Unplugged, with Nigel Cheshire and Craig Schumann
Episode 150 - Activity Streams of the Future, with Alan Lepofsky
Epi [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Announcing AdminDev2012
Sun, Feb 26th 2012 10:13a Bruce Elgort The VIEW have announced the AdminDev2012 conference which will be held in Washington, DC on May 16-18, 2012. I will be attending and am presenting two sessions, one on XPages performance and one on mobile development using XPages and the OpenNTF Mobile Controls.
The list of sessions and speakers is impressive. Will you be attending? [read] Keywords: xpages development
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Some Twitter accounts you may want to follow
Sun, Feb 26th 2012 10:04a Bruce Elgort Here is a list of a few Twitter accounts which you may want to follow if you are an XPages developer or somebody involved with IBM Collaboration Solutions products and services:
OpenNTF Project Updates - OpenNTF project releases
OpenNTF – All things related to the open source community OpenNTF
All Things XPages - A fire hose of all things XPages
XPages.info - Updates from the XPages.info site
Taking Notes Podcast - A podcast by Julian Robichaux and Bruce Elgort
IdeaJam ideas and commen [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Podcast: Mobile AppDev Strategies with Graham Acres
Sun, Feb 26th 2012 9:43a Bruce Elgort On this episode of Taking Notes Julian Robichaux and I talked with Graham Acres, of Brytek Systems, 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
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Chris Martin Studios: Haiti 2012 Mission Trip Recap
Mon, Feb 20th 2012 9:05a Bruce Elgort Many of you may know Chris Martin who co-presneted the “Social Business Super Hero” session with me at Lotusphere 2011. While Chris really wanted to be at Lotusphere 2012 he was unable to attend due to his participation in the Grace Foursquare 2012 Haiti Mission Trip focusing on the Torcelle orphanage construction.
Here is the four minute recap Chris prepared which is well worth time watching: [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Podcast: Activity Streams of the Future, with Alan Lepofsky
Sun, Feb 12th 2012 5:30p Bruce Elgort Last Thursday Julian Robichaux and I spoke 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 “on [read] Keywords: notes
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PIE: What makes a good PIE company?
Wed, Feb 8th 2012 10:39a Bruce Elgort You may have listened to the podcast we did with Rick Turoczy who is part of the Portland Incubator Experiment also known as “PIE” back in August 2011. Well, the recent PIE class had their “demo day” back on January 17, 2012 and all of their presentations are now available for you to watch.
Before you watch these videos I wanted to let you know that applications for the next PIE class are now open and will close on February 24, 2012.
Here are the links to the 8 class grad [read] Keywords: notes
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Podcast: Learn about OpenSocial with Ryan Baxter and Mikkel Heisterberg
Sun, Jan 29th 2012 10:09a Bruce Elgort In this episode of Taking Notes Julian Robichaux and I 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 [read] Keywords: ibm
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Highlights from Lotusphere 2012
Mon, Jan 23rd 2012 11:59a Bruce Elgort Here is a list of some of the highlights from my Lotusphere 2012:
Meeting for the first time in person people from my online “social circles” (you know who you are).
Seeing lots of first time Lotusphere attendees.
Broad based adoption of XPages.
Co-presenting with IBM’s Charlie Hill and Phil Riande.
Co-presenting with IBM’s Niklas Heidloff.
Having a full-house at the OpenNTF BoF.
Meeting so many OpenNTF fans at the OpenNTF pedestal in the Product Showcase and throughout [read] Keywords: connections
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Lotusphere through the eyes of Instagram
Thu, Jan 12th 2012 12:17p Bruce Elgort As I mentioned in my last blog entry I will be using the iOS Instagram app to capture photos throughout Lotusphere 2012. If you are an Instagram user you can connect with me using the screen name “belgort”. For those of you not attending Lotusphere who want to see a collection of all Instagram photos tagged with #ls12 you can go to http://elguji.com/instagram.nsf/ls.xsp to see the latest photos being captured.
Special thanks to Serdar Başeğmez for his help with some Dojo magic. We [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Where you can find me at Lotusphere
Thu, Jan 12th 2012 9:30a Bruce Elgort On Friday Gayle and I leave for Lotusphere 2012. We will be arriving on Friday evening around 7pm. It seems like just yesterday that we made this pilgrimage down to the show. I believe that this will be my 13th Lotusphere. Julian and I will also be recording numerous Taking Notes podcasts and would love to talk with you about Lotusphere. Be prepared to be interviewed.
So here’s where you can find me (this doesn’t include any session I will be attending):
Friday night:
Looking for fr [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Conversations with Industry Innovators
Sun, Jan 8th 2012 11:36a Bruce Elgort IBM has published a slew of videos on their IBMSocialBiz YouTube channel. Some of them are actually quite good and include such guests as MIT’s Andy McAfee, IBM Fellow Irene Greif, Forrester’s Ted Schadler, and Adam Lazurus (college student turned GBS employee) and many more. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Three bullet points to market XPages: What would your three be?
Sun, Jan 8th 2012 11:20a Bruce Elgort For those of us who have used IBM XPages we know what the platform can do and what it can’t do for that matter. What I would like to hear from you are three bullet points that you would include in a presentation, product slick or other marketing collateral to describe to those outside of the world of IBM, what XPages coupled with the Domino server are and what they can be used to develop.
What are your three bullets? [read] Keywords: domino
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Podcast: Developing a Collaboration Strategy with Michael Sampson
Tue, Dec 27th 2011 8:21a Bruce Elgort On episode 146 of Taking Notes Julian Robichaux and I 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 o [read] Keywords: collaboration
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OpenNTF – 10 years old
Mon, Dec 19th 2011 8:07a Bruce Elgort On December 14th, 2011 OpenNTF, The Open Source Community turned 10 years old. It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating it’s 5th birthday. Today I raise a glass to all of the project and code contributors, to the community and organizations who use them, and to all those involved in helping OpenNTF to continue to learn, evolve and serve. [read] Keywords: community
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What is IBM Connect 2012 and why you need to pay attention to this event
Sun, Dec 18th 2011 8:56p Bruce Elgort On Episode 145 of the Taking Notes podcast Julian Robichaux and I spoke with three members of the IBM Collaboration Solutions (ICS) 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?
Whe [read] Keywords: collaboration
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OneUI/XPages Quick Tip
Sat, Dec 3rd 2011 9:24a Bruce Elgort Have you used the XPages Extension Library Navigator control in your apps? If so, have you noticed how the top entry in the navigator doesn’t quite look right? You can also see this small UI niggle in the XPages Extension Library (ExtLib) Sample demo app. I noticed this when I was using the Application Layout control and placing a Navigator in the left/right column(s).
Here is what I am talking about in the XPages ExtLib:
Notice how the Home navigator link has it’s top cut off? Here [read] Keywords: xpages application
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Podcast: Are You Ready For Lotusphere? With Andy, Paul, and Stuart.
Wed, Nov 30th 2011 9:12a Bruce Elgort 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 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 [read] Keywords: ibm
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Podcast: IBM’s SmartCamp Program for Entrepreneurs with Mike Riegel
Mon, Nov 28th 2011 10:11a Bruce Elgort On Episode 143 of Taking Notes we interview IBM’s Mike Riegel (@mikeriegel, LinkedIn, Blog), Vice President – ISVs, Startups, Developers, and Academic Programs. We talked about IBM’s SmartCamp program and what it’s all about.
Topics included:
When people think about Big Blue, start up companies isn’t something that comes to mind. So when I heard about your SmartCamp program and some of the other things you are doing around the world for entrepreneurs I was a little [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Taking Notes: The start of year 7
Thu, Nov 24th 2011 9:05a Bruce Elgort It’s hard to believe that Julian and I have been producing Taking Notes for six years now. Geez, it’s hard to imagine doing anything for 6 years nowadays! During 2011 we produced 14 shows, not nearly the number we have produced in prior years however, the shows we have done have had commendable download stats.
This year we decided to venture outside the topic areas we have covered in the past, and personally it has been extremely rewarding. Some of my favorite shows included the one [read] Keywords: notes
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Domino Designer 9.0
Mon, Nov 21st 2011 11:17p Bruce Elgort Yeap it’s true, Domino Designer 9.0 has arrived. That is our dog “Domino Designer” (yes we named our dog that back in 2002). Domino has finally surpassed Lotus product version numbers with this birthday.
While Domino Designer has moved on from developing Notes/Domino doggie apps for his customer base, he now is heavily involved in the development of DogOS for the local cat community. Most of his work is still under NDA however, his PR agency says that his next app does not incl [read] Keywords: domino
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Welcome to Failure Club
Mon, Nov 21st 2011 7:08p Bruce Elgort Failure Club is a riveting new series from Morgan Spurlock. The show follows seven people who risk it all to chase their dream. In our launch episode, we explore the origin of Failure Club and learn what our new season has in store. Catch new episodes of ‘Failure Club’ every Friday at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EST here on Yahoo! Screen.
Some of you may remember Phil Kiracofe who worked with Nathan T. Freeman at MFJ International, the makers of the once popular OverQuota CRM systems for Lotus Notes [read] Keywords: lotus
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Video: Scaling your website with Memcached
Mon, Nov 21st 2011 5:40p Bruce Elgort Hopefully by now you had a chance to listen to Mark Myers of the London Developer Co-Op talk about NoSQL and Memcached on Episode 142 of The Taking Notes podcast. As I learn more about NoSQL solutions including MongoDB and Memcached I want to share with you some of my favorite info tidbits.
In this video Robert Scoble interviews James Phillips, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Northscale Technology providers of elastic data infrastructure software. They talk about Memecached and Membase. [read] Keywords: notes
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Updated: IBM Connections iOS App V3.1.1
Mon, Nov 21st 2011 4:33p Bruce Elgort IBM® Connections is social software for business. It enables you to build a network of colleagues and subject matter experts, and then leverage that network to further your business goals. With its integrated suite of tools, you can share and discuss ideas, work collaboratively on presentations or proposals, plan and track project tasks, and much more. IBM Connections is a web application that is deployed on a company intranet to promote collaboration within the company. The IBM Connections mob [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Team effort = XSnippets
Mon, Nov 21st 2011 4:18p Bruce Elgort Last week OpenNTF introduced the XSnippets code sharing beta. XSnippets allows developers to share “code snippets” quickly and easily. XSnippets is replacing the original OpenNTF “Code Bin” that served the community for many years. Once the XSnippets beta is over the template will be made available as open source on OpenTF.
XSnippets was developed by IBM’s Niklas Heidloff, developi’s Serdar Basegmez and e-Office’s Frank van der Linden and myself. We beg [read] Keywords: domino
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Moved to WordPress
Mon, Nov 21st 2011 10:01a Bruce Elgort Last week I finally had the chance to do something that I have been wanting to do for a very long time – I switched to WordPress. My old OpenNTF Blogsphere based blog content can be accessed at http://oldblog.bruceelgort.com. Declan’s excellent Blogsphere template served me for 9 years and did an excellent job. Unfortunately I was unable to upgrade to newer versions of Blogsphere over the years due to the number of customizations I had made to the template.
Many thanks to Chris Marti [read] Keywords: blogging
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XPagesWiki.com goes mobile
Mon, Nov 21st 2011 9:40a Bruce Elgort YouAtNotes Software has just released a mobile iOS client app for their popular XPagesWiki.com site. The app works on the iPhone and iPad and gives you access to all the great XPages community wiki articles. Not only does it give you native access to the articles but you also synchronize all of the data with the XPagesWiki.com site and stores it locally on your device. This gives you access to the content anytime you need it.
The app costs $4,99 and is well worth the money. Congratulations [read] Keywords: xpages apple
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Podcast: A View Into the World of NoSQL, with Mark Myers
Thu, Nov 17th 2011 6:46p Bruce Elgort Today we talked with Mark Myers from the London Developer Co-op about all things NoSQL.
Topics include:
The four different types of NoSQL databases
Why the need for NoSQL
Why NoSQL has become some popular over the last few years
How the NSF has provided NoSQL type functionality for a long time
Some discussion about CouchDB, MongoDB and other NoSQL offerings
The role of Javascript in NoSQL
Mark’s blog entry about how to improve the NSF
How and why Mark thinks XPages are much easier to [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Collaboration Solutions Community Meeting Replay available
Thu, Nov 17th 2011 8:35a Bruce Elgort Earlier this week IBM’s Niklas Heidloff and I presented all things OpenNTF to the IBM Collaboration Solutions Community. Yesterday Joyce Davis posted the replay. The MP3 file can be downloaded. An IBM Lotus Greenhouse ID is required to access the video and audio replays. I would like to thank those people who attended. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive.
IBM Collaboration Solutions Community Meeting 11/11 – OpenNTF [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Philly Bilmos App – V2.0
Thu, Nov 17th 2011 3:32a Bruce Elgort Today Apple approved the V2.0 of the Philly Bilmos iOS App. Philly Bilmos is a popular eatery in the Vancouver, Washington area. The app is free and has been a big hit with their customers. V2.0 has an updated food menu, updated photo library and more. Can you tell that Mike the owner likes the NY Mets.
Download the Philly Bilmos app. [read] Keywords: apple
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O'Reilly Webcast: Introduction to MongoDB
Tue, Nov 8th 2011 12:24p Bruce Elgort This is a great high-level overview of mongoDB. MongoDB (from "humongous") is an open source, high-performance, schema-free, document-oriented database written in the C++ programming language. It manages collections of BSON documents that can be nested in complex hierarchies and still be easy to query and index, which allows many applications to store data in a natural way that matches their native data types and structures.
On an upcoming Taking Notes podcast we will be interviewing Mark M [read] Keywords: notes
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Integrating Salesforce with IBM Domino
Tue, Nov 8th 2011 8:40a Bruce Elgort I can't tell you how many times I have been asked the question "how can I use the Salesforce.com API with my Notes and Domino apps". Well my friends over at BluewWave Technology recently published a paper entitled "Writing Data to Salesforce from Domino using the Salesforce Web Services API".
Go and download it now and be sure to thank Paul Mooney and Harry Dunne for publishing this fine paper. [read] Keywords: domino
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Off to Seattle
Sat, Nov 5th 2011 6:37a Bruce Elgort Today Chris Martin and I are the featured speakers at the Washington Association of Legal Investigators annual conference in Seattle. The topic - Social Networking and Social Business Strategies. Todays talk will be TED style and we have added some new twists to our game. Now for the three hour drive. [read] Keywords: networking
Innovators of Vancouver Episode #7 - Anni Becker
Sun, Oct 2nd 2011 11:22p Bruce Elgort Filmmaker Chris Martin has recently released a new video in his "Innovators of Vancouver" series which highlights the community work of Vancouver's Anni Becker:
"Anni Becker loves Vancouver and the work she does proves it. From community art programs such as The GRACE Project and music festivals like CouvFestNW to fundraisers for people hit by tragedies of life, Anni shows us all just what it takes to change the lives of people throughout her community." [read] Keywords: community
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In case you missed these...
Sun, Oct 2nd 2011 3:07p Bruce Elgort The last couple of Taking Notes podcast episodes have seen some tremendous download figures - some of them over 5,000 in less than 2 weeks! While the people we interviewed are outside of the IBM Lotus community, Julian and I managed to cover topics that were relevant to any app developer - Lotus or not.
In epside 140 we spoke to Scott Kveton the CEO of Urban Airship. For those of you who not familiar with Urban Airship they are responsible for a majority of push notifications sent to iOS, Andro [read] Keywords: domino
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MyMusicRx: iPhone iOS app powered by XPages
Sun, Oct 2nd 2011 10:55a Bruce Elgort We just completed our second iPhone app that uses IBM XPages to serve up and store content for an iOS app. The first app was TSAzr which was released in January 2011 and our new app is called "MyMusicRx". The MyMusicRx app will compliment the Children's Cancer Associations MyMusicRx website.
The app will allow you to search and purchase music from iTunes. Up to 5% of each purchase will be donated to the Children's Cancer Association. It will also display "Music Prescriptions" and "Reco [read] Keywords: ibm
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JavaScript: The Good Parts
Sun, Jul 17th 2011 10:55a Bruce Elgort This is a great one hour video by Doug Crockford talking about the good and parts of the JavaScript language. Doug also has a book called "JavaScript: The Good Parts" which I highly recommend. The book was also recommended to me by Thomas Gumz of IBM. [read] Keywords: ibm
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XPages App Samples from the XPages Guru Webinar
Thu, Jun 2nd 2011 12:09p Bruce Elgort Here are the slides from my section in yesterday's XPages Guru Webinar which show 14 samples of all sorts of apps built with XPages:
XPages Guru Webinar - XPages sample appsView more presentations from Bruce Elgort.
Want to learn more about XPages? Start here > [read] Keywords: xpages application
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XPages Guru Webinar is TOMORROW
Tue, May 31st 2011 2:21p Bruce Elgort Tomorrow I have the honor of presenting a short segment during the "XPages Guru Webinar". If you have not yet signed up for the webinar you can register here.
XPages is an exciting Web 2.0 rapid development environment based around JSF and Java technology running on the IBM Lotus Notes and Domino platform. IBM Lotus Notes and Domino has been an established platform for developing applications where customers have been able to utilize industry leading security and workflow capabilities for [read] Keywords: domino
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Innovators of Vancouver - Zachar Gray of Paper Tiger
Tue, May 31st 2011 2:13p Bruce Elgort Chris Martin has releases episode 6 of his "Innovators of Vancouver" video documentary series where he features Zachary Gray of Vancouver's Paper Tiger Coffee Roasters. It's clearly obvious that Zachary knows his coffee and the processes involved in creating a great tasting coffee beverages. Paper Tiger is one of our favorite coffee spots in the Vancouver, Washington area.
Innovators of Vancouver site > [read] Keywords:
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Now you don't have any excuses to lose focus on what's important
Thu, May 26th 2011 4:55p Bruce Elgort Now that I have had a chance to come up for some air and take some time out of my crazy life to catch up on some news, I was pleased to see that there is a new version of the popular eProductivity software from ICA. Not only is there a new version but it now runs "stand-alone" and no longer requires it to be overlaid on top of your Lotus Notes mail file.
Empowering end-users to personalize their IBM Lotus Notes has been unheard of, until now. What makes the new eProductivity Stand-alone ap [read] Keywords: ibm
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Another app in the App Store - Martin Hospitality
Wed, Mar 9th 2011 7:11p Bruce Elgort You can now find the "Martin Hospitality" app, the third app of mine in the Apple App Store. You can download this free app by searching for "Cannon Beach" or "Martin Hospitality".
Many thanks to Gayle, Chris Martin, Kelly Callahan, Paul Yee and Matt White for their help and creative guidance.
Here are some more screen shots of the app > [read] Keywords: apple
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In case you missed them
Wed, Mar 9th 2011 6:39p Bruce Elgort There have been several ineresting Taking Notes podcasts in the last couple of weeks that I think you may find interesting:
To the Cloud with Prominics' Justin Hill and Jon Schultz
Running a business on XPages with Brian Benz
Lotusphere 2011 wrap up with Ed Brilll and Kat Mandelstein
IBM’s VP of Open Standards Angel Diaz
Julian and I truly appreciate all of you who have tuned over the last 5 years. We can't thank you enough. Oh - and you can also subscribe to the Takin [read] Keywords: ibm
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A heartfelt thank you to the Lotus Community
Tue, Mar 8th 2011 9:11p Bruce Elgort A few weeks ago Gayle and I had the honor of donating the $3,500 raised by the Lotus Community to the Children's Cancer Association (CCA). CCA is near and dear to our family as they were there to aid and assist us during my daughter Danielle's 7 year battle with a brain tumor. The donation was made on behalf of the "Lotus Community" in honor of Danielle. Dani is smiling down on all of us most likely laughing and throwing crumbled up mini-pancakes.
We recieved hundreds of donations for the [read] Keywords: lotus
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For all of you preaching social business...
Thu, Mar 3rd 2011 6:05p Bruce Elgort Chris Martin and I spend a lot of time in our Social Business Strategy presentations talking about brands, people, trusted relationships and getting stuff done. This presentation by our friend Rick Turoczy in Portland, Oregon does a fantastic job of talking about all things brands. Please share with your friends and colleagues. This stuff is really important and typically ignored when businesses are considering becoming social businesses.
Inspiring illogical decisions View more prese [read] Keywords: application
Cheryl Bledsoe - Social Software Super Hero
Tue, Feb 15th 2011 7:55a Bruce Elgort Here is the "reactive response" video featured Vancouver, Washington's Cheryl Bledsoe we showed during our Lotusphere 2011 JMP206 session "How I Went Beyond the Hype, Narcissism and Trendiness to Become a Social Software Super Hero"
JMP206 Slide Deck
Aaron Hockley Video
Dale Chumbley Video [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Dale Chumbley - Social Software Super Hero
Mon, Feb 14th 2011 9:59a Bruce Elgort Here is a video of Dale Chumbley from Vancouver, Washington talking about "Community Engagement" which was shown at our Lotusphere 2011 Jump Start session JMP206 "How I Went Beyond the Hype, Narcissism and Trendiness to Become a Social Software Super Hero". [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Aaron Hockley - Social Software Super Hero
Sun, Feb 13th 2011 6:54p Bruce Elgort Here is one of the first videos we are sharing from our Lotusphere 2011 Jump Start session JMP206 "How I Went Beyond the Hype, Narcissism and Trendiness to Become a Social Software Supere Hero".
Learn more about Aaron Hockley > [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Announcing the TSAzr iPhone app - Share Your TSA Experience
Thu, Jan 13th 2011 6:33p Bruce Elgort It's official - the new TSAzr iPhone app is available in the iTunes store. An accompanying website has also launched at http://www.tsazr.com.
Have a look and be sure to pass-it-on. I can't wait to see which airports TSA screening points are touching junk, performing body scans, where people are refusing body scans and also reading peoples comments about the screening process at airports around the US. The stats that are captured and displayed are also stunning.
So next time you travel [read] Keywords: apple
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Booked - Battle Ground Chamber of Commerce speaking engagement
Tue, Jan 11th 2011 11:15a Bruce Elgort Chris Martin and I will be presenting a shortened version of our "How I Went Beyond the Hype, Narcissism, and Trendiness to Become a Social Software Super Hero" Lotusphere session to the Battle Chamber of Commerce on March 3rd, 2011 at the Cedars Country Club. Chris and I are seeing a remarkable uptake in speaking enagement requests surrounding all things "social business". If you are interested in having Chris and I speak at your company or organization please drop us an email.
We are se [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Here are my Lotusphere 2011 sessions (and more)
Mon, Jan 10th 2011 5:53p Bruce Elgort At Lotusphere 2011 there are two sessions that I will be speaking at:
JMP206 - How I Went Beyond the Hype, Narcissism, and Trendiness to Become a Social Software Super Hero
Date: Sunday, January 30th - 10:30am-12:30pm
Location: DL S. Hemisphere II
Presneters: Bruce Elgort and Chris Martin (Chris is new to the Lotus Community and this is his first Lotusphere)
Let’s face it – social networking and social software is everywhere, and the term “social” could ea [read] Keywords: ibm
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So you asked to see more and here it is....
Mon, Jan 10th 2011 11:00a Bruce Elgort Back in December we announced the "It's a Small Lotus World" charity fund raiser. Due to the generosity of the community we decided to now include three additional framed copies of the artwork. We now have two 12 by 18 inch and two 11 by 14 inch copies. If you are interested in donating to the this fund-raiser you can do so by clicking on the PayPal donate button below. Raffle tickets will also be available at Lotusphere. See Matt White, Mark Myers, Gayle Elgort or myself.
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Announcing: It's a small Lotus world
Wed, Dec 8th 2010 6:25p Bruce Elgort Matt White, Ben Poole, Mark Myers, The London Developer Co op, Gayle and myself are proud to announce a fund raising effort to help raise money for the Children's Cancer Association (CCA). The CCA brings JoyRx to seriously ill children and their families, in the hospital and at home. When families need support, CCA is there with award-winning programs and resources, available at no cost to those in need, in Oregon, SW Washington and across the United States.
This fund raising event will cent [read] Keywords: lotus
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Innovators of Vancouver - Bruce Elgort on 37Signals
Tue, Nov 30th 2010 1:46p Bruce Elgort Here's an out take from the "Innovators of Vancouver - Bruce and Gayle Elgort" footage that wasn't included in the video production. In this short video (00:01:30) I talk about my admiration of 37Signals. [read] Keywords:
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Innovators of Vancouver - Bruce and Gayle Elgort
Tue, Nov 30th 2010 11:30a Bruce Elgort Gayle and I are proud to share with you a video that we were featured in. The video is part of a series entitled "Innovators of Vancouver" produced by Chris Martin Studios of Vancouver, Washington. In the video Gayle and I share our experiences with our passion for innovation, Elguji Software, OpenNTF, The Taking Notes podcast, The Clark County Skills Center, working in enterprise IT, drumming, knitting, iPhone app development and much more. In a future blog post I will write about how Chris p [read] Keywords: notes
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Innovators of Vancouver video trailer now available
Tue, Nov 23rd 2010 11:35p Bruce Elgort Watch a short trailer featuring Gayle (Elgort) and myself. We are being featured in a video series entitled "Innovators of Vancouver" produced by Chris Martin Studios. [read] Keywords:
Meet the Philly Bilmos iPhone app that I created
Wed, Oct 20th 2010 8:48p Bruce Elgort One of the best places to get east coast style sandwiches and pastas in the Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington area is Philly Bilmos or "Bilmos" for short.. Philly Bilmos is located in the shopping center off of 164th Avenue and McGillvray Blvd. Gayle and I are fortunate enough to know Mike Bitter, the owner of Bilmos.
One day we were talking with Mike about a local restaurant in Battle Ground that had an iPhone app and Mike asked what it would take to have one developed for Bilmos. [read] Keywords: apple
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Why wait until Lotusphere?
Mon, Sep 27th 2010 5:56p Bruce Elgort So you really want to get started with the latest and greatest XPages development tools for Lotus Notes and Domino but, you keep telling yourself that you will go to all of the XPages sessions at Lotusphere. Now, just imagine if you could attend all of those sessions and get 4x the value out of them by getting some training ahead of time. Well you can.
First watch the video on this page and then read more about a special deal that XPages101.net is offering for a limited time only.
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Taking Notes Episode 119: Interview with CEO of Tungle
Sat, Sep 11th 2010 8:05p Bruce Elgort Last week Julian and I had the opportunity to interview Marc Gringas the CEO of Tungle where we talked about the very cool service that Tungle provides in the space of calendaring and scheduling.
We talked about :
What is Tungle?
Why you need Tungle
How Tungle makes scheduling meetings with people outside your company easy
How Tungle solves a specific problem
How and why Tungle uses OAuth for authentication
The Calendar of the Future Manifesto (including several video spots by Ed Brill)
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The Calendar of the Future | A Manifesto
Tue, Aug 24th 2010 10:28a Bruce Elgort Tungle has put together a series of short videos on their new site "Calendar of the Future" site. IBM's Ed Brill makes a short apperance in the first video:
Visit the "Calendar of the Future" site > [read] Keywords: ibm
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Innovators of Vancouver, Washington - An Online Documentary
Sun, Aug 22nd 2010 9:00p Bruce Elgort Innovators of Vancouver is an online documentary video series documenting leaders of vision, passion and action in Vancouver, Washington (not Vancouver, Canada) and surrounding areas. Whether serving local communities in Southwest Washington, or running global corporations or non-profit organizations, the Innovators of Vancouver are using their creativity, energy and ambition to make the world a better place.
Chris Martin of Chris Martin Studios is the person behind this fantastic new initi [read] Keywords: facebook
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Seth Priebatsch: The game layer on top of the world
Sun, Aug 22nd 2010 7:54p Bruce Elgort Some key takeaways from this excellent TED video:
The last decade was the decade of establishing the social layer plumbing
The next decade is building the game layer
Appointment dynamics (think happy hour and FarmVille)
Influence and status dynamics
Communal dynamics
Progressive dynamics
A nice short 12 minute video. [read] Keywords: application
The Social Software Platform You Already Own
Sun, Aug 22nd 2010 7:07p Bruce Elgort Last week Elguji posted a new position paper on their site entitled "The Social Software Platform You Already Own". This paper talks about how you can use your investment in Lotus software to being to integrate "social" into your existing suite of Notes and Domino apps that help run your business.
The paper includes a list of products, services and tools from the open source community and other ISVs and also highlights Elguji's IdeaJam, IQJam and LinkJam social software products.
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SCRUM in Under 10 Minutes
Wed, Aug 18th 2010 8:27p Bruce Elgort Michael Sampson (@collabguy) tweeted about this video which I have seen before on SCRUM. For those of you who aren't familiar with SCRUM I suggest you have a watch of the video. Great stuff. [read] Keywords: application
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