Apple Dominates Even In Seattle With 81% Market Share
Wed, May 16th 2012 6:10a David Hablewitz I have been extremely busy lately, spending much of my time working on preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam (which I passed on Friday!), taking a class on entrepreneurship and small business management, and working on applying this knowledge in a practical way, at the sacrifice of my blog and sleep. But I thought I would take a quick break from my break to drop a few links for my MacFriends and to illustrate just how much this region is just like everywhere [read] Keywords: apple
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Viruses Happen
Mon, Feb 13th 2012 2:12p David Hablewitz The good news: I still have never had a computer get infected with an email virus while using Lotus Notes. That 18-year run is still going.
The bad news: My laptop got a virus through a random act of browsing. It happened thanks to a touch pad strategically located between the palms of the hands where it can occasionally cause the mouse to move or misread a mouse click. It has happened many times in the past. I’m typing away when suddenly the cursor jumps to somewhere else on t [read] Keywords: lotus
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Added a page with all Grand Canyon Story Links
Sun, Jan 22nd 2012 10:13p David Hablewitz If you have been following the story of our Grand Canyon expedition, I have created a page with all the links to each day’s journal entry. Click Grand Canyon Journal Links in the banner at the top. Now you can be sure you haven’t missed a day!
Thanks for all the questions and comments. It adds life to the story to have the dialog. [read] Keywords: facebook
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Grand Canyon Expedition Day 7: What it means to be living on Canyon Time
Sun, Jan 22nd 2012 8:12p David Hablewitz Previous Post: Day 6 – Little Colorado R and a birthday
First Post: The Story Begins…
Morning of Day 7. This is the earliest I have gotten up so far. It’s 5:30 AM and still dark, a good time to do some writing by headlamp and watch the sunrise.
TRIP TIP: If you go camping, get a headlamp with a red light. It uses much less battery power and it doesn’t affect your night vision or disturb others.
Quiet time in the morning
I had a lot of vivid dreams again last night a [read] Keywords: facebook
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Lotusphere 2012 live broadcast
Mon, Jan 16th 2012 7:12a David Hablewitz Here is the schedule of live streams from Lotusphere 2012
http://cdn.livestream.com/embed/ibmsoftware?layout=4&color=0xe7e7e7&autoPlay=true&mute=false&iconColorOver=0×888888&iconColor=0×777777&allowchat=true&height=193&width=300
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Grand Canyon Expedition Day 6: Little Colorado River and a birthday
Thu, Jan 12th 2012 5:12a David Hablewitz Previous Post: Day 5+ Hidden Danger
First Post: The Story Begins…
A beautiful morning, the best so far! It started out maybe in the low 50′s and warmed quickly today since our camp got good morning sunlight. You could watch the shadow of the east rim move down the west wall until the sunlight suddenly hit the camp. Pancakes with syrup for breakfast. Or in Ariel’s case, syrup with pancakes. [Note in the photo the cleanup crew is using a 4 bucket system for washing: pre- [read] Keywords: facebook
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Grand Canyon Expedition Day 5+ Commodore’s Log supplimental: Hidden Danger
Thu, Jan 5th 2012 10:11p David Hablewitz Previous Post: Day 5: A Father-Daughter experience
First Post: The Story Begins…
(Three people named David on 1 trip is too confusing, so they’re call me Commodore.)
Some noteworthy trip leader observations I have made: I am pleased to report that everyone is respecting my request that they behave appropriately for my 12-year-old daughter. A few off-color jokes aside, no foul language, public nudity nor drunk and disorderly conduct, yet everyone is having a great time. Funny [read] Keywords: facebook
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Grand Canyon Expedition Day 5: As good as it gets! A Father-Daughter experience
Wed, Jan 4th 2012 11:13p David Hablewitz Today is a layover day. That means we’re staying here for another night to relax and catch up on things.
First the injury report: Elizabeth cut her elbow 3 days ago. She thinks she cut it on the oar when they ran the hole (hydraulic) in Badger Rapid. Now it is swollen and is probably infected. If it is and we don’t have anti-biotics, we may be looking at an airlift. I plan to at least use the satellite phone and make a call for medical advice.
This morning many of us went [read] Keywords: facebook
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Grand Canyon Expedition Day 4: Nautiloid to Nankoweap
Mon, Jan 2nd 2012 5:11a David Hablewitz Next Post: Coming soon – Day 5: layover day, injuries, hike to the graineries
Previous Post: Day 3 Nautiloid Camp
We did much better at getting going today. Cereal for breakfast was fast and easy. It is warmer and sunny. About 60 degrees warming up to over 70. Gotta love this Canyon weather. I changed our plan from going 15 miles to Dinosaur Camp to going 18 miles to Nankoweap, which is a better camp and has a great hike. Before we left camp we hiked up to see the fossils em [read] Keywords: facebook
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Social Media 101: Social Media Disasters (be careful with that keyboard, it’s loaded)
Thu, Dec 22nd 2011 4:12p David Hablewitz Taking a brief break from my break from discussing Social Media to post about this good slide deck from IBM about Social Media and how NOT to use it. The presentation sites more than a dozen examples of how companies have blundered on the web, but my favorite is definitely Ryanair’s press release stating “Ryanair can confirm that a Ryanair staff member did engage in a blog discussion. It is Ryanair policy not to waste time and energy in corresponding with idiot bloggers and Ryana [read] Keywords: ibm
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Grand Canyon Day 3: Redwall Cavern, Nautiloid Canyon and the Roaring Twenties
Wed, Dec 21st 2011 5:11a David Hablewitz I woke up at 5:15 today. Slept mostly through the night. Everyone was a bit anxious in the morning about rowing the Roaring Twenties, but no one more than me with Ariel onboard after nearly flipping the raft yesterday, But I am much more confident again after a clean run through Twentyfour Mile Rapid, the first class 6 rapid of the day. (The Roaring Twenties are the 5 miles of river starting at river mile 21,so named for the series of rapids that, by Grand Canyon measurements, are packed [read] Keywords: facebook
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Grand Canyon Day 2: Jackass Creek to North Canyon
Thu, Dec 15th 2011 5:11a David Hablewitz (If you’re just checking in for the first time, I am posting my daily journal entries from my month-long rafting trip leading 16 friends down the Grand Canyon. You may want to go back and start at the first post of the series and work your way forward.)
An exciting day! I got up around 5:30 AM, just before sunrise. Around 6:30 AM the wind suddenly picked up, gusting over 20 mph. Then the rain came and it poured. Ariel put on her drysuit before she even got out of the tent. Best [read] Keywords: facebook
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Grand Canyon 2011 – Day 1: What’s Special About Today?
Mon, Dec 12th 2011 5:16a David Hablewitz Commodore’s Log, River Day 1. There are 3 Davids in the group. To make things easy, they’re calling me Commodore, leader of the fleet.
On the river at last! Quite a special day. Last night it actually started to rain around 2:30 AM. I woke up and put the rain fly on the tent and then it stopped raining. I couldn’t get to sleep after that. Excited about the morning. I still got up by 6:00 AM without an alarm clock. Bryant from PRO Outfitters, showed up at 7:00 [read] Keywords: facebook
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Grand Canyon 2011 – Oct 24: Day 0, Finally at the River
Fri, Dec 9th 2011 5:12a David Hablewitz I woke up at 5:30 AM without an alarm clock. After going out for breakfast we all piled our gear in the parking lot to wait for the outfitter to arrive and shuttle us to the river. Some people made a last-minute visit to the drug store across the street to buy sunscreen, hand lotion, sunglasses, postcards. Our ride showed up at 11:00 AM, right on schedule. We loaded gear into the truck, piled into the van and headed up Highway 89 to Lee’s Ferry.
Waiting for the shuttle.
Ariel and [read] Keywords: facebook
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Sunday, Oct 23: Bryce Canyon, Lees Ferry, Flagstaff – 3 days and 1350 miles later
Wed, Dec 7th 2011 5:12a David Hablewitz Today was a sunny, warm day. We made a short detour to visit Bryce Canyon National Park. Mildly interesting from the rim. Did you know it isn’t really a canyon? It’s an escarpment. Then we drove on, crossing the Colorado River by Lee’s Ferry. We will be back here tomorrow! Lots of cool places to check out in Southern Utah and Arizona, but we didn’t have time. Gotta get to Flagstaff. Got to the hotel by 4:00 and carried all of our gear to the room. In a [read] Keywords: facebook
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Saturday, October 22: Idaho, Utah & Malad Gorge State Park
Sun, Dec 4th 2011 5:12p David Hablewitz Sunday at 5:30 AM. Writing this journal entry in the morning while I lay in bed waiting for sunrise. Yesterday we covered a lot of miles. The best part of the day was when we passed a really cool place in Idaho where a river cut a gorge into the flat land: Malad Gorge State Park, a segment of Thousand Springs State Park. We pulled off the Interstate to check it out more closely. I’ll bet a lot of people drive right over this and never even notice. (See the aerial photo of the p [read] Keywords: facebook
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October 21, 2011: On the Road
Sun, Dec 4th 2011 2:10p David Hablewitz October 21, 2011
It’s been a great day. It was a typical rainy day as we left Seattle this afternoon. Fortunately, it’s a “warm” rain and Snoqualmie Pass was just rain too, not snowing.
Leaving rainy Seattle
And as usual, get far enough over the mountains and the rain gives way to sunshine. The forests give way to windmill-laced plains. We made it as far as Deadman’s Pass, Oregon. Camping in the back of the truck tonight after moving some stuff up front [read] Keywords: facebook
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Grand Canyon: Final Preparations are complete!
Mon, Nov 28th 2011 11:12p David Hablewitz Thursday evening, October 20.
All the gear is laid out and ready to be packed into the truck. We’re finally ready to start the adventure.
Gathering the gear
Actually this story began October 10, 2008. I was leaving to go on my first Grand Canyon adventure when my 9-year-old daughter begged to go with me. “No honey” I said, “not this time. I need to check it out before I bring you. But I promise I will take you the next time I go.” I had been on the wai [read] Keywords: symphony
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Just returned from an amazing place where Social Media is totally irrelevant. The story begins…
Sun, Nov 27th 2011 11:10p David Hablewitz I just returned from my adventure as trip leader, taking 16 people on a rafting expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon; 21 days, 226 miles. It was an amazing journey that explored the geologic depths of the Earth exposed by The Canyon like a biology student examines the internal organs of a frog through a scalpel cut. Yet this expedition was as much about delving into personal introspection and group dynamics as it was about examining the physiology of the Earth. They [read] Keywords: facebook
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Ditch the technology and experience the real thing
Mon, Oct 24th 2011 12:11a David Hablewitz Reporting from Flagstaff, this is my last post before heading into the Grand Canyon tomorrow where I will be leading a trip down the river and I will be rowing a 2000 pound, 18′ raft for the next 21 days and traveling 220 miles down the Colorado River. There is no connectivity there, so don’t expect any blog posts for awhile. If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter (@davehabz) then you have already been following me on my journey.
Cheers,
-Commodore Dave [read] Keywords: facebook
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Information leak about RIM and Lessons learned
Thu, Oct 13th 2011 1:11p David Hablewitz As a BlackBerry Deployment Engineer for Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud service, I am sometimes privy to confidential information. In this case, I will leak to you that RIM had a huge BlackBerry service outage this week. While the root cause analysis (RCA) will take time to complete all the details, they did report that it came down to a network switch failed and the backup did not take over as expected. The result caused a cascade of system failures. Right now it sucks to be RIM. And it is e [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Going unplugged: Beyond the iPhone 5 and beyond your imagination
Wed, Oct 5th 2011 6:10a David Hablewitz iPhone 5 is about to become irrelevant.
Imagine a world without email or text messages. No spam or viruses or pop-up ads. No steady stream of status updates from Facebook or Twitter. No television with presidential debates and reality TV. No “who-shot-who” on the six o’clock news. Imagine a world without rush hour traffic or smog alerts. No sirens screaming in the night and no alarm clocks screaming in the morning. Imagine if you can, a world without cell phones o [read] Keywords: connections
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IBM and ESPN 3: Using social media to tell the world what they mean by “Let’s build a smarter planet.”
Sun, Sep 11th 2011 6:13a David Hablewitz You’ve heard me ask “What does IBM sell?” Sure, *I* know what they sell. But my point is: what do they do to make sure the average consumer knows?
Well, on this idle Saturday afternoon, while watching my Gators on ESPN 3 crush UAB, *BAM*, there it was – A smarter planet ad on ESPN 3 with a twist: it ended with a URL: http://www.youtube.com/ibm
What’s the big deal? First, IBM is talking to consumers. That’s right, beer-drinking, college football-watch [read] Keywords: ibm
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Of Earthquakes and Hurricanes: Stay safe
Sun, Aug 28th 2011 6:10a David Hablewitz I grew up in Florida, so I know what you’re all going through with this hurricane.
I live on the west coast, so I know what you went through with the earthquake last week.
At least 15% of my Linkedin connections live in the path of this hurricane. I hope all of you stay safe and sound. [read] Keywords: connections
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Website Design Case Study: IBM Passport Advantage Website
Wed, Aug 10th 2011 6:10a David Hablewitz Every year at Lotusphere in the Ask the Developers session someone will ask IBM “When are you going to make the Passport Advantage website user-friendly?!” And every year the response from IBM is “What are you talking about? It’s fine!” Apparently usability studies are unnecessary. After all, this is IBM. How could the world’s second or third largest software company NOT know how to build a website? Who are we to give them advice, right? We’ [read] Keywords: ibm
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Brand as Mythology: Could the Lotus brand elevate to Mythology?
Sun, Jul 31st 2011 3:11p David Hablewitz Here is an interesting perspective on branding, marketing, and the idea of a brand elevating to mythology.
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/07/just-a-myth.html
How true is his statement: “People use a Dell. They are an Apple.”
I think Seth is touching on something that could be applied to the marketing of Lotus IBM software: “Isn’t that the dream of any marketer? To create a myth?”
As Lotus completes the long and painful process of being absorbe [read] Keywords: ibm
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A split perspective on Quality. Does Quality really matter?
Wed, Jul 27th 2011 12:11a David Hablewitz I came across this great article “Defining Quality” by Seth Godin discussing just what quality is and how it influences the success of a product. Seth describes the two types of quality: Quality in Design and Quality in Manufacturing. These two are as different as a brand new Bentley and a one-year-old Honda Civic. He also applies these concepts to the software industry.
What I find particularly interesting is his comment regarding these measures of quality:
“The bala [read] Keywords: facebook
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Recap of PACLUG 2011
Thu, Jun 23rd 2011 9:14a David Hablewitz The first edition of the PACLUG user group conference was held this week at the Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The two-day event was scheduled to piggy-back the View’s AdminDev2011 conference. They actually overlapped schedules a bit on Wednesday and PACLUG was invited to the keynote presentation of AdminDev2011. The Tuesday sessions of PACLUG were focused mostly on Domino-related topics while the second day was mostly related to Websphere Portal. Had I known thi [read] Keywords: connections
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A sneak peek into the upcoming announcement about the Lotus brand and IBM’s 100-year philosophy
Fri, Jun 17th 2011 12:14p David Hablewitz Is Lotus Notes the next Selectric Typewriter? This USAToday article about IBM turning 100 reveals some clues into the motivations that drive IBM which might tell us about their plans for the future.
“Don’t make the mistake of thinking IBM is a corporate old-timer that just watched technology evolve. It has remained at the forefront through the decades and tops several of its whippersnapper rivals in some regards. “
Of course we’re talking about the same company that [read] Keywords: ibm
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Taking Social Media to the next level: “Message on a bottle”
Fri, Jun 17th 2011 6:13a David Hablewitz When it comes to helping meet people, Twitter doesn’t compare to this: a vodka bottle with a programmable LED text banner that you can enter your own message. It gives new meaning to the phrase “social drinker”.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43430391
Check out Medea Vodka’s website. [read] Keywords: facebook
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IBM’s Watson makes person of the year
Tue, Jun 14th 2011 11:10p David Hablewitz This should be a great boost to the IBM brand recognition:
(excerpt from Webby Awards )
The Webby Awards would like to honor Watson as the Webby Person of the Year in celebration of his groundbreaking scientific and technological achievements as the most comprehensive question-answering computer system. As the first computing system with an unparalleled handle and understanding of the natural language, Watson captivated millions as he competed on the game show, Jeopardy!, ultimately becoming the [read] Keywords: ibm
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WOW! An IBM Sametime ad via Google Ad seen while viewing a youtube.com video!
Sat, May 28th 2011 12:11a David Hablewitz Sametime ad in youtube.com video
Check out the banner ad in this screenshot of a youtube video. It was served up to me by Google while I was watching a whitewater video on youtube.com.
Could this be part of a REAL advertising campaign showing a REAL product?! It isn’t exactly obvious what in the ad what the product is or does, but it’s getting the Lotus brand in front of people. Hopefully the ad selector doesn’t just show it to people who already know Lotus.
Don’t get to [read] Keywords: ibm
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140ConfNW Speech Transcript: Using Your Social Media Network to Make You a Genius
Sun, May 22nd 2011 10:11p David Hablewitz On May 19, the 140 Characters Conference was hosted in Vancouver, WA. The focus of this conference was on social media and how it fits into business. The format is unique and in my opinion, brilliant. Rather than having a bunch of breakout sessions and hour-long speeches saturated with hundreds of Powerpoint slides, the audience was kept in one venue and blasted with short 10-minute presentations in rapid-fire succession. Time was managed with great precision. Due to the short time permitted for [read] Keywords: connections
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IBM could learn a lot about marketing from Harold Camping
Sat, May 21st 2011 6:11p David Hablewitz Whether his prediction comes true is irrelevant. Harold Camping has done a phenomenal job of marketing the Rapture. For the price of a few minutes worth of Superbowl commercials, he has created a very successful marketing campaign that has drawn the attention of much of the 1st world. What’s more, when it doesn’t happen, HE WILL GAIN EVEN MORE FOLLOWERS!!! Mark my words, this will happen.
So if one man could sell his idea so successfully to the world, why can’t IBM, own [read] Keywords: ibm
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The dirty little secret hiding in your Domino Directory
Fri, May 20th 2011 1:10p David Hablewitz Your Domino directory may be filled with the Lotus Notes equivalent of bedbugs and you would never know it. They appear in the form of documents that don’t belong, but don’t appear in any views.
Occasionally, someone with rights to create documents in your directory will accidentally click paste or Ctrl-V when they shouldn’t have. Perhaps they were in the wrong database when they did it or maybe they meant to cut or copy instead of paste and the clipboard happened to have a Not [read] Keywords: admin
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Lotus Forgot Series: How not to have a roadshow event.
Tue, May 17th 2011 5:11p David Hablewitz Here is a work of brilliance. I just received an email announcing an IBM roadshow event in Seattle. While it isn’t specifically about Lotus software, it covers Websphere and cloud computing.
Here it is: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/websphere/events/impact/icty_events.html
The brilliance is that it’s only a week away. Too bad, I already have plans and now it’s too late to change them.
It’s particularly humorous that the website says “Check back often to find an ev [read] Keywords: ibm
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Visions of the Future
Tue, May 17th 2011 10:13a David Hablewitz Here are links to presentations from some major players on their vision of the future. What do you think?
IBM
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Dr. James Canton
To find out about how Social Media plays into this, be sure to watch the live stream of the 140 Characters Conference Northwest in Vancouver, WA at http://nw2011.140conf.com/ on Thursday starting at 8:00 AM PST. Check out the schedule for the list of speakers and topics. Bruce Elgort and Chris Martin will be speaking around 10:15. I will be pre [read] Keywords: ibm
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Turning Your Weakness into a Strength
Sat, May 7th 2011 9:10p David Hablewitz This article is based on a speech I gave at Toastmasters.
A few years ago, I entered a multi-sport race that involved a 25-mile mountain biking leg, a 12-mile kayaking leg, and a 6-mile run. In preparation for the race I biked to work 40 miles round trip, 3 to 5 days/week. I paddled 2 to 3 times/week. I didn’t do any running because I didn’t like to run and I was already cycling which also trains the legs, or so I thought.
For the mountain bike leg of the race, I was the 4th fa [read] Keywords: administration
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MTBF for Windows 64 bit OS
Thu, Apr 28th 2011 6:10a David Hablewitz Thanks to John again. I have now posted the Windows 64-bit version of MTBF here on my website. The original post includes the database template and the 32-bit version of nmtbf.exe. The new post includes the 64-bit version of nmtbf.exe and the database template. The template is the same in both cases. Hopefully there will soon be a version for other OS. Perhaps it will even be added to the standard server install kit.
Here are a few screen shots of the type of information captured in [read] Keywords: database
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IdeaJam Post: Pull system templates from another server when configuring a new server in the domain.
Tue, Mar 22nd 2011 12:14a David Hablewitz As Lotus professionals, we have a unique venue to give IBM our ideas to improve the products and to participate in discussions and even vote on others’ ideas that we would like to see. Visit http://www.IdeaJam.net I just posted an idea there about providing the option to pull system templates from another server when configuring a new server in the domain. This would work similar to how it pulls the Domino Directory from another server. The advantage is that you probably already have your [read] Keywords: domino
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Japan Disaster strikes home for me. (This has nothing to do with Lotus Notes..or does it?)
Thu, Mar 17th 2011 6:13a David Hablewitz I want to share with you a Facebook post from my friend’s wife. I have known his family for 20 years. We were neighbors when I lived in Greenville, South Carolina. Growing up, he and his brother spent many hours exercising my black lab. They are now grown and married and have children of their own. Jessie lives in East Lansing, MI. Gabe lives in a small coastal village with his wife and daughter. The village is Ofunato, Japan. A Detroit TV station picked up this story. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Quick Tips: displaying filenames on Workspace icons
Thu, Mar 10th 2011 12:11p David Hablewitz Perhaps long-forgotten, this is an age-old tip that I have used forever without thinking about it until someone saw me do it and asked.
First, go to the Workspace. That’s the page everyone uses for their homepage, that looks like an iPhone screen and that IBM doesn’t want us to use because it’s “the old look” of Notes.
Now click on the View menu. If Show Server Names is selected, deselect it and click on the View menu again.
Now that it is unselected, hold down the [read] Keywords: ibm
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Yellow by Cold Play: a musical interlude for those who bleed yellow
Mon, Mar 7th 2011 11:15a David Hablewitz For those who bleed yellow…
Click to play Yellow by ColdPlay
Wonder why we never get Cold Play for the one-song act at Lotusphere OGS…
Lyrics:
Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And everything you do
Yeah, they were all yellow
I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called “Yellow”
So then I took my turn
Oh what a thing to have done
And it was all “Yellow”
Your skin
Oh yeah, your skin and bones
Turn into so [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Social Learning: a Critical element of Social Business
Sat, Mar 5th 2011 5:17a David Hablewitz There is no doubt that Social Media is quickly moving to the workplace. This movement is happening so fast that many businesses that would use it as well as those that would provide the technology for it are being caught off guard and unprepared.
I just attended a webinar on Social Learning hosted by Chief Learning Officer magazine and featuring a presentation by Jeanne C. Meister, Founding Partner of Future Workplace. The information she revealed was very relevant to Social Business.
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Shuttle Discovery Launches on Mission STS-133
Thu, Feb 24th 2011 11:13p David Hablewitz We missed the opportunity to watch a live shuttle launch while visiting Florida for Lotusphere 2011. The mission was delayed, but today Discovery launched. If you have never had the thrill of watching it in person, I can tell you it’s an amazing thing. Growing up in Tampa, I had the privilege of watching the launches from my back yard. Yes, from Tampa, 100 miles away! I can remember watching Columbia, the very first mission, launch in 1981. I can also remember watching Challenger. While I [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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In case you thought the student thing was limited to Lotusphere…
Fri, Feb 18th 2011 2:11p David Hablewitz Kudos to GBS’ CEO Joerg Ott for keeping the momentum going on professional development for college students after Lotusphere. The following quote comes from an email sent by the Employer Relations Coordinator at University of South Florida to the student body:
“GBS CEO and Sponsor for College Day at Lotusphere2011 Joerg Ott will be visiting the USF campus and hosting a motivational presentation named “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?” For those of you who attende [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Public speaking tip for presenters at Lotusphere and elsewhere
Wed, Feb 16th 2011 3:09p David Hablewitz Eight months ago I joined Toastmasters. I will never be able to watch a Lotusphere session (or any other presentation) the same way again. Did you ever wonder what it’s like to present at Lotusphere? On the positive side must be rewarding just to be selected. You’ve been chosen by IBM as one who stands out among your peers. On the other hand, giving a presentation is challenging and even more so when presenting somewhere like Lotusphere in front of your peers where you [read] Keywords: ibm
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Lotusphere suggestion: Going virtual lightens the load, now about those Lotusphere backpacks…
Sun, Feb 6th 2011 9:15a David Hablewitz How many Lotusphere attendees will be visiting their chiropractors or massage therapists this week? Wouldn’t it be great if those backpacks had a hip belt to take the load off the back and shoulders? Please put that in your evals. Every year my back and neck suffer from lugging around the laptop and other junk. It was nice to see more information was provided in electronic format, but not everything can be done that way. So please, IBM, get backpacks with a hip belt.
This reminds m [read] Keywords: ibm
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Making your own luck: My trip to Lotusphere this year so far.
Tue, Feb 1st 2011 8:14a David Hablewitz I am a firm believer that you make your own luck, that one can make opportunity materialize before them if they persevere and don’t let fear stop them from trying.
“Life is not about what happens to you. It’s about what you do when things happen to you.” — from an article in this month’s Toastmasters Magazine
I don’t have time to blog it all right now, but my trip to LS11 has been much like Leonardo DeCaprio’s adventure to secure passage on the [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Social Media Challenge: Why are you at Lotusphere? (audience participation requested)
Sun, Jan 30th 2011 11:18p David Hablewitz In a quick post before bedtime (I’m still on PST, so I can’t sleep yet), It was quite an adventure to get here, but I finally made it to Lotusphere 2011. In less than 5 hours I’ve managed to meet up with many dozens of friends and associates, some for the first time face-to-face. For all the fantastic knowledge to be gained from the sessions at this event, I always find it’s really the social aspects of the conference that make the difference. To me, if you distille [read] Keywords: connections
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Is your Inbox management a Mickey Mouse affair? It’s been a month. Is the scroll bar back?
Thu, Jan 27th 2011 10:20a David Hablewitz As I prepare to head to Orlando, I saw a clip from Disney’s “Fantasia”. All those brooms bringing bucket after bucket of water and nearly drowning Mickey Mouse. Much like your inbox, yes?
Well a month ago I gave a suggestion on keeping your inbox empty enough so you don’t have to scroll to see all the messages. You might have faithfully followed those steps in the beginning. How long did it last? A few days? Maybe a week? Here it is a month later and that sc [read] Keywords: domino
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The Notes Guy In Seattle will be in Orlando! Meet me at Lotusphere 2011.
Tue, Jan 18th 2011 5:14a David Hablewitz Yes, like a bad Michael Jackson song, I’ll Be There. Watch my blog for details on how to find me. I hope to meet up with y’all. You can also follow me on twitter (davehabz) for more immediate info on my whereabouts while at the conference. Or send me an email and we can make a plan. When in doubt, look for me by the piano or basking in the sun by the water (I’m a Gator. It’s what we do.). No, I won’t be singing.
Now let me spin an oldie for you. Just close the blind [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Join me on Sametime via BleedYellow.com
Wed, Dec 22nd 2010 8:21a David Hablewitz Hey, why aren’t you on Sametime at bleedyellow.com? Get with the program. With all this talk about social media, If you’re not on this public Sametime community, you’re missing out on one of the best ways to get connected to your fellow Lotus professionals, including me.
Here are the steps to connect to Sametime using the server at BleedYellow:
1. Visit http://www.bleedyellow.com and register an account. Be sure to use your real name.
2. Sta [read] Keywords: lotus
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The Secret to Keeping the junk out of your Sent folder
Wed, Dec 22nd 2010 8:21a David Hablewitz Quick Tip: This will help keep the junk out of your sent folder and keep your mail file smaller.
Step 1: Create a folder called “Delete Later” (or just use the Junk folder).
Step 2: ALWAYS use Send and File instead of Send. If the message is important, it should be filed into the appropriate folder. If it is not, then file it in the “Delete Later” folder.
Step 3. Whenever you get a quota warning, start by deleting all the messages in the Delete Later folde [read] Keywords: facebook
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Making a REAL difference in your inbox management. (HINT: Don’t use Domino inbox maintenance!)
Mon, Dec 20th 2010 5:13a David Hablewitz When I was in college, I had a professor who demanded all computer programs be written modularly, broken into logical functions and procedures that were short enough to be viewed on one screen without scrolling. We would get a one letter grade deduction for each procedure in the program that did not fit on one screen. (at that time, one screen was 25 lines) His reasoning was that troubleshooting a unit of code was vastly more difficult when the entire piece could not be viewed at one time. [read] Keywords: agent
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Notes Admins: It’s that time of year. Remember how to create those holidays for importing into calendars?
Fri, Dec 10th 2010 4:17a David Hablewitz It’s December. By now your HR department should have published the holidays for next year for your company. But did you add them to your Domino Directory and did you let HR tell people how to add them to their calendars? Shame on you if you didn’t. But it’s not too late. Here is a quick reminder of the steps:
Get your list of holidays from HR for each country you have users. Remember, they are different around the world.
Open the Domino Directory and go to the view: Configurat [read] Keywords: domino
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So you think you know how to build a server replication scheme?
Sun, Dec 5th 2010 4:13a David Hablewitz One day your CFO calls you and says “London is waiting on the financial report I just updated in the Notes database. When will that get replicated over to the server in London so they can work on it?” You think to yourself “I don’t know, first it has to go to the hub and then to the London server and the schedule for each is every 60 minutes from 12:01 AM to 11:59 PM. That’s two replication events, so it means it could happen anytime between right now to 2 hours fro [read] Keywords: connections
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Microsoft opens consumer store #7 at Bellevue Mall, WA
Sat, Nov 20th 2010 5:15p David Hablewitz a href=http://thelotusguyinseattle.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/imgp2298.jpgimg alt=Microsoft Store at Bellevue Square Mall class=size-medium wp-image-108 height=225 src=http://thelotusguyinseattle.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/imgp2298.jpg?w=300 title=Microsoft store front width=300 //a
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Microsoft just opened their seventh consumer store. So I went to check it out. This is the first one here in Microsofts hometown, at Bellevue Square Mall. This wasnt the first store to open because they wanted [read] Keywords: ibm
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Microsoft opens consumer store #7 at Bellevue Mall, WA
Sat, Nov 20th 2010 4:15p David Hablewitz Microsoft store front
Microsoft just opened their seventh consumer store. So I went to check it out. This is the first one here in Microsoft’s hometown, at Bellevue Square Mall. This wasn’t the first store to open because they wanted to get the kinks worked out before the big show here at home. It looks like they did work out whatever kinks there would be. Well most of them anyway. Apparently they “comprimised”
"Comprimising" photo
on using a spell check [read] Keywords: ibm
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The Harmonica Man: Proof you dont have to have something to give something.
Fri, Nov 19th 2010 11:14p David Hablewitz The Harmonica Man: A Pacific Northwest icon of generosity and one more reason Washington state has more musicians per capita than any other state in the U.S. This holiday season, please consider giving a bit more to those less fortunate, even if all you have to give is your music.
Check out this news article from CBS news:
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The Harmonica Man: Proof you don’t have to have something to give something.
Fri, Nov 19th 2010 10:13p David Hablewitz The Harmonica Man: A Pacific Northwest icon of generosity and one more reason Washington state has more musicians per capita than any other state in the U.S. This holiday season, please consider giving a bit more to those less fortunate, even if all you have to give is your music.
Check out this news article from CBS news: [read] Keywords: facebook
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Quick Tip: Restricting who can use send email to your broadcast groups
Tue, Nov 16th 2010 2:14p David Hablewitz img alt= src=file:///C:/Users/Habz/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-10.png /You probably have a mail group used for sending broadcast emails (mass mailings) to many people, like all of your employees. Do you ever have someone send a message using this group that shouldnt? Do you ever have someone Reply to All when they receive a message addressed this way? Do you ever get spam addressed to that group? The fix for this is very simple. You can restrict access to any group by setting [read] Keywords: bleedyellow
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Quick Tip: Restricting who can send email to your broadcast groups
Tue, Nov 16th 2010 1:31p David Hablewitz You probably have a mail group used for sending broadcast emails (mass mailings) to many people, like all of your employees. Do you ever have someone send a message using this group that shouldn’t? Do you ever have someone Reply to All when they receive a message addressed this way? Do you ever get spam addressed to that group? The fix for this is very simple. You can restrict access to any group by setting the reader names. Follow these steps:
1. Before updating your broad [read] Keywords: email
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In Response to: How do you argue with those wanting to go to Google Mail?
Fri, Nov 12th 2010 12:17a David Hablewitz In response to: How do you argue with those wanting to go to Google Mail?
First find out WHY they want to switch. Identify their pain. (Here are the 3 categories of pain along with examples: financial: to save money; strategic: to stay competitive in our business; personal: he has to work too much overtime with the current system)
Second, make your claim. Present your alternative solution strictly as it addresses their pain. Nothing more as it will only cloud the decision.
Third, show the gain. [read] Keywords: bleedyellow
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Re: How do you argue with those wanting to go to Google Mail?
Thu, Nov 11th 2010 11:18p David Hablewitz pIn response to: a href=http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/mailmanagement/entry/how_do_you_argue_with_those_wanting_to_go_to_google_mailHow do you argue with those wanting to go to Google Mail?/a/pFirst find out WHY they want to switch. Identify their pain. (Here
are the 3 categories of pain along with examples: financial: to
save money; strategic: to stay competitive in our business;
personal: he has to work too much overtime with the current system)
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Second, make your clai [read] Keywords: bleedyellow
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Wikipedia definition of FUD showcases IBM and Microsoft
Mon, Nov 8th 2010 2:18p David Hablewitz pI stumbled upon the a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubtwikipedia definition of FUD/a
which happens to showcase IBM and Microsoft for their examples. It is
worth reading the entry in its entirety, but here are two good exerpts.
While IBM is given credit with the original exploitation, they appear to have abandoned the practice while Microsoft has perfected it:/ppbr //pblockquotepThe
idea, of course, was to persuade buyers to go with safe IBM gear
rather tha [read] Keywords: ibm
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Wikipedia definition of FUD showcases IBM and Microsoft
Mon, Nov 8th 2010 2:02p David Hablewitz I stumbled upon the wikipedia definition of FUD which happens to showcase IBM and Microsoft for their examples. It is worth reading the entry in its entirety, but here are two good exerpts. While IBM is given credit with the original exploitation, they appear to have abandoned the practice while Microsoft has perfected it:
The idea, of course, was to persuade buyers to go with safe IBM gear rather than with competitors’ equipment. This implicit coercion was traditionally accomplished b [read] Keywords: ibm
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NotesIsCool.com Website is Hot!
Fri, Nov 5th 2010 3:31a David Hablewitz pSend your end users to this site: a href=http://www.notesiscool.com/http://www.notesiscool.com//a/ppBetter yet, have them add the RSS feed to their Notes client a href=http://www.notesiscool.com/feed/http://www.notesiscool.com/feed//abr /
and remind them to glance at the updates. Publish it and re-publish it to your users often as they will forget.br /
/ppThis will expose them to the coolest features of the software at
their fingertips, remind them daily in concrete terms why we all say [read] Keywords: lotus
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NotesIsCool.com Website is Hot!
Fri, Nov 5th 2010 2:25a David Hablewitz Send your end users to this site: http://www.notesiscool.com/
Better yet, have them add the RSS feed to their Notes client http://www.notesiscool.com/feed/
and remind them to glance at the updates. Publish it and re-publish it to your users often as they will forget.
This will expose them to the coolest features of the software at their fingertips, remind them daily in concrete terms why we all say Notes is cool, and put a feather in your cap as their favorite Notes professional for showing [read] Keywords: lotus
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Re: My note to Lotus Support
Wed, Nov 3rd 2010 1:28p David Hablewitz pIn response to: a href=http://www.bleedyellow.com/blogs/DominoHerald/entry/my_note_to_lotus_support22My note to Lotus Support/a/pI have been calling Lotus technical support for many years. In
fact, back in the R3 and R4 days, I think everyone there knew me.
At that time the support was structured differently with tiers and
so often I would here Hi David, Whats the issue so I can write it
down. I already know if its coming from you, Im going to be
escalating it. Through all of these years I have [read] Keywords: ibm
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Re: My note to Lotus Support
Wed, Nov 3rd 2010 12:49p David Hablewitz (As commented on Brian M Moore’s post)
I have been calling Lotus technical support for many years. In fact, back in the R3 and R4 days, I think everyone there knew me. At that time the support was structured differently with tiers and so often I would here “Hi David, What’s the issue so I can write it down. I already know if it’s coming from you, I’m going to be escalating it.” Through all of these years I have been very pleased with the support I have [read] Keywords: ibm
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What Lotus Doesnt Know: Examples of Highly Successful Social Media Ad Campaigns
Wed, Nov 3rd 2010 3:28a David Hablewitz pSocial media can produce an amazing stage for advertisement campaigns. This a href=http://www.simplyzesty.com/smediaebook/50_social_media.pdfarticle at SimplyZesty.com/a
shows off a variety of innovative and very successful campaigns run on
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs and other websites. The creativity
was in how social media was blended with other components of the
campaign to make them so successful. Here is one example:br /
/pblockquotepstrongThe campaign/strong : In Januar [read] Keywords: ibm
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What Lotus Doesn’t Know: Examples of Highly Successful Social Media Ad Campaigns
Wed, Nov 3rd 2010 3:01a David Hablewitz Social media can produce an amazing stage for advertisement campaigns. This article at SimplyZesty.com shows off a variety of innovative and very successful campaigns run on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs and other websites. The creativity was in how social media was blended with other components of the campaign to make them so successful. Here is one example:
The campaign : In January 2009 Burger King created a Facebook application that rewarded people for deleting friends on Facebook. [read] Keywords: ibm
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LTAP 2010 session: How to make off-shoring work for lotus applications -- Say What???
Mon, Oct 25th 2010 2:27p David Hablewitz OK, maybe this lands a bit too close to home for me. But there is actually a session scheduled in the a href=http://www.ltapconference.com/index.phpLTAP 2010 Conference/a titled a href=http://www.ltapconference.com/speakers.phpHow to make offshoring work for lotus applications -- does it benefit developers?/a by Gayathri Viswanathan. The abstract reads as follows:
blockquotepConsidering the current climate of offshoring (a
reality) and the fact that there are people who vehemently oppose th [read] Keywords: lotus
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LTAP 2010 session: How to make off-shoring work for lotus applications – Say What???
Mon, Oct 25th 2010 1:28p David Hablewitz OK, maybe this lands a bit too close to home for me. But there is actually a session scheduled in the LTAP 2010 Conference titled “How to make offshoring work for lotus applications – does it benefit developers?” by Gayathri Viswanathan. The abstract reads as follows:
“Considering the current climate of offshoring (a reality) and the fact that there are people who vehemently oppose this, I would like to present specific benefits for the developers/administrators who c [read] Keywords: lotus
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Part 2: Real life success stories using LinkedIn.
Mon, Oct 18th 2010 3:31a David Hablewitz Here are a few of my success stories using LinkedIn: br /ulliViewed a company I wanted to apply for a job.br /Upon reading a job posting, part of my research of the company includes checking the company profile on LinkedIn. This often has information not found on their website. br //li/ululliViewed a contact before we met for an interview.br /The interviewer already knows a lot about you. They have probably searched the web for information about you as well. On one occasion, when I knew [read] Keywords: connections
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