Atlanta Jayhawks Youth Level 2 - FIRST PLACE!!
Mon, Apr 19th 2010 10:07a Rocky Oliver My youngest daughter Robin, whom we affectionately call "Mouse", is a member of an all-star competition cheerleading team called the Atlanta Jayhawks. The Jayhawks are from a gym called Cheer and Dance Atlanta, and I have to say that it is an amazing organization. While other gyms divide their focus between gymnastics, dance, cheer, and other sports, this gym is laser-focused on cheer and dance/hip-hop. The entire facility is designed for properly training young athletes to be the best they ca [read] Keywords: atlantic
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What a Day!
Tue, Apr 13th 2010 7:48a Rocky Oliver NOTE: I have been taking a hiatus from blogging, since my life has been amazingly hectic lately. I have been laid off - again - and my beautiful eldest daughter, Kristi, has been planning a wedding with my wife for the last two months. I decided that I would remain on hiatus until after the wedding day had past, and then I would come back to blogging with the posting of my "Father of the Bride" speech. Well, the time has come, and here's my first post back. I hope you enjoy it... **Rock
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New Orleans Saints - Super Bowl Champs!
Mon, Feb 8th 2010 8:19a Rocky Oliver As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I have always loved the friendly rivalry between my Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints - we've always had a great time traveling to each other's cities and giving each other some good-natured ribbing when one would beat the other.
Well, now the Saints have the ultimate bragging rights - they are the Super Bowl Champions. It doesn't get bigger than that.
Congratulations, New Orleans Saints - and I don't imagine you're going to quit smiling [read] Keywords:
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Congratulations to the NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
Sun, Jan 24th 2010 3:31p Rocky Oliver Just wanted to drop a quick note to say CONGRATULATIONS SAINTS. Normally the "Aints" are the division rival of my favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons. The Saints joined the National Football League (NFL) the year after my Falcons, in 1967 - and they have been "fightin' like brothers" ever since. We started out together in the NFC West divison, and then we both moved to the NFC South when it was formed because our rivalry is so strong. Usually the Saints and Falcons have "up" and "down" y [read] Keywords:
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I have a new look for 2010...
Wed, Jan 20th 2010 1:14p Rocky Oliver I forgot to mention earlier this week that I have unveiled my "new look" while here at Lotusphere 2010. As I mentioned last month I have believed for some time that my hair had receded enough to warrant a change in my look, because I am not one of those who would try to hide the balding head I have so richly earned. I took the suggestions made by you to heart, along with my family, and decided on what had humorously become known as "Malkovich #2" (from the earlier post) - a short crop along [read] Keywords: lotusphere
Lotusphere 2010: End of Monday, Beginning of Tuesday...
Tue, Jan 19th 2010 6:44a Rocky Oliver MONDAY
Monday was a good, but hectic, day. I actually got to do what I wanted to do this year - attend some sessions, and spend a bit of time in the Product Showcase. Many of the same players are there, but there are some new ones too. I stopped by Teamstudio's booth to say hi, and I love their tie-died shirts they're wearing (and giving away) this year. They also have a new product out, called Voyager, which is an app that allows you to surface any Notes/Domino app on a Blackberry (and I th [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotusphere 2010: OGS Live Blogging, part 7
Mon, Jan 18th 2010 7:45a Rocky Oliver Partner panel onstage now. Includes John Carini (iEnterprises). I've known him awhile now. The panel also includes Xerox; they point out that this is unusual, as they have been a competitor. But now there is integration points between them and us.
OfficeNow - Foundation server, Notes, and Xerox's stuff such as their multifunction device. Uses Web 2.0/web services for communication. This makes sense, because the Xerox multifunction devices are often an integral part of a corporation's produ [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Lotusphere 2010: OGS Live Blogging, part 6
Mon, Jan 18th 2010 6:52a Rocky Oliver LotusLive now. Offered as little as $3/user/month (wonder what that gets you, or how many users it requires to get that price?). A file is uploaded from Notes client, then others can see it via other client types, can edit (with appropriate permissions), has notifications - all managed by LotusLive. LotusLive provides profiles, meetings, charts, activities, different classes of users (which is used to control what you can do - like roles, maybe?), and more.
Connections Communities coming onbo [read] Keywords: connections
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Lotusphere 2010: OGS Live Blogging, part 3
Mon, Jan 18th 2010 6:17a Rocky Oliver Bob is back now, and is talking about partners, and "beating the competition".
He's mentioning the "Lotus Knows...." marketing campaign. I have to say that, for me personally, this is one of the most successful marketing efforts that Lotus has embarked upon in a long, long time. I hope they keep it up, and I'd love to see a "bigger footprint" in the marketing effort, such as TV.
Bob has become a good speaker as well - a lot better than some of his predecessors (Zollar, anyone? Or J [read] Keywords: collaboration
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