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If you're writing JavaScript this is a must read

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:05:06 GMT

Normally with a link like this I would put it on twitter but with Lotusphere 2012 underway it would get lost and it really it too important for that. If you're writing JavaScript - and who isn't - you really should read Understanding JavaScript OOP by Quildreen Motta. I really mean it!

And we have lift off

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:26:55 GMT

After a late arrival last night I'm on site today and already in sessions. My day is packed and looking forward to hooking up with friends. Arriving at Lotusphere is just like coming home - you know your way around and your phone automatically logs onto the wifi :-)

See you around.

Getting ready to go

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:29:20 GMT

So it's that time of year again. It's crunch time at the office to get stuff ready for Lotusphere, crunch time at customers trying to squeeze in the last few project appointments and it's crunch time in regard to session presentations. This year started out with me doing one session with Luis Benitez, then it turned to me doing it alone and now I'm doing something special on the big stage on Wednesday with IBM. Don't know if we're allowed to talk about it but it's exciting and require a lot of preparation. Both coding, rehearsal and planning. It's all good stuff though and I'm looking forward to doing it. It's been real fun and exciting to work so closely with the core team at IBM.

As an aside - due to a major planning mistake I will not arrive until late Saturday night and as we're not staying on site this year I most probably will not be at BALD for the first time in years. Major bummer. Expect to see me cheerful and ready to go first thing Sunday morning.

Can't wait to see everyone there. See you Sunday.

Luis not able to co-present with me at Lotusphere

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:13:16 GMT

Got word the other day that Luis Benitez wont be able to join me on stage at Lotusphere 2012 due to a conflicting session. So much for planning. So if all you were hoping for to see at ~~our~~ my session was Luis then I have to disappoint you. I will still be there though doing my out most to teach you about widget development for IBM Connections so be sure you mark your calendar for BP207 :-)

See you there!

Microsoft's chat service, Lync, going mobile as well

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:36:24 GMT

Just on the heels of the Lotus Sametime for iOS / Android release comes the release of Microsoft Lync for iPad and iPhone that is a chat client for Microsofts on-premises and cloud based chat solution. It will be interesting to see if Microsoft too is using push-notifications for out-of-app chat notification to save on battery. One of the nice things about the announcement is to see how Microsoft chose to have their mobile solution work with their cloud based offering right away - something Lotus has failed to do with Sametime on LotusLive (still looking for an announcement as to when LotusLive will support the iOS apps). More on the apps at winsupersite.com.

Avoid contacts from mail file gets archived by server-side archiving

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:21:37 GMT

Open Mail File template in Domino Designer.
Open "Contact" Form.
Create a new field in this form.
Name it as "ProtectFromArchive"
Field Type should be "NUMBER" with setting "Computed When Composed"
Now set default Value of this field to be "1"
Save the form.

Now The mail database created using this template wont be facing any issue of archiving the contacts documents as field "ProtectFromArchive" will prevent contact docs to get archived. Please note that an agent needs to process existing contacts to protect them as well.

Files plugin for Lotus Notes

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:14:33 GMT

A while back I saw the new IBM Connections 3.0.1 Files Plug-in for Lotus Notes from Mac Guidera's blog. I didn't blog it because it didn't work with LotusLive Engage but since updates was just done to LotusLive it may work now. Must try.

Lotusphere 2012 session id is BP207

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:00:10 GMT

Just received word from the track manager of the Best Practices track that the session I'm doing with Luis Benitez on iWidget development is BP207 so mark your schedule now! Looking forward to seeing you there.