Monthly Archives: January 2013

Live Blog IBM Connect Ask the Product Managers

Thanks for joining me for live coverage of Ask the Product Managers at IBM Connect 2013 feel free to comment or ask questions will do my best to answer.

Slides for Show 100 Making Traveler Highly Available

Slides from the session Chris Whisonant and I presented on Installing, Configuring, and Migrating to Traveler High Avaialbility.

Feel free to reach out with any questions.

Snt100 from Mitch Cohen

The (unofficial) Blogger Open: Where to Hangout After then Closing Session

There is no officially planned or sponsored Blogger Open this year, thanks to those who generously offered to sponsor, unfortunately I was not able to raise the dollars needed to officially run the event.

The unofficial community hangout after the IBM Connect Closing Session will be Splitsville bowling Alley at Downtown Disney.

Downtown Disney is located conveniently close to the Swan, Dolphin, Yacht, and Beach Club. Disney offers shuttle buses or it is a short cab ride away.

Splitsville offers, bowling, pool, food, and drink.

Spread the word and join in the unofficial annual Blogger Open.

Live Blog: Messaging & Collaboration Roadmap

Live Blog: IBM Connect 2013 OGS

Thanks for joining me for live coverage of the IBM Connect 2013 Opening General Session, feel free to comment or ask questions will do my best to answer.

Sonny and Cher at IBM Connect 2013

Tom Duff and Andy Donaldson back on stage again at IBM Connect 2013.

Paul Mooney Delivers on a Promise Made at Lotusphere 2012

Last year while the idea of Elisa coming to Orlando for IBM Connect 2013 was being formed, Paul Mooney promised her a motorcycle ride. This morning before the hogride set out for the day he made good on his promise.

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Keep Calm and Travel(er) On

The Show and Tell session that Chris Whisonant and I will be presenting at IBM Connect has been featured on the IBM Social Business Insights Blog, read all about it here.

If you are interested in High Availability for IBM Lotus Notes Traveler here are the details

Show100: Making IBM Traveler Highly Available – Part 1: IBM Traveler Design

When: Tuesday January 29th 10:30 AM

Where: Swan Osprey 1 & 2

Social Business Insights Blog:Keep Calm and Travel(er) On

 

Worlds Collide (What a Difference a Year Makes)

Last January I headed down to Orlando for Lotusphere with very mixed emotions, on one hand I wanted to be there, in some ways I needed to be there, and at the same time I was a little worried about leaving home one week after Elisa had major surgery.  It was Elisa who months earlier knowing what was ahead insisted I make my plans and go to Lotusphere as I have been doing for years now.

It was around this time that the idea was born that Elisa should come to Lotusphere 2013.  Over the course of the week many of you filmed a greeting to Elisa, and encouraged her to make the trip to Orlando in 2013.

So here we are one year later, heading down to Orlando together, and while I might be going to IBM Connect, I am pretty sure Elisa is on her way to Lotusphere :-) where we once again put to the test George Costanza’s theory of worlds colliding.

I can’t speak for George Costanza, but I am thrilled to have Elisa joining me in Orlando this year and look forward to the week ahead.

See you in Orlando

Results of The 2013 IBM Connect Tablet Survey

The results are in, thanks to all who responded this year.  There was 155 responses, and not surprisingly the iPad rules at IBM Connect.   I was surprised that there were not more iPad Minis,  I thought there would be more of them in the mix.

The presence of only one response of Microsoft Surface tablet did not surprise me, for a while it looked like it was going to finish at zero.

In the “Other” Category there was one  Lenovo Yoga, one ”Etch a Sketch” and one “Moses’ 10 Commandments” (OK so not everyone took it seriously).

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The laptop question was interesting, unless I chicken out in the next day I will be headed down to Orlando for the first time without a laptop.  I am at a point where I feel anything I need to do during the week can be accomplished on my iPad or Galaxy SIII.  Of the 155 respondents  121 are bringing their laptops, and 34 are leaving them home.  I am hoping at this time next week I will still think it was a good idea to travel without the laptop.