The Taking Notes Podcast

   

September 2010

Taking Notes Episode 123: 2010.09.29 - Everything you wanted to know about using Sametime or writing a book (but were afraid to ask) 9.29.2010
Today Marie Scott (Blog | Twitter) and Tom Duff (Blog | Twitter) sat down with Bruce and Julian to talk about their new book "Sametime 8: A User's Guide".

We talk about:
  • How did writing the book come about
  • How long the book took to write
  • Bacon
  • Some of the challenges of writing a book
  • The review process
  • What versions of Sametime are covered
  • What the book covers
  • Bacon
  • Where you can buy the book
  • Where you can read a free chapter from the book
  • The book has a supporting blog site
You can buy the book from these sites and other book retailers: The promo codes to receive a 33% discount on XPages video training "TN119" and "TN120" are still valid for another week over on the XPages101.net XPages video training site. Have you signed up yet?

The podcast runs 39:57




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[Repost] Taking Notes Episode 122: 2010.09.24 - Sidebar, Plugins, and Notes Client Extensions with Mikkel Heisterberg 9.26.2010
NOTE - This podcast is being re-posted due to an issue with the audio on the original mp3 download. There was a section of the podcast where the audio was inadvertently leveled.

Let's talk Eclipse plugins! It's not just an Eclipse thing, plugins can be used to extend the functionality of your Lotus Notes client.

Mikkel Heisterberg has been instrumental in helping developers wade through the murky waters of Lotus Notes sidebar app and plugin development for several years, through Lotusphere and user group presentations, blog articles, and onsite training. Bruce and Julian talked to him about how this plugin technology can be used and what's going to be in the new IBM Redbook he's been working on (HINT: it's about plugin development).

The promo codes to receive a 33% discount on XPages video training "TN119" and "TN120" are still valid for another two weeks over on the
XPages101.net XPages video training site. Have you signed up yet?

The podcast runs 44:11.




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Podcast Rewind for July, August and September 2010 9.26.2010
July, August and September brought 9 brand new episodes of the Taking Notes podcast. Now would be a good time to catch up on them: Thanks for listening and staying subscribed to the podcast!

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Taking Notes Episode 122: 2010.09.24 - Sidebar, Plugins, and Notes Client Extensions with Mikkel Heisterberg 9.24.2010
Let's talk Eclipse plugins! It's not just an Eclipse thing, plugins can be used to extend the functionality of your Lotus Notes client.

Mikkel Heisterberg has been instrumental in helping developers wade through the murky waters of Lotus Notes sidebar app and plugin development for several years, through Lotusphere and user group presentations, blog articles, and onsite training. Bruce and Julian talked to him about how this plugin technology can be used and what's going to be in the new IBM Redbook he's been working on (HINT: it's about plugin development).

The promo codes to receive a 33% discount on XPages video training "TN119" and "TN120" are still valid for another two weeks over on the
XPages101.net XPages video training site. Have you signed up yet?

The podcast runs 44:11.




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Taking Notes Episode 121: 2010.09.17 - Evangelizing Lotus Connections 9.17.2010
Today we had two IBMers on the show - Sacha Chua and Luis Benitez where we talked about IBM's Lotus Connections and things like social software user adoption behind the firewall, the Lotus Connections API and app integration, open source, product evangelism, ROI, how customers are using Connections and much more.

Sacha and Luis are extremely engaging speakers and you can hear how passionate they are about social software and media and especially how IBM's Lotus software portfolio makes them look like rock stars.


"
How Microblogging Drives Business Value To Organizations" blog entry that Luis talked about in the show.

Sacha's blog "
Living an Awesome Life" and on Twitter @sachac
Luis's blog "
Socialize Me" and on Twitter @lbenitez

This episode runs 37:35.




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Taking Notes Episode 120: 2010.09.13 - Everything you wanted to know about Lotus Quickr 8.5 and more 9.12.2010
This Episode of The Taking Notes podcast is sponsored by the fine folks at XPages101.net where you can use the promo code "TN120" to receive a 33% discount on their XPages Video training series.  Over 6+ hour of videos and 30+ lessons. Sign up and start learning XPages now.

Today we speak with IBM's Kathy Holden, Rob Novak (
SNAPPS) and a Quickr customer about all of the great things that are part of Lotus Quickr 8.5 including:
  • Support for over 27 languages out-of-the-box
  • Linux support
  • Previewing files has change
  • No more ActiveX required
  • Quickr connectors and support for meta data
  • Quickr for developers
  • Lists and what they are
  • Changes to how ACL'swork with folders
  • Speed improvements
  • The new templates
  • ECM integration
  • Why DAOS is a good thing for Quickr
  • Integration with Lotus Notes and Lotus Connections
  • and much more
This episode runs 46:11 and is 42.4mb.  Enjoy the podcast and we hope you learn a lot about Quickr 8.5.



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Taking Notes Episode 119: 2010.09.08 - Interview with Tungle’s CEO Marc Gingras 9.8.2010
This Episode of The Taking Notes podcast is sponsored by the fine folks at XPages101.net where you can use the promo code "TN119" to receive a 33% discount on their XPages Video training series.  Over 6+ hour of videos and 30+ lessons. Sign up and start learning XPages now.

In this episode we interview Tungle's CEO Marc Gingras and talk about:: This episode runs 36:44 and is 35.3mb.