6 posts tagged “blogging”
For a few months now, we have known that Notes 8 (or Hannover as it was then) would contain an RSS/Atom Feed reader in one of its sideshelf panes. Terrific news, and on first glance it looked great. However, we subsequently found out that:
- The feed reader only showed a list of posts, and clicking on a post link just opened the posting in the user's default web browser - an unwieldy and slow way of doing things
- Actually the Notes 8 client was downloading the content of the posts as well as the title and was storing the information in a Notes database - it just wasn't being exposed to the users from there.
Well, great news, Jeff Eisen (Chief Architect for Notes 8) has just posted to say that they have listened to their users (someone said they hated the Notes feed reader on a call Jeff was on) and have implemented the ability to see the summary content for each post inside the Notes client. Something so simple and yet so important.
I'm sure there is some tidying to be done (moving from a serif to a non-serif font being one nitpick), but this is another awesome example of Lotus "getting it" in terms of listening to end-users and development their software accordingly.
Quick announcement: The Quickr Blog is now online and available for all things Quickr-related!
Right, whoever said Lotusphere was a Jolly, cos I'm going to tie you to a tree and do really nasty things to ya! The Bloggers' Birds of a Feather was scheduled for 7am this morning, the conference closes at 16:30 and our flight leaves at 18:40, hence not only did I have to leave the hotel at 06:30, but I had to checkout beforehand! And that after getting in from the Party at 23:30! Matchsticks at the ready!
Anyhow, I thought about live-blogging the BoF, but there seemed to be plenty of others covering that (Julian amongst others) so for once I sat back, paid full attention, and listened to all the chat. Awesome job by Ed to manage the session, to all those that attended and took part, and wonderful to see that despite all the very opinionated (in a good way - Nathan!?) people in the room, everyone was listened too and had their say.
It is so good to finally put faces to so many of the names that are seen around the Blogosphere, and even better to really meet so many great folks. I am truly in awe of the time and effort that people put in to the community, and even more so to the size of the intellects involved. There are some seriously bright people here...
What to take away?
- We need to occasionally be more critical of IBM as individuals and as a community in the future.
- Everyone has the same headaches over managing feeds and commenting on others' blogs. Tips included having a set of priority feeds read every day, and others that are read once or twice a week.
- Most Lotus blogs are Notes & Domino-focused. There don't seem to be too many Portal or Quickplace-orientated Bloggers out there - Tim is an honourable exception.
Rest of the day? GURUpalooza at 11:30, then the Lotusphere Boat Race final at 12:45ish (at the lake between Swan and Dolphin) followed by lunch, Ask the Developers and possibly some of the Closing Session before we need to rush to the Airport. The pace doesn't let up!
Hurrah, I've just checked in for my BA flight to Orlando, which leaves Gatwick at 11:40 tomorrow morning. The Passport has been found, the paperwork pulled together, and the Out of Office agent set... We are definitely getting there!
Having looked again at the agenda for the week, I have to say that I am thrilled and amazed at the volume and variety of sessions this year - a real step up from previous Lotuspheres I have attended.
For me the only blot on the landscape is a clash for the 7am (yes folks, that's 7 AM) slot on Thursday, with two sessions that I would love to be at:
BOF508 The Lotus Software Blogging Community (Not Just Bloggers!)
and
BOOM101 Running IBM Lotus Notes on Macintosh
Given that BOOM101 is just about the only Mac-focused session on the agenda, I feel it is really important, but I don't want to miss the Blogging Birds of a Feather session either... I think it's too late to rescheule either session (I have asked IBM anyway), so I'll have to miss one... What shall it be?
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