Author: Garry

Here is “Medora Man” on the beach in Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC on a recent trip. The main purpose of the trip was company business, but I flew in early to visit my Aunt and do a little sight seeing. On several previous trips to Vancouver I’d kicked my self for not taking and Read More …

Best Bikist Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. Some how this years race snuck up on me and I didn’t even know about it until last Wednesday when I was enjoying 80+ degree weather in Orlando, Florida. As it turned out I had some previous commitments on the day, so I was only able to drop Read More …

Meet the Developers Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. Just the General Closing session left to go now. This session is where attendees can ask the really interesting and sometimes difficult questions of the assembled Lotus Development team. Lots of great questions and some folks are getting commitments to hve their issues addressed immediatly and of Read More …

Winding Down Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. It’s the last day of Lotusphere 2006 and things are winding down. There is a bit of a bigger break between lunch and the last couple of group sessions, and with the nice weather people are taking a little extra time to relax and soak up some sun. Read More …

Shamu Rocks America Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. Last nights Lotusphere 2006 party saw 6,000 attendees make their way to Sea World for an night of food, drinks and shows. This is quite a logistics exercise in moving all the attendees from various hotels, to the park and back, requiring a large fleet of buses. Read More …

Presence Everywhere In the browser, website, mobile device, application. Sametime on the Blackberry. Goal: Federated Model, multiple protocols, Enhanced User Experience Integrated collaboration – awareness in email & calendar, collaboration in context. Voice/Telephone/Video/IM Interoperability Click-to-call using existing telephony system or VOIP or whatever. ST 7.5 Click-to-talk. Reduction of voicemail. Presence ? Text chat ? Voice Read More …

So, I’m sitting in a session all about the buzz technology and what IBM is doing in this space, so what better time to do a little bloggin’. The session provided a brief and quick overview of the three technologies, blogs, wikis & feeds. Blogs On the CIO radar and being adopted bottom up, like Read More …

Great opening session with a strong emphasis on the Lotus Notes/Domino product having a long and strong future and that IBm is committed to the technology and that it’s an integral part of the overarching SOA strategy.

Man, I’m so glad to be outa’ here! Las Vegas is just too much and I’m so looking forward to a couple of days with friends in a more “normal” city. The hotel had been quite quiet all week, at least up on our 23rd floor location. But, last night some party neighbors checked in Read More …

Last session of the week and I’m tired. So many people, so many packed days. All in all the conference has been great and I’ve learned a little bit more about several new areas. These new insights will be useful for the year ahead. Insights into products, strategies and directions for the company. I’ll be Read More …