Podcast about the problems with DST:
http://www.idonotes.com/IdoNotes/IdoNotes.nsf/dx/02122007124126PMCMIPTG.htm
(I need to listen to this one yet...) While I don't expect to have to directly handle any issues from it, I'll need to be informed as to how other's are dealing with it.
Past Articles here.
CANDID TALK ABOUT LOTUS CONNECTIONS
As IBM has been running this software internally for some time, IBM
has brought all the hype about Web 2.0 capabilities and the future of
combining enterprise employee information, together in this new
software release. Lotus Connections, according to marketing
statements, is social software that creates a dynamic network of
employees, partners and customers to help execute decisions quicker.
Not to be confused with Lotus Quickr, of course.
Here is what I take away from my podcast with Alan Lepofsky while at
Lotusphere 2007
() and all the information I have read. The idea is not
revolutionary for the consumer market space, but hard to implement for
the enterprise space. Forgetting hardware or installation needs, read
as I type about the implementation and acceptance of each of the
areas.
Profiles: A keen area where people can actually enter information, not
only professionally, but personally. It becomes an online living
resume of sorts, allowing people to reach the right person that has
skills in certain areas. While some of this can be drawn from HR
systems, most of the information will be missing or in paper form,
like certifications. It will be up to the individual, unmonitored, to
enter information about themselves into the profiles. Getting the
people to fill it out correctly will be the effort. While people
spill life stories onto MySpace and other personal networking sites,
work smarts seem to fall under Knowledge Capital.
Communities: Now this caught my eye. Bringing together people based
on area of interest from within the enterprise. Interaction is based
on email, Sametime, Dogears and even Activities. This is the move
that companies have been trying to make for years with such things as
Portal and discussion databases. Implement awareness with Activities
and the social bookmarking (that I talk about in a moment) and you
have an amazing opportunity. Having said some glowing comment, I
found only one negative at this point. I know people are overwhelmed
with information at this time and are over subscribed with RSS feeds
and websites to visit. The tendency here is to join every community
that you have interest in. Information overload in the extreme.
Blogs: There is not much here to say. Blogs are everywhere and it
pushed those that don't blog yet to start. I think that getting good
information and a schedule for posting is just as important as saying
you have a blog. A good side is that this can be an internal only
blog that is not publicly visible, a huge selling point for
executives.
Dogear: Ever wanted others to see your links and have to mail them?
This lets you start sharing important links with others that can then
learn from the items you read. Dogears are folded into Communities to
have sharing based strictly on a defined topic. This also allows you
to share only what you think others will wish to see and not every
bookmark you may have. I would like to see this as a Google Marker
type popup for ease of entering.
Activities: A dashboard to track a project or task that needs to be
completed. Wrapped inside are chats, emails, webpage links and loose
documents. Templates can be made for specific types of activity
areas. I haven't played with this as much as I would like so I am
hesitant to make any overall comments. Outside of the tests I did, it
shows great promise for collaboration.
So, there is the small overview. Look for expanded coverage of my
thoughts in my blog at http://www.IdoNotes.com.
VIRTUAL USER GROUP MEETING PRESENTATION AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
If you missed our Virtual User Group Meeting on January 10th, don't
fret. You can still download Rob Wunderlich's presentation on
mobilizing your Notes. The download is free for members
Here's the outline of the presentation. You can download it here.
Introduction
* Demo: Get your Notes mail to your handheld
* How do you enable the mobile workforce?
Mail / calendar / contacts
Browser access from mobile devices for key applications, not
as easy as it sounds
Syncing 'custom' applications
* The Market
* Demos
* Keeping the CIO happy
* Rolling out the project
* How do you 'future-proof' your organization's mobile initiatives
* Where to go from here
* Resources for you check out
* LUG moderated topic forum
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