Domino Interface

The December 2009 GRANITE meeting agenda is now posted at the GRANITE web site, www.granite-ug.org . In addition to the two great presentations that we have planned, we will be celebrating the holidays with our annual special holiday lunch, December 14, 2009. If you are a member, the lunch is free. If you are not a member, there is a nominal charge of $15.00 or become a member at $35.00. We will be covering Lotus Connections 2.5 and also document management in the Domino environment. Hope to see everyone there.

I have not been blogging regularly still I have been so busy. I am hoping that I can get back into blogging and twittering soon. Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to meet with Don Norman who is retiring from Northwestern University next year. Don focuses on technology and user interaction and is a major guru in the design industry. As an engineer by background, it has take a few years for me to look at developing applications from the user perspective and not from the view of an engineer or programmer. The focus on user interaction and design is so critical that it can make the difference between winning or losing a project. Case in point, we recently won a project by focusing solely on their business and the needs of the users and how they need to interaction with the application. Lotus should be happy to know that this was another win for Lotus technology, Domino. As a technologist it is hard but necessary for us to realize that technology is secondary. I see too many times c...

Does anyone have a comparsion chart of the features and benefits between Quickr versus Sharepoint. I am visiting a new customer next week. I could not locate anything like that.

Last Thursday I attend the Foundation Branch Office Edition which now allows me more control over setting up Domino. It has many of the features that I was looking for over the Start version. However, I was surprise to find out that I cannot use it with Domino express licenses. This seem counter intuitive, Foundations that is designed for the small business market and I cannot use it for small businesses unless they purchase the Domino enterprise level license. If it is only for enterprises then it should not be part of the Foundations family.

Since the second Monday of October is always Columbus Day, the October GRANITE meeting is on the third Monday of the month, October 19, 2009. So don't show up next Monday. We a have an exciting couple of presentations including virtualization of your Lotus environment.

On most PBS stations across the nation, the new Ken Burns documentary, National Parks, America's Best Idea is now playing. I have been to many national parks over the past years and enjoyed it much better than visiting a beach resort for vacation. My family also enjoy very much visiting our national treasures. However, my wife does not like the Civil War battlefields. My goal is to visit as many national parks and locations. I still have many, many more to go. Here is a list of the national parks, monument, forest, battlefields, and places that I have been to. Which ones have you visited. Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Antietam Arches National Park Badlands (2 times) Bryce National Park Canaveral (2 times) Canyonland National Park Capitol Reef National Park Carlsbad Canverns National Park Cayon De Chelly Chickamauga and Chattanooga Dayton Aviation Heritage (5 times) Devils Tower National Monument ( 2 times) Ellis Island Fort Laramie Fort McHenry Fort Point Gettysburg National Bat...

In addition to training courses for the Lotus Notes 8.5 Standard client, 8.5 Basic client, and iNotes 8.5 client, ReCor now has Lotus Notes 8.5 standard client course books available for purchase online, www.recor.com .