tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:41:04 +0000awesynctechnologycareerApple MAC Powerbook iPhone Lotus Notes IBM Microsoft WindowsiPhoneiOSiPadLotusnotesTechnobloggle - Technical or Software Development Topicshttp://technobloggle.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)Blogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-851571878125948694Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:30:00 +00002010-10-28T20:42:39.115-04:00notesLotusiPhoneiPadiOSawesyncBeen a while since I've posted. It's also been a while since I've had any updates in this area. Previously, I had been using Companion Sync to push Notes calendar updates to a Google calendar for syncing to my iOS devices. That worked but had issues dealing with modifications to recurring meetings. I lived with it, but it was far from an ideal relationship. I had been sticking with the iNotes http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2010/10/lotus-notes-ios-devices-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-655239386615919657Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:45:00 +00002009-06-04T09:20:58.844-04:00Apple MAC Powerbook iPhone Lotus Notes IBM Microsoft WindowsFirst, if you couldn't already tell, I'm a staunch MAC convert. I'm not a zealot quite yet. I might be gaining on being an Apple evangelist. However, I am a business professional and fully support and understand the need for Microsoft Windows in the workplace. Its just an "is". In addition, my latest position also inflicts (yes, that feels right) the use of Lotus Notes on it's employees. (Don't http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2009/06/hey-mac-cease-and-desist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-6897066329933855963Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:00:00 +00002008-11-18T16:01:58.366-05:00Well, I'm sorry to say the Visto Mobile has pulled it's email service. They did extend the support for 3 months free of charge which was a nice move. This service had been working pretty consistently for me. At this point, I'm disappointed it is being pulled. The one nice feature was that you could delete messags on the iphone that would be deleted from your Lotus Notes inbox. In other words, http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2008/11/lotus-notes-and-iphone-still-challenge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-4499380721474654624Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:00:00 +00002008-09-05T15:16:12.637-04:00The saga continues .... I think I've made this my own personal mission at this point.Thanks Ryan for asking for an update. I've been fairly busy and haven't returned here recently.This is my current scenario, a large amount of bailing wire and duct tape.At work I have a Windows XP PC with Lotus Notes. This is always on.(I basically use my Powerbook running 10.5.4 to actually work. This is http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2008/09/syncing-lotus-notes-ical-and-mobileme.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-6953408243900054796Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:43:00 +00002008-01-07T10:58:41.979-05:00Well it's a new year. I feel I've gotten syncing to the iPhone from Lotus Notes running fairly smoothly, comparatively speaking.For email, I've switched to VistoMobile for the iPhone. Actually, I had tried this when it was first released. It had worked pretty well for a while, but then I began to notice connectivity issues and some inconsistencies with the emails being synced to the iPhone. http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2008/01/lotus-notes-to-iphone-sync-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-4574664329230415860Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:50:00 +00002007-10-08T13:51:47.101-04:00To be back in Hawaii, if only!http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2007/10/ah-islands.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-5961357923194499719Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:08:00 +00002007-08-17T08:32:15.408-04:00So, Yahoo's mail upgrade with pop3 access turned out to be a decent solution to my email struggles on my iPhone. I'm still waiting for a production solution to push email from Notes to my iPhone.We'll have to see what Visto comes up with.So, I tried a lot of possible solutions for syncing my Notes calendar to the calendar on the iPhone.I tried syncing with Google Calendar, pulling that down to http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2007/08/syncing-lotus-notes-calendar-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-5723340309837312332Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:24:00 +00002007-08-05T22:40:25.499-04:00So you're probably wondering what these things have in common. Okay, 2 are easy. iPhone and Yahoo work together for email pretty much out of the box. Well, at least they did for me.My problem was trying to get my iPhone to work with the corporate Lotus Notes email. My employer wisely chose to not allow POP3 or IMAP access to Lotus Notes. They do offer an iNotes web interface. However, the http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2007/07/iphone-lotus-notes-yahoo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-7047223955700431117Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:28:00 +00002007-01-29T13:47:42.961-05:00technologyThe eWeek article, eWeek Labs Staffers Reveal ,got me thinking about how I initially embarked on the my technology journey. It wasn't so much a device that turned me onto computers but more the technology utilized in NASA during the 60's and 70's. Realizing I probably didn't have what it takes to get into the space program, I though science and technology may be a way to participate.Well, that http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2007/01/humble-technology-beginnings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-116983597742063525Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:09:00 +00002007-01-26T22:23:18.462-05:00careerSo, it has been quite some time since I have "blogged" or podcast or journaled or what ever you may call it. Basically, I have been all consumed with finding new, meaningful, employment. Oh, I still am employed, but I wouldn't really call it meaningful. Other than, it pays the bills and keeps a roof over my head.But, it seems like a good enough time to start back into blogging. This could be ahttp://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2007/01/back-in-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-112675037338041077Thu, 15 Sep 2005 02:02:00 +00002005-09-14T22:12:53.403-04:00Did you ever hear something said in a meeting that just seemed like it could be delivered in a completely different setting?Today, ah what a kind of a strange day, but that's a story for another time.But I digress...So, I called a meeting today to try to get to the bottom of problems with the release of a new product.Normally, my boss doesn't want me to micro manage, so I didn't. But this http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2005/09/daemons-spawning-and-reaper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-112657364642353279Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:49:00 +00002005-09-12T21:07:26.466-04:00So RSVP, more commonly know as Resource ReSerVation Protocol. A protocol used in VoIP. Oh another one, Voice over IP.Oh another one, internet protocol. But that is not the subject of this post. This is another case of mergers between traditional terms and hi tech acronymsTraditionally, RSVP is the French etymology for "please reply". Trying google'ing RSVP. I think you go through a few pageshttp://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2005/09/rsvp-new-meanings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-112638226901494154Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:35:00 +00002005-09-10T15:57:49.033-04:00This is a follow-up on a recent post regarding the blending of the MAC, PC, and Pocket PC using Missing Sync as the blender.Basically, this was done to allow me to keep all three platforms in sync with all my "important" data.So far, it had been working pretty well. Couple glitches here and there with Missing Sync, but nothing I couldn't overcome or workaround. The new 2.0.2 beta release also http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2005/09/syncd-up-follow-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-112636765507026630Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:37:00 +00002005-09-10T11:54:15.093-04:00FMP - another of those workplace acronyms. One that over the years has become all too common place, IMHO. In this case, it is Forced Management Program. Now that clears it up for you, doesn't it. Sounds like there are managers that don't want to manage, right? Yeah, not so much.You probably know this by many other names: Personnel Reduction, Lay Off, Down Sizing, Right Sizing, etc.In a http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2005/09/fmp-what-does-it-really-mean.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-112619699805816772Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:56:00 +00002005-09-08T12:29:58.983-04:00Still coming down from the recent vacation...It seems to me that I always suffer from PVS, Pre and Post Vacation Syndrome. Let me explain. See if this sounds familiar ...Pre Vacation SyndromeSo, its the week before vacation. Of course, the world doesn't stop while your on vacation either. The emails keep pouring in. Meetings continue to be scheduled for you, regardless of the fact that your http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2005/09/pvs-prepost-vacation-syndrome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-112612868255266934Wed, 07 Sep 2005 20:28:00 +00002005-09-07T17:31:22.620-04:00This is not my typical entry. Hmm. Not sure I have a typical post yet. I guess that's a good thing. Anyway ...I happend to be on vacation in the South Eastern US during landfall of Katrina and its immediate aftermath.Travelling to GA, there happened to be a large number of armed service personnel on our plane returning from Iraq.The flight crew gave these brave individuals the recognition and http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2005/09/in-shadow-of-katrina.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-112612474056435395Wed, 07 Sep 2005 19:22:00 +00002005-09-07T16:25:41.600-04:00I happen to work for a company that had a marketing line referring to "Blended Lifestyles". When I first heard it I thought ... "Hmm, is that gay and straights living together or conservatives and liberals or traditional families and not so traditional families or ..." Nah. None of those. It was simply a blend of technologies seamlessly integrated, video, voice, text, data, etc.Now you might http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2005/09/syncd-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-112234437975123933Tue, 26 Jul 2005 02:12:00 +00002005-07-25T22:19:39.756-04:00Well, that would depend on the company you keep ... or the company you work for.Never, have I seen an industry (or company more specifically) where your CEO announces to the street that "Oh yes. We have made our numbers, but we did it in an unexceptional way." Oh yeah, the street loves to hear that.So we all bust our humps for a quarter at a time. Make our numbers through cuts and hard work. http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2005/07/take-stock-in-stock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-112120150341174118Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:39:00 +00002005-07-12T16:55:40.460-04:00So, here I am sitting in a mall, sucking a connection from a Dell store on an Apple. There's some kind of twisted justice in there somewhere.I work for a rather large telecomunications equipment company. My group does not however make equipment. No we develop software. The soft forgotten underbelly of the internet. Its not just routers and bandwidth. Its software driving those devices and http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2005/07/twosday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-112050218691084077Mon, 04 Jul 2005 18:13:00 +00002005-07-04T14:36:26.916-04:00So, I mentioned PMSR before. I think that stands for Project Management Statistic Report. I think. I honestly don't think anyone really knows except the person that cam up with it. What was that report from Office Space, the TPA report? Well this one beats that out. Its not done in triplicate, but it probably takes 2 or 3 people to put it together twice a month.This report attempts to http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2005/07/pmsr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-112034072351921814Sat, 02 Jul 2005 21:36:00 +00002005-07-02T17:45:23.523-04:00I'm sure all over the world, on web servers everywhere, posts on live 8 will be popping up. Some, at least 1 million around Philly, may not pop up until much later. Me, I'm at home, watching what's available on the music video channels.My daughter is in the midst of the 1 million strong in Philadelphia. Having recently moved into the no-travel zone, she had easy access. I'm sure she'd be there http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2005/07/live-8-just-one-of-countless-masses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-112027886776603473Sat, 02 Jul 2005 04:21:00 +00002005-07-02T00:34:27.770-04:00So, what exactly does "Yeah but No" really mean? We all have our own little quirks when we speak, right? Little mannerisms that sneak into our every day speech. Insidious little phrases. Mine, I'm told is "aswell". He's going to lunch, as well. We need to review that PMSR report, as well. (PMSR we'll get into later, as well.)Well another co-worker tends to use "Yeah but No" a great deal, http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2005/07/yeah-but-no.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14125849.post-112027741235385716Sat, 02 Jul 2005 03:57:00 +00002005-07-02T00:10:12.356-04:00So, it has finally come to this. Blogging !Who would have thought it possible !Anyway, I have been an early adopter for a long time now. Not always on the bleeding edge of technology, but usually, at least, on the leading edge.Not really sure why I haven't up until now. So, I started to review some blogs of some technical corporate leaders and figured, why not.Better late than never!Although, http://technobloggle.blogspot.com/2005/07/my-first-blog-im-so-proud-hehehe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Frank J.)