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Missed Lotusphere 2012 Don't Cry, MWLUG Announces MWLUG 2012 Dates, Location, and Hotel

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:10:00 +0000

Didn't get a chance to attend Lotusphere 2012 like many that I know, don't cry. IamLUG 2012 and MWLUG 2012 is coming.

The MWLUG Team would like to announce the location of MWLUG 2012, it will be held at the beautiful and historic Omni William Penn Hotel on August 15-17, 2012 at the heart of downtown Pittsburgh. And yes they have good WiFi. If you think the past few years were great, wait to you see what we have prepared for at MWLUG 2012. We are bring together our MWLUG 2012 team that includes new volunteers from Pittsburgh.

Last year we added the successful "Social Business" track which we will include again. For MWLUG 2012, we are adding a new track which we will announce soon. Again the cost is a $35 donation for a three day conference that includes all activities and food. And this we might see the fake Ed Brill again.

To learn more about the Omni William Penn Hotel go to:
http://http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/PittsburghWilliamPenn.aspx?cid=sd_psg_b-property

We are currently working on the MWLUG 2012 web site, but you can see what we have in store at current the MWLUG 2011, http://www.mwlug.com.

So mark your calendar and hang on to your seat.

My Lotusphere 2012/IBM Connect 2012 Highlights, The Good, Bad, and Ugly

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:56:00 +0000

This year I attended both the Lotusphere sessions and the IBM Connect sessions. I am glad that IBM has devolved a portion of the conference to business cases. We need to remember that as technologist our job depends on the business side of an organization. That is why it is important even in a technology conference that the C and VP levels are on board. However, there was too much focus on how Connections is the savoy of all. Overall, IBM's message was more clear and concise at this Lotusphere. Food was the same including the Lotusphere cookie. I avoided as much of the breakfast as possible this year because of my low-salt diet. It would not surprise me that one breakfast exceed your total allocation of salt per day twice over. The Sunday party was average with the quality of food being average.

The Good

Meeting all my Lotus colleagues
Meeting new Lotus colleagues
Mike J Fox's Opening Session Presentation
Guy Kawasaki's Opening Session Presentation at IBM Connect 2012
MWLUG Gathering on Tuesday, 17 fellow Lotus Geeks and Beer. What can I say. Russ Mather thanks for the beer.
The incorporation of OpenSocial technology into the next version of Domino
Social Mail client, (just make the iNotes client the official client for Domino)
The Notes plugin for the iNotes client
A chance at the Ask the Developer to request the ability for ISVs to create custom XWork/Domino installation packages. Contact me if you are interested. Need to create enough interest.
More business focused sessions.

The Bad
This year unlike previous years, I entered in most of the showcase vendor raffles, but

I lost the GBS Kindle Fire and I was so close, I woman who pick just before me won
Losing the iPad, iPhone, iPod, HTC Tablet Pro raffle
Social Business for SMB session was only opened to the press. It would have been nice if Business Partners can attend given that the Business Partners are the one in the trenches in the SMB market.
As the organizer of MWLUG I know how hard it is to organize an event like Lotusphere, but would it hurt to have the old used Lotusphere signs on the highway exits to point to the auxiliary parking. Many went to Blizzard Beach instead and waste an hour of travel time including myself.
The bad PR disaster that IBM created with Andrew's and Gabriel's session
WiFi was down and down so many times
The attendance was down definitely. Many I know did not attend. There was so many IBMers that I figure 50% of the attendees that I past by or met were IBMers.
The 750 to 1000 students got preferred seating in the front
Too many Connections sessions

The Ugly

An ingrained images of a naked Darren Duke twittering during the OGS.
Interface for SocialBizOnline.com

Now that Lotusphere 2012 is over, the detailed planning for MWLUG begins. Mark your calendar, August 15-17, 2012, Pittsburgh, PA.

MWLUG Community Gathering at Lotusphere 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:03:00 +0000

If are or would like to be part of the MWLUG community, come and join us at the annual MWLUG Community Gathering at Lotusphere/IBM Connect 2012. As usual it will be held at the ESPN Club at the Broadwalk on Tuesday, January 17th at 9:00 PM. I will be wearing my MWLUG 2011 T-shirt and will have a few to given away if you are new to the MWLUG 2011 community or do not have one. See everyone at Lotusphere.

Must Have Tool Free Tools for Web App Developers

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:24:00 +0000

I just ran cross another free tool that Web developers should have besides: - Firebug - HttpWatch I found a tool from Yahoo which is available on all major browsers. YSlow. The nice thing about YSlow is that it helps you optimize your Web page performance. I was looking for is a way to determine the amount of memory that a web page is using and YSlow does just that. Take a look. It is another nice tool from Yahoo. http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/

Two Great LUG Meetings This Coming Week, GRANITE and NEOLUG

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:11:00 +0000

Two of the longest running LUGs are having their December Meetings this coming week. NEOLUG will have a December meeting on December 8, 2011. Andy Donaldson who is speaking at Lotusphere 2012 will be speaking at NEOLUG. If you are interested in attending contact Gregg Eldred, gregg.eldred@ns-tech.com. Also GRANITE will have their December Meeting next Monday, December 12, 2011. We will have topics on XPages and the IBM Cloud. In addition, our December Meeting is our Holiday meeting with a special lunch rather than the normal pizza. So join us. Contact Bernie Leung at bernie@mesatech.com if you are interested in attending. Hope to see everyone at these meetings.

Signs that Show the Season is Coming to an End

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:42:00 +0000

Well if looks like the season for biking is coming to an end. Thanks to mother nature I am squeezing a few more days of good biking weather. Today was one of those days. I go a chance this morning to spent some time taking some great pictures since I brought my camera with me. Here in Chicago, it starts turning really bad around Halloween. We have been very fortunate this year with good weather overall. There was a few times of incredible weeks of rain and cold. But I am closer and closer to my distance goal this year. Unfortunately, they are predicting colder than normal temperatures and snow for winter.

MWLUG 2011 Community Outreach Donation and Special Thanks to Meridian IT

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:01:00 +0000

MWLUG 2011 was the second year of our MWLUG Community Outreach Program. Each year we raise money for a food bank in the area where we have our MWLUG conference. This year the conference was in Milwaukee and the receipt of donation was the Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin. We raised $1000 for the food bank which translates to 5000 meals for the hungry. The raffle prize was donated by the Sheraton Milwaukee-Brookfield hotel and was a weekend stay with breakfast. We recently received a nice thank you letter from the President of Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin.

I would like to thanks everyone who participated in the raffle or donated their registration fee to the outreach program. I would like to give a special thanks to one of our MWLUG 2011 sponsor, Meridian IT. Beside being a one of our Gold Sponsors, Meridian IT was also kind enough to donate $100 to MWLUG Community Outreach Program and help our community. Remember, our community extends beyond our Yellow Bubble and it is important to be part of the larger community. Thanks again everyone.

GRANITE LUG Meeting Webcast Live Now!

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:41:00 +0000

Interested in attending and listening to the GRANITE Lotus User Group Meeting. Sign up and login.

http://bit.ly/GraniteUG2011

Live Webcast of Sessions at GRANITE LUG, October 17, 211

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:31:00 +0000

We will be have two great presentations at GRANITE next week at the IBM Center on Monday, October 17, 2011. If you are in the Chicagoland area, please join us. If you can not make it in person, we will be doing a Live Webcast of the sessions. If you would like to register for the Webcast go to:

http://bit.ly/GraniteUG2011

GRANITE Meeting - October 17th, 2011 Agenda and Webcast Registration

The October 17th GRANITE meeting will be an historic first for GRANITE. For the first time, the GRANITE meeting will be webcast live to other Lotus User Group throughout the United States. For this meeting, we will be presenting extended versions of two sessions were presented at MWLUG 2011 in Milwaukee, WI. in addition to other presentations and discussions. If attendees cannot attend in person, please register for the live webcast.

8:30 - 9:00 AM
Registration, Breakfast, Refreshments & Networking at IBM Center for on-site attendees

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Presentation: "What's New With Lotus/IBM Update"
Presenter: Marcie Kane, IBM Collaboration Solutions

Marcie will provide the audience an update in on the up and coming IBM/Lotus events and what is new from IBM/Lotus.

9:10 AM - 09:25 AM
Presentation: Social Media and Social Business Update
Speaker: TBD

09:25 AM - 10:45 AM
Presentation: "Social Media Circa 1861"
Presenter: Robert Burton - Phora Group, Technical Consultant

Straight from MWLUG 2011, Robert will present an extended version of his historical overview of social media. The ability to communicate instantly across vast distances and forge relationships with people who never meet face to face is not just a modern phenomenon. Many of the challenges of today's social media were encountered over one hundred and fifty years ago with the advent of a new technology called the telegraph, the information superhighway of its day. In this instructive and entertaining session we look back on how the people of the nineteenth century responded to this new technology and became the first consumers of electronic social media. We will look at how the technology impacted personal relationships, businesses, news reporting, governments, and international diplomacy, and how it had a major impact on the American Civil War and enabled Abraham Lincoln to become one of the most connected presidents in history.

10:45 AM - 10:50 AM - Break

10:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Presentation: "The Ties That Bind: Examples of XPages Data Binding"
Presenters:Mike McGarel, Collaboration Solutions Developer,Czarnowski Exhibit Services and Roy Rumaner, Owner, Rumaner Consulting

Mike and Roy, in their own inimitable style, will demonstrate common ways to connect various XPages user interfaces with data from documents and views. This presentation includes examples from their MWLUG 2011 XPages workshop in August.

12:10 AM - 01:10 PM
Lunch (provided on-site attendees).

01:10 PM - 01:30 PM
Presentation: "MWLUG 2011 Summary and MWLUG 2012 - Pittsburgh Planning"
Presenter: Richard Moy - Phora Group, Managing Director

Richard will update the audience on the highlights and announcements at MWLUG 2011 that was held in Milwaukee, WI in August. In addition, Richard will provide an update on the planning of MWLUG 2012 that will be held in Pittsburgh, August 15-17, 2012.

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Group Discussion: Social Business, Smoke and Mirrors?
Moderator: Bernie Leung, Mesa Technology

Social Business is the new buzz word for collaboration. What is it really and is your company embracing this message? In this group discussion, share your thoughts. Is social business something that is being embraced by your company or is it just an buzz word.

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Groups / Workshop / Networking
Focused, moderated discussion groups to address topics of major interest to attendees. So bring your problems, your laptops, your questions, and let's share some solutions. We can all learn something new at every meeting.

The Passing of a Great Innovator

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:52:00 +0000

It was announced that Steve Jobs just passed away. He was a true innovator.

MWLUG 2012 Date Announcement

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:16:00 +0000

Based on the survey that we took, the date for the Midwest Lotus User Group Conference 2012 will be August 15-17, 2012 in Pittsburgh, PA. Thanks everyone for participating in the survey. And hope to see everyone in Pittsburgh. Our team in Pittsburgh is already working on the planning process.

MWLUG 2011 Video - TWIL 66 Live from MWLUG 2011 and Social Business Panel Session Video

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:06:00 +0000

MWLUG 2011 Videos are all online now on MWLUG Youtube Channel including: - Opening Session - Closing Session - Social Business Panel Discussion Session with Lisa Duke - This Week in Lotus 66 Live from MWLUG 2011 http://youtube.com/user/MWLUG

MWLUG 2011 Opening and Closing Session Videos

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:10:00 +0000

Videos of the MWLUG 2011 Opening and Closing Sessions are now on the MWLUG Youtube Channel. We are still in the process of uploading all the other videos including the Social Business Panel Session with Lisa Duke and the TWIL 66 Live at MWLUG 2011 video. So stay tune. http://youtube.com/user/mwlug

Presenting the MWLUG 2011 Team

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:36:00 +0000

Organizing and running a conference like MWLUG is all about having the right team of volunteers. I put an enormous amount of time this year into MWLUG, but without the MWLUG 2011 volunteers it would not be possible. A number of other volunteers were not able to make it do to conflicts in their schedule. Where was Mike McGarel, you missed the picture taking. Having collaboration tools like Skype, Dropbox, and LotusLive help a lot. Special thanks to Bernie Leung for organizing the new Social Business track and getting LinkedIn to present at the opening session, Prominic.net for hosting MWLUG and the XPages Design Contest, and the Dukes for bringing "This Week in Lotus" to MWLUG. Thanks everyone.

MWLUG XPages Design Competition Winner Is

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:58:00 +0000

Thank you everyone for participating in the MWLUG 2011 XPages Design Competition. We were hoping to have more entries, but we know it takes a lot of effort for submitters to create an entire application for a competition. We received a total of two entries.

The winner of the MWLUG 2011 XPages Design Competition is Ferry Kranenburg who happens to also be a winner for the OpenNTF Custom Control competition. In addition to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, Ferry will receive from Teamstudio, one development license and 10 user license of their Unplugged solution. In addition, Teamstudio will help convert Ferry's app if possible to a mobile app using their tools. Baiju Thomas will receive a Amazon $100 gift card as runner up.

Special thanks to all our judges and Mike McGarel for running this competition.

This Week in Lotus Live at MWLUG 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:46:00 +0000

The TWIL team, Lisa and Darren Duke, will be podcasting live at MWLUG 2011 during lunch on Thursday, August 25, 2011. They will be interviewing a number of attendees and speakers. So stay tune.

MWLUG Conference 2011 Starts Tomorrow And ...

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:22:00 +0000

MWLUG Conference 2011 begins tomorrow starting with a trip to the Miller-Coors Brewery and some free samples of beer. Following the tour will be our Evening Reception at the MWLUG 2011 Exhibitor Showcase with food and drinks. There is still time to register if you are interested in coming.

The 10 scariest hacks from Black Hat and Defcon

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:59:00 +0000

If you are not scared, you should be.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/the-10-scariest-hacks-black-hat-and-defcon-170259

"MWLUG Lotus Jeoparde" at MWLUG 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:07:00 +0000

If you are attending MWLUG 2011 and you think you are great at Lotus trivial, please contact me to be potential candidate for our trivial contest. We are looking for three knowledgeable contestants for our fun and amusing "MWLUG Lotus Jeoparde" event on Friday towards at the end of lunch. We are looking for one IBMer, one administrator, and one developer. Lisa Duke will be our host for this fun event.

Top Ten Reasons to Come to MWLUG 2011, Milwaukee, WI - August 24-26, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:56:00 +0000

It is one week until the start MWLUG Conference 2011 so make sure you register. Here are the top ten reasons why your should be attending MWLUG 2011. For your $35 donation you get:

- 40 Technical and Social Business Sessions
- Miller-Coors Brewery Tour and Beer and Beer
- Wednesday Evening Reception with Food and Drinks
- Thursday Evening MWLUG Private Party at Comedy Sportz Club with Dinner, Drinks, and Show
- 50% off one IBM Certification Test
- Open Session with David Cohen from LinkedIn
- Breakfast and Lunch (buffet lunches not box lunches) for two days
- Free XPages Workshop
- Meeting Ed Brill
- And see me make a fool of myself on stage

MWLUG 2011: Using Social Media to build IBM Watson

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:16:00 +0000

The IBM Watson-Jeopardy project was a big event for IBM this year and it demonstrated some of the amazing capabilities that IBM technology has to offer. David Via, MWLUG 2011 opening session IBM speaker, will be talking about IBM's vision in Social Business and Collaboration. As part of his presentation, he will discuss how social media played a role in the development of IBM Watson, what tools were used and how. So join us for MWLUG 2011 in Milwaukee, WI next week and learn more about this amazing feat.

http://mwlug.com

Kick Yourself for not entering into the MWLUG XPages Design Competition, Teamstudio Donates a Incredible Package to Winner

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:39:00 +0000

I am pleased to announce that MWLUG 2011 Gold Sponsor Teamstudio will mobilize the winning XPages application of the MWLUG 2011 XPages Design Competition using their Teamstudio Unplugged at no cost to the winner and provide the one development license and 10 user license of their Unplugged license for their own use. This is in addition to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet that we are giving away to the winner. Please note that this applies if the winning app can be converted using their Unplugged tools. Judges will start reviewing the entries starting next week.

So if you did not make a submission you should kick yourself.

http://unplugged.teamstudio.com/

MWLUG 2011 XPages Design Competition Submission Closing Soon

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:48:00 +0000

MWLUG 2011 XPages Design Competition submission is closing at 5:00 PM CST today.

MWLUG 2011 XPages Design Competition Deadline Extend to Tomorrow Because Of Bandwidth Issues

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:38:00 +0000

The MWLUG 2011 XPages Design Competition deadline has been extend to tomorrow, August 9, 2011 at 5:00 PM CST. We are having bandwidth issues and submitters are having problem uploading their submission. Hopefully the problem will be fix soon.

MWLUG 2011 XPages Design Competition Ends Today

noreply@blogger.com (Domino Interface) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:29:00 +0000

MWLUG 2011 XPages Design Competition ends today at 5:00 PM CST. So make sure you submit your entry before the deadline.