In Episode 151 Julian Robichaux and I talk with Teamstudio about their Unplugged product which is a tool that helps you mobilize (as in mobile smartphones) your IBM Lotus Domino applications. Nigel Cheshire, president and CEO of Teamstudio, and Craig Schumann, Teamstudio senior developer talk about:

• The rise of Apple and iOS in the enterprise
• The rise of XPages in the Lotus developer world
• Teamstudio’s approach for adding a mobile interface to Domino apps
• Replicating data to and from a device for offline use
• Choosing a strategy for mobilizing your apps, to make sure your project is successful
• And more…

This episode runs 34:00.

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Julian Robichaux and I had the pleasure of interviewing IBM Collaboration Solutions General Manager Alistair Rennie (Twitter), where we talked about:

• Lotusphere! Specifically, the evolution of Lotus/IBM products we saw demonstrated there last week.
• What’s driving improvements in the Notes/Domino platform for 2012.
• Why is “social” so important to businesses right now? What has changed in the past few years to make it relevant?
• Are traditional desktop applications going away, in favor of mobile and web initiatives?
• What kind of feedback and takeaways did Alistair get from Lotusphere?
• And more…

The podcast runs 24:06 and is best listened to while eating one or more pretzel cookies.

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On episode 146 of Taking Notes Julian Robichaux and I spoke with Michael Sampson about his new book “Collaboration Roadmap – You’ve got the technology now what?” We talked about:

• Why do companies need to develop a collaboration strategy
• Are there any special “tricks” to making collaboration happen?
• ROADMAP and what it means
• Does the book apply to any specific technology/product?
• Are there differences in the way groups and teams need to collaborate?
• Is there one platform that can “do it all”?
• Are successful collaboration efforts based on grass root efforts?
• Michael’s take on “Social Business”
• What’s the future of collaboration
• What role does video conferencing play with collaboration
• What has made collaboration a topic of late
• What do you get when you buy Michael’s book
• Michael attending Lotusphere 2012
• and much more…

This show runs 38:13. Oh, and be sure and go order Michael’s book now.

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On Episode 145 of the Taking Notes podcast Julian Robichaux and I spoke with three members of the IBM Collaboration Solutions (ICS) division about the brand new IBM Connect 2012 event being held in parallel with Lotusphere 2012. Our guests were Susan Collins, Marketing Manager, IBM Collaboration Solutions and Social Business, Dan Hauenstein, Manager, Social Business Marketing Strategy and Michelle Tuttle, Market Segment Manager, IBM Collaboration Solutions.

We talked about:

• What is Connect?
• Where and when it is.
• Why you need to go to Connect.
• Who also should attend Connect.
• What kind of sessions there will be.
• Who the Connect OGS speaker will be (Awesome choice).
• Surprises people may see/hear about at Connect.
• How attendees will be “transformed” by attending this event.
• We ask about the Lotusphere OGS speaker and get an answer.
• What attendees do at IBM Connect.
• and more…

Keep up with the latest on the IBM Connect conference by following the IBM Social Insights Blog or the Twitter hashtags #IBMConnect and #IBMSocialBiz.

The show runs just under 27 minutes and is a great listen while wrapping your holiday gifts, trimming the Christmas tree or working on your P90X.

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On Episode 143 of Taking Notes we interview IBM’s Mike Riegel (@mikeriegel, LinkedIn, Blog), Vice President – ISVs, Startups, Developers, and Academic Programs. We talked about IBM’s SmartCamp program and what it’s all about.

Topics included:

• When people think about Big Blue, start up companies isn’t something that comes to mind. So when I heard about your SmartCamp program and some of the other things you are doing around the world for entrepreneurs I was a little surprised. Tell us what exactly is IBM doing with StartUps and Entrepreneurs?
• Why are entrepreneurs and start ups important to IBM?
• What is a SmartCamp?
• Is it working? How successful are previous participants?
• Are you looking for companies that are doing work in collaboration and social business?
• How does a startup company qualify for SmartCamps?
• What should our listeners do if they want to participate in 2012?
• I heard the World Finals is coming up. What do you expect to see from the companies taking part?
• and much more…

The show runs 25:25.

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It’s hard to believe that Julian and I have been producing Taking Notes for six years now. Geez, it’s hard to imagine doing anything for 6 years nowadays! During 2011 we produced 14 shows, not nearly the number we have produced in prior years however, the shows we have done have had commendable download stats.

This year we decided to venture outside the topic areas we have covered in the past, and personally it has been extremely rewarding. Some of my favorite shows included the one we did with Rick Turcozy of the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE), the one with Appcelerator CEO Jeff Haynie and my personal favorite the interview with Scott Kveton, CEO of Urban Airship. Oh and the recent episode with Mark Myers on NoSQL is now in record breaking territory. I received some nice compliments from some IBMers yesterday who really enjoyed the show with Mark.

I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of Julian and myself to thank you all for your support. Having shows with 25,000+ downloads is mind-blowing. As my friend Mac OS Ken says – “you rock”.

Thanks again to all of you for listening and supporting Taking Notes.