Author: Bruce Elgort

You’ll find this technology professor – an award-winning instructor at Clark College – working hard to inspire and challenge his students with meaningful web development and programming experiences. With a skinny vanilla latte (no foam) in hand, Bruce loves to tinker and test the boundaries of existing and emerging technologies, to then guide hungry minds through memorable, educational journeys to showcase with passion the ever-evolving innovations of society. An industry leader, Bruce is known for co-developing Elguji’s IdeaJam software, and is recognized by IBM as an ‘IBM Champion’ for being an innovative thought leader in cloud technologies.

Lotusphere through the eyes of Instagram

As I mentioned in my last blog entry I will be using the iOS Instagram app to capture photos throughout Lotusphere 2012. If you are an Instagram user you can connect with me using the screen name “belgort”. For those of you not attending Lotusphere who want to see a collection of all Instagram photos tagged with #ls12 you can go to http://elguji.com/instagram.nsf/ls.xsp to see the latest 20 photos being captured. The page auto-updates the photos every 60 seconds.

Special thanks to Serdar Başeğmez for his help with some Dojo magic. We will be making this app available on OpenNTF after Lotusphere.

Enjoy!

P.S. – I also did a similar page for the CES show.

Where you can find me at Lotusphere

On Friday Gayle and I leave for Lotusphere 2012. We will be arriving on Friday evening around 7pm. It seems like just yesterday that we made this pilgrimage down to the show. I believe that this will be my 13th Lotusphere. Julian and I will also be recording numerous Taking Notes podcasts and would love to talk with you about Lotusphere. Be prepared to be interviewed.

I will posting photos via Instagram and you will be able to see them and others tagged with #ls12 here.

So here’s where you can find me (this doesn’t include any session I will be attending):

Friday night:
Looking for friends and food after we arrive at the Dolphin

Saturday:
3:00-6:00PM – B.A.L.D. at the Big River Brewery (see Joe’s post on this)
6:00PM onward – Possibly ESPN but not sure. I have heard rumors that there is some sporting event on Saturday night that may prohibit entrance to ESPN.

Sunday:
Welcome Reception Poolside

Monday-Wednesday:
OpenNTF Product Showcase Pedestal 516

Monday:
8:00PM UK Night

Tuesday:
3:00-4:00PM INV309  (Dolphin N. Hemisphere A-E) – Strategy in Action: Social Business Application Development. I am presenting a few slides in this session.

6:15-7:30PM SpeedGeeking! (Dolphin Pacific Hall)
7:30PM IBM Champion Reception (at least the last 30 minutes of it)
8:00-10:00PM Great Geek Challenge (Fountain Restaurant)

Wednesday:
3:00-4:00PM BP109 (Swan 5-6) – Presenting Apps, Apps, and More Apps: Meet the Very Best Open Source Apps from OpenNTF – The 2012 Edition.
5:45-6:45PM BOF (Swan Toucan 2) – Hosting the OpenNTF Birds-of-a-Feather

Thursday:
10:00-11:00AM Gurupalooza (Swan)

Three bullet points to market XPages: What would your three be?

For those of us who have used IBM XPages we know what the platform can do and what it can’t do for that matter. What I would like to hear from you are three bullet points that you would include in a presentation, product slick or other marketing collateral to describe to those outside of the world of IBM, what XPages coupled with the Domino server are and what they can be used to develop.

What are your three bullets?

UPDATE:

Try and not refer to the Notes client, email, calendaring etc. Think new developers who are looking for an app dev platform for social, mobile, enterprise.

Podcast: Developing a Collaboration Strategy with Michael Sampson

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.

Listen now >

What is IBM Connect 2012 and why you need to pay attention to this event

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.

Listen now >