John D. Head aka "Starfish"Ramblings on IBM Lotus Notes, integration with MS Office, Games, Movies, Music, Apple Stuff & whatever else I feel like ...Field Associates Event - Martinis and Membership- June 30, 2008 For all of you in the Chicago area, I would like to invite you to an event: One of the philanthropy activities I do is to be part of the Field Associates, the young professionals group of The Field Museum. I am the co-chairman of the Communications Committee. We are having a great event on July 15th at Martini Park. Come and join us for free food, drinks, and learn about The Field Associates and the museum from the Field Associates board of directors and John McCarter, Field Museum President....http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/field-associates-event-martinis-and-mem... Listen to me on The Taking Notes Podcast Episode 83 - XPages and Yellow Water- June 30, 2008 Taking Notes Podcast Episode 83 - XPages and Yellow Water" border="0" src="http:www.johndavidhead.comjheadjohnhead.nsfdxlisten-to-me-on-the-taking-notes-podcast-episode-83-xpages-and-yellow-watercontentM2OpenElement" Rob McDonagh, Bruce Elgort, Julian Robichaux and myself talk about XPages on Episode 83 of The Taking Notes Podcast. Check it out! ...http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/listen-to-me-on-the-taking-notes-podcas... Diablo 3 Annouced- June 28, 2008 After weeks of speculation, Diablo 3 has been announced. Here is a bunch of videos you need to go watch now Teaser Trailer GamePlay Movie Witch Doctor (new class) Movie Barbarian Movie Artwork Trailer I am impressed that Blizzard did not turn D3 into another MMO. If you all think World of Warcraft is huge, Diablo 3 as a monthly subscription would be a far bigger cash cow for Blizzard than WoW. Blizzard decided to stick to the same gameplay with major leaps in story and graphics and design....http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/diablo-3-annouced ILUG 2008 Session Results and Thoughts- June 28, 2008 As Paul Mooney blogs, the evaluations for ILUG 2008 are in and we have the session results: My session slides info again for anyone who missed it the first time: View Upload your own and a link to my Lotusphere 2008 session BP215: Integration of IBM Lotus Notes 8 with IBM Lotus Symphony and OpenOffice.org which has all the samples So tied for 9th with the IdeaJam session. Not bad at all. 87.41% means I have room to improve. I appreciated the folks who made comments. I got those from Paul and..http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/ilug-2008-session-results-and-thoughts PSC mentioned in the Chicago Sun-Times- June 27, 2008 PSC was mentioned in the June 16th, 2008 Chicago Sun-Times in an article about Accertify, the fraud protection firm that PSC is involved in. Recognizing a sky-high business opportunity, last year the 43-year-old Geneva native started Schaumburg-based fraud prevention company Accertify. Founded with two former Orbitz colleagues and two principals at IT consultancy PSC Group -- the firm hired by Orbitz in 2001 to implement fraud prevention systems -- Accertify's customers include Southwest...http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/psc-mentioned-in-the-chicago-sun-times ISVs will love Domino 8.5, and so will customers- June 26, 2008 So Bruce Elgort wrote a blog entry about Domino 8.5, XPages, and the issue of backwards compatibility. He brings up some excellent points. Personally, I believe we will see Domino 8.5 adoption be one of the fastest of any prior release. Why 1. Domino Attachment Object Services (DAOS). We have seen a 50% reduction in database sizes. It works beautifully. Very well designed with some minor beta bugs I am sure will be gone by 8.5.0 2. ID Vault. This will change the way that user IDs are dealt...http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/isvs-will-love-domino-8.5-and-so-will-c... Time for another review ... Liquid Tension Experiment - Chicago 6.26.2008- June 26, 2008 Liquid Tension Experiment brought their 10 anniversary reunion tour to Chicago on 6.26.2008 - last night. This is one of those concerts I have been waiting for a long time ... they only did a handful of shows when they released their 2 jam releases. I have seen Dream Theater many times, and Iron Maiden did a great show this year, but I would have given up both just to see LTE. The show starts. The for guys, Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, and Tony Levin, start jamming. They play...http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/liquid-tension-experiment-chicago-6.26.... XPages idea sparks world domination hmmmmm- June 25, 2008 Yesterday, I had an idea hit me between the eyes as I was thinking about XPages. Some background ... Last week, while out to dinner with the XPages group in Westford, Nathan Freeman and I were talking about possible ideas for submitting sessions at Lotusphere. Yeah, I know, a bit early, but not really. Nathan and I have talked about doing a session together ... and if we both survive working with each other, it might be a killer experience :-) So I called Nathan, told him about my idea .. and...http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/xpages-idea-sparks-world-domination-hmm... New Media Tuesday - 6242008- June 24, 2008 Here is what's coming out today ... Movies 'Til Death Do Us Part: Season 1 10,000 BC Before The Rain: Criterion Collection Big Easy, The: Season 1 Bright Lights, Big City: 20th Anniversary Edition Classe Tous Risques: Criterion Collection Definitely, Maybe (Widescreen) Dogfights: Season 2 Early Edition: Season 1 Emma: A Victorian Romance: Season 1 Furies, The: Criterion Collection Futurama: Beast With A Billion Backs (6 in the DVDPS Top 40) My Boys: Season 1 Oscar Wilde Collection, The...http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/new-media-tuesday-6242008 |