It's all gone a bit quiet, hasn't it?

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The M Word. Marketing.

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You can't get new users for Notes if it's not actually available...

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Why a Notes App Store will fail, and how we can fix that

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You want Notes Light? Despite what I've said, we CAN have it. Here's how.

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The Notes Client is dead, Long Live the Client!

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With the developers kicking off in the yellow bubble, how are the administrators doing?

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I like IdeaJam. I'm planning to spend more time with it in future.

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If you're going to note something, note it well.

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Notes 1.0 was released today in 1989.

I first met Notes at around R3, a short while before R4's release (if I recall correctly).

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Ruminations on NSFDB2 and its demise...

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Remember the glory days?, I wish they were back...

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I'm sorry for the break. It's been a bit busy, and I seem to have started doing more development.

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Did Microsoft consider SQL Server as the storage engine for Exchange Server? Yes! Did it work? Yes! Shall we use it? No!?!?

Hmmmm.

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This article lists the areas of Notes and Domino that are now "defunct". That means either features which don't exist anymore, or features that have been re-written extensively or replaced.

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I've converted the list of lost knowledge into an article, so that it can have a permanent home and be updated as and when required.

I've also added DAMO and DB2NSF as items with an unknown date of loss, as they're technically pending right now.

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DAMO was something I never quite understood...

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Passing my R7 upgrade exam did make me appreciate the personal return on investment that I have with Notes and Domino.

I've chosen not to use products and platforms before on the grounds that they have poor architecture and basically get re-written every other version...

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I've just upgraded my certification, but admittedly I cut it a little fine.

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Mike Altendorf seems to think that Lotus Domino Server doesn't have a robust messaging engine., Evidently, we have different measurements for "robust"...

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Microsoft released alphas of Office 14 products, including Exchange Server 14, in an effort to distract people from announcements at IBM's LotusSphere.

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This is a silly niche tip, which is more a reminder for myself - how to remove dates from a Domino Server log that you've exported as a text file.

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Notes 8 isn't Vista, and claiming that it is seems ridiculous to me.

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Ars Technica has an interesting article on Instant Messaging takeup in UK business.

Basically, it's poor.

It seems that neither SameTime nor Office Communicator have made a compelling case to most businesses - which is a great shame.

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The iPhone is out, and my what a fuss we have!

(Mostly still about Notes sycnhronising, of course.)

I tend to trust Ars Technica - they're a good bunch there, and rarely wrong.

And they say it's not up to Blackberry standards when it comes to the Enterpise side.

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Python and Notes seem to me to be a great match.

We've seen a lot about XPages in the past few days, and some have expressed reservations about Python because XPages is so obviously the future of Notes development.

But in the final part of this three part series, I want to show how Python can do something very different...

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In part 2 of the Death of LotusScript, I cover why I think Python's a good match for Notes.

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I'm immensely fond of LotusScript - it's easy AND powerful, but its time has past.

But I'm not sure anyone's going to like me for saying it has to be put out to graze. Its time has past, and I think that we can do better.

(Warning: Contains language advocacy!)

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You're all bonkers. It's a phone. Get a bloody grip., And I just read that it doesn't encrypt content locally. If that's true, then this isn't ready for business.

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The announcement on Notes 8 Ubuntu support hits slashdot, and the inevitable commentaries kick in., At least one of my responses could not be possible without IBM's unique attitude to blogging, so I just wanted to say thanks to all concerned.

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After hiding under a yellow rock for three months to hibernate, the fuss of Lotusphere wakes me up., And I'm GROUCHY!

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The future of Domino Administration seems rather vague and hazy.

It's always been the least-loved of the three "Notes Clients", so here I muse upon how far we've come and how much further we could go.

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I dropped by on IdeaJam, to throw in an idea that isn't even mine., But then again, who has original ideas these days anyway?

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I guess I'll never write a Redbook now...

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IBM released Lotus Symphony today - here's my take on this.

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I'm reminded by Jack Dausman that sending mail with artificial sender details is possible within Notes/Domino, but there are some caveats.

Here are the ones I found, which may be of help for you...

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Lotus is the anti-parrot.

Whilst others are experiencing a total lack of movement due to "it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk", Lotus is still here.

Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell CIO magazine...

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When you're halfway through your second Win2K3 Server install of the day, finding out about a new UK Lotus User Group makes it all seem much better!

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None of you have gotten me a birthday present.

But I've got one for you.

How wrong is that, huh?

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Feature Creep is part of what makes Notes and Domino great. But we need to bear that in mind for R8 and beyond...

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With ILUG going on today, what about the UK?

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What's the net effect of the Notes/Domino name?

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Charles Robinson has an excellent article on dogfooding, which I'd like to expand upon...

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The Domino Server Trace Command is a useful tool, especially in clustered or multiple-network environments.

Unfortunately, its documentation is also flawed. So here's my tip for using it...

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