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I’m speaking at IBM Connect 2013

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Session abstract notifications for the IBM Connect 2013 conference were sent out yesterday (the conference previously known as Lotusphere). I submitted two session abstracts with Bruce Elgort and I am proud to say that we had one of the session abstracts accepted!

Bruce and I will be speaking about “How We Built CollaborationToday.info in a Matter of Weeks” on the new Spotlight on IBM Business Partners track.

This is the session abstract:

In this session, we will show you how we developed a great-looking, user-driven community news site called “Collaboration Today”. We will walk you through how we developed the site’s user experience and architecture. We will dive into how we made the app scalable, quick and accessible on all mobile devices and web browsers using responsive design. Best of all, this app is built with open-source components and is itself an open-source app available for you to download and use today. We will show you how other apps can utilize and present the content from Collaboration Today using the app’s API.

The session focuses on the Collaboration Today news site that was released by OpenNTF in September 2012 and recently released as open source too.

This will be my first appearance as speaker at Lotusphere and IBM Connect. I am really looking forward to it! See you there 🙂

DanNotes 48th conference in November

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The DanNotes 48th conference takes place on November 28 and 29. We have lots of interesting sessions and speakers:

I will also be speaking at the conference on the subject of XPages for administrators. The purpose of the session is to introduce administrators to XPages and to lots of useful tips and tools that can improve the use of XPages within their organizations. I am looking forward to this as it is my first speaking engagement at a Lotus user group conference.

If you are interested in joining the conference, then head over to the DanNotes website and register. There is a Facebook event, a LinkedIn event and a Lanyrd event for the conference if you are interested in tracking the conference using social tools.

I hope to see you at the conference 🙂

Update November 21: I will also be speaking about source control with Domino Designer 8.5.3.

I have been re-elected for the OpenNTF board of directors

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My term on the OpenNTF board of directors expired after 1 year, and I am happy to have been re-elected for a 2 year term service.

My 1st year on the board was an exciting year where I among many things helped with the judging of several contests (including the 1st XSnippets contest), helped setup even more demos, and was part of the team that implemented Collaboration Today.

I look forward to continue to help OpenNTF spread the use and knowledge of open source for the IBM Collaboration Solutions community.

I am attending the IBM Connect/Lotusphere 2013 conference

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The IBM Connect 2013 (including Lotusphere 2013) conference takes place in January 2013. I am going once again and really look forward to the atmosphere and the sessions, and most importantly the people.

I arrive Friday evening January 25th and leave again Friday February 1st. I will be staying at the Disney’s Yacht Club Resort.

See you there?

Sherlock Web: a QHSE management system (based on XPages and IBM XWork Server)

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I am currently busy working on Sherlock Web: a complete web solution for management of quality, health, safety and environment (QHSE). The solution is based on XPages and the IBM XWork Server and is available as a hosted solution or as an on-premises solution. The licensing cost of the server and application platform is fixed at $2000 per year, since the solution runs on the IBM XWork Server. This makes it an ideal platform for companies with a large number of users.

Sherlock Web is based on the existing Sherlock Lotus Notes solution that runs successfully at more than 500 companies. However, Sherlock Web does not require a Lotus Notes client at all – all you need to use Sherlock Web is a web browser, a tablet (such as the iPad or the Samsung Galaxy Tab) or a smartphone (such as an iPhone or an Android phone).

The document management part of Sherlock Web

You can attend 2 free (physical) seminars at IBM in Denmark on May 24 and May 30 where the Sherlock Web solution will be introduced. For more information and information on how to sign up for the event, please visit the Danish IBM Social Business blog. If you are unable to attend the seminar, you can get more information at the Danish Sherlock site and at the international Sherlock site and by contacting the Sherlock team.

I am now chairman of the board at NotesNet.dk

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I am a member of the NotesNet.dk independent group of IBM/Lotus consultants and also a member of the board. We are 25 independent consultants specializing in services and solutions for Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino, XPages and more.

The members of NotesNet.dk participated in the annual general meeting in March, 2012. Our now former chairman John Dalsgaard wanted to resign as chairman after many years of great service. New members of the board were therefore elected.

At the board meeting held a week later we decided on the responsibilities for the board members. I accepted the position as chairman of the board.

I look forward to continue my work in the board for NotesNet.dk.

My plans for Lotusphere 2012

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This is how I look 🙂

I am going to Lotusphere 2012 in Orlando – and I look forward to it!

Here are some of the things I plan to do and attend:

  • B.A.L.D. (Bloggers and friends Annual Lotusphere Dinner) on Saturday
  • Business Development Day general session on Sunday
  • Welcome Reception on Sunday evening
  • Opening General Session on Monday morning
  • UK Night on Monday (if I can fake a proper English accent – and get the necessary UKLUG sticker on my conference badge)
  • IBM Nordic dinner on Tuesday evening
  • OpenNTF booth duty on Tuesday and Wednesday at booth 516
  • The Lotusphere party at Sea World on Wednesday evening
  • This Week in Lotus LIVE on Thursday morning
  • Ask the Developers on Thursday
  • The (someday famous) Lotusphere basketball game with teams of Lotusphere attendees, speakers and IBMers – arranged by Jon Mell. Time and place to be determined.

Look for me and let’s see who says hi first 🙂 See you there!

I am a member director on the OpenNTF board of directors

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As previously blogged my company PHL Consult and I support OpenNTF and open source. To further show my support I nominated myself for one of the 9 member director positions in the OpenNTF board of directors.

The board of directors for the newly incorporated OpenNTF has now been set and I am happy to have been elected to be part of the board (for one year). The new board had its first board meeting last Thursday and I look forward to be able to add value to OpenNTF.

My 1st year as self-employed consultant at PHL Consult

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One year ago I started as self-employed consultant at my own company PHL Consult after having worked for IBM for 16 years – and what a great year! Starting on my own has proved to be one my of my best decisions ever.

It has been a year of classic Lotus Notes application development work, XPages development work, teaching courses and much more. I started with one customer and have since then been doing work for 10 other paying customers and been involved in proposals for a handful more. Furthermore, I reviewed David Leedys XPages cheat sheet, and reviewed the IBM course “Modernizing Lotus Domino 8.5.2 Applications”.

This year I also became member of the boards at NotesNet, DanNotes and OpenNTF.

The following are public sites that I have implemented for customers during my 1st year:

Lessons learned (and assumptions confirmed):

  • Networking is important: several of my customers have chosen me for their work because we were connected in some way.
  • Advertising helps: I advertise my business services on the Google advertising network and know for a fact that some customers came to me via that channel.
  • Being social: I am a strong believer in blogging and social networks and the impact that it can have on you and others.

I look forward to the next year and what it will bring me of interesting work and projects.

One final advice: pursue your dream!