Real World Computing

I've just come from the "IBM LotusSphere comes to You" Presentations in Sydney. It was a refreshing change from the last few years. Nobody used the word "workspace". Yay! IBM committed to working harder on publicity but one thing irks me... Given that the event was free of charge, why didn't they take out a huge advertisement in the SMH or on some bulletin boards around Sydney. It seems to me that the event was designed mainly to keep existing customers, rather than stir up new interest in the community. There were a lot of interesting things there, but my greatest interest was on Notes 8. I've heard lots about it, and watched some demonstrations when it was Hannover but it was interesting to see some of the new features in action... - Built-in Word Processor, Spreadsheet and Presentations all capable of Reading/Writing MS Office, Open Document Format (and several other formats too). - Built-in 99% compatible web browser (or you can tell it to use E...

I know that it is a rule not to apologize for not blogging but since I haven't blogged in about two months, I guess I should break that rule and apologize. Recently, I have been very busy but have not made any Domino-related breakthroughs. I have however, spent quite a bit of time playing with Google and the new toys they have provided for us. I am going to talk about a number of Google tools but won't give URLs for all of them as you can access them via the More >> link on the front page of Google. The following page should contain them all. http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/options/ Google calendar At first, I couldn't see a good reason for using this. Eventually though, I decided to place a Google calendar control on my customized Google home page. This control displays upcoming events only, not the full calendar. Of course, you can click on it to access the full calendar. Why is this calendar any better from my notes calendar at work? Well, I guess the answer...