Lotusphere in Summary
It would be nice to be able to report some interesting news from this year's Lotusphere. However, I missed the opening and closing sessions and only made it to two of the developer sessions. The only thing I did pick-up on is that our future is in Java. If you want more constructive news of the whole event, pay Julian (a really nice guy) a visit. He's been summing-up the whole thing really well.
Conferences aren't really my bag. I don't learn by listening - I learn by using. Of the two sessions I attended I walked out of one after 10 minutes and the other with 10 minutes to go. Most of my time was spent at the PeerWire booth handing out t-shirts (we got rid of a 1000 of them!) and explaining the concept of a "Napster for Domino developers". It was hard work standing all day, but it was fun too. The PeerWire guys were great to be with.
I'd thought about compiling a list of all the people I met over the course of the event, but I know I'd probably forget a few of you, so I didn't bother. It was great meeting you all, be you a Domino blogger or not. It's a crazy world - as I commented after the Men In Black ride at Universal Studios on the Wednesday night - if you'd have told me two weeks ago that I would have been shooting aliens, riding round with the owners of this site's hosting company I would have laughed. Anyway, a big thank you to all of you who took time to come over and say hello. You made my week!
Here's a selection of the photos I took. Sorry about the appearance of the pages. My .Mac account expired this weekend and I'm still looking for a better way to manage photos online.
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It was nice meeting you.
Maybe you should try Gallery (.sourceforge.net) like here: {Link}
And drop a photo in there. Maybe the one with the cartoon character. :-)
A 'Napster for Domino Developers'? I seem to recall the great thing about Napster being zero cost (well, ignoring any RIAA actions). Peerwire seems a little pricey for individuals.
Wow! Those photos look so cool! I've never seen photos of LotusSphere before, and never have I seen such nice photos of the theme parks. They give a much better impression than anything I've seen before. Thanks for the effort shooting and getting 'em up!
Thanks Volker. Nice to meet you to. Even if meeting Snoopy meant the death of Cromarty. Still getting strange problems. I may email you to see if you have any ideas what the problem with it might be (remember the flickering screen?).
Call AppleCare. It is most likely the logic board. Apple starts replacing them FOR FREE even if Cromarty is out of warranty. See {Link}
What is the iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program?
The iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program is a worldwide program covering repair or replacement of the logic board in specific iBook models manufactured between May 2002 and April 2003 that are experiencing specific component failure.
How does Apple define a "component failure" for this program?
The iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program covers iBooks that have a particular component failure on the logic board, resulting in the computer starting up but the built-in and attached external displays exhibiting one or more of the following symptoms:
- Scrambled or distorted video
-Appearance of unexpected lines on the screen
- Intermittent video image
- Video freeze
- Computer starts up to blank screen
Thanks Volker. You're a star. Although I still think it's because I was bad-mouthing Macs to you and talking about selling it that it started all this ;o)
I was going to say that. But then I decided to rather help out. ;-)
It was good to meet you at Lotusphere... Maybe one of these days you'll give Kona another try. Anyway, I'm not a big fan of Gallery. Coppermine (coppermine.sourceforge.net) has been good to me... Lots of features and easily customizable. Check it out. Or just use TypePad.
Jake,
I developed a (very) simple Domino app for displaying photo albums. It's entirely editable from the web. You can view an example here: {Link} -- I've gotten so much from your site, I'd be more than happy to "loan" you the code for any personal use you might need, gratis. Let me know if you'd like a copy.
Thanks for the offer Scott, but I would rather stay away from Domino for this. Domino's good at stuff but I don't think handling/storing files is in there.