My 2 Cents on Lotusphere 2012
This year marked my 8th or 9th time attending
Lotusphere (if only I had a backpack to commemorate each one!).
I've always attended as an exhibitor. Back in my Digital days, the senior management always wanted the full conference passes, because in the early days exhibitors got boxed lunches and full-conference badge holders go the fine dining hall.
Anyway, here's my personal take on the show:
1. I got a nice surprise when someone stopped me and asked if I was from Teamstudio. I have to say, whether they've seen me present at a user group or at an on-site training at their company, it is always nice to know that someone remembers my face, if not my name.
2. I was telling a "story" to one of the attendees, and he said, "Oh, yeah, I read that in your blog." That made me really happy. Even though you can't "Like" a blog post, a la Facebook, it's great to know that people are reading it. And speaking of the blog: stay tuned - there are many more horror stories to come from that app I just got (app in the sense of multiple databases).
3. I attended more sessions this year than last year. Mostly XPages-related (some extension library stuff, and some mobile stuff). Not for nothing, but carrying a tablet around sure gives you a very different perspective on UI design - who wants to scroll through pages and pages of views or even documents?? On another note, this was also the first year I didn't get over to Kimono's. Hmmm... Maybe Kimono's visits are correlated with the number of sessions one attends...
4. I gained only two and a half pounds this year. Part of this is due to the fact that I managed to get in two runs during the week - thanks to the beautiful shorts - and - t-shirt weather. The other factor was the dining hall closed for breakfast at 8 am, and the showcase didn't open until 9:30. Let's just say those were early lunch days.
5. Speaking of the showcase, I don't think people take enough advantage of the resources available to them in the product showcase. The exhibitors and sponsors do tend to know a little about the problems their solutions address, and they are all willing to talk to you for as long as you want. It may not be a problem you are having today, but hey, you can talk to them for free!
6. Wouldn't it be nice if the certification test lab was open on Sunday?
And finally...
7. Did you attend the Source Code Control session? Even the overflow room was overflowing. The good news is that there is clearly a lot of interest in source code control. That's all I'm saying. I don't care what kind of source code control system you use, just use one. Having said that, if you're interested in a system that has been around for more than 10 years, and knows what a Notes database is, you could ask someone from Teamstudio about that. We also know a thing or two about maintaining a proper development environment - keeping it separate from your production environment. Hint: it's more than just source code control.
How about you? What did you think of this year's show?
I've always attended as an exhibitor. Back in my Digital days, the senior management always wanted the full conference passes, because in the early days exhibitors got boxed lunches and full-conference badge holders go the fine dining hall.
Anyway, here's my personal take on the show:
1. I got a nice surprise when someone stopped me and asked if I was from Teamstudio. I have to say, whether they've seen me present at a user group or at an on-site training at their company, it is always nice to know that someone remembers my face, if not my name.
2. I was telling a "story" to one of the attendees, and he said, "Oh, yeah, I read that in your blog." That made me really happy. Even though you can't "Like" a blog post, a la Facebook, it's great to know that people are reading it. And speaking of the blog: stay tuned - there are many more horror stories to come from that app I just got (app in the sense of multiple databases).
3. I attended more sessions this year than last year. Mostly XPages-related (some extension library stuff, and some mobile stuff). Not for nothing, but carrying a tablet around sure gives you a very different perspective on UI design - who wants to scroll through pages and pages of views or even documents?? On another note, this was also the first year I didn't get over to Kimono's. Hmmm... Maybe Kimono's visits are correlated with the number of sessions one attends...
4. I gained only two and a half pounds this year. Part of this is due to the fact that I managed to get in two runs during the week - thanks to the beautiful shorts - and - t-shirt weather. The other factor was the dining hall closed for breakfast at 8 am, and the showcase didn't open until 9:30. Let's just say those were early lunch days.
5. Speaking of the showcase, I don't think people take enough advantage of the resources available to them in the product showcase. The exhibitors and sponsors do tend to know a little about the problems their solutions address, and they are all willing to talk to you for as long as you want. It may not be a problem you are having today, but hey, you can talk to them for free!
6. Wouldn't it be nice if the certification test lab was open on Sunday?
And finally...
7. Did you attend the Source Code Control session? Even the overflow room was overflowing. The good news is that there is clearly a lot of interest in source code control. That's all I'm saying. I don't care what kind of source code control system you use, just use one. Having said that, if you're interested in a system that has been around for more than 10 years, and knows what a Notes database is, you could ask someone from Teamstudio about that. We also know a thing or two about maintaining a proper development environment - keeping it separate from your production environment. Hint: it's more than just source code control.
How about you? What did you think of this year's show?
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That is a good suggestion, or the labs.
Posted by Patrick Kwinten At 04:15:16 AM On 01/25/2012 | - Website - |
Source Control is a good thing. Saved my life more than once! What I don't like about the approach which was presented at LS is to do the development work on individual local copies of templates as well as limitations to domino designer versions (all team mates must be on the same version of Domino Designer). My impression is that "commercial tools" still offer some more advantages...
Posted by Michael Ruhnau At 10:40:37 AM On 01/31/2012 | - Website - |
1. The only decent backpack for me was from 2010
2. Sorry you didn't get to Kimono's
3. Fantastic running weather!
4. 2 lbs for me :-(
5. Source Control session (Declan) was very interesting. We use SVN here
6. Sorry I didn't run into you, but did see Jon...maybe next year!
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Posted by Howard Shevitz At 03:36:40 PM On 02/02/2012 | - Website - |