Lotusphere 2006

By: Rong Posted in ramblings

The Swan Hotel - Disney World The flight down was a bit of a pain – figuratively. I don’t fly very often and I forgot just how small airline seats can be. I had two wonderful ladies sitting on either side of me, who both slept the whole way down :-) . Once we landed we had to sit on the tarmac for 20 minutes waiting for a gate to clear, then we all got to the luggage carousel only to find out that all of AirTrans flights were using the same one. So… there were 3 flights all trying to get their luggage at the same time. Thankfully we were all griping together and working to grab bags off for people who were 3 rows behind those at the front. Of course then I had to wait 20 minutes to get a Mears bus to the Dolphin at Disney World where I’m staying. OK, the view from my room made up for the trip to get here. ACK I hate to travel.
So last night I was pretty beat after getting down here. Missed dinner with the boss and had to lone ranger it instead. OK, I hate dining alone also! Crashed and burned at 9:15.

This morning I woke at 6:00 and got ready for a full day of seminars. I actually got to hear 2 really good ones and one that was a bit of a snooze.

  • The first one this morning covered a brief overview of the Workspace Designer client (I know my usual readers are just deleted by this juicy piece of news) and how easily it creates a J2EE component. I’ve been trying to stay as far away from Java as possible but this IDE looks like it may sway my fears. though from past experience, I still have my reservations (can anyone say Lotus Knowledge Discovery System?)
  • The last seminar was on Microsoft Office integration with Lotus Notes. Very fast paced, lots of great code examples and I came away with a couple of great ideas that I’ll have to follow up on when I get back to the office.

    Now I’m kicking back, taking a bit of a break before tonights big shindig (read party) which really kicks things off.

    Till tomorrow – peace,
    Rong

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