IBM added support for libraries (derived from Content Manager) in IBM Connections 4.5 Unfortunately the Files-plugins for IBM Notes, Windows Explorer, Microsoft Office 2010, Outlook or Open Office do not support libraries. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has received complaints from users about this. Then I remembered that at the IBM Connect…
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How You Can Collaborote With IBM Connections 4.5.1
IBM has launched IBM Connections 4.5.1. To promote how you can work better with the product, they have created a demo which quite brilliantly demonstrates how you can work much more effectively in your organisation instead of relying on just email. Via blogs, where users can come up with suggestions and ideas that can be…
ISBG Member Meeting in Oslo
The Norwegian IBM user group meeting took place in Oslo Monday October 14th. For the first time I did a presentation, (yay!) but I will give a short report about the entire meeting here. The meeting took place in the brand new PricewaterhouseCoopers’ building in Bjørvika in Oslo. The auditorium had certainly been decorated to…
Make the IBM Connections Plugin Your Own
IBM Connections is a social software tool running in your web browser. Think of Facebook with profiles, groups, pages, likes and comment fields. Then add files and forums and you have a pretty powerful social tool for doing business much more effectively. Via tagging it’s much easier to find, share and discuss files and information,…
Notes Tip #2: Pimp My Notes Client
Sometimes you just got to have some fun with your work tools. I like to pimp my Notes client with the help of Panagenda’s Marvel Client: Skinning Edition. This makes it possible for me set my company’s logo as the background for my workspace in my Notes client, as well as changing the database icons….
ISBG Day 2
I was glad I went to bed early after Day 1. I think I was more ready for this day than certain other people I talked to… On to the sessions: An Introduction to Working With the Activity Stream This was one of my favorite sessions. It was presented by Mikkel Flindt Heisterberg from Intravision….
ISBG Day 1
I attended the ISBG (IBM samhandling brukergruppe), formerly known as the Norwegian Lotus user group, at Farris bad (a spa and hotel) in Larvik on Wednesday and Thursday. This was the first time I attended the group’s meeting, even if my previous employers have been members. I didn’t get to see much of Larvik, but…
Notes tip #1: Import Holidays
Aren’t there times when you are looking through your Notes calendar and you wish that public holidays could be marked, so that you don’t accidentally book meetings on days that no one is at work?