Some of my real life and Facebook friends, as well as relatives of them, have died. A while after their funeral, you suddenly see that Facebook is telling you that it’s the dead person’s birthday. And then a lot of people who don’t know that this person has passed on are posting birthday greetings. It’s…
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How to Use Facebook as a Blog
Have you ever read a blog posting from a someone, with photos and a nice summary of something they’ve experienced? Or read something that they wanted to share or discuss? And then thought: “Gee, I want to to that.” But then you’ve realised that you don’t want all the hassle of setting up a blog,…
You Can Just Ignore These Facebook Postings With a Clear Conscience
There are two types of status postings you can just ignore, even if they try to tell you that you are a bad person for not sharing them. I bet 5 of my friends won’t… I’m sure you’ve seen these lots of times. One of your friends has copied the text of a status update…
IBM Connections Tip #6: Make Your Wikis More Sexy
Very often, the start page of a wiki in IBM Connections tends to look like this: This looks very dull. It’s not very inviting for the users and the need for scrolling will make it harder for the users to find what they are looking for. Yes, you can tell the users to search the…
IBM Connections Tip #4: Save Connections Posting for Later
In my previous blog posting I showed you how you can save a Facebook posting so that you can read it later without worrying about it disappearing. A lot of IBM Connections users don’t know that you can actually do this in the activity/news stream in Connections as well. Let’s say you are at work….
A Quickr Way to Work With Library Files in IBM Connections
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…
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….
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?