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An overview of the Plantronics Calisto 620

Similar to the other post earlier today, this overview is of the Plantronics Calisto 620

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Fat man walking...all for a good cause.

It's time for you to reach into your pockets and sponsor me.  Perhaps you've used our free plug-ins, perhaps you've used our free Sametime admin tools, it's time to pay up.  Now it's not like that...

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Another one speaking at IamLUG

Like many others I will be in St. Louis next week, speaking at IamLUG, and Epilio are sponsoring the Monday night drinks.  I decided not to do any really tough presentations on Sametime, but am...

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Creating a customer service web application using Sametime

This article seemed to get published without even a squeak.  William Holmes and Brendan Murray of IBM Ireland have create a 3 piece article posted to the Sametime Wiki for building a customer service...

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He walked on his bloody stumps...

Back in FebruaryI blogged about The Domino Danderers and a planned walk across Scotland in aid of the Children's Hospice Association Scotland.  Originally I was to be performing that walk in May with...

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F*@king Bruce and his attention seeking ways...

I'm kidding, but someone needs to bring him back down to earth.   I've known Bruce for a number of years now as a friend, a customer, partner, advisor, and general good guy.  Honestly, what can I say...

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What you should really do and see at lotusph...oops IBM Connect

So you've all looked at the calendar, you've picked out some sessions, but lets face it, you want to do some fun stuff.  So here's the things I suggest: Great Geek Challenge, this is one of the most...

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BP501 - Building and deploying custom ibm sametime connect client...

Here are my slides from the BP501 IBM Connect 2014 session. BP501 - Building and deploying custom IBM sametime connect client installations - IBM Connect 2014 from Carl Tyler

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How much fun do we have at the Nerd Girls Great Geek Challenge?

I think this photo taken by Andy Donaldson pretty much captures it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/macian/12215999244/

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Since when has the OGS been about Press?

I've seen this comment in a few blog posts recently, and I have to ask, since when has the OGS been about Press?  People do realise that the press get 1 on 1 briefings at Connect, and they can be...

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IBM SmartCloud Meetings aren't really that Smart.

Went to an IBM SmartCloud Sametime meeting today, via a URL that goes direct to the meeting, decided check my plugins etc. before going into the meeting.  I got presented with this dialog: The thing...

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The Domino Designer documentation team screwed us all

They did us all a disservice by not preparing us for the future.  They gave us too much useful information in the documentation.  Pretty much every function in the old Domino Designer Documentation...

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Does Notes call home?

Has anyone seen this?  I recently updated my installation of Malwarebytes, and it is now throwing up this warning every few hours: Anyone else ever seen this?  I'm still using notes 8.5.3 for my day...

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Cable cutting and access to foreign TV stations.

Those of you with really good memories, may remember way back in April 2009 I cancelled my cable TV subscription.  My savings have been used to buy various media players and subscriptions to online...

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Forgive me Father, It has been 6 months since my last confession.

It's not clear from the IBM ConnectED website, but I will indeed be presenting at ConnectED 2015 (the artist formerly known as Lotusphere).  I'll be doing a panel with the very quiet Mat Newman, and...

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Thoughts on the iWatch

So a lot has been written about the iWatch, I have no doubt this thing will sell millions when it comes out,  I will not however be buying one anytime soon. I haven't worn a watch since I got my first...

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Social Connections 8, Boston April 16th-17th

Social Connections is shaping up to be a great looking event. I'm pleased to say that this morning I received confirmation that I will be presenting. I'll be presenting a 30 minute session on April...

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Did IBM kill the iOS Sametime Client?

No, no they didn't.  They did however change it's name so you or your users may no longer find it.  Maybe you have a lot of apps on your mobile device and typed in sametime to find it, maybe you...

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Keep kids interested in flying...

This video shows what I made for my Nephew this Christmas, it was my first experience with a Raspberry PI, and I learned quite a bit in the process.  Great little devices.  I used an all in one kit,...

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Building a home made Sonos

Wow, it's hard to believe it's been pretty much two years since I posted a blog entry, Facebook removed my need to blog, and I now stay in touch with family and friends that way.  So onto they blog...

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