"2 Minutes With" Interview Podcasts

LotusUserGroup.org has a prolific history of conducting podcast interviews with members from all walks of our community. Below you’ll find an extensive collection of present and past podcast interviews revealing unique insight into Lotus technologies, special events, career paths, and more. Find tips and tricks, advice on best practices, and a lot of additional educational, entertaining, and fun information. There are 3 categories of interviews: 2 Minutes With The Gurus, 2 Minutes With Lotus, and 2 Minutes With Our Members. Some of the interviews go longer than 2 minutes, but when they do, we guarantee it’s worth the listen. 2 Minutes With...The Gurus 2 Minutes With...Lotus 2 Minutes With...Our Members In 2 Minutes With...The Gurus, we talk to the Gurus — you know who they are: you read their blogs, you go to their sessions, you read their newsletters. We interview these Gurus to find out about their experiences, their impressions with Lotus technologies and announcements, their work, their lives, sessions they're presenting, articles they're writing, book reviews, their user groups, and more. Live from Lotusphere Podcasts Our Live from Lotusphere coverage features podcast interviews recorded live before, during, and after the conference with members from all walks of the Lotus community (like key IBM/Lotus staff, world-leading Lotus gurus, and other members of LotusUserGroup.org). Listening in to these brief interviews will give you insights into what your peers in the community are working on, what their thoughts about Lotusphere 2010 are, the top challenges they're facing currently, a great tip here and there you can put to use yourself, and a lot of fun little tidbits of other interesting and insightful information. Tom "Duffbert" Duff. Scott Treggiari, Program Director for LotusUserGroup.org gets feedback from one of the Lotus community's leading developer gurus, Tom Duff on the Lotusphere 2010 mini keynote session "The Lotus Application Development Strategy." Tom is a well known speaker (here at Lotusphere and at other conferences and seminars all over the world), a respected author, and a popular blogger. Hear some of Tom's impressions regarding the session, his take on some of the announcements, and how it will go over with the development community. AAAAAA Rob Axelrod. LotusUserGroup.org content Director, Debbie Lynd, talks to Rob Axelrod if Technotics Inc. about the Lotusphere 2010 Opening General Session. Rob is a leading guru in the Lotus world, as a popular author, speaker, and consultant. Listen in to this entertaining conversation for notes about the opening session guest speaker, the content announced and some fun interchages . AAAAAA Paul Mooney. Celia Hamilton, Editor for many of LotusUserGroup.org’s newsletters, talks with super-guru Paul Mooney of BlueWave Technology. Listen in to this 8-minute conversation to hear about the type of projects that BlueWave technology has been getting involved in and one of the weirdest Lotus projects Paul has worked on in this past year. Paul discusses the adoption of DAOS and one of the stumbling blocks for ID Vault implementations. Learn how many good administrators get roped into wasting time and how you can beat that Devil. Hear about Paul’s behind-the-scenes involvement in Lotusphere and get an inside look at the Show and Tell track and Lotusphere IDOL. Celia asks Paul about which of his sessions at Lotusphere 2010 he’s looking forward to most, and they talk a bit about Hogs and exercise (you’ll have to listen if you want to know what that’s all about). Plus, if you listen close, you’ll catch a couple of tips Paul gives for ensuring AdminP is set up properly. AAAAAA William Malchisky Jr. In the first of our Live From Lotusphere 2010 podcasts, Scott Treggiari, Program Director for LotusUserGroup.org, talks with author, presenter, and Lotus expert William Malchisky Jr., Managing Partner and Chief Technical Architect at Effective Software Solutions. Listen in to find out what Lisp had to do with Lotus Notes (and Bill) in 1993 and how Bill and Effective Software Solutions are involved with Lotus today. Bill explains the IBM Smart Work methodology and how it can get you home at a decent hour each day. You'll also hear about what Bill has been doing with the IBM Client for Smart Work, some options available to you, and how the customized client can save your organization some hard-earned money over a Microsoft desktop. Bill talks about the session he is giving at Lotusphere with Antony Satyadas, Raising the ROI of IT with IBM Client for Smart Work, and why you should attend. Plus, hear about Bill’s favorite non-Lotus techie innovation of 2009 and see if you agree. AAAAAA Franziska Tanner Francie is the Technical Solutions Director at MartinScott Consulting, as well as a popular speaker and guru. Francie fills us in on the work that MartinScott Consulting does and the role she plays in the company. Francie gives us a glimpse of how the Lotus community will react to the end of support for Notes/Domino 7.0.x (recently announced). Hear about some of the hot projects she's working on for summer and some upgrade challenges she's faced, including a tip on how to find information about a little bug in the 8.5 code stream. Plus, get a tip about the number one mistake people make when it comes to managing data. Listen to the podcasts and then, to learn more about MartinScott check out their blog AAAAAA Jessica Stratton Jessica is the LotusUserGroup.org blogger and the principal consultant for Solace Consulting. Listen in and learn about the work Solace Consulting does and about the many different products Jessica uses every day. Find out about some of the upgrading projects she's been working on, including how she handles training end users upgrading to Notes 8.5. Also, discover what Notes 8.5 feature users seem to have trouble finding and which feature they're most excited about. It might surprise you. Listen to the podcast, then you'll want to download the file she talks about here. AAAAAA Paul Mooney Paul is a Senior Architect for Bluewave Technology in Dublin, a founding member for the Irish Lotus User Group, and a well-known speaker and author. Paul tells us what type of services Bluewave Technology provides, why Bluewave's recent partnership with GSX is such a good fit, and what a typical workday is like for him. Plus, Paul reveals what types of projects are hot for Bluewave this summer and he reveals one tip for anyone performing a global consolidation. He also shares the biggest challenge the company faced when working with a new total online document library solution. In addition, Paul gets geeky and talks about how social media is changing the way we get our news. AAAAAA Andy Pedisich Andy is the President of Technotics, Inc., as well as a leading Lotus guru, speaker, and author. Hear about what type of work Technotics performs and what the president of the company does all day. Discover what types of projects the team at Technotics is working on. Also, learn about an issue that occurs during an upgrade to Notes 8.5 when you install the client and hot fixes, as well as Andy's major argument for clustering. Then, find out something about Andy's musical taste that you might not know. AAAAAA Carl Tyler Carl is the founder of Epilio.com, a Lotus guru, a popular presenter and author, and the designer of a recent Sametime Certification Exam. Listen in to find out what Epilio is and what they do and to get a glimpse of what the founder of a major consulting firm is responsible for on a daily basis. Discover what kinds of hot projects Carl is seeing this summer and hear about some of the more interesting challenges Carl and his team have faced working on them. Lean about some plug-ins that the Epilio team is creating for Notes and Sametime. Plus, find out how Carl really feels about his new iPhone. AAAAAA We'll be adding additional podcast interviews throughout the summer, so be sure to check back frequently. In the meantime, check out some of our past podcasts below. Rob Axelrod (from Admin2009/Lotus Developer 2009 Boston) Rob is a well-known Lotus expert, popular speaker, and Vice President and Principal Technical Consultant of Technotics, Inc. Listen in as Rob reveals something about himself that you might not know as well as the company that’s had the most influence on him as a Lotus professional. Hear about Rob’s biggest project and one thing Rob thinks every admin should learn to stay current in their job. Find out what Rob considers the biggest mistake admins make when upgrading Notes and Domino and learn one tip for unlocking the power of Domino 8 directory and security improvements. Plus, discover why Rob loves THE VIEW Admin conference. AAAAAA Chris Miller (from Admin2009/Lotus Developer 2009 Boston) Chris is Director of Messaging and Collaboration at Connectria, the editor of LotusUserGroup.org’s Sys Admin Tips newsletter, as well as a speaker for many events all over the world. Chris begins by telling us what a great day at work is like for him and about his favorite non-Lotus technology. He talks about why it’s so hard to work with large Domino policy deployments and how he thinks this difficulty could be fixed. Chris discusses the many sessions he’s presenting and gives listeners a sneak peek into two of his sessions, revealing what any admin should remember when troubleshooting SMTP and a best practice that’s vital to any Quickr deployment. Chris also shares the number one reason to upgrade, what every employee can do to make him/herself an invaluable employee, and his favorite thing about presenting at THE VIEW Admin conferences. AAAAAA Paul Mooney (from Admin2009/Lotus Developer 2009 Boston) Paul is a senior architect for Blue Wave Technology in Dublin, founding member of the Irish Lotus User Group (ILUG), and a well-known speaker and author. Listen in to find out the craziest location Paul’s worked in this year and discover Domino 8.5’s dirty little secret. Also, learn about the sessions that Paul’s giving this year, including a tip about deploying ID Vault and an important best practice for any admins clustering their Domino servers. Hear what’s going on with ILUG and how UKLUG and ILUG are planning to work together. Also, find out why Paul needs to get to next year’s Admin conference two days early. AAAAAA Rob Wunderlich (from Admin2009/Lotus Developer 2009 Boston) Rob is a well-known guru in the Lotus community, a published author, and a renowned speaker at Lotus events around the world. He also runs the popular Domino Unplugged blog and is known by many as Mr. Mobile. Hear Rob’s opinion about BlackBerry and iPhone devices and whether or not the iPhone is ready for the enterprise. Rob also tells us how the automotive industry is using social networking to its advantage. Learn about the three sessions that Rob is giving at Lotus Developer2009 this year. Find out the advantage of implementing true Notes security rather than relying on hidden views and the absence of the client. Plus, discover why Rob’s biggest goal for the conference involves ducks. AAAAAA Paul Mooney (from Lotusphere 2009) Paul, senior architect for Blue Wave Technology in Dublin and founding member for the Irish Lotus User Group, tells us about his top three favorite new features in Notes and Domino 8.5 and what he would like to see in the next release. Paul reveals how the new Show ‘n tell sessions went, the one thing he would change about them, and why he and Bill Buchan got a standing ovation at their Eleven Commandments session this year. Plus, Paul provides one tip that administrators should always follow and discusses the biggest things he learned at Lotusphere 2009. AAAAAA Thomas “Duffbert” Duff (from Lotusphere 2009) Tom comprises half of the LotusUserGroup.org Developer Tips newsletter’s dream team and is the lead developer at Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon. In this interview, Tom discusses the coolest project he worked on in 2008 and what he thinks is the biggest Lotusphere announcement for developers. Listen in to find out one tip to help developers go "from plumbers to painters,” how this can help end user adoption, and if Tom followed his own advice for planning his Lotusphere schedule. AAAAAA Rob Axelrod (from Lotusphere 2009) Rob is the vice president and a senior technical consultant at Technotics Inc. In this interview, Rob discusses the session he gave with Andy Pedisich, the winner of last year’s Lotusphere Idol contest. Rob reveals some of the best sessions he’s seen so far and his favorite meeting spot at Lotusphere. He talks about best practices for upgrading. Plus, he gives a really important tip for administrators planning an upgrade. AAAAAA Henry Ferlauto (from Lotusphere 2009) Henry is the Senior Sales Executive for one of the sponsors of Live from Lotusphere, Genius Inside. Genius offers Project 4 Domino, a Lotus Award winning project management tool. Henry, a project management guru with expertise in Lotus, tells us about how he got his start in working with Lotus technologies and what he’s doing now. He gives us an expert view on where the future of Project Management is heading and how it’s important in times of economic slow down, like now. Plus, you get to hear a lot of other interesting information and details about Lotusphere 2009 and more. AAAAAA Jessica Stratton (from Lotusphere 2009) Jessica is the LotusUserGroup.org blogger and the principal consultant for Solace Consulting. Listen in as the tables are turned and Jessica becomes the interviewee. Find out about the session Jessica’s giving this year, her favorite sessions so far, and another fun activity she has planned. Also discover which was Jessica's favorite podcast from last year's Lotusphere. AAAAAA Chris Miller & Andy Pedisich (from Lotusphere 2009) Two of the communities best known gurus have a conversation about the Opening General Session and what was unexpected to them. AAAAAA Denny Russell (from Lotusphere 2009) Denny is the Product Support Specialist for Sherpa Software and a Certified Lotus Instructor. Hear about how Denny started with Lotus technologies, what he does now as a Product Support Specialist. Listen for details about a real-time email monitoring tool, Denny’s thoughts on what the number one compliance and archiving issue facing system managers going forward. Plus hear a lot more about Lotusphere sessions, announcements and more. AAAAAA Warren Elsmore (from Lotusphere 2009) Warren is a senior architecture consultant for BE System, based in the UK, and a popular Lotus guru. In this interview, Warren gives his initial thoughts on the Opening General Session announcements and what he thinks is being left out when it comes to Quickr. Listen in to discover what Warren's most looking forward to in Sametime 8.5 and two of his favorite features in Notes and Domino 8.5. He discusses the sessions he's giving at Lotusphere this year, as well as the three other sessions he can't wait to attend himself. AAAAAA Libby Ingrassia (from Lotusphere 2009) Scott Treggiari, Program Director for LotusUserGroup.org, talks with former Program Director (and Notes Girl, and former ePro Editor), Libby Ingrassia. You don’t want to miss this one. Scott talks with Libby about what she’s up to now, how the economy impacts Lotus partners, what Business Development day offers attendees, her Health Check session, her healthy Yoga session, and her involvement with Geek Girls (you want to know about this). Plus, hear about what Libby is most looking forward to here this year, at Lotusphere her preferred Chat tool, and a special 8.5 haiku. AAAAAA Julian Robichaux (from Lotusphere 2009) LotusUserGroup.org talks with Julian Robichaux, one of the authors of Guru Guidance articles in Clippings newsletter, creator of NSFtools.org, a frequent speaker at Lotus events all over the world, and a Lotus guru. Julian talks about his 2 sessions at Lotusphere and who they’re designed for, tells us a bit about what’s new in 8.5 for creating charts and graphs and comments on his thoughts about the skills and technology areas developers should focus on as they plan their career goals over the next year. Plus hear about his thoughts on the General session, what he’s most looking forward to at Lotusphere, and a lot more. AAAAAA Chris Miller (from Lotusphere 2009) Chris Miller is a well-known Lotus guru, the editor of the LotusUserGroup.org Sys Admin Tips newsletter, and the director of messaging and collaboration at Connectria. Listen in to find out what the new location-based service — IdoCheckIn — is, how it works, and how you can use it at Lotusphere to make meeting up with people a whole lot easier. In this interview, Chris tells us one advantage of face-to-face networking and what he thinks will be the big announcements for administrators at Lotusphere 2009. Learn about the two sessions Chris will be giving this year, as well as one tip to help a Notes/Domino administrator get started with WebSphere application administration. AAAAAA Rob McDonagh (from Lotusphere 2009) Rob, half of the LotusUserGroup.org Developer Tips newsletter’s dynamic duo, talks about the influences in the Lotus world, describes the session that he’ll give at Lotusphere this year, and delves into the beta of Domino Designer 8.5, including what he likes about it and what threw him for a loop. AAAAAA Carl Tyler (from Lotusphere 2009) Carl’s the founder of Epilio.com, a top Lotus Guru, a popular presenter, and the designer of the most recent Sametime Certification Exam. Hear about several sessions that Carl is giving at Lotusphere (and why you shouldn’t miss them), his choice for technology product of the year, which technologies he thinks developers should learn in 2009, and what this renowned Sametime guru is most looking forward to in Sametime 8.5. Plus, hear about how Carl ended up at Lotusphere with a shaved head and painted blue. AAAAAA Kevin Pettitt, LotusGuru Consulting (from Admin2008/Lotus Developer 2008 Boston) Kevin Pettitt is an active speaker, blogger, and frequent poster on OpenNTF.org. At his first venture at the View conferences, find out what Kevin brings to the table at Lotus Developer 2008, what he's presenting on, where to find him online, and what SuperNTF is. AAAAAA Julian Robichaux, NSFTools.com (from Admin2008/Lotus Developer 2008 Boston) Julian tells us what sessions he is speaking on, why Composite Applications are so important to Notes 8.0.1, and what skills and software packages developers need to know to use them. And no, this is not the same interview as below, I managed to grab him in between sessions for a quick podcast! AAAAAA Paul Steel, Research in Motion (from Admin2008/Lotus Developer 2008 Boston) Paul is speaking at Developer 2008, on Domino applications for the Blackberry. He tells us what his company is doing to get Quickr applications on mobile devices, and how you can find the cool things he's about to demo in an upcoming session. AAAAAA Adrew Pedisich, Technotics, Inc. (from Admin2008/Lotus Developer 2008 Boston) Meet Andy Pedisich, President of Technotics, Inc., a leading Lotus guru, speaker, and author. Andy will be presenting at Admin2008 and on the ND8 Updrade Seminar. Hear about how Andy got started in the Lotus world. Find out what he'll be presenting in Boston and what his favorite session is. Do you know if Andy's got a favorite IT gadget? Listen up and find out these things and more. Plus, Andy gives you a sneak peek tip for avoiding false readings on the number of concurrent users. Click the file below to listen in to this entertaining and informative interview. AAAAAA Jump to: 2 Minutes With...Lotus____________________________ 2 Minutes With... Our Members