Yes it is called IBM Connect now, and the Closing General Session wraps up around 4:30 in the afternoon, but the true closing session takes place many hours later when Mat Newman finally removes his badge (well has his badge removed). Â The honor this year was given to Amanda Bauman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRdJzlzDYJ8
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I will be live blogging (or at least trying) once again from IBM Connect. Â For now I plan on live blogging 2 sessions, though I might add more later on.
Monday January 27th 7:45 AM IBM Connect 2014 Opening General Session
Thursday January 30th 11:15 AM Ask the Product Managers
My full blogging and speaking schedule is available on my IBM Connect 2014 page, and visit the IBM Connect Livestream page for live coverage
For those attending IBM Connect 2014 you should have already received your credentials to the Connect 2014 online site, which in large part is powered by IBM Connections. If you want to use the IBM Connections Mobile App (Android, iOS) it can be easily configured as follows.
Add a new account and select
“My company’s server’
Next use the this URL “https://connections.connect2014.com/mobile” along with the credentials you should have received from IBM.
Simple as that you now have access to the Connect 2014 Connections environment on the go.
I am looking forward to warm weather in Orlando a few short weeks from now, and looking forward to speaking twice at IBM Connect 2014
First on Monday a Show and Tell session with Chris WhisonantÂ
SHOW304 : How to Create a Perfect Profile: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to A Smarter Workforce
Date/Time : Mon, 27/Jan, 02:00 PM-03:45 PM
Room : Swan-Osprey 1 & 2
Profiles are the centerpiece of IBM Connections and your social business. IBM Connections ships with scripts to connect to your LDAP Directory. However, most organizations also need to integrate HR data to build complete profiles and reporting structure.
In this session we will teach you step-by-step how to add custom fields to your Profiles configuration, and how to populate data from multiple sources including LDAP and HR systems.
On Wednesday I will be presenting in the Best Practices track
BP311 : Sunny Days, (Smart)Cloud-y Users
Date/Time : Wed, 29/Jan, 05:30 PM-06:30 PM
Room : Dolphin-S. Hem IV-V
Learn how you can leverage the data in your existing on-premises or cloud systems (LDAP, Profiles, Active Directory, and others) to automatically provision users in IBM Smart Cloud for Social Business. This session will provide a basic introduction to Tivoli Directory Integrator, and how to connect to multiple data sources to create users in IBM SmartCloud.
We will cover user the automation of user creation, changes, and deletions, as well as explain different enrollment and log in methods available to your users.
Looking forward to seeing many of you in Orlando in a few weeks.
Yes I know it is IBM Connect now, but I liked the sound of “Dilbert Goes to Lotusphere” I am a huge Dilbert fan and super excited about this
Hat Tip Salvador Gallardo who spotted this on the IBM Social Business Facebook Page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyHjpWXvAcE
My IBM Champion Interview with Justin Liu at IBM Connect 2013
Last week at IBM Connect Chris Whisonant and I presented a Show and Tell Session on IBM Notes Traveler High Availability. Â One of the attendees at the session was a developer from the Traveler team. Â I had worked with Smith (actually his first name not an alias) Â many times before during Traveler Betas, and on a couple of PMR, but met him for the first time at a Birds of Feather session on Traveler that morning.
While I was confident in my knowledge on the subject, a couple of times while presenting it occurred to me “would the developers agree with that?”. Â At the end of the session Smith has only one complaint, which I promised I would clarify when I got back home, and it was about this slide.
Most people believe that when the Closing General Session ends Lotusphere is over.  Lotusphere isn’t over though until the official closing ceremony much later on that  night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GHTaVCll8
It is not easy leaving ones #happyplace
1. The batteries on Mat Newman occasionally need recharging
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP-9JaA7kWw
2. They label these things for a reason – double check the sign before entering
4. The only thing better than Minions is Dancing Minions (The person working the gift shop laughed a lot while we were visiting)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuzD2TZ_L8o
5. The Wifi was worthless this year, thank goodness for 4G (and unlimited data plans)
6.  I love Roller Coasters but I skipped the Rocket at Universal which was probably a good idea
7. Thank you Plantronics for one of the more useful vendor giveaway items
8. They Might be Giants – gotta love a band from Brooklyn (and that They Might be Giants)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQFj2fcuSI8
9. The no football on Sunday works out nicely, looks like a repeat of the same again next year
10. The badge holders were good for the first time in a few years, no more Velcro closures
11. 7 Days in Florida and Google Now wanted me to head to the airport the entire time
12. Joyce Davis is a Champion among Champions
13. The London Developer Co-op definitely had the best giveaway item
14.Geeks, Props, and Cameras…. need I say more
15. Sleep – quality not quantity , Fibit ‘Sleep Efficiency’ average of 97% for the week
16. 7 AM BOFs are early and hard to get to, but if you make it they prove to be quite productive sessions
17. Time moves way to fast at IBM Connect the days and the week just flew by
18. I didn’t use these, but they were a great idea and looked like they got quite a bit of use
19. Nine years at Lotusphere and Countless visits to Kimonos and I finally got up on stage at Kimonos this year (in unrelated news, there was some awful Karaoke this year)
20. IBM Connect 2013 was memorable for many reasons, but this is what will stand out most in my mind
