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Category Misc
Well it's been seven years of blogging since the start of this month.  Hard to think that it all kicked off in 2003, when I was in my mid-twenties as an experiment.  But, it's been a great experience, with good and bad results from this (but mostly positive).   This year especially, I am grateful for the many colleagues and friends that I have met through this medium, and although its function has changed over the years, I am so happy I have it (and them) to work with and rely on.  So what happens now?

Well, I am starting another experiment, by moving to wordpress.  This will affect links and RSS feeds, so bear with me or just fix your reader!  (if you want a sneaky look it is currently on http://pmooneynet.wordpress.com  .The site is not finished yet, but it will get there.  The content should all be in (thanks to Matt White!) and it should come along as I get time.  This is no reflection on domino as a platform for blogging.  Declan's blogsphere template has served me very well for a long time.  I just want to try something new.  I will blog my experiences with wordpress too, looking at it from a control perspective (admins are all about control).


So.. onwards and downwards into 2010.

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Category Lotusnotes
I'm kinda surprised I have to say this, but if you decide to network share your dominoserver\data directory on the windows network, and like just have it open for everyone, then feel that domino is not secure as people open databases using file mappings (as opposed to opening using the domino server), it's not really the product's fault.  It's your fault.  If you use file mappings on a server so people can open server databases locally, it's going to cause you all sorts of problems.  From file locking to security.  Don't do it.  And if you do it, don't blame a platform based database system if you leave a hole big enough in the security to drive a bus through it.

Domino is not a secure application system.  It has the potential to be a VERY security application system, once configured correctly.

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Category Misc

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Category Lotusnotes
After the roaring success of Matt's xPages 101 session in London, and Bluewave's webinar series kicking off to a great start, they have decided to host an 8.5 "101" day in London on the 22nd April.

The instructors:
Warren and myself

The day:
Practical, hands-on setup of DAOS, IDVault, Traveler and Widgets

The bonus:
Instructor lead training and a "walkaround bloke" for the day helping out giving real world advice.  The people giving the lessons present at many technical conferences around the world and kinda know their shit.

The location:
London

The cost:
£200 per person.  Yes... you read that right.


How is it so cheap?

• YOU bring your laptop
• YOU have a VM setup the way we tell you in advance
• YOU are already expected to be a domino administrator
• WE hit the ground running.. and hit it hard
• YOU buy us a beer afterwards (well, if you want)
  
  This is as much an experiment as anything, to see if Admins would like the format that Matt has found so successful (btw, this was done with Matt's blessing).  It is ridiculously cheap per person and we hope you find it useful.  Click here for details.

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Category Misc
Just a reminder that the first in our series of free webinars begin tomorrow with a Lotusphere 2010 review.  If you didn't make it Lotusphere and/or want our opinions on some of the announcements made, click here.

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Category Misc
"While you are here, can you take a look at this."

Prepare to make a stand or own a problem.

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Category ILUG10
Yup... the planning has begun for ILUG2010.  Details are still very rough, but here are some starters:

• It will be in November 2010.  Not our usual May, but personal reasons make May a bad choice.
• It will be 3 days long
• It will be multi track
• We will require sponsors
• The usual suspects have signed up to help out.
• It will be a lot of fun
• It is not for profit
• It will be free to attend
• We will need speakers
• Casual and technical mood is mandatory
• Bad language is encouraged
• There will be beer
  
  We will firm up on the details in the very near future (hopefully end of next week) with sponsor information etc.  One thing we wanted to ask the crowd was about venue.  Dublin or Belfast.
  
  Dublin:
• Eileen lives near there
• I am from there
• Fantastic city
• Cheap airport
• Not as cheap to stay in (but cheaper then last time)
• Big city
• Great weekend venue
• Metric shitload of bars
• Metric shitload of history
• Metric shitload of things to do
  
  Belfast:
• I live there (i.e. I'm being lazy and it suits me)
• It's somewhere new
• 2 airports
• Cheaper then Dublin
• Fantastic city
• Great weekend venue
• Metric shitload of bars
• Metric shitload of history (wanna see where the Titanic was built?)
• Metric shitload of history
• Metric shitload of things to do
  
  Any thoughts from anyone?  Would you like somewhere new but still in Ireland?  (No politics or history lessons please - we live here).  What do you think?

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