Martin Pradny's blog

Last month I had opportunity to speak at ICS.UG user group together with Martin Jinoch. It was great event as I mentioned in previous post. Our slides are available on ICS.UG session list, but I also want to publish demo video and GIT repository that I used for the demo. I wanted to do some cleanup first, but as time didn't permit me to do so, I publish it just as it was for the conference. It really just a proof-of-concept that put together pieces that I would use separately otherwise. Slides: Video: I had to move mymouse all the time to get correct recording, so please ignore it. It's no voodoo.  Repository: https://bitbucket.org/pradnik/ics.ug-demo  Next plans are to all of this on current project that also involves Open NTF Domino API and XPages Scaffolding, which probably will make some parts more complicated.   

Last week I had an opportunity to visit and speak at ICS.UG in Bremen and then continue seamlessly to Engage user group in Ghent. Both events were amazing and transport between them organized by We4IT was more than special, a beer-bus with actual bar inside. I still wonder whether it is legal, definitely would not be in US. I ’ve been to several user groups in past, so I can compare them to recent events. Here are my thoughts: Venues and organization Every year events are better organized and take place in nicer venues. This is especially true for Engage where Theo is raising the bar for all conferences every year. It’s going to be hard to keep this pace, but everyone is doing their best. Sponsors This year there were many new names I never heard of, some of the classic ones were missing. It’s still good sign about the market as there are definitely people interested in IBM collaboration space. Also giveaways from sponsors are getting better every year. People ...