Episode 68, recorded on Friday 9th September 2011.  We discuss memories of 9/11, MWLUG, Social Connections II, the loss of the Lotusphere CULT shirts, two significant departures (Steve Jobs from Apple and Mary Beth Raven from IBM) and more…

Hosts

Stuart McIntyre (blog | twitter | company) & Darren Duke (blog | twitter | company)

Guests

	Lisa Duke (twitter | company) is Business Development Manager for Simplified Technology Solutions, Inc. (also known as STS), an IBM Lotus business partner specializing in collaboration, mobility, and virtualization.  STS also resells IBM System X hardware and related storage.  IBM Champion and friend of Mat Newman.
	Sharon Bellamy (blog | twitter | company) is soon to be a Consultant at Applicable, working with Portal/WCM, Quickr, Sametime and Connections implementations. IBM Champion, iSeries fan girl and friend of Mat Newman.

Topics

9/11 – Memories from 10 years ago?

Wrap up from MWLUG & AUSLUG 

• (http://www.shawnimals.com and http://www.patientsafety.org/)

Social Connections II announced 

• Cardiff Uni, Glamorgan Building
• 9th December
• Speakers from IBM, partners and customers, plus special guests

Lotusphere just 4 months away… 

• No more CULT shirts
• Will it still be Lotusphere?
• What are our hopes for the conference?
• Is the atmosphere changing over time as Andrew Pollack suggests?
• Can Lotusphere serve both technical and business interests?

Steve Jobs leaving Apple 

• What’s the impact going to be?

Mary Beth Raven leaving IBM 

• What has MBR done for IBM/Lotus?
• Will she be missed?
• What do others need to step forward now she has moved on?
• Does it put even more pressure of Ed and Joyce?

Tips

Darren:
MIB Browser help make sense of SNMP MIB files and find the OID you need. Great free tool.
Sharon:
IBM innovation centres – all over the world, 2 in the UK for use via business partners or ISVs
Lisa
Other podcasts:  Taking Notes, the 1352 Report, Dogear Nation, Social Geeks and Get Social Do Business.  Also STS events.
Stuart:
LotusLive meetings app for iOS – works great.  But IBM must retire the old 7-digit Sametime Unyte meetings that are incompatible.  Also, needs to offer audio through the app too.