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<item><title>Tim Speed presentation now available on DNP website</title><link>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7LGNFC</link><description><![CDATA[ For anyone who may be interested, Tim Speed, an IBM Certified Systems Architect with IBM Software Services for Lotus, recently gave a Sametime Unyte presentation to the Detroit Notes Professionals on several topics (see below).  I've posted the presentation ...]]></description><dc:subject>DNP</dc:subject><dc:creator>Mike Sobczak</dc:creator><comments>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7LGNFC</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7LGNFC</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ For anyone who may be interested, Tim Speed, an IBM Certified Systems Architect with IBM Software Services for Lotus, recently gave a Sametime Unyte presentation to the Detroit Notes Professionals on several topics (see below).  I've posted the presentation files and the Sametime Unyte presentation itself <a href="http://www.detdominopros.org/hosting/dnp/dnpmeeti.nsf/WebMeetings/2008-11-6" target="_blank">here</a>.
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The Sametime Unyte presentation includes video and audio, by the way.
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<b>The IBM Domino Health Check</b><br>
Is your Domino enterprise healthy? Tim Speed will review a formal method to analyze your Domino enterprise. This presentation will discuss tools and techniques to evaluate the 'health' of any Domino environment. As a bonus this presentation will also illustrate how you can automate a systemic 'health check' using Domino DDM. The material in this presentation is based on a large number of enterprise  heath checks conducted by ISSL at several customer sites. Tim will also share with you some sample findings and also share many of our best practices on keeping your Domino enterprise on-line and healthy.
  
<b>Executing a security assessment of your Domino architecture</b><br>
Tim will walk you though a comprehensive security assessment for a Domino architecture. This assessment will include a review of your Domino directory, Notes.ini, ACLs, and ECLs. IBM will also share many examples of best practices and common practices - though a common practice is not always a best practice. Tim will also provide many take always, including tools and techniques on show YOU can assess your environment. Finally Tim will share many examples and 'war' stories on common Domino security configuration mistakes.]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:25:15 -0400</pubDate><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&amp;id=F45948576EC9DC4C85257504005F1452</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&amp;id=F45948576EC9DC4C85257504005F1452</wfw:comment></item><item><title>Using Desktop Policy to push Notes.ini settings does not work on 8.0.1 Lite</title><link>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7LBPV6</link><description><![CDATA[ I've been using Jack Dausman awesome tip from four years ago to put a Notes.ini setting into the Desktop policy.  While the settings are brought down to Notes 7 clients just fine, they are not brought down to Notes 8.0.1 Lite clients.  Has anyone else ...]]></description><dc:subject>Domino Administration</dc:subject><dc:creator>Mike Sobczak</dc:creator><comments>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7LBPV6</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7LBPV6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ I've been using Jack Dausman <a href="http://www.leadershipbynumbers.com/ms.nsf/d6plinks/JDAN-6HCRKP" target="_blank">awesome tip</a> from four years ago to put a Notes.ini setting into the Desktop policy.  While the settings are brought down to Notes 7 clients just fine, they are not brought down to Notes 8.0.1 Lite clients.  Has anyone else experienced this problem?]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:38:37 -0400</pubDate><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&amp;id=1338B5F921D0FF34852574FF0065CBDE</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&amp;id=1338B5F921D0FF34852574FF0065CBDE</wfw:comment></item><item><title>Know your Trim's</title><link>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7LAKX8</link><description><![CDATA[ I recently needed to convert some LotusScript code that used Trim() to formula code.  The reason for this was so that the code will be run when I use NotesDocument.ComputeWithForm.  Here's a sanitized version of the LotusScript code:

.lotusscript { ...]]></description><dc:subject>LotusScript</dc:subject><dc:creator>Mike Sobczak</dc:creator><comments>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7LAKX8</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7LAKX8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ I recently needed to convert some LotusScript code that used Trim() to formula code.  The reason for this was so that the code will be run when I use <b>NotesDocument.ComputeWithForm</b>.  Here's a sanitized version of the LotusScript code:
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<style>.lotusscript { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: black; }
.ls-comment { color: green; }
.ls-quote { color: black; }
.ls-datatype { color: black; }
.ls-operator { color: blue; }
.ls-keyword { color: blue; }
.ls-statement { color: blue; }
.ls-function { color: blue; }
.ls-class { color: black; }
.ls-constant { color: purple; }
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<pre><div class=lotusscript>
<font class=ls-statement>Sub</font> <font class=ls-keyword>Initialize</font>
	
	<font class=ls-statement>Dim</font> pre <font class=ls-keyword>As</font> <font class=ls-keyword>String</font>
	<font class=ls-statement>Dim</font> fst <font class=ls-keyword>As</font> <font class=ls-keyword>String</font>
	<font class=ls-statement>Dim</font> mdl <font class=ls-keyword>As</font> <font class=ls-keyword>String</font>
	<font class=ls-statement>Dim</font> lst <font class=ls-keyword>As</font> <font class=ls-keyword>String</font>
	<font class=ls-statement>Dim</font> suf <font class=ls-keyword>As</font> <font class=ls-keyword>String</font>
	<font class=ls-statement>Dim</font> username <font class=ls-keyword>As</font> <font class=ls-keyword>String</font>
	<font class=ls-statement>Dim</font> username2
	<font class=ls-statement>Dim</font> nameStr <font class=ls-keyword>As</font> <font class=ls-keyword>String</font>
	
	pre <font class=ls-operator>=</font> <font class=ls-quote>""</font>
	fst <font class=ls-operator>=</font> <font class=ls-quote>"Michael"</font>
	mdl <font class=ls-operator>=</font> <font class=ls-quote>""</font>
	lst <font class=ls-operator>=</font> <font class=ls-quote>"Sobczak"</font>
	suf <font class=ls-operator>=</font> <font class=ls-quote>""</font>
	username <font class=ls-operator>=</font> <font class=ls-function>Trim$</font><font class=ls-operator>(</font>pre <font class=ls-operator>&#38;</font> <font class=ls-quote>" "</font> <font class=ls-operator>&#38;</font> fst <font class=ls-operator>&#38;</font> <font class=ls-quote>" "</font> <font class=ls-operator>&#38;</font> mdl <font class=ls-operator>&#38;</font> <font class=ls-quote>" "</font> <font class=ls-operator>&#38;</font> lst <font class=ls-operator>&#38;</font> <font class=ls-quote>" "</font> <font class=ls-operator>&#38;</font> suf<font class=ls-operator>)</font>
	
<font class=ls-statement>End</font> <font class=ls-statement>Sub</font>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: gray; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; BORDER: 1 solid Grey; margin : 5px 50px 5px 50px;"><center>This LotusScript was converted to HTML using the <b><i>ls2html</i></b> routine,<br>provided by Julian Robichaux at <a href="http://www.nsftools.com" target="_blank">nsftools.com</a>.</center></div>
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The above code uses the Trim() function.  Trim() doesn't remove redundant spaces between words, so the result is that my name has two spaces between my first name and last name, like this:  "Michael  Sobczak".  Here's the formula version of the same code:
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pre := "";<br>
fst := "Michael";<br>
mdl := "";<br>
lst := "Sobczak";<br>
suf := "";<br>
username := @Trim(pre + " " + fst + " " + mdl + " " + lst + " " + suf);<br>
@Return ( username );<br>
<br>

The @Trim() function removes all redundant spaces between words.  So now my name has only one space between my first name and last name, like this:  "Michael Sobczak"  Why is this a big deal?  Well, the form in question logs individual field changes to the document history section.  When the above formula runs in the Input Translation event, the username is recomputed and the form sees the field value as having changed and logs the change.  So the only solution I can think of is to run some cleanup code against all of the existing documents to fix the original problem introduced by Trim().  If only the original Lotusscript code had used FullTrim()...]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:17:04 -0400</pubDate><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&amp;id=F0721235B7744129852574FE005357B6</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&amp;id=F0721235B7744129852574FE005357B6</wfw:comment></item><item><title>Is there money to be made with open source Notes solutions?</title><link>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/DOMO-7KWKA8</link><description><![CDATA[ The company I currently work for is considering making one of our applications available as an open source solution on OpenNTF.&nbsp; Our thinking is that we would be able to make money like other open source solutions, primarily through support, ...]]></description><dc:subject>OpenNTF</dc:subject><dc:creator>Mike Sobczak</dc:creator><comments>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/DOMO-7KWKA8</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/DOMO-7KWKA8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>The company I currently work for is considering making one of our applications available as an open source solution on <a href="http://www.openntf.org" target="_blank">OpenNTF</a>.&nbsp; Our thinking is that we would be able to make money like other open source solutions, primarily through support, customizations and maintenance.&nbsp; </p>
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<p>Has anyone out there in the Notes community done this and been able to turn a profit?</p>]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:49:02 -0400</pubDate><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&amp;id=A173659F96AA1E28852574F200513BB3</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&amp;id=A173659F96AA1E28852574F200513BB3</wfw:comment></item><item><title>How do I use the ODBCThreadSafeDrivers Notes.ini parameter?</title><link>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/DOMO-7KWK5K</link><description><![CDATA[ A client of mine has several web and scheduled agents that connect to Oracle using LS:DO.&nbsp; I'd like to configure the Domino server so that these agents run multithreaded.

So, if I set DominoAsynchronizeAgents=1, is this how I would&nbsp;set ...]]></description><dc:subject>LS&#58;DO</dc:subject><dc:creator>Mike Sobczak</dc:creator><comments>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/DOMO-7KWK5K</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/DOMO-7KWK5K</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>A client of mine has several web and scheduled agents that connect to Oracle using LS:DO.&nbsp; I'd like to configure the Domino server so that these agents run multithreaded.</p>
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<p>So, if I set <strong>DominoAsynchronizeAgents=1</strong>, is this how I would&nbsp;set <font size="2"><strong>ODBCThreadSafeDrivers:</strong></font></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<p><font size="2">ODBCThreadSafeDrivers=Oracle in OraClient10g_home2</font></p>
</blockquote>]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:48:46 -0400</pubDate><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&amp;id=8C2DAD4EDBF042E7852574F20050DCBC</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&amp;id=8C2DAD4EDBF042E7852574F20050DCBC</wfw:comment></item><item><title>Document locking and soft locking question</title><link>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7KQJ5E</link><description><![CDATA[ A Notes database I wrote for a client a few years ago is experiencing a problem with document locking.  The database has a scheduled agent (running hourly) that unlocks documents that have locked for more than two hours.  However, if the agent unlocks a ...]]></description><dc:subject>Stump the Chump</dc:subject><dc:creator>Mike Sobczak</dc:creator><comments>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7KQJ5E</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7KQJ5E</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A Notes database I wrote for a client a few years ago is experiencing a problem with document locking.  The database has a scheduled agent (running hourly) that unlocks documents that have locked for more than two hours.  However, if the agent unlocks a document while a user is still editing it, the user gets the <b>Another copy of this document was saved while you were editing it</b> warning when they attempt to save their document.
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<img src="SaveConflictPromptUI.jpg" alt="Another copy of this document was saved while you were editing it.">
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A way around this would be for the agent to determine if anyone has the document open in edit mode before unlocking it.  The Domino server knows who's editing a document on the server at all times, and gives users the soft locking prompt when someone else tries to edit the same document in the Notes UI:
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<img src="SoftLockPrompt.jpg" alt="soft locking prompt">
<br><br>
So, my question is, is there a way to programmatically determine whether someone is editing a given document on the server?  I'm guessing that if this is possible at all, it would have to be some sort of Notes C++ API magic...]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:44:37 -0400</pubDate><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&amp;id=E35DF347BD29C6D0852574EC004AE0BB</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&amp;id=E35DF347BD29C6D0852574EC004AE0BB</wfw:comment></item><item><title>Documenting program flow</title><link>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/DOMO-7KMH8A</link><description><![CDATA[ One thing I always do&nbsp;before I&nbsp;begin updating&nbsp;complex code is document the flow of the code.&nbsp; My rudimentary way of doing this is&nbsp;to start with the initial subroutine and indent each subroutine that is subsequently called, like ...]]></description><dc:subject>Lotusscript</dc:subject><dc:creator>Mike Sobczak</dc:creator><comments>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/DOMO-7KMH8A</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/DOMO-7KMH8A</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>One thing I always do&nbsp;before I&nbsp;begin updating&nbsp;complex code is document the flow of the code.&nbsp; My rudimentary way of doing this is&nbsp;to start with the initial subroutine and indent each subroutine that is subsequently called, like this:<br/>
<br/>
</p>
<blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<p>Initialize()</p>
<blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<p>getProfile()</p>
<blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<p>calculateRate()</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="ltr">updateDocs()</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="ltr">END OF CODE</p>
</blockquote><br/>
<p dir="ltr">I document my findings either on a piece of paper or&nbsp;in Wordpad, depending on how complex the code turns out to be.&nbsp; (I'd&nbsp;record this in a Journal entry in Notes&nbsp;if the Lotusscript debugger didn't lock the Notes client--ugh!.)</p>
<br/>
<p dir="ltr">If the code is particularly complex I'll use the Lotusscript debugger to figure out what's calling what.&nbsp; Essentially I'm coming up with the call stack for the code for normal code execution.&nbsp; I'm guessing that there must be some standard practice or way of doing this sort of documentation.&nbsp; I've tried to use Visio to do this in the past, but Visio seems like a lot of overhead (not to mention cost) to do what is a fairly&nbsp;basic task.&nbsp; Does anyone out there&nbsp;have a better or&nbsp;more elegent way&nbsp;to document subroutine calls?</p>]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:14:40 -0400</pubDate><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&amp;id=583F673ED92C3E3C852574E900483249</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&amp;id=583F673ED92C3E3C852574E900483249</wfw:comment></item><item><title>Next DominoFest Officially Announced</title><link>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7KBPV7</link><description><![CDATA[ Our next meeting will be held on Thursday, November 6.  The meeting will be delivered as a webinar featuring two presentations from Tim Speed, a leading architect for IBM Software Services for Lotus (ISSL).

For details about this meeting, click ...]]></description><dc:subject>DNP</dc:subject><dc:creator>Mike Sobczak</dc:creator><comments>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7KBPV7</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7KBPV7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Our next meeting will be held on Thursday, November 6.  The meeting will be delivered as a webinar featuring two presentations from Tim Speed, a leading architect for IBM Software Services for Lotus (ISSL).
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For details about this meeting, <a href="http://www.detdominopros.org/hosting/dnp/dnpmeeti.nsf/WebMeetings/2008-11-6" target="_blank">click here</a>.
<br><br>
The last time the DNP hosted a remote presentation was back on March 16, 1999 at the Data Planners office in Southfield.  That presentation was for a product called Y2K-OK, delivered by Francois Koutchouk of Atlantic Decisions.  (Wow, that was a <i>long time ago</i>.)
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I personally have always preferred in-person presentations, but I decided to give remote presentations another try for two reasons: Tim Speed and the material.  I'll be very interested to see what the interest level is in the Notes community in Michigan for these presentations.  If the response is positive, then I can easily see us giving more remote presentations in the future...]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:38:38 -0400</pubDate><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&amp;id=CD14CEA359B15937852574DF006669F4</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&amp;id=CD14CEA359B15937852574DF006669F4</wfw:comment></item><item><title>Aces!  LND App Dev Update Exam Passed</title><link>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7K3J5W</link><description><![CDATA[ I took the IBM Lotus Notes Domino Application Development Update Exam for Lotus Notes/Domino 7 this morning, and aced it!  Since I also aced the Notes 6 Application Development Update exam four years ago, I now need to keep this streak of perfection going ...]]></description><dc:subject>Certification</dc:subject><dc:creator>Mike Sobczak</dc:creator><comments>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7K3J5W</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7K3J5W</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ I took the <b>IBM Lotus Notes Domino Application Development Update Exam</b> for Lotus Notes/Domino 7 this morning, and aced it!  Since I also aced the Notes 6 Application Development Update exam four years ago, I now need to keep this streak of perfection going when I take the Notes 8 App Dev Update exam next year.
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Why next year?  Well, I essentially spent the last month and a half preparing for this exam, and I need a break.  I also need to spend time on some other projects that have been on hold until I crossed off this item from my to do list.
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To prep for this exam, I purchased the practice test from <a href="http://www.selftestsoftware.com/" target="_blank">Self Test Software</a>.  I printed out all of the Flash Cards (except for those pertaining to DB2) and went through them several times.  I also printed out the What's new in Domino Designer 7? documentation in the Lotus Domino Designer Help file and read that several times.  Of all the new development topics, the ones that were hardest for me to retain were the new DXL methods and properties (CreateElementNodeNS, SetElementNodeNS...ugh!) and the elements in a WSDL file (&lt;service&gt;, &lt;portType&gt;, &lt;binding&gt;, etc.)  I spent most of my time this week reviewing those topics to make sure I had them nailed down.  For some advice on how you can prepare for this exam, click on the "Read More..." link below.
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Now that I don't need to worry about upgrading my Notes certification for a while, I'm curious as to how many Lotus professionals still keep their certifications up-to-date.  I used to hear about people getting their Notes R4 and R5 back in the day, but starting with LND6 I don't hear about it so much.  Am I part of a dying breed who still feels that certifications, particularly Lotus certifications, are important?]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:45:22 -0400</pubDate><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&amp;id=E9108A9FF19F9127852574D7004B90DA</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&amp;id=E9108A9FF19F9127852574D7004B90DA</wfw:comment></item><item><title>Brian O'Curran running for President!</title><link>http://ww2.nutechs.com/hosting/msobczak/Blogs/BlogSphere-1_0_2/LordLotusBlog.nsf/d6plinks/MSOK-7JC2SG</link><description><![CDATA[ See for yourself and be amazed!

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