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That's strange. I don't even have one million databases on my laptop!



If I replicate a second time, it all works nicely, as it should.

No idea why this happens; I've lived with this for years on versions 8.x and 8.51x, (and even 8.52 CD5 from which I made this screen shot).

It's certainly not a show stopper. It could even be my laptop for all I know. For now, it remains an unsolved mystery.

Now that I have your attention, I have two other Notes UX issues that I cannot explain...

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If you use Gmail for personal email, this article form the IBM Notes learning Wiki may be of interest:

Configuring the Lotus Notes Client with Gmail

I haven't tried this yet, but it looks promising. If you decide to implement this, drop me a line and let me know how it worked out.

Continuing on the theme started by Vaughan and picked up by Lotus Evangelist...

today, as we do most every day, we sold customers on the extraordinary value that comes from using Lotus Notes for collaboration and personal and team productivity (with eProductivity of course).

It doesn't take much;  you just have to help the customer (whether CEO, CIO, IT, Manager or end-user) see how this decision will benefit them personally.

Most people we speak with really want to stop living interrupt-driven lives in the inbox; they want to stop being addicted to stress, and they dream of going home with an empty inbox (paper & digital) at the end of each day.

We show them how; and, we show them how to reclaim 30-60 minutes each day. It's fun.

OK, Who's next?

I've just wrapped up a long podcast as guest on This Week in Lotus, the weekly round table discussion all things Lotus with hosts  Stuart McIntyre,and Darren Duke.

I was pleasantly surprised to learn that my guest was none other than collaboration and end-user adoption strategist  and author Michael Sampson.

An interesting podcast - you can read the show notes over at TWil. Most of the discussion was around the concept of a software catalog vs. app store, who are we trying to reach?, and end-user adoption strategies.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Links:
 
This Week in Lotus 005: If we build it, will the come?
Michael's book, User Adoption Strategies
Eric's blog on Is it Actionable or is it Reference?

A key question to ask yourself when processing your stuff (emails, papers, etc) is "is this Actionable or is this Reference?" By separating your stuff into "Actionable" and "Reference" piles, you can keep your productivity system neat and tidy.

Some quick definitions:

• Actionable: anything that requires your attention
• Reference: Items that do not require your action, but you want to keep on hand

It's not enough to ask this important question alone. A key to making this separation work is having a place to park your reference material. For that purpose, the Lotus Notes Notebook (formerly called the Lotus Notes Personal Journal) is a great tool. And, it's built in to Lotus Notes.

Here's a screenshot of one of my Notebooks:

You can see that my Notebook has all sorts of valuable stuff in it. But because it's stored away from my email inbox and my To Do lists, I only have to think about my Reference items when I choose to - they're not hitting me in the face while I'm trying to work on projects.

Check out the Lotus Notes Notebook. If you want to take your reference filing to the next level, go get yourself a download a free eProductivity Reference template that you can use to upgrade your Notes Notebook.