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In the tip What Is Replication I introduced you to the basic concept where: ?"Replication is the process of keeping databases synchronized. ? That applies to both the design and the information inside the databases". ?In this tip I'll explain how replication is not just for servers, but also applies to your Lotus Notes client.

Let's start with a familiar concept. ?Using your web browser (Mozilla FireFox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc) you type in a URL or click on a link such as http://www.ibm.com, and your browser "opens" the web page for you to see the information. ? In this case, the web browser is the client, and the web site it is opening comes from a web server.

Lotus Notes works in a similar manner. ? When you open a Lotus Notes database, your Notes client displays the information stored on the Domino server. ?However, Lotus Notes offers a huge advantage over web-based applications... you can access information "locally".

A "local replica" of a database allows you to access Notes data stored on your own computer, rather than accessing it on a server across a network connection. ?This "local access" results in much quicker access times, and most importantly means you can still work when you don't have a network or internet connection. ?If you are in a meeting room without network access, or on an train/airplane, or at a customer site where you can't access your own company's servers.... with Lotus Notes you can still have all the information you need at your finger tips!

Replication keeps the local databases "synchronized" with the versions on the server.

Say for example, your company uses a Lotus Notes based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. ?The CRM database keeps track of all the information about your clients, their products, history of the meetings you've had with them, and more. ?If you replicate the CRM database to your laptop, you can now jump in your car and drive to your client's office, and still have all the information you need available while at the meeting. ?During the meeting you sign a new deal, and you update the information in the CRM database right away. ?When you get back to the office and connect your laptop, the new information you have entered will automatically replicate to your Domino server. ?This is much better than waiting until you are back in the office to enter the information.

I have my mail file replicated locally to my laptop, as well as a dozen other Notes databases. ?There are several discussion forums that I participate in, and by having local replicas I can read and update them at any time. ?Similarly, I have this blog replicated locally. ?That means I can write new blog entries or add comments at any time. ?Then when I have a network connection all the changes I've made, as well as any new comments are synchronized between my client and the server that hosts my blog.

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Replication is one of the most important, yet least understood features of Lotus Notes/Domino. ? Over a series of tips, I will explain replication, starting with a basic overview, work up to some of the more advanced features you should understand.

First let's begin with a definition. ? Replication is the process of keeping databases synchronized. ? That applies to both the design (the look and colours, the forms you fill out, the views that display the documents, the security, etc), and the information (documents) inside the databases.

So what does that mean?

Think of one of the Lotus Notes databases you use at your company. ? Maybe a HelpDesk application, or Customer Relationship Tracking, or a Document Library. ?That database most likely resides on more than one server in your company. ?Perhaps employees in Canada access it on Server A, while employees in France access it on Server B, ?Germany uses Server C, and people in Japan use Server D. ?You want everyone to see the same information. ? So when you create a new document in that database, or edit (update) and existing document, or even delete a document, replication is the Domino process that makes sure those changes are also reflected in the other databases.

Replication occurs on a schedule that your Domino Administrators set-up. ? For important databases this schedule maybe frequent, such as every 10 minutes, or 5,or even 1. ? Other databases which are not as "time sensitive" may replicate only once a day.

In the next tip, I will explain "Local Replication", the process which allows you to access Lotus Notes databases on your computer, instead of on a server.

New Online Tutorial Demonstrates Visual Data Integration Using Stylus Studio XML Pipeline

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Today’s tutorial was a request by Kirk from Smallest Photo. As you all know, the way I do or show it isn’t the ‘only’ way, it’s just my way and I’m open for any other tips or suggestions. As always I had fun doing this and I’m always happy to share stuff like this. So here it goes…

Step 1 - Selecting the corner and warp transform it to a curl

Select the Rectangle Selection tool from the Toolbox and drag a squared selection starting from the bottom right corner of the image (holding down shift) going diagonally left, till you have a big part selected of the bottom right corner of your image. Go to the Edit menu and select Transform > Warp. Drag the bottom right point of the mesh up left till you get some curly effect. Drag the bezier handles to get the right curl effect and hit the return key if you're pleased with the result.

Step 2 - Create the curl

Since this curl doesn't show the back of our photo, it doesn't really look realistic. The only way I'm aware of to achieve this effect is that we draw it ourself. Select the Pen tool from the Toolbox and draw a path on top of the picture. Follow the borders of the curl you just transformed as guidance. Fill the Shape layer with a white color (double click the layer icon).

Step 3 - Add shading effect to the curl

Double click on the right of the Shape layer to active the Layer Styles. Check the Gradient Overlay option. Set the Angle of the gradient to 152° and click in the gradient to adjust the colors. Drag the stop swatches to the position shown in the image above and choose a grey for the left stop swatch (click once on the stop swatch and then once in the Color field). You can play around with the effect till you get the result you want. These numbers and info are just as a guidance and what I've used to achieve my result.

Step 4 - Add shading effect to the image

To achieve an even more realistic effect, we add a depth/shading effect on the picture itself as well. Double click on the right of the layer that holds your picture to get to the Layer Styles options. Again, check the Gradient Overlay option. Set the Angle of the gradient to 152°, choose Multiply as Blend Mode (to filter out all the white) and click in the gradient to adjust the colors. Drag the stop swatches again as before to the position shown in the image above. As an extra you can check the Drop Shadow effect in the Layers Styles options as sort of realistic finishing touch.

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EPIC 2015 is a fictional movie that explores the effects that the convergence of popular News aggregators like Google News and Newsbot with other Web 2.0 technologies such as blogging, social networking and user participation may have on journalism and society at large in a hypothesized future. ?The timeline from 1989 to 2004 is accurate, and then 2005-2015 is fictional, but very interesting. ? It talks about the merger of Google and Amazon to form Googlezon, the News Wars of 2010, and ends in 2014 when Googlezon unleashes EPIC, the Evolving Personalized Information Construct, which pays users to contribute any information they know into a central grid, allowing the system to automatically create news tailored to individuals, entirely without journalists. ?The narration ends with the statement: "Perhaps there was another way."

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Obviously for me "Access to information" is an important concept. ?It will be fun to see year after year which things come true or not. ?For example, while not called the "Google Grid", we have seen Google release an onslaught of tools this year.

I'd be interested in your thoughts.