When triggered from within a mail file in Lotus Domino R6, this LotusScript code from SearchDomino.com Hall of Famer Blessan Philip will set a repeating reminder in a user's Lotus Notes calendar.

Lotus Notes/Domino developer Julian Robichaux (also of Taking Notes fame) had a great post a few days around a Lotus Notes rogue marketing idea... "yeah, it can do that too".


He sums up nicely what has always been Lotus Notes greatest strength, and at times its great weakness, "the product does so much that it's hard to give a good one-line, sound bite description of it. In fact, it's quite impossible".

Even just explaining to people the difference between Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino takes some time. ?(I've tried to explain it here)

To some Lotus Notes is just email and calendar, while for others their entire business runs on Domino by utilizing applications such as HelpDesk, Customer Tracking, Supply Chain, and more. ? One of my favourite examples is how most of the Major League Baseball (MLB) teams rely on Notes and Domino for their player scouting. ?I've covered this topic in more detail in Unmatched Application Development Platform. ?Recently I even discussed how Lotus Notes/Domino can be used for Blogs, Wikis, and Bulletin Boards. ? The possibilities are endless.

My Lotus Notes Workspace has a dozen tabs, each with dozens of databases. ? I can't imagine my daily life without Notes, and I don't mean just for work. ?I have TONS of information stored in databases, both professional and personal such as stock portfolios, music and movie catalogs, and mailing lists and phone numbers.

Some people "get it" and are AMAZED by Notes, while others can be sceptical at first of any "one product does it all" type solution. ?So how do you explain this to your boss, or more importantly to a new customer?

Let's have some fun, and how about you share a few stories on how you personally, and your company professionally use Notes (and companion products like Sametime, QuickPlace, and WebSphere Portal). ? What methods were effective in "selling" Lotus Notes/Domino to your organization?

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Okay, here's my idea for a new Lotus Notes advertising campaign (click for a larger image):

I've been thinking that one of the problems with "selling" Notes inside an organization (elevator pitches, discussing with management, etc.) is that the product does so much that it's hard to give a good one-line, sound bite description of it. In fact, it's quite impossible. I think that the new, PHB-sized whitepapers are a great idea, but I still wanted something short and sweet.

So I figured that the best thing might be to embrace the diversity of the Notes platform, rather than try to boil it down somehow. And that's what I came up with: "Lotus Notes - yeah, it can do that too".

Need e-mail? Yeah, it can do that. Client and web applications? Yeah, that too. Portal? Yeah. Blog, wiki, RSS reader? Yes, yes, yes. Web services? Yes, we could do this all day...

I'll be the first to admit that the actual graphic design I came up with could be greatly improved upon (and please, I would love to see other variations on this theme), but I think the idea could work. Whatcha think?

p.s. -- I know that the comment system I'm using right now (Enetation) is broken. It's been in steady decline for a while now, and I'm going to switch it soon. For now, if you want to comment but can't, feel free to do so on your own blog. I won't be offended.
;-)

UPDATE: other bloggers weighing in so far -- Curt Stone, Scott Gentzen, Chris Linfoot, Andy Broyles, Chris Blatnick, Thomas Adrian, Tim Tripcony, Ian Irving, and Notes super-tipster Alan Lepofsky (who made the colors on the banner a little snazzier too).

Ed Brill picked up the theme too, relating it to a recent Eric Mack post.

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Samisa Abeysinghe, pioneer of the the Apache Axis2/C effort, architect of the core of the Apache Axis2/C Web services engine, and an AJAXWorld Conference 2006 speaker, has announced the release of Apache Axis2/C version 0.93.

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Announcing two new Lotus Notes/Domino whitepapers available on lotus.com

IBM Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino roadmap. - Continued innovation without migration

• Seamless upgrades
• Taking team collaboration to a new level
• More than messaging: collaboration tools and the foundation for a security-rich infrastructure
• Greater innovation and interoperability
• Announcing even more powerful Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino software
• Get ready to enrich and extend your world-class collaboration infrastructure

A preview of the next release of IBM Lotus Notes software— code name: "Hannover"

• A new user experience and a seamless step forward
• Providing investment protection
• Offering more choices with extended multiplatform support
• Benefits of a server-managed client architecture
• “Hannover” and Lotus Domino server
• Moving your business forward with “Hannover”

Please make sure all of the IT staff and decision makers in your company take 10 minutes and read this.

This free interoperability demo introduces users to the simplicity with which the newly converged WS-RT and WS-RP specifications and existent OASIS