Whew, Lotusphere is pretty big, bigger than I expected. Seeing 6000+ people in one room makes you realize that 6000 is a lot of people. I’m having a great time here so far and we are getting pretty good feedback from customers.
… wait, let me step back a second. I have been working on Activities for Lotus the past year and a half. That started with Activities Explorer, then moved on to having an Activities web interface, and now we’re in Lotus Connections (formerly Ventura). It has been very exciting to work on Social Software, I can finally tell my friends that I’m hip and work on cool social networking software (instead of just some longer description about enterprise collaboration).
After a few small snafus on our part, it seems like Lotusphere attendees are starting to log in and try out our free test of Lotus Connections. Hopefully the word will spread and will get more exposure — we’re really hoping to get feedback that we can work into our product!
Some related links:
- http://www.elsua.net/2006/12/01/ibm-lotus-ventura-ibms-take-of-social-software-within-the-enterprise-2/
- http://www.kintya.com/blog/2007/01/ibm_validates_e.html
- internetnews.com
- PC Magizine
- http://www.snellspace.com/wp/?p=590
- http://www.assodigitale.it/content/view/3578/31/
- http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2173209/ibm-revamps-lotus-offerings
- http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/21/business/ibm.php
5 Comments
Hello Timm,
One of my professors (whom i’m currently assisting as a researcher) recently wrote a book about inadvertant social networking on the blogosphere that might interest you. It’s called “Blogosphere: the new political arena” by Michael Keren (check amazon if you are having trouble finding it). Hope all is going well with you, and I look forward to reading more good posts!
Howdy Mr Tim…
It is great to see all the good work you and the
team have been doing. Enjoy your time at LS!
Have a couple for me at Jelly Rolls!
Sami
So you work with social networking yet … you’ve haven’t “socially networked” with your college roommate in about 4 months. I see how that works. j/k :) Good to see you’re back to blogging again.
Recent news on social networking on Ars
“The concept of the [Lotus Connections] service is similar to social networking sites, such as Facebook.”
A bit simplistic and inaccurate, but what can you do.
If only FB let you assign To Dos to your friends :).