Kathy Brown

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Name: Kathy Brown
Date registered: October 26, 2011
URL: http://www.runningnotes.net

Biography

Kathy Brown is a Consultant for PSC Group. She is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Kathy has spoken at Lotusphere and The View’s Developer conference, as well as Lotus User Group conferences around the world. She is co-author of the Lotus Developer Tips Newsletter for LotusUserGroup.org and co-tweeter of @NotesDevTips. In addition to Lotus development, she enjoys running (and blogging about running), tweeting (she manages 13 accounts and counting), and being both a geek and a mom.

Latest posts

  1. NE LUG and Twitter Bootstrap — May 17, 2013
  2. Article: Simple Validation with XPages — May 16, 2013
  3. Do You Use Planet Lotus? — May 15, 2013
  4. Even More On Abstract Writing — May 14, 2013
  5. IamLUG 2013 — May 13, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. Damned if you do… My Two Cents — 35 comments
  2. Career Refactor — 28 comments
  3. Need Some Hack-tastic Help — 27 comments
  4. Did You Use Business Cards at Lotusphere? — 25 comments
  5. Frustration with Designer 8.5 — 23 comments

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NE LUG and Twitter Bootstrap

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May 17, 2013

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On Tuesday, I spoke at the NE LUG meeting.  I gave a quick presentation to get started with Twitter Bootstrap (slides on slideshare), and then we continued with a lengthy discussion about using Bootstrap with XPages.  There were a lot of great questions and everyone seemed enthusiastic about trying it out.

So here are the slides (which aren’t much, it was much more about showing what Bootstrap can do, including some live demo and about the discussion, but here you go anway : – ) ).

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Article: Simple Validation with XPages

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May 16, 2013

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In the “May” edition of the Dev Tips Newsletter, I wrote about simple validation with XPages:

Of course there is really simple validation for XPages, which includes checking the “Required field” option on an edit box and entering the error message to display to the user.  However, some elements do not have this option, and what if you want the field to have validation other than whether or not it is required?

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Do You Use Planet Lotus?

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May 15, 2013

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While speedsponsoring at IamLUG last week, we decided to ask attendees if they had heard of Planet Lotus, and if so, do they check it regularly.

Surprisingly, there were quite a few attendees that had never heard of Planet Lotus.  There were also a few that had heard of it, but never visit the site.  Now that wouldn’t surprise me as much as a conference like Connect, where a lot of people know about the conference via their IBM sales person, or IBM’s site.  It DOES surprise me at a LUG, where I think (I have no actual knowledge on this, it is just a gut feeling) most attendees learn of LUGs via speakers and sponsors, who they probably follow on their blogs or Twitter or Planet Lotus.

So not that the people who read my blog are representative of who would be at a LUG, but… how many of you do NOT know what Planet Lotus is?  Or if you do know, but never go there… please reply in the comments.  Thanks.

And just to explain, Planet Lotus is a blog aggregator for (at current count) 329 blogs that cover Lotus (IBM)-related content.  Sometimes some of us cover other stuff (like me), but that’s the basis for inclusion on the site.  http://planetlotus.org/  What that means for you is loads and loads of free content.  329 blogs-worth of people putting out free tips, how-tos, etc.

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Even More On Abstract Writing

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May 14, 2013

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The topic has popped up again, on more than one blog.  Abstract writing.

Russ Maher’s take on it

Which was follow up to this post

And Wes’ post here

And possibly others I missed.

So I read Russ’ before and after abstracts.  A few things that *I* think an abstract should have:

  • PROPER GRAMMAR – ’nuff said (see what I did there, that isn’t proper grammar)
  • A hook – It doesn’t have to be super cheesy (really it should NOT be super cheesy), but SOMETHING that is catchy or stands out – just saying “Developing with XPages” won’t get you much attention
  • A story – Not like a Pullitzer prize winning novel or anything, but tell some kind of story.  Is this session for users who hate their admins?  Or developers that are new to XPages?  Don’t just list out the things that will be shown in the session, make it interesting.
  • A solution – Give the attendees something they can USE.  In both the session and the abstract.  If you’re just talking just to talk, no one will want to attend.  If you are giving me a solution to my problem, I will be there in the front row.

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IamLUG 2013

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May 13, 2013

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I have been lucky enough to attend all four IamLUGs and I have to say this was best one yet.  The combination of attendees, speakers, sessions, sponsors, food, weather (so much better than August!) was just perfect.

The attendees – I really felt like every attendee was happy to be there.  Everyone seemed eager to learn and meet new people.  I took part in my first ever speed sponsoring as a sponsor on Monday night and everyone seemed genuinely interested in learning about the sponsors and what they have to offer.

The speakers – the speaker lineup was incredible, although the speakers have been great every year.  Luis Richardson was the keynote speaker and he really brings new life to IBM keynotes.  Really, his talk could be given anywhere and be well received.

The sponsors – the sponsors were fantastic, as always, and a huge thank you to them.  The entire conference is paid for by sponsors.  And I mentioned, this was my first time as a sponsor at speedsponsoring, and I had a great time!

My sessions – my sessions went well (minus a few hiccups in the first session due to a projector, which was replaced the next day).  The slides and sample database will be posted here and on slideshare in a little bit.

Announcement – IamLUG has a new name!  It will now be ICON US, in conjunction with ICON UK.  The Lotus name was dropped by IBM.  Lotusphere changed to IBM Connect.  So changing the name of IamLUG makes perfect sense!

Flickr group – check out the IamLUG photo group to see all the pictures (and if you took some, please post them there!)  This may be my favorite.

Overall, I had a blast, I learned a ton, and the best part was that I got to meet a lot of new people I hadn’t met before, and really that’s what these LUGs are all about.

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