Why ?????

I Keep getting about this and it is bugging the shit out of me.  Why the hell would you implement share point if you already have a lotus notes infrastructure.  Somebody in the it department wants sacking.  Either that or some upper management Muppet with an MBA is making strategic software purchases based on the fact that his mate has it so his company needs it.  Then again we know how susceptible some people can be to MS's shiny lights and trinket distribution marketing.

Integrating SharePoint with Lotus Notes: Achieving a Strategic
Coexistence
http://go.techtarget.com/r/6111210/8254011

Rant over

Next year the web can drink!

Well actualy as the web is a brit it could drink 2 years ago and has probably been for years :)

Yes probably the greatest british invention (Tim Berners-Lee) te web is 20 to day.  that sit's on top of the other great invention we made work (Donald Davies) Packet Switching.  Yeah I was going to say the internet.

Happy birthday! and thanks for paying for my toys.

Thanks to Bill for reminding me

I'm online at last/again

Well after years of giving other people a comprehensive web presence I'm finally doing it for myself.  Yep Twitter, a blog and a web site.  

I've not a clue what the content is going to be but let's see where it goes.  As you can tell this is a well planned that was pulled out of my arse.  I feel like I'm back in that warm fuzzy place the dot com boom.

Me the client: I want a web site!

Me the developer: What would you like it to look like?

Me the client: :0

Me the developer: What content do you want it to display?

Me the client: Your the expert her's some money.

I'm going to use google apps and their web hosting offerings.  Firstly because it's free.  Well $10 to register your domian.  I like their stuff so far and they are going to take over the world so I might as well see what they are upto.

The lack of flexibility on the web site design is going to kill me but we'll see if I can get round that.  Everything you could need seems to be there though.  E-mail, Chat, Discussion forums, Doc's and the rest of the google sweet of apps accessable through your own domain.  Buisness IT infrastructure in a can.

I'll post my findings as I go along and you can keep track of my feeble online presence at the following addresss.

www.brially.com

blog.brially.com

twitter.brially.com

Blue Elephant Fighting

I love this article on the issues with big blue.  They have been around as long it's owned Lotus Notes.  I believe that IBM only bought notes to kill it and remove it from the market place so it could replace it with it's own product.

However the little bugger won't die and every few years IBM has to begrudgingly resuscitate it.  Every now and again it accidentally has spectacular success at this (8.5).  This leads it to do the only thing it can at this point.  Pretend it does not exist and don't tell anybody about it.

Anyway enjoy Bills Article Adieu, little yellow bubble

Hopefully he won't be gone forever from the yellow bubble or we'll be stuck with the yes men.