well i have rented a car. i had planned to go all out and get a porsche or mercedes but although they were available (and actually pretty good value) i found out that you have to provide your own insurance. not so easy for a non-american. anyway, they could offer me a lexus (or as …
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la
well the travel went surprisingly well. it’s 9am here. i rolled into the hotel in beverly hills at about midnight, so it took ten hours to get from orlando to california. the luggage was waiting on the carousel for me. i am off to get some breakfast and then rent a car to have a …
mco
i am sat waiting for my first flight of the day at orlando airport. the plan is that i fly up to jfk in new york and then from there across and down to los angeles. the flights won’t be a problem, there is plenty of time for the connection. the bags on the other …
qualified
as it is so quiet today i thought i would have a go at the r6 clp upgrade exam. this is a certification scheme run by lotus that is meant to prove competence. first of all i passed. but only just. i had forgotten how much the questions revolve around your knowledge of the menu …
magic
the party at the magic kingdom turned into a bit of a classic last night. we got to see the disney parade, mickey, minnie and a huge fireworks display. although incredibly cheesy it was great fun, all of the restaurants were open (and free), there were beer carts all round the park so we never …
openntf
the openntf bof was excellent last night. this is a plug for them, if you are a domino developer then get over to openntf.org and get involved… they need developers, testers, even documentors. it’ll be another full day of sessions. we have just seen the pre-alpha demo of websphere studio application developer which is looking …
sessions
today has just been one session after another. largely the have been pretty interesting. the highlight being the turtle ‘s session which ended up with everyone singing along to vera lynn, i am in the picture somewhere but i can’t quite work out where! i am just waiting to go into the openntf bof (i …
missed
a few of us went to dinner in my hotel last night. the food, wine and company were excellent. so much so, in fact, that i didn’t get to bed until 01:30 this morning. now i was meant to be up and at my first session by 06:30, but to be brutally honest, i didn’t …
next-gen
the opening general session of lotusphere was not hugely impressive. i have come along in the hope that i will be surprised and find that domino has been given a new lease of life. but when a large portion of a lotus conference is devoted to the other three ibm streams (tivoli, websphere and db2) …
superbowl
it was the superbowl party at lotusphere last night. plenty of free beer, pizza and ice cream. unfortunately i had to drive afterwards so i couldn’t drink too much. but having had to get up at 06:00 this morning that’s probably not a bad thing. in fact i am going to have to get up …
Matt White 