Lotusphere 2009: Last Day
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Well, the show that is Lotusphere 2009 is drawing to a close. Today has been a great day, so far. I am currently waiting to attend the Closing General Session (CGS), which is always a great deal of fun. In fact, if you ever attend Lotusphere I strongly recommend you plan your trip so that you can attend the closing session. It is always a lot more lighthearted than the Opening General Session (OGS), is rhetoric-free, and sends you away from the conference in a great mood. I am such a fan of the CGS that I am actually mad at myself for missing the other 13 of them (this is my 14th Lotusphere).
The GURUpalooza session was a great deal of fun. Once again we had all of the BP track speakers on the stage, as well as the SpeedGeeking speakers and the Lotusphere Idol winners. One of the things we confirmmed during GURUpalooza is something I have sensed since arriving here for Lotusphere. There are many, many new faces - it appears that we have had a great deal of people attending this year where it is their first year attending Lotusphere! Bob Balaban was giving out buttons that had the number of years you have attended Lotusphere, and he ran out of first-year buttons very early in the week. During GURUpalooza I asked the audience how many of them were first-time Lotusphere attendees, and I would say that between 40-50% of the GURUpalooza attendees were first-time Lotusphere attendees! WOW!!
I believe that the large influx of new Lotusphere attendeese, coupled with the thriving Product Showcase, are great indicators that the Lotus community is not only surviving, it is thriving. Lotus announced many new things this week, in addition to (finally!) demonstrating the LotusScript editor for Domino Designer on Eclipse (DDE), and this also points to a product line that is healthy and growing.
So, I as I prepare to leave Lotusphere 2009, I must admit that I am not only satisfied, I am excited at what the future holds for our company, Lotus Notes/Domino, and our community.
"The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades." --Timbuk3
Rock
Well, the show that is Lotusphere 2009 is drawing to a close. Today has been a great day, so far. I am currently waiting to attend the Closing General Session (CGS), which is always a great deal of fun. In fact, if you ever attend Lotusphere I strongly recommend you plan your trip so that you can attend the closing session. It is always a lot more lighthearted than the Opening General Session (OGS), is rhetoric-free, and sends you away from the conference in a great mood. I am such a fan of the CGS that I am actually mad at myself for missing the other 13 of them (this is my 14th Lotusphere).
The GURUpalooza session was a great deal of fun. Once again we had all of the BP track speakers on the stage, as well as the SpeedGeeking speakers and the Lotusphere Idol winners. One of the things we confirmmed during GURUpalooza is something I have sensed since arriving here for Lotusphere. There are many, many new faces - it appears that we have had a great deal of people attending this year where it is their first year attending Lotusphere! Bob Balaban was giving out buttons that had the number of years you have attended Lotusphere, and he ran out of first-year buttons very early in the week. During GURUpalooza I asked the audience how many of them were first-time Lotusphere attendees, and I would say that between 40-50% of the GURUpalooza attendees were first-time Lotusphere attendees! WOW!!
I believe that the large influx of new Lotusphere attendeese, coupled with the thriving Product Showcase, are great indicators that the Lotus community is not only surviving, it is thriving. Lotus announced many new things this week, in addition to (finally!) demonstrating the LotusScript editor for Domino Designer on Eclipse (DDE), and this also points to a product line that is healthy and growing.
So, I as I prepare to leave Lotusphere 2009, I must admit that I am not only satisfied, I am excited at what the future holds for our company, Lotus Notes/Domino, and our community.
"The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades." --Timbuk3
Rock
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