Live from Admin2008 - What I have been up to so far

Victor Toal  May 1 2008 01:14:31 PM

Time for another quick report on the conference. I am really taking it easier this year. Not that ther eis not tons of new stuff for me to learn though! I only am trying not to overload my system, I have only so many brain cells to fit things into and three days can burn you out allot.

Here some of my favorites:

Lotus Open labs:

Sametime Labs:
I am really taking advantage of the labs this year. I like hands-on stuff as I my few remaining brain cells retain information better if I get to actually do stuff rather than read about it. I am especially looking at Sametime of course, specifically into plug-ins. I am mainly an administrator and architect, anything that has to do with developing stuff is a weakness of mine and I need to work on that. I do not intend to do any development in the future but I really need to be ore comfortable with the topics just to make sure that when I am discussing topics that include that kind of information I can actually speak with a bit more authority on them than up until now. Plug-ins are so essential to Sametime and also Domino now and I need to be "down with that" so to say.

Quickr Labs:
I also look into the Quickr labs even tough they are a bit basic, it does always help to be familiar with what kind of education is out there. Anything users can learn will create expectations that administrators need to fulfill or rectify (if they are incorrect).


WAS/Portal/Portlet labs:
Allot to learn there. I do not do allot of Portal work, simply because I consider my knowledge to be way too light. But with the increasing integration of different systems you just have to familiarize yourself with all of it, you never know when you might be the onl one on a project that has time to do work on an issue and the PM dropped it on your plate - "git'r done!" so-to-say ...

Sessions:

• I missed one session I really wanted to hear this morning: Rob Axelrod's client crash/fault Analyzer session. that wodl have been very beneficial for me but I had some mail to catch up on ans several phone calls to attend to. I was too late and only got out of my room towards the end of the session. Shame really!

• All the Sametime sessions by Chris Miller area always worth it. He packs a short period of time with allot of information and I like his sense of humor, as long as I keep my phone turned off so I don't suddenly find myself the center of attention!!

• I visited some of the "basic knowledge " sessions just to have a refresher. There are so many new features and configuration possibilities that it really pays off to re-visit the things you know you already know "well enough" I had some surprises there that will save me some time and effort in the future.

• Security related sessions are always a must. with the ever changing playing field of dangers we are exposed to from hackers it is important to stay on top of it all.  Franciska Whitlock has an interesting one 'Fixing your top 10 security holes". That one is a must for anybody, even if you think you are already as tight as a clam.

Ask the Experts:
Sometimes called "Asked the drunken experts" or "Drunken Master - the fight of the wild monkeys". It is a great place to ask questions. I will often just sit there and listen to other's questions and he answers they get, it can be very educating to just shut up for a while and take in (I admit to having a hard time with the shut up part of it).


Right now I have to rush off to another session, I will write some more updates later.

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