Join the Lotus Technical Information and Education (LTIE) community for the first ever BlackBerry Jam!

On Tuesday, March 30, the Lotus Information Development Center is hosting a "BlackBerry Jam" on several Lotus product Wikis. They'e inviting all BlackBerry users in the to share their tips, tricks, and best practices for using Lotus products on BlackBerries.

Lotus and BlackBerry are working together to make more content available, so this is your  opportunity to help define the content areas on which to focus.

The Connections, Quickr, Sametime, and Notes/Domino Wikis will all be ready for your contributions on Jam day. Just look for the "BlackBerry" category link.

The Notes and Domino Wiki will have some great new BlackBerry content ready for you when you stop by. And don't forget about WikiMadness - people who contribute content as part of BlackBerry Jam will also be eligible for the WikiMadness giveaway sponsored by external LTIE community members, Chris Toohey and David Leedy.

Questions? Email Amy Smith, Notes and Domino Information Architect at amy_smith@us.ibm.com.

LotusUserGroup.org interviewed Alistair Rennie, the GM of Lotus Spftware for IBM. We posted the interview in a podcast that you can listen to here.

In the interview Alistair updates us on avancements in mobility, Project Vulcan, LotusLive and more. Plus he asks the community to tell him what they want to hear about from him and to give him more ideas and feedback on the Lotus Knows campaign. Check out the interview and submit your thoughts to Alistair here:

For our next virtual user group meeting we'll be featuring an online presentation with eDiscovery Consultant and Notes Developer, Steve Treible, of Intechgration and Lactalis American Group.

Developing an e-discovery plan to help your organization become better prepared for the challenges of the e-discovery process is a daunting task. Having a process to locate and present electronic business communications is a MUST for every industry.

Join us for our next online meeting and web presentation and get expert advice on the best approach to building your e-discovery plan. Marta Farensbach, Senior Product Manager, E-discovery Division, Sherpa Software will be joined by Steve Treible, an independent eDiscovery and Litigation Support consultant for Intechgration, Inc. and an experienced Notes Developer at Lactalis American Group. These leading e-discovery experts will provide an introduction to the key areas involved in the e-discovery process and load you up with helpful information and best practices so you can develop an e-discovery capability for your organization. Join us for this presentation and

• Uncover the key e-discovery issues you need to understand today and in the future
• See what’s working now for organizations like yours in solving the biggest e-discovery challenges
• Understand the capabilities you need to avoid unnecessary legal risks and e-discovery costs
• Find out how e-discovery can help you manage and avoid employee misbehavior and legal actions; comply with its regulatory obligations; preserve intellectual property, and avoid embarrassing data loss or leaks

Denny Russell, Senior Product Support Specialist and Harvey Coblin, Product Manager, Discovery Attender with Sherpa Software will also be available for questions during this event

If you have been considering the best course of action for your company on this important subject, join us for this informative event and get control of e-discovery for your organization. Understand why e-discovery is important, gain insights into the issues and regulations that are most pertinent, and then start creating strategies, capabilities, and technologies to meet needs that will also help manage corporate data properly.

Date: March 09, 2010 at 12:00 pm eastern (GMT -5)

This presentation is free to LotusUserGroup.org members but requires pre-registration. Register today at http://www.LotsUserGroup.org/VUG

The Domino Administrator Documentation Team in the IBM Lotus Information Development Center is looking at restructuring some of the Admin Help and wants your feedback on how you use the documentation today. Join Amy Smith, Notes and Domino Information Architect, Cara Viktorov, Information Development Usability Feedback Lead, and the writers from the Domino Administrator Information Development team in this moderated forum and be a critical part of the team’s decisions about the direction for this doc set. Post your use cases, give the team your suggestions, and look for specific questions about usage and restructuring as the week progresses.

The team is particularly interested in feedback on the following:

• What are your use cases for using Domino Admin Help - when do you need it, when is it most helpful, when is it least helpful?
• How often do you use context-sensitive (F1) Help? How useful is F1 Help?
  
• Do you use the product Help or information center more often? Why do you use one over the other?
  
• Do you use the Notes and Domino wiki? If so, in what ways do you use the wiki (read, comment, edit articles, post articles, etc.)?
  
• General help experiences - Do you have a favorite Help feature or Help area? Least favorite?

These are just some suggestions to get you started, but all questions, opinions, and feedback are welcomed!

Join in, ask questions, provide feedback.

The forum is open for posts now, but the team will be checking in and responding to posts the week of February 22, 2010 only.

Check out the forum here.

for years now William Shatner has been the "go to guess" for the guest speaker in the opening general session at Lotusphere (although not always the most popular guess).

Now that Shatner has made his appearance, vote in our poll on who you think will be the replacement "go to" guess each year. If your choice isn't listed, you can comment here.

Opening with a really cool, DJ Steve Porter (slap chop video) hip hop style video compilation of Lotus Knows statements from execs and audience members throughout the week.