30hrs in a plane from Tasmania to get to Orlando… You have to hand it to Adam Brown, he is keen to be there! Between jetlag and the Saturday morning Connect soccer tournament he took the time to talk to me from his conference hotel room before heading […]

Nobody will be able to miss it: IBM Connect is a ‘social’ conference. There is a whole team of people organizing all kinds of social activities. Games, chats, a social cafe (with THE conference essentials: coffee & power outlets!) a social business engagement center and… Lego. Yes lego […]

Apart from the thousands of people who go to IBM Connect to attend the conference each year there is also a group of people who go there – not to attend the conference –  but simply to connect to the many people it draws in from all over […]

Connect is more then just a technical conference, it’s a geek-get-together. And a lot of what makes it such a great event is organized by ordinary participants. Kathy Brown takes time out between packing and getting ready for the conference to talk about her planning for IBM Connect, […]

Unfortunately I won’t be attending IBM Connect this year and believe me, watching all the posts, tweets and message from people who are going isn’t always easy. Then again, up to 4 years ago I myself had never been to Connect (Lotusphere) and didn’t know what I was […]

A few years ago around this time I wrote a blog for those of us unlucky enough to not be going to IBM Connect (which was then still called Lotusphere) that year. It listed helpful links and tips on how to stay connected & informed for those not […]

The anticipation for Connect 2014 is growing. The yearly conference in Orlando that brings together the best of our technical IBM community and an opportunity to meet with experts, build or renew friendships and learn about upcoming changes and improvements in the IBM Collaboration Software stack. I’m not […]

Monday morning someone in my network tweeted a link to a site called “#UncoverPhilips“. A promotion by the large multinational we all know quite well to get some social buzz around their new logo that they are announcing today (Nov 13th 2013). The site was quite simple and […]

It has been a while since my last post and a lot happened. After attending ICONUK in Brighton in September and the Leadership Alliance in Boston two weeks ago I went back home to train for the Zevenheuvelen loop. A 15k race in November that Silverside traditionally competes […]

Session slides for our session on Requirements Gathering as given by Tim Clark & me on September 2nd at ICON UK in Brighton. Session abstract: Often forgotten or trivialized, good requirements gathering can make or brake your project. This session will give you techniques and tips on how […]