2 weeks ago I have attended IBM Think in Las Vegas. The super conference of IBM by merging all the other conferences, like InterConnect, Edge, Amplify, World Of Watson and Connect/Lotusphere Overall impression Last year I was at IBM InterConnect, so I was prepared for the amount of attendees. And yes on Monday when Read More
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IBM Think: my topics
With IBM Think 2018 just around the corner, it is time to finalise my schedule. I am fortunately to be already in Las Vegas to run a 12K tomorrow near the Hoover Dam. There are so many sessions at IBM Think, that it could be overwhelming. Pick topics As at IBM InterConnect I picked a Read More
I am speaking at SNoUG, see you in Zurich
End of last week I received an very pleasent email from Andrew Magerman. My session has been accepted for SNoUG 2018 in Zurich on April 18th. My session Title: Spring forward: an introduction to Spring boot and Thymeleaf for (Xpages) developers. The world of (Xpages) developer is moving fast. Customers rethinking platforms and solutions. Spring Boot Read More
I will be speaking at EntwicklerCamp, again
I am pleased to return to EntwicklerCamp in Germany. This year it will be April 23rd till April 25th. My sessions At EntwicklerCamp I will do an enhanced session about HR Assistant, focused on the development part. I will show the latest enhancements. In my second session I will give an introduction to Spring Boot Read More
Make the NSF modern again with OpenNTF Domino API
Currently the Domino Jam 2025 on underway, both on premise or online, where you can have a say about the missing features for the next Domino releases. Go participate today, https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/community/domino2025. One of the idea posted by my fellow IBM Champion Daniele Grillo about moving the NSF to a more modern NoSQL approach. I totally agree Read More
Talk to an IBM Champion and get a discount for IBM Think
If you want to attend IBM Think in Las Vegas and looking for a discount. Talk to me or any IBM Champion 2018. Hope to see you in Vegas.
IBM Champion 2018
Today when I came back from an early morning ride on the mountain bike there was a message from IBM to inform me that I will be a returning IBM Champion. Feel honoured to be part of an amazing group of dedicated people. Thanks to everyone who nominate me and the people at IBM who Read More
Look back to 2017 and looking ahead
Last week I was thinking about 2017, business and personal wise. Speaking, running, backpacking, being a IBM Champion and more…. Speaking in 2017 Last year I had the opportunity to speak at IBM Connect in San Francisco, IBM InterConnect in Las Vegas and Engage in Read More
HR Assistant – Document Conversion but different
Document conversion was one of the top items on our backlog which didn’t make it in the final contest version. What is Watson Document Conversion On the Document Conversion API documentation page is the following stated about this service “The IBM Watson™ Document conversion service converts a single HTML, PDF, or Microsoft Word™ document Read More
Quick tip: Make a backup of your Cloudant database
For HR Assistant, we use Cloudant database as storage of the data on the IBM Cloud Today I was thinking about ‘what if we loose our data as something goes wrong’. It is not likeable, but still possible. Make a backup On IBM Cloud, there is documentation about making a backup of your data. So Read More