LNDCentral
For those of you that haven’t seen it listed yet on other blogs, be sure to check out LNDCentral. Joerg Michael is trying to make this a Slashdot for the Lotus community. I think it’s a pretty good idea, but I really hope that it doesn’t take away from individual blogging. I really like that aspect of our community, and I hope that this doesn’t cannibalize it.
Also, interestingly enough, the site does NOT run on Domino or Portal. It’s running on a PHP based system. There is some talk about it in this thread where Alan L asks why it’s not on Domino. My response? IBM needs to step up to the plate and offer free software and licensing, and maybe the community will run with it then. Otherwise it’s just too expensive to do for a community site like this, especially when open source tools are available for free. I guess it’s the “right tool for the right job” situation. Also, if you want to give a feedback or review of my site, please feel free to do so here.
April 21, 2004 @ 1:13 pm
“IBM step up to the plate and offer software…..” – been there done that…… Can you say OpenNTF….
We haven’t received any help from IBM. Go fish.
April 21, 2004 @ 1:54 pm
Hi Bruce!
Trust me, I know all about the trials and tribulations. That’s why I referenced you over in my reply on LNDCentral. We’ll see what happens.
Take Care,
John
April 21, 2004 @ 2:12 pm
I’m aware of the cannibalization issue. Here’s the solution: Post the cool story on your blog. Post a quick summary and a link on lndcentral. Everybody knows about the cool story, nothing gets cannibalized. That should work, I think. I really like browsing around the Domino blogs, but I also liked Ed’s idea of a central blog.
April 21, 2004 @ 3:58 pm
hm. well maybe we should work something into the blog software out there that automatically publishes to lnd somehow…, with a checkbox or something. like, Publish this blog to lnd? if yes, send a ping over there, some sort of trackback mechanism.
but then the php stuff would have to be modified, i guess?
easy for me to bake pie in the sky…