Recent by Hogne B. Pettersen 

Engage 2025: Lotus is back?!?!?  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 6/6/25, 3:44 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Oliver Busse

And a new Notes client is coming?!?! Read my report from this year’s Engage conference, where I also explain why HCL has a golden opportunity now that Microsoft are showing that they can lock you out from your own data whenever they want.

Domino will now get an IQ – The Domino Elf  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 10/25/24, 5:30 AM | Business - News | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

For the first time in several years, there was a usergroup meeting in Norway again. Lots of new announcements regarding Domino was presented. Here's my report. A few years back I closed down the Nordic usergroup (which used to be the Norwegian) for various reasons. Then last year Wannes Rams called me and asked me if I would be ok with him and my good friend Arne Nielsen starting it up again. Of course I didn’t mind, and they’ve already had several conferences in Sweden and Denmark. On Tuesday October 22nd they finally returned to Oslo, where we met up at The Mini Bottle Gallery a most excellent venue. Here are a few highlights from the event.

Every Time I Think I’m Out, They Pull Me Back In – The Domino Elf  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 4/29/24, 2:03 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Oliver Busse

I attended the Engage user group conference for the first time since 2022 this week. This time I thought I was only going down there to shoot photos and say thank you to Theo Heselmans, who after 15 years is stepping down as leader for my favorite conference.

Notes Tip #54: From Microsoft Outlook to HCL Notes  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 2/14/23, 3:44 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

After some false stops and starts, Brainworker and I can finally publish my full user guide for Notes Mail, Calendar, Contacts and To do. Perfect for new employees used to Outlook, but also as a user guide for any Notes user. While Notes is so much more than just an email, calendar, and contacts application,these features are nevertheless some of the most important features of the client.

Restyling With the Young at Engage  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 5/30/22, 1:08 PM | Business - Events / People | Added by Oliver Busse

Once again Theo Heselmans and his lovely wife Hilde pulled off a spectacular event. There was food, there was beer, there was a guided tour of the beautiful City Hall in Bruges, there was beer, there was the opportunity to learn, there was beer, there was the opportunity to teach, there was the opportunity to connect with more people and… oh yeah… there was beer

Notes Tip #22: Notes Manual for Previous Outlook Users  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 3/12/21, 1:02 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

So, you have new employees who have never used anything but Outlook for mail and calendaring. Download my manual on how to ease the transition for them when they start using Notes in your organisation.

Notes Tips #20: Repeat Meetings Randomly  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 2/4/21, 3:33 PM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse

We’ve all been there: You want to create a repeating meeting, but realise that one of the dates within the repeating interval collides with another meeting. Notes and Domino is the only system that can deal elegantly with this. Read on to learn how!

Tell Notes That 2020 Has 53 Weeks  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 12/9/20, 2:09 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Did you know that there are 53 weeks in 2020? If not: Neither does HCL Notes, unless you have the right setting.

Let’s Connect to the Latest News  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 10/6/20, 9:08 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Matteo Bisi

Another virtual conference is over, this time with the focus on HCL Connections. Here’s the latest about Connections 7.0 and related products and strategies! As most other user groups have had to do this year, Let’s Connect (previously Social Connections) had to go virtual. The conference took place on September 29th and 30th, and it was chock full of news from HCL regarding Connections.

Notes Tips #8: Control Your Windows – The Domino Elf  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 7/10/20, 3:42 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by John Oldenburger

Tired of all your Notes windows, tabs and documents just keep piling up on the right side of the client? Would you like to group them? Or have them open in their own windows? Then read on! I once had a user that complained that Notes kept running out of memory. It was then I discovered that he had 538 documents open in his Notes client!

Notes Tips #6: Notes knows what you did last week  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 6/29/20, 7:14 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by John Oldenburger

Did you know that Notes remembers every single application and document you’ve accessed in the last seven days? I give you: Notes history! How many times have you been searching for that email or that document in Notes that you are sure you read just a few days ago. Notes can help you with that!

Notes Tips #5: Find Notes Application in Three Seconds  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 6/18/20, 4:50 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by John Oldenburger

How many times have you, or one of your users, been desperately looking around on their Workspace in Notes to find an application? After this tip, you will never do so again! There’s no need to spend time looking for a Notes application or database on your workspace or in the bookmark menu.

How to Import Your Microsoft Teams Calendar into Your HCL Notes Calendar  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 4/29/20, 1:59 PM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse

A lot of organisations are using both HCL Notes and Microsoft Teams, despite no integration between these two products. Here is how you can see all your Teams meetings inside your Notes calendar.

Here Are All the Domino Licensing Models and What they Contain   

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 4/20/20, 12:36 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

After the Domino Volt announcement two new licensing models for Domino were introduced. This created some confusion regarding what licensing models for Domino that are available after HCL took over. Here they are!

HCL Showed Us The Licensing Money   

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 4/17/20, 1:25 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Yesterday the HCL Masters were invited to a webinar where we were given a presentation about Domino Volt. This webinar also revealed very interesting stuff about the future of Domino Licensing

How to Get Typeahead in a Standard Notes Text Field  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 3/25/20, 9:30 AM | Development - Notes / Domino | Added by Andi Kress

I was challenged by my boss to come up with a solution to a problem that one of our customers wanted solved. Could I create typeahead in a standard Notes text field? This is how I did it.

And They Say Whining and Complaining Doesn’t Help  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 1/19/20, 11:48 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by John Oldenburger

On Friday HCL announced what languages will be supported with V11. And it seems that certain Nordic languages are on the table after all! There will be no Norwegian, Finnish, Danish or Icelandic versions of V10. Notes V11 will come in a Norwegian version! On Friday the following languages were announced for the first quarter of 2020.

That’s What Reply with Internet Style History is Used For  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 1/14/20, 4:38 PM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Oliver Busse

I sometimes get asked what the hell “Reply with Internet-Style History” means in the Notes client. It used to be to give you the chance to quote correctly. But today I used it to solve a problem where a mailing list rejected all my emails

What’s New in the HCL Community #3  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 11/29/19, 8:17 AM | Business - News | Added by John Oldenburger

There’s so much going on within the HCL Technologies community right now, that I’m sure you are confused. It’s hard to keep up. Fortunately, you got me! Here’s the scoop. Did you know it was Notes’ birthday a few days ag0? The Notes client is 30 years old! That’s awesome. I don’t know many systems that have survived this long.

What’s New in the HCL Community #2   

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 11/8/19, 3:28 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Lots of exciting stuff going on in the HCL Technologies user and business partner community. Don’t believe me? Well, read this then!

What’s Next For IBM Smart Cloud Customers?  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 10/30/19, 11:29 AM | Business - News | Added by Matteo Bisi

HCL finally did the webinar today on what IBM Smart Cloud customers will have to do to migrate before the service is shut down in July 2020. Read the important points here. Read all about IBM Smart Cloud shutting down in July 2020 here. HCL finally did the webinar on what IBM Smart Cloud customers should do to move away from that service, before it shuts down in July 2020.

What’s New in the HCL Community?  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 10/21/19, 3:54 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by John Oldenburger

The next Engage conference is announced, IBM Connections Cloud customers still don’t know what’s going to happen and mobile templates are being made. Read about the latest here. Let’s take IBM Cloud first. As previously announced, IBM Connections Cloud (including Smart Cloud Notes and Sametime) will die in July next year.

Let’s Connect Part 2: Why Don’t the Users Listen to Us?  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 9/23/19, 12:19 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by John Oldenburger

Why is it so difficult to get users to adhere to our message about social collaboration, file sharing and not to use email? We discussed that at Let’s Connect. Here’s the second part of my summary. Also: You get my presentation about sexy wikis. You can read the first part of my summary from the Let’s Connect conference here.

Let’s Connect, and Avoid Misunderstandings  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 9/19/19, 8:42 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by John Oldenburger

Before I write my little report, I just want to get something out of the way: I did a presentation at Let’s Connect on Day 2 (Tuesday). My presentation was very well received, and I got great feedback when people came up to me later on towards the end of the conference and said nice things about it.

See All the New Downloads Waiting For You From HCL   

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 9/12/19, 2:55 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

HCL keeps on delivering and you can now download a bunch of Domino related upgrades and fixes. See them all here.

You Mean Notes and Domino Customers Actually Get Answers to Their Questions?!?!?  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 9/9/19, 5:57 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Roberto Boccadoro

Do you remember the days when you had lots of questions about the future of Notes/Domino, but never got any replies with any commitment? Well, those days are over! While I was still on holiday up in the north of Norway, HCL held a webinar about the future of Notes/Domino. A lot of business partners, customers, users and HCL masters where on the call.

What We Know About HCL’s Roadmap for Domino and Connections  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 8/30/19, 6:09 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by John Oldenburger

Confused about what is happening in the world of Domino and Connections now that HCL is in complete control? Let me help you clear up a few things. All information presented here are taken from presentations, webinars and documents distributed by HCL in the past weeks.

Is IBM Smart Cloud Really Dead?  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 8/14/19, 2:43 AM | Infrastructure - Connections | Added by John Oldenburger

In short: The answer to the blog post title is yes. However, HCL is committed to Connections in the cloud as well as on premises. It’s just going to be different. Here’s what we know so far.In the past few days I’ve done some digging and asked around. And here are the facts I’ve found.

The Mystery of the Duplicate Mail Folders  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 7/6/19, 9:17 AM | Infrastructure - Notes / Domino | Added by John Oldenburger

A user contacted me and said that in the dialog box for moving an email to a folder, several of his folders were suddenly duplicated, but not in the left side menu in his Notes mail. This is how I found what had happened and managed to solve it. Usually you would just drag and drop an email into a folder in the left side menu in Notes.

I Became Engaged Again  

By Hogne B. Pettersen | 5/20/19, 9:03 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse

As usual the Engage usergroup conference was a highlight. Here’s my summary and how to keep Norwegian roads safe with Domino! I’ve already written a little bit about the conference here, with links to my photo album from the event.