Just wanted to pop in quick to say how proud I am of my son's hockey team's accomplishments this year.
For this being their first year at the Squirt level, and all of them being birth-year 2000 players except for our goalie, I think they did a remarkable job playing in the A2 Squirt Division and compiling a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 3 ties.
They were able to beat the previously 'undefeated in the division' team which ended up going 15-1 in the division in a 2-1 decision. They ended up as the 2nd seed going into the playoffs and won against the 3rd seed (of all '99 birth-year players) to make it to the finals. They met up with the 15-1 team (also a mix of '99 and '00 birth-years) in the finals and while they didn't win the game and playoff banner (lost 3-1), it wasn't for lack of trying.
They won a tournament (which I wasn't able to be at because of Lotusphere 2010) in Pittsburgh in January, and they did well at 2 others ones. Now that we are past the regular season and the playoffs, they still have one more post-season tournament this coming weekend fairly close by in Mentor (so we don't need to stay out of town - which is nice!) Hoping that they do well at this one too, to put an extra exclamation point on this great season.
Nice thing about birth-year teams is that a lot of the time, they play together as a group and with the same coaches for several years in a row, and I think that's what will be happening with us. The cohesiveness they've built this year should be able to carry on to next season when they will be the 'older' birth-year players at the Squirt level.
Congrats again for a great season Strongsville Mustangs Squirt 00-1 Team!
After way too long a time, I finally got around to listening to Episode 2 of the XCast Podcast by Tim Clark and Stephan Wissel while on the way to work on the bus this morning. This episode was a veritable treasure trove of content to get new XPages developers started.
The guys linked to many different resources (some of which I've already captured in my XPages Resources post) in the show notes for the episode, and I fully intend to follow each and every link to delve further into the wisdom of those who have gone before me in this crazy thing called XPages development.
Great job guys! Thanks!
Bruce nudged my memory banks the other day and pointed me to the 'XPages' tag result page on LinkJam. So a great way to get more resources on this radar would be to LinkJam them.
A couple more resources I've come across recently are:
After posting my assembled list of XPages resources on Tuesday, I got quite a response, both from a readership standpoint (broke my highest ever PL click-through count by over 100, and at one point was on the What's Hot list), and from a comment standpoint.
Several of you have given me some more XPages Development resource ideas, so I'll post them here, but will also go back and update my original post.
I hope to keep doing this over time as I discover more on my own and you tell me about more. I hope this is useful to many of you out there now, and to others who may see it in the future when starting their own work in this area.
Just wrapping up my 100 push-ups workout for the evening here in my hotel room in Dallas, and I remembered that I hadn't posted on my blog (for those of you that might not follow me on twitter) that I'd passed a personal milestone.
I've now gone over 100 days in a row doing 100 push-ups per day. Last time I mentioned it here, I'd just finished a month of the streak, but now it's gone over 3 months! I'm at 104 days now (after the last set of 30 I'll do in a second when I finish this post).
How's it been going? Well, it's not always easy to fit it in, but it does fit in a lot better than it ever did when it was 200+ every couple of days, I'll tell you that! I recover fairly quickly from the brief exertion and I do feel fairly energized when I get done, as long as I haven't left it for too late in the day, or if I've been doing a lot of work with my arms or legs during the day.
Thanks to everyone for the encouragement so far!
Next goal - 200 consecutive days!
Only one week (3 games) left until the February Olympic "break" for our beloved Red Wings.
Here's this month's Wallpaper:
At long last, I've been assigned a new project requiring me to create a XPages powered application! Woohoo!
So, now that I be justified in digging wholeheartedly into the meat that is XPages development, I thought I'd compile a list of resources that I and many others in the same boat as me can reference going forward through our learning process.
Please help me out with any other sources that I may be missing or just not know anything about. It would be much appreciated!
Podcasts/Screencasts
Blogs/Blog Series
OpenNTF
Lotusphere 2010 Sessions - (you can find the slide decks on your own)
IBM/Lotus developerWorks
Other
Can't believe I've procrastinated this long putting this link up, must have a lot on my mind... So, for the 2nd half of your month of January enjoyment, here's the Red Wings' January Schedule Desktop Wallpaper from LetsGoWings.com
This is what I've currently got as my pre-planned session schedule for Lotusphere 2010.
Of course as you know, things always get changed up in the midst of the week as priorities shift and other stuff comes up.
No slight intended to those whose sessions aren't on this list, you all know there is just too much to cover by 1 person, or even 5 people!
Sunday
08:00 am - 10:00 am - JMP 102 - Top Things For New Domino Developers - SW 7 - 10 <- I know I'm not a new developer, but you never know what new tips you may pick up, and besides... It's Kathy's first time presenting! ;-)
10:30 am - 12:30 pm - JMP201 - IBM Lotus Sametime for Web 2.0 - SW 7 - 10
01:30 pm - 03:30 pm - SHOW112 - How to Build an XPages Application from Start to Finish - SW Osprey
04:00 pm - 06:00 pm - JMP106 - "Kum Bah Yah" Meets "Let's Kick Butt": The Integration of IBM Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino with Microsoft Office, .NET, and IBM Lotus Symphony - SW 7 - 10
06:15 pm - 07:15 pm - TURT101 - The Turtle's Guide To Lotusphere 2010 - DL S. Hemisphere III
Monday
8:00 am - 10:00 am (give or take...) - OGS101 Lotusphere Opening General Session - DL Northern/Southern Hemisphere
11:00 am - 12:00 pm - BP108 - Worst Practices 4.0: "Orlando, We Have a Problem" - SW 5 - 6
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm - KEY104 - IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Strategy and the Future of the Desktop" - DL N. Hemisphere A - E
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm - AD307 - Web 2.0 Development with IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5 Services - SW 1 - 2
03:45 pm - 04:45 pm - AD101R - IBM Lotus Domino Designer: Full Speed Ahead! - SW 7 - 10
05:00 pm - 06:00 pm - AD202 - What's New in Composite Applications in IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.1 - DL S. Hemisphere II
Tuesday
08:30 am - 09:30 am - BP210 - The Great Code Giveaway 9: Never Gonna Let You Down - SW 7 - 10
10:00 am - 11:00 am - KEY101 - The Lotus Application Development Strategy - DL N. Hemisphere A - E
11:30 am - 12:15 pm - NERD101 - "Nerd Girl": The Panel's Revenge - SW Mockingbird
01:30 pm - 02:30 pm - BP207 - Make Your XPage Apps "Pop!" with CSS and Themes - SW 7 - 10
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm - BP212 - Delivering IBM Lotus Domino to Mobile Devices: Top 10 Mobile Browser Dev Tricks - and More! - SW 5 - 6
04:30 pm - 05:45 pm - AD204 - What's New in IBM Lotus Notes Widgets and LiveText - DL S. Hemisphere I
Wednesday
08:30 am - 09:30 am - BP213 - Apple iPhone Development Served Two Ways: Extending Lotus Domino Apps to the Cool Kids - SW Pelican
10:00 am - 11:00 am - AD113 - IBM Lotus Notes Discussion Template: Next Generation and Other OpenNTF Assets - DL S. Hemisphere I
11:15 am - 12:15 pm - BP205R - "I'm a Programmer Not a Firefighter!": The Low Maintenance "Notes Shop". - DL S. Hemisphere III
01:30 pm - 02:30 pm - BP206 - Let's Give Your LotusScript a Tune-Up - SW 5 - 6
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm - AD108R - XPages in the IBM Lotus Notes Client - A Deep Dive! - DL N. Hemisphere D - E
04:15 pm - 05:15 pm - INV107 - An Oral History of IBM Lotus Notes: The First Twenty Years - DL N. Hemisphere A - C
Thursday
08:30 am - 09:30 am - BP208 - Manipulating Time and Space: Adding C&S Functionality to Your Applications - SW 5 - 6
10:00 am - 11:45 am - SHOW110 - Import! Export! Write a Report! Access Lotus Notes Data in Ways of All Sorts! - SW Osprey
11:30 am - 12:30 pm - GURU101 - GURUpalooza! - SW 5 - 10 <- I'll join this already in progress after previous session finishes
01:45 pm - 02:45 pm - ASK101 - Ask the Developers - SW 5 - 10
03:15 pm - 04:30 pm - CGS101 - Closing General Session - DL N. Hemisphere A - E
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