Weekly review for the week ending 7th of March 2010

Last week I said I would:

1. Announce changed responsibilities (some of the people affected by the organization change have been informed, but the formal announcement won't be done until next week when my boss returns from vacation)
   
2. Prepare talk for ISKS talk at the University of Limerick (done - I will publish a set of slides on my blog before Tuesday, I believe that the talk will be recorded so everyone will be able to hear what I say even if they don't come along to heckle support me)
   
3. Hold more meetings with product teams using Sametime APIs to see how we can help them update to the latest features (done - but this will be ongoing so I need to set a more specific goal for next week)
   
4. Build new SUT kit for Ubuntu users within IBM to bring them up to the CF1 code level (I worked on this, but ran into problems. On second thoughts I might need to enlist the help of the Open Client team to get this done)
   
5. Update the Sametime Linux kit build process to address the issues raised by the Open Client team (had meetings to discuss the various options but no clear decision on technical direction yet)
   
6. GTD Tool selection project
   • Blog about why I chose not to use the  IBM GTD template (done)
   • Migrate my ongoing tasks from Toodledo to Remember the Milk and evaluate its ease of use (done)
     
7. Micro-blogging on multiple platforms
   
   • Tryout WildFire 1.3. (done - but it is not working for me - I will need to debug)
     
   • Persuade them to implement a pluggable interface for new services so that we can add support for IBM internal services
     
   • Evaluate Bluto and write up on my blog (not done yet)
     

Next Week I will to the following actions:

1. Announce changed responsibilities (probably via the lab all hands meeting scheduled for Thursday) and hold meetings with people that will be reporting to me in the new structure.
   
2. Deliver ISKS talk at the University of Limerick.
   
3. Finalize the plans for Portal and Mashup Maker to move to the latest Sametime API.
4. Start high level discussions with Lotus Connections about how the two products can work together better.
   
5. Work with the Open Client teal to build new CF1 SUT kit for Linux users within IBM
   
6. Discuss with Sametime team the possibility of changing the Sametime Linux kit build process and install process to match what has been requested by the Open Client team.
   
7. Continue to use Remember the Milk to evaluate its ease of use - I will need more time using it to make a proper evaluation before I write up my assessment
   
8. Micro-blogging on multiple platforms
   
   • Debug problems with WildFire 1.3.
     
   • If I get above item done - persuade them to implement a pluggable interface for additional services so that we can add support for IBM internal services
     
   • Evaluate Bluto and write up on my blog