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Category Composite Applications Lotus Notes
Here is a new Openntf.org project that might be worth a look. A project that is run by my colleague Michael Nielsen.
It is a Drag n Drop Sidebar Widget for the Lotus Notes Client.
When it is installed, you can drag documents from a Lotus Notes database and drop them on to targets that are displayed in the Widget.
When you drop documents on the target in the Widget there are some configurable options that control what will happen. For instance you can configure the Widget to copy the dropped documents to the database-target and then immidiately run an agent on the copies.
It is a really cool widget with a lot of potential.

Here is a 5-minute Video I made to show what it can do. HD and Full Screen-viewing is suggested to get the best feel for what it does.
Added on January 11th: Download the Drop Target Database used in the demo.

At Convergens we have used the widget for Case Management, where we let end users drag emails to the Case Management system, dropping them on relevant Cases, letting the user easily relate important emails to Cases.
Here is a YouTube Video that shows the functionality. The presenter speaks Danish, but if you ignore the sound and move forward to about 0m:50secs you can see the Widget in action.

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Category Android Getting Things Done
I have just released Actions with Notes on the Android Market. Here a link to the entry in the market.

Quite a lot of work has gone into this app.
It lets your Lotus Notes Actions (ToDo documents) synchronize to your Android device.
On the device you can create new Actions and you can mark existing Actions done.
You can browse Actions by Context (Category).

The app should be of use to anyone who uses the Lotus Notes ToDo-system that is included in the mail file. There are some features that are only available to those who use the eProductivity mail template.

I hope that it will prove useful to the Android-enabled GTD practitioners.

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Category Android
The next version of Actions with Notes will look like this when you compose a new Action:

The Today-button is only visible if you have configured the app to use the eProductivity template.
Clicking the Today button will let you toggle the Today flag on.

I would like to highlight the Talk to me button too. That's not a new button - it has been there since 0.1. It will display if you have the necessary bits installed for Voice-To-Text.
Clicking Talk to me will prompt you to speak, and then using Google cloud-based magic you will see what you just said in the Subject field. Mileage varies of course.

Posted by Jens Bruntt At 09:09:09 Location Skanderborg | Permalink | Comments (0)

Category Getting Things Done Android
Here is a YouTube video showing you the current state of the Getting Things Done-supporting Android app I have been working on for a while now.
The app is primarily focused on supporting eProductivity-users.
It lets you synchronize Actions between your Android device and your Lotus Notes Mail database.
I have describede the project here: Actions with Notes 0.3 for Android

Have a look at the video. If you would like to test the app, please let me know at android@bruntt.dk.

The main questions I have for you - after having testede the app - are:
- Should I let the new functionality of the Actions with Notes app go into the existing Braindump to Notes app instead of having both apps on the Market?
- Any errors?
- Are there any must-have features missing?
- The widget included with the app really does not do anything that makes sense. What would you like it to do for you?

Posted by Jens Bruntt At 21:42:32 Location Skanderborg | Permalink | Comments (3)