Most of last week was spent in Baltimore at the Advisor Live event. I didn't think I liked Baltimore, probably because the last time I was there (July, 2003) a Honda Pilot driver too busy chatting on her phone turned my new ride into, well, the mess you see here plus a day in the Hospital for me and my oldest daughter, Corey.

But I digress.

It turns out, the fine folks at Johns Hopkins not withstanding, I actually do like Baltimore. The Advisor event there was good, if lightly attended (during the elections this year was probably not the best time for such an event) and the whole Inner Harbor area is great.

I did my usual presentations, the LotusScript JumpStart and 25 Tricks for Building Better Notes and Domino Applications Faster, but added a new one: Advanced Domino Web Development. This is one I'm hoping to present at Lotusphere this year (OK, it's in January so, technically, next year).

Having presented it twice now, there are a couple of edges I'd like to file down just a smidge but the overall reaction was excellent. My favorite comment was the person who wrote HE ROCKS!!! on their evaluation.

The presentation is a little unusual for these events in that it goes from cradle to grave. Well, OK, maybe it's not quite that comprehensive, but it starts at one end (@Formulas) and everything you learn is based on what you already learned. It's more of a continuum than discrete training items.

By the time I get to the end we've talked about @Formulas, LotusScript, building context-sensitive HTML on the fly, integrating embedded views, leveraging the "show single category" option to do strange things like @Soundex searching, using views for dialog boxes, CSS, DHTML and, well, you get the idea.

At the end I show a sophisticated employee goal-management application that uses every little bit of it in an interface that simply does not look like it came from Domino.

It went over well and is fun to give. I hope to get it and the 25 Tricks presentations on the Lotusphere list (hint, hint).

Heck, I'll even go back to Baltimore if they ask.

1. Eric Conway11/10/2004 02:06:29 PM

Hi Scott! I attended the Advisor Live conference in Baltimore (I work in Baltimore so my company didn't have any additional travel or lodging expense). This was my first time at a Domino conference and I must say that it was better than I thought it would be (no offense). I was at your 25 Tricks and Advanced web technique seminars and I am currently using some of them already!

My question is, would you be able to provide the sample db you used in your sessions? I thought the cd we were given would have the db's the presenter's used.

Thanks again for a great conference!

Eric

2. Scott Good11/10/2004 02:42:26 PM
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Hi Eric,

The sample db isn't on the session CD (I'm not sure why...I must have neglected to send it to the Advisor folks) but I'll be glad to send it if you'll just send me an email (with your email address).

Glad to hear the session was of some use to you.

Scott