We are very proud of the more than 600 registraions, dozens of blogs, dogears, and communities, and thousands of hits that bleedyellow.com has gotten in the 5 days since its launch (stay tuned for official stats after Lotusphere. Someone asked me today if I thought it could become the next Notes.net, which made me recall a conversation I had with a colleague where we discussed how participation in Notes.net (now developerWorks) has started to fall off, and how the truly useful information is now most commonly found in blogs. So how do we capture all that knowledge into a single searchable source? Google is great, but often returns way more irrelevant information than relevant information. PlanetLotus.org's RSS consolidator is my current favorite one-stop shop, but you need the operator's approval to be added to the list (sorry Yancey. Oh, and can you add the bleedyellow feed?). More importantly, how do we INSPIRE those with the knowledge to share it?
Our answer is bleedyellow.com. One central place where the Lotus faithful can gather to start blogs that will have high visibility and searchability, as well as find each other, share bookmarks, and form communities. Furthermore, what if you find the answer, but need a quick clarification? Just add im.bleedyellow.com to your Sametime communities and hit the author on chat.
Let me assure you that bleedyellow.com is not a "Lotusphere stunt." We are committed to keeping this site going, applying the latest innovations from the Lotus Development team, and adding our own enhancements as well as folding in enhancements from the community itself. As Nathan just posted on his blog, we are pleased to announce a LotusScript API for Connections that will provide a bridge for Notes/Domino developers to build applications that integrate with Connections using the skills you already have.
So it it the next Notes.net or something else entirely? Only time will tell.
1 Dorian Straszewski Permalink I am glad to see that everything is going well!
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