Social Connections Munich – People power your business HCL Connections powers your People!

Back home for a few days now after a great Social Connections in Munich and still recovering from a very nasty cold (so my apologies for this one being a bit after the fact..). This was the first real conference dedicated fully to HCL Connections since the takeover […]

Social Connections Munich: To Dirndl or not to Dirndl…

Well not really of course, but lets face it, it’s an interesting way to start an article about a conference that will be held just short of German October Fest in the heart of Munich. Especially knowing that I might be Dutch but work for an Austrian/German company […]

Explaining My Drive & File Sync and how it affects versioning

My Drive was introduced to replace the previous sync options of IBM Connections. It offered some additional features like being able to sync not only files but also complete folders. Great! But working with My Drive also often causes a lot of confusion which might need some explaining….

IBM Connections is no more, long live Connections!

The below is my private opinion and in no way reflects the opinion of either my company or the customers I work with… So anyone who has anything to do with IBM connections will have already heard this and must be fully aware but yes, the sale of […]

How the [backspace] wiped out the role of typist…

Ok, not completely on its own but yes, the Backspace contributed heavily to why, nowadays, you’ll find very few positions for ‘typists’ in any organizations. Step back thirty years ago and most offices employed several typists who would type out letters, official documents and contracts. They were trained […]

Engage Usergroup 2019 presentation slides

As every year, Theo Heselmans outdid himself again with organizing a great Engage event. 400+ attendees gathered in Autoworld Brussels for three full days of sessions and workshops.

On cats and usability….

Yesterday someone posted this picture in a chat: I laughed and then I posted this reply: “That’s the whole problem with usability in a nutshell. What developers THINK is intuitive is not the same as what users perceive as intuitive. It’s not the developer that decides what is […]

Slide deck for: “Taking a Social Analytics Look into Your Collaboration Landscape to Drive Adoption”

Slide deck for my session on Social Analytics at Think2019 in San Francisco on February 14th 2019.

IBM Connections Activities – Implicit versus Explicit expectations

In IBM Connections one of the most used options is Activities. A great way to manage and organize information and to do’s around a common task. Especially when using in combination with the Kudos Boards Add-in from ISW which makes it one of the strongest and most used […]

Stop making me feel connected!

Another login… yes seriously I now have well over 200 different logins for sites, for companies, for whatever… It is hip to be connected and hip to give your customers that feeling of being appreciated by giving them a personalized and password protected 24/7 connection to your company. […]