September 20th, 2005

Is that old magic coming back?

After several moribund years, are user groups returning to life? Is that old magic coming back? This evening I attended the Las Vegas Lotus User Group meeting at the Las Vegas Hilton. David Stephens from IBM gave an interesting look at Workplace Services Express. But the real star of the show was Lance Spellman of Workflow Studios. (Sorry David, but you didn't stand a chance next to Lance and his support team).

In true Vegas style Lance dressed up as a "green man" (a play on the Blue Man currently showing in Vegas). Not only is Lance a capable performer, but he did an excellent presentation on using Ajax with Notes views, based on work done by Bob Obringer. After the meeting we stopped in at Quarks Bar and Restaurant. Needless to say Lance fitted right in with the Star Trek theme! Many thanks to Brian Benz for organizing such an excellent user group meeting. My only regret is leaving my camera in the hotel room, otherwise there would be some pictures posted here.