SharePoint Day (Copenhagen) … J.Boye in conjunction with Martin White and Shawn Shell are holding a one-day conference on SharePoint in Copenhagen, on June 18. “Meet Martin White, the internationally renowned expert on search and content management, as well as Shawn Shell, the lead analyst on The SharePoint Report 2009 from CMS Watch. Learn from interesting case studies and demos. Case studies currently include ALK Abello, Cardo, Carlsberg, Danske Bank, Copenhagen Business School and Nilfisk-Advance. More case studies will be added to the programme.“. More

Organization Chart Webpart for SharePoint … AASoftech offers AA OrgChart, for the visual display of an organizational structure in SharePoint. “It is commonly accepted that information can be better understood and digested visually rather than in verbal or written form. AASoftech’s organization charting products provide an intuitive and concise method to communicate organizational structure to executives, employees and senior managers.” More

Lotus Connections Growth … Jeff from IBM asserts that the user base for Lotus Connections is moving into the hundreds of millions. “According to Schick, it has attracted millions of users in the two short years since it hit the market. “It’s tens of millions moving to hundreds of millions in a very rapid way,” he confidently states. While the rise seems meteoric, it needs to be understood that companies are using the product in vastly different ways. For example, HSBC have rolled it out to their workforce of about 385,000 people globally as a means to collaborate, interact and communicate. At the other end of the spectrum, the Practising Law Institute in the United States have used it to create a create a community where lawyers can access content, keep updated and interact with both educators and their peers. Every attorney in the States must attend a course from the Institute annually to retain their licence so it’s easy to see why it’s members number in the millions.” More ((hat tip, Stuart)

Purpose is Preeminent … Billy argues the importance of a clear purpose for Enterprise 2.0 initiatives. “If you are only looking to “buy some E2.0”, go home. Study up some more. You are more likely than not to fail and that will make my technology look bad and you wont want to buy any more from me. And therein is the first lesson learned: Purpose is Preeminent. Don’t bother with the technology unless you have a business problem it is designed to solve. A corollary is that the solutions should not be fundamentally disruptive. Disruptive technology thwarts user adoption by changing focus and attention to the technology itself rather than on the purpose the technology is supposed to serve. Keep solutions “in-the-flow” of daily routines and task execution to better secure adoption. Keep the technology as transparent as possible for the end user to better capture the network effects that are desired.” More

Other Items
– A couple of examples of how GroupSwim supports collaboration among groups and teams.
– Get up early; pay yourself first.
– James notes the rules of good interviewing.
– Evernote updated its Mac client, with better thumbnail support (for at-a-glance recognition).
– Protect your iPhone in case you lose it (thanks Alex, done).