On Total (e)Productivity In Lotus Notes
I've mentioned the
eProductivity system a few times here and there and wanted to share some additional thoughts about it. It's great to see applications that enhance and extend the power of the Lotus Notes platform.
Eric Mack and his development team have done a great job in this respect.
(Don't forget to check out the video demo)
If you are a practitioner of
Getting Things Done (GTD), David Allen's system for managing the overwhelm almost all of us feel due to the myriad things that require our daily attention, you will most certainly want to give eProductivity a try.
eProductivity is a Lotus Notes-based application that empowers the GTD user in ways not possible using a plain vanilla system. It delivers on a promise that many software products fail miserably at. That is, it gets the interface out of the way so that you can get work done. Not only does eProductivty faithfully adhere to the major tenents of the GTD methodology, but it does so in a very unobtrusive manner.
The functionality of eProductivity is delivered as logical extensions to the typical tasks a user performs within the context of their work in Lotus Notes. Because the eProductivity functions are so closely integrated into the standard look and feel of the Notes mail template, there is little cognitive overhead for the user in learning the new system. Creating new tasks, defining next actions, creating projects...all of these events are quite intuitive in the eProductivity system. Since the user can get to these functions in the context of their regular work, they immediately become more productive, as their flow state is not interrupted.
Nathan and I have talked at length in the past about designing your interface to fit the needs of the application you are building rather than always replicating the design of the standard Notes templates. There's one exception to this rule, and that is if you are building extensions to the mail file. If you are doing this, as the eProductivity team has done, then you want to make sure that your new functionality blends in seamlessly with the existing template. The eProductivity system has accomplished this nicely.
From a user experience standpoint, eProductivity offers no flashy functionality or complicated routines and that's the beauty of the system. It is simple and easy to use, which is the hallmark of good software design. It also includes some wonderful new features, such as the Weekly Review Coach and integration with
ActiveWords and
GyroQ.
If you are a practitioner of GTD and a Lotus Notes user or you just want to be more productive, I can highly recommend the eProductivity system.
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eProductivity for Lotus Notes...Want To Be Way More Efficient?
Many of you have already heard of
Eric Mack's
eProductivity software, a tool for implementing the
Getting Things Done methodology in Lotus Notes. If you haven't, it's definitely something you should check out. If you want to increase your effectiveness and efficiency in dealing with all your stuff, then eProductivity might just be the application to take you over the top. It's an outstanding tool and a great example of the power available in Lotus Notes-based systems.
If you hurry, you might be able to get in on the
24 hour preview program Eric is running right now. Run, don't walk...you'll be glad you did.
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Add Tagging To Your Mail (Or Any Other Application) Without Design Changes!
If you'd like to find out how to add simple tagging capabilities to your Lotus Notes applications without making any design changes, then keep reading...As a way to increase my productivity in processing e-mail, I stopped using folders for filing a few years ago. This is especially easy in Lotus Notes 8, since the search capabilities are much nicer and have been enhanced in such a way as to make me very happy I made this choice. Basically, when I process e-mail, I determine if the message is actionable and if so, I decide what to do with it and then remove it from the inbox. I don't file it in a folder...I just choose the "Remove from Folder" action. Clean, simple and gets the job done. I did find, however, that quite often the text that is included in the e-mail does not contain the actual meta data that I would later want to search on. Thus, I found myself editing messages and adding the key phrases related to the e-mail before I removed them. Of course, what I was doing is known by most people as tagging and I realized that a simple mechanism for tagging is exactly what I wanted.
In my last job, I had a highly modified mail file that I used for my GTD system as well as for other productivity enhancements (and as a playground for off the wall ideas, I must confess). When I came into the tech sales role at IBM, I decided early on that I should use the generic mail template, since I would be doing so many demos for customers. As a result, my initial tagging mechanism had to morph to something that required no design changes. I thought that whatever I came up with should be useful for others, but didn't want to spend the time building a complete solution in another NSF. So, I decided to see if I could utilize Formula language in a custom toolbar button. The result, while not elegant by any means, is quite efficient and works well for me, so I thought I'd throw it out here to share.
Here's the scenario. I select the document in question and click my "Tag It" toolbar button. To allow for choices from tags I've already used (for continuity and best search results), I pull up a dialog box of previous tags and also allow new tags to be added. Once I have the necessary tags for the document selected, they are saved into a new field on the document. That's pretty much all there is to it from a user point of view. Here are a couple of screen shots to illustrate:
In order to make this work on a per application basis, I save the list of tags used in a profile document. The first line of the code pulls up the list of previously used tags, while the second line retrieves any of the tags that might already be assigned to the selected document. The next few lines provide for a multi-list dialog, along with logic that checks for the selection of "-add new-". If the "-add new-" option is chosen, the user is prompted to enter new tags (separated by commas) and the updated list of selected tags and any newly entered tags are written to the "txt_CustomTags" field. Finally, the last line makes sure any new tag values are written back to the profile document for use next time.
REM {Get tags stored in database};
Tags := @GetProfileField("TagsProfile";"txt_CurrentTags";@UserName);
REM {Get any tags from the selected document};
DocTags := txt_CustomTags;
Selection := @Prompt([OkCancelListMult]; "Select Tag(s)"; "Please select the tag(s) to apply to this document"; DocTags; @Trim("-add new-" : @Unique(Tags : DocTags)));
@If(Selection = 1;
@Return("");
@IsMember("-add new-"; Selection);
@Set("NewTag"; @Prompt([OkCancelEdit]; "Enter New Tag"; "Please enter the new tag(s) you would like to apply to this document. Separate tags with a comma"; ""));
"");
UpdatedList := @Trim(@Unique(@Replace(Selection; "-add new-"; "") : @Explode(NewTag,"," )));
FIELD txt_CustomTags := UpdatedList;
@SetProfileField("TagsProfile"; "txt_CurrentTags"; @Unique(UpdatedList : Tags); @UserName)
For completeness, I also include a toolbar button to wipe out any tags on the document (FIELD txt_CurrentTags := @Unavailable).
So, as you can see, while adding a true tagging mechanism would be ideal, this solution makes it very easy for me to tag documents in my mail file and then use the standard Notes search mechanism to retrieve them more easily. While your mileage may certainly vary, it's a great way to give users the tagging ability without changing any database designs.
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Heck Yeah - Of Course I'm Experiencing Cognative Dissonance!
One of the things I love about reading
Tim Ferris' blog is that he gets a chance to sit down and talk with many very interesting people. I have to point out his latest post, since it's a dilemma I identify with...how to be a superstar at work (not doing so hot at that right now) while being a superstar at home as well. Usually, such conflicting demands diminish your performance in one or both domains, so the trick is finding the right path to balancing them as best you can.
In today's post, Tim includes
several gems from Dr. Stewart Friedman on this issue. I think it's a great read for anyone that is trying to improve their life and I urge you to read it and then follow up with some Dr.Friedman's books. I know I will be...
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Spreading A Little Lotus Notes Love
Besides Lotus Notes, the other software product I'm most passionate about is
MindManager from Mindjet. I've talked about it a little in the past on this blog, but for those unfamiliar with this product, it is an tool for creating
mind maps on your computer rather than with paper, pens, crayons, etc. It has a UI that is as simple to use as paper, but with very powerful features that provide results you couldn't expect to achieve in the analog realm. I just upgraded to the new version the other day (thanks, Gaelen!) and you can expect a full review coming soon. The short take is that MindManager 7 rocked my world, especially with the new Ribbon UI.
I was recently featured in Mindjet's
Customer Vignette section and wanted to point out that even when talking about another product, I'm spreading the Notes love. Not only did I mention using the
Lotus Notes client in one of the interview questions, but I also gave them my
Notes URL mind map as a sample of how I use MindManager.
Ah...Lotus Notes and MindManager...two great tastes that taste great together. :-)
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Easily Lookup Books From Amazon At Your Local Library
I occasionally like to share some of the productivity hacks I use. This is one of them.If you're a book lover, it's likely that you have overflowing shelves of books at home (yes,
Tom...this means you! ;-). I decided a few years ago to pare down on my actual book buying and try to utilize the local library more often. Even so, I find myself on Amazon quite a bit (either via a blog link, a suggestion from a friend or just to see what's new). If I find something of interest but I'm not sure I want to purchase it, I'll check if it's available in the library catalog. Being a tech and productivity geek, I don't want to waste time having to lookup these books again. Fortunately, I don't have to. I've got
The LibraryLookup Project bookmarklets for the two library systems in my area readily handy in my toolbar. When I find a book I like on Amazon, I simply select the bookmarklet and another window opens, displaying the book in the library catalog (if they have it).
Click to embiggenIf you're interested in the technical aspect of the bookmarklet, it uses regular expressions to retrieve the ISBN from the Amazon page and opens a new browser window to your library's online catalog system, passing the ISBN to the lookup form via the URL. The
LibraryLookup Bookmark Generator allows you to set the base URL for your library system and determines how to construct the URL based on the software vendor that the library uses (hint: you can usually find this by going to the library online catalog...it's generally listed on the page somewhere).
Invoking the bookmarklet is a simple process and allows me to do my library browsing from the comfort of home, all while utilizing the Amazon UI, which is really much nicer than the library's own software.
It's a great tool...you should check it out.
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Getting Things Done: The Cognative Science Perspective
I'm a big fan of the
Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology, even if I occasionally fall off the wagon. The concepts of GTD helped me become much more productive than I ever was, which is vital for me as I struggle to accomplish a lot from a work perspective and still have quality time to devote to my family. This is especially true as Haleigh gets older, because being Autistic means many additional challenges on top of the normal things you deal with as a kid (i.e. she takes a lot of my time! :-)
If you are also a fan of GTD (or even if you're just interested in the concept), you should check out this new paper on the science that backs up the GTD ideas.
Getting Things Done: The Science behind Stress-Free Productivity is currently in a "submitted for publication" status, but it's still a good read. Enjoy...
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Print Anywhere...YEP...Anywhere!
Besides being a self-styled Lotus evangelist (I just bought a new car and am going to get some personalized plates...and I'm considering things like IM LOTUS, NOTES8 or QUICKR...man, what a geek!), I'm also a productivity junkie. Anything that can make me more productive while allowing me to maintain high quality output is considered for part of my standard toolkit. I wanted to tell you about one of those tools that has just entered my arsenal.
Say you are at the office and you want to print something out but don't want to use work printers to do it. Maybe you'll e-mail it home or save it to a USB key, then bring it up on your home machine and send it to the printer. Yeah...that works, but sometimes it's a chore. Perhaps you don't have the same program on your machine at home, or the kids are hogging the PC chatting with their friends.
All of these potential time wasting issues are now a thing of the past thanks to
Printer Anywhere. Printer Anywhere is an incredibly useful tool that allows you to print to a remote printer using the internet. Thus, in the scenario above, you could print directly from your work PC to your printer on the desk at home. The service works by installing their software on the machines you want to print to and from. It automatically recognizes printers connected to your computer and gives you the option of sharing them. When you want to print a document, you simply issue the print command, pick "Printer Anywhere" as the printer and then choose the remote printer from a list (you can search by user ID, name, etc.). The item to be printed gets packaged up and sent across the internet to the other device, where it rolls off just as if it was printed from the local machine. That's the simplified version anyway. You can find out all the details, plus cool features such as encryption and the like, by exploring the
Printer Anywhere homepage.
I can see many unique ways to use this service and plan on exploring it more in the future. Thought you might be interested in checking it out too. Cheers!
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Ultimate Cool Man Bag
After a long search, I finally found a man bag/murse/gadget bag that fit my criteria for a perfect portable utility carrying device. Since a couple of my friends asked, and the general voyeuristic masses on the internet love to see this stuff (and I include myself in that category), I thought I'd share my find.
My general criteria was:
Requirement 1: Manly looking...shouldn't look like a purse! :-)
Requirement 2: Not as big as a messenger bag...not as small as a pouch. Must be able to hold a wallet, Blackberry, Grail diary, small Moleskine notebook, pen, bullwhip, Sony Cybershot digital camera, Dell DJ.
Requirement 3: Over the shoulder only. I'm not secure enough to carry a clutch!
Final Decision: A WWII Mark VII Gas Mask Bag! Just so happens that this is the bag that Indiana Jones had in the movies (although in reality it wasn't yet invented in that time period). If Indiana Jones used it, then it's good enough for me!!!
Unfortunately, finding the real deal at a good price is hard, at least here in the States. I checked out some military surplus stores, but to no avail. I found some on eBay, but they were pretty tattered and dirty. Well, proving once again that you can get anything on the internet, even if it's just a replica, I found a guy in Singapore who creates these new. Doesn't have quite the cachet of the real thing, but it gets the job done.
Manly and functional! :-D
Also cool that I ended up paying around $30 total rather than the $150 I was going to spend on the
runner up. I'll include some pictures in a future post. Now if I could just get my autistic daughter to stop telling everyone that "my dad bought a purse!" :-)
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ActiveWords...Making Notes (and More!) Easier To Use
In my
post from a few weeks ago, I briefly talked about one of my favorite productivity tools,
ActiveWords. In this post, I want to introduce you to ActiveWords in a little more detail. At the end, I'll hit you up for some ideas that we can use to make ActiveWords even more compelling for Lotus Notes users.
First, a little about how I use ActiveWords in my daily work. The program is set to load when I start my computer, so as soon as I jump into my work it is ready to go. Usually, the first thing I do is start launching programs and ActiveWords is perfect for this task. It doesn't matter where I am within Windows (at my desktop, in another program, etc.), I can trigger an action just by typing its ActiveWord and using the activation key (by default it is F8 but there is an option to use 'space' 'space' as a trigger, which I really like). So, as soon as my PC loads up, I type 'n' at the desktop and hit the spacebar twice. This command launches Notes. The really powerful part comes into play when I am actively engaged in a work task. Let's say I'm typing an e-mail and I want to pull up Microsoft Excel. As I'm typing (directly in the memo where I get the thought), I can enter 'xl' and then double space. As soon as I type the first space, ActiveWords is aware that I used one of my words and the next press of the spacebar actually activates the action. Excel then launches as I desired and the letters I typed in the memo to trigger the ActiveWord are deleted (pretty smart, eh?). The screenshots below show you some of the options you have when setting up such a trigger word.
Just with the option to launch programs by keywords wherever I am, ActiveWords provided me with a productivity boost. However, ActiveWords is no one trick pony. It can do far more than just act as a program launcher. "What else?", you may ask. How about:
- Substitute a word you type with a another word, phrase or even multiple paragraphs
- Navigate to a specific Windows folder
- Open a website (or any URL really...think notes://)
- Open a document (this is what I use to launch .ndl files)
- Open a Windows Setting
- etc., etc.
You really need to experience it for yourself (hint:
download the free trial), but here are some examples of ActiveWords that I use for the categories shown above.
Test Substitutions* I now have my e-mail/message board signature line defined as a text substitution (multiple lines complete with a quote and all). My ActiveWord for this is 'sig', so I just type this and hit the spacebar twice to insert my signature wherever I am. No longer do I have to keep a signature line defined in multiple programs.
* I have ActiveWords for my 'name', 'address', 'phone', etc. If I need to enter those values in a field, I use the applicable ActiveWord, which is a lot faster than typing the whole thing.
* When I am doing application testing, I absolutely hate typing dummy text in fields. I put the opening couple paragraphs of the
Gettysburg Address into an ActiveWord called 'test' and voilà, instant development testing text.
Opening A WebsiteWell this is pretty self-explanatory, but very useful. Example ActiveWords in my WordBase include 'bank', 'wiki', 'gm' (Gmail), 'r6' (Notes 6 & 7 forum...i.e notes.net! :-) Since this function within ActiveWords supports any URLs that are registered in Windows (*I think*), the notes URL protocols work too!
Navigating To A Folder/Opening A Windows SettingI use this for quick access to My Documents and other folders on my hard drive ('projects', 'expenses', 'pics', etc.), Opening a Windows setting allows me to launch the control panel ('cp'), add/remove programs ('add'), etc. with just a couple keystrokes.
I think you get the idea.
Now, imagine extending these basic uses. For example, what if you wanted to quickly send a link to your calendar to another user? Maybe you do this often and it would be worthwhile to create an ActiveWord for the action. There's not an option for this out of the box, so what do you do? Being the really cool program it is, ActiveWords provides you with a scripting language that you can use to automate many tasks. Basically, if it's something you can do in Windows, you should be able to write a script to accomplish it. So, how could we automate the calendar link? Something like the following would do the trick:
You can see here that there are several commands built into the scripting language. Commands in the scripting language are delimited by < and >. In the example here, I am navigating to the Calendar view, pausing for a second, then emulating the press of the 'alt' key, followed by e (Edit), n (Copy As Link) and v (View Link). I then use the shortcut to create a new memo (Ctrl-m), tab down 4 times to get to the body and then do a Ctrl-v to paste the view link. Of course, this could be extended to include standard text, a signature line, etc.
The scripting language is quite advanced and allows you to use compound commands as well. As you can imagine, this can lead to some very complex actions that you can control with just a key or two. If you are concerned about being more productive and you are an ActiveWords user, you owe it to yourself to explore this feature in more detail. I'm really just starting to discover the power of ActiveWords scripting and I'm loving it.
That's right, Bob...there IS more! If you are a Tablet PC user like I am, you might find it a little difficult to trigger ActiveWords by using the keyboard when there's no keyboard available to you (i.e. when the tablet is in slate mode)! Enter the
ActiveWords InkPad. This totally cool, totally free addition to ActiveWords provides you with a little floating widget that you can use to enter the trigger words with your pen! There are several options available for placement of the widget, size of the InkPad, etc. I have mine set to always be visible on the screen (whoops...sorry for leaving that on during my presentation at Lotusphere...my bad!). The ActiveWords icon floats on top of all windows (I've got it set to be semi-transparent) and only when I hover over the icon does the InkPad input area appear. Then, I simply write in my ActiveWord and move my pen out of the input area and the command is triggered. This is a very valuable addition to this program, since I maintain all of my standard ActiveWords functionality without having access to my keyboard!
In addition to all of the functionality built in to ActiveWords, there are several free modules available as add-ins that help extend the power of the tool even further. In ActiveWords lingo, these add-ins are known as "WordBases". Available WordBases include one that makes taking advantage of Google search and services very easy, an emoticon replacement function (e.g. type 'flower' and get @}->--), in-place spelling corrections, standard Windows commands and automation, etc. You can see all of the available add-ins
here.
So...all of this leads me to a couple of calls to action. First, I encourage you to check out ActiveWords and see if you find it as compelling as I do. They have a
60-day trial available, so this gives you plenty of time to get a feel for the application and explore how it can make you more productive. Second, if you already use ActiveWords or if I've intrigued you enough to try it, you might want to participate in helping the fine folks at ActiveWords make a standard WordBase for Lotus Notes. Since I'm always harping on the UI of the client, I have a keen interest in leveraging ActiveWords to make using Notes easier. I've seen this in action in my own work and I think we could do the community of users a great service by helping in this space. If you want to explore what I've done so far and offer any of your own ideas, critiques, etc., please
check out this post on the ActiveWords forum.
Ready? Go...
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Mind Maps For Lotus Notes: Notes URLs
As I have mentioned here once or twice, I use
MindManager for creating
mind maps that I use for work and for personal items. I have several maps that I keep for reference on various Lotus Notes topics and since I know several of you in the community use MindManager as well, I thought I'd clean them up a bit* and make them available here.
I love using Notes URLs for different tasks, especially for having integration with Notes in other programs. I'm currently exploring the boundaries of what the Notes URL syntax can do in an effort to help make the
ActiveWords more compelling for Lotus Notes users. Since I'm playing around with them lately, I thought my
Notes URLs - A Reference map would be the first one I would throw out here. If you click on the picture below, you can interact with the mind map in your browser (sorry...IE only). If you don't have MindManager and you don't want to install the free plugin, you can still
check out the PDF.
Have a good weekend and Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!
*clean up = make a new one so it's pretty :-)
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Enhancing Productivity With Links
Hi All. I hope all the moms out there had a nice Mother's Day. Now it's back to work, though, so it's time for another post. This is a simple one today, to kind of ease into things after the relaxing weekend! :-)
It seems there are a lot of people who know about .NDL files and an equal number that don't. If you haven't created or used an NDL before, read on. If you have, you might want to skip to the bottom and see a really cool way to use them.
Creating an NDLAn NDL file is basically a document, view or database link that can reside out in your file system. It is represented by a Notes icon and when clicked will open the corresponding element. It will probably make more sense to you if you see it in action, so try the following steps:
1. Create a link to the view, document or database of your choice in the standard way (e.g. Edit - Copy As Link - View Link).
2. Open Notepad (or your favorite text editor) and paste into the body of the new document. You should see some XML looking stuff, which is how Notes represents a link.
3. Save this file, giving it any name you choose (a descriptive name such as "Tasks By User View" is best) and using .ndl as the file extension.
Take a look at the location in which you saved the link. You should see the icon for the file you just created.
Now double-click the link and check out what happens. Takes you right to the element in question. Pretty cool!
Uses for NDLsNDLs can have many uses, but I would imagine the primary reason most NDLs are created is to send links to users in other mail systems. I know in the past that the Exchange Connector used them and of course
CoexLinks does this too. I know several companies that also use NDLs on their intranets, allowing users to launch Notes documents directly from the browser.
These applications aside, I think that NDLs can be very handy from a productivity standpoint. In the old days, I used to have a single directory that I would use to store NDL files that linked to documents and views I used all the time. If I was in the middle of a task and needed to switch to one of those elements, I would just Alt-Tab to that open directory window and click the necessary NDL. If you spend some time thinking about the items in Notes that you use frequently, you'll probably come up with a pretty good list. Creating NDLs for each of these elements is a simple way to speed access to them.
You might wonder why you would use this method over, say, just creating a document in Notes where you store all of your links. This is probably just as good an option as using NDLs, but I chose this approach for two reasons. One, it was faster for me to Alt-Tab to the open window rather than navigating to another Notes document and two, it allows me to have access to these elements quickly even when I'm not in Notes. In fact, if Notes isn't open, invoking the NDL will open the client and then navigate directly to that element. From a productivity standpoint, this seemed to work very well for me. However, my life wasn't quite complete until I found ActiveWords.
NDLs on steroids...Combining them with the power of ActiveWordsWatch out, 'cause I'm going into all out fanboy mode for a minute. One of the greatest software purchases I ever made was a little product called
ActiveWords. ActiveWords is a program that allows you to truly take control of your computer. Basically, when ActiveWords is running, it is monitoring everything you type, no matter where you are. When you type a word or phrase that you've setup as an ActiveWord, you can immediately trigger an action to happen. For example, when I type 'xl' and then hit the space bar twice, Microsoft Excel launches. If I type 'gm' and double space, my browser launches and takes me to Gmail. Whenever I want to insert my signature into a document, I just type 'sig' and bam...it appears. ActiveWords even has a cool module that corrects common spelling errors as you type! There are many types of actions that you can associate with ActiveWords. You can use it to substitute text, launch programs, open directories, etc. I don't want to turn this into a big ActiveWords commercial, but trust me when I say you need to do yourself a favor and head over to their site! Check out the demos and then download the free trial. It really is a revolutionary product.
Anyway, back to the point of the post. Combing ActiveWords and NDL files has allowed me to become even more efficient when working with Lotus Notes. Basically, when I have a commonly used link, I create the NDL file, place it into my NDL directory and then I associate an ActiveWord with that NDL. I can be most productive when my flow state isn't interrupted when trying to find information and I find that this combination is incredibly powerful. Let's say I'm working on a document and I need some detail about one of the servers in my domain. In a traditional scenario, I would have to open the NAB, navigate to the Servers view and then find the info I was looking for. Using NDLs and ActiveWords, I can maintain my context and just type 'server' and trigger ActiveWords (I do this by hitting space twice, although you can change the trigger in the options). The 'server' ActiveWord is setup to open 'LNServers.ndl', so as soon as I trigger it, the NDL is executed and the NAB opens right to the view I need. If you consider how often you access common elements in Notes, this simple action can add up to some significant time savings.
As with most of my posts, this one was written in response to an e-mail I received. Perhaps you'll find NDL files to be as useful as I have. If you have another approach that you use for accessing commonly needed elements in Notes, please feel free to share in the comments. If you have any other tricks for being really productive in Notes, I'd love to hear those too. If you're interested in a live demo of ActiveWords, please don't hesitate to ask. You can find me at the upcoming
ILUG 2007 and
Lotus Developer 2007 conferences. Cheers!
P.S. I have no stake in ActiveWords except for being a very satisfied customer. It's a software package that performs one particular function and does so exceedingly well. I highly recommend checking it out. I believe the purchase price is very reasonable for the value it adds.
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