 | Level: Introductory Scott Laningham (scottla@us.ibm.com), Podcast Editor, IBM developerWorks
22 May 2007 IBM Lotus Notes® 8 development team members talk about Web 2.0 features, developer
opportunities, and community input in the development of Lotus Notes 8. Jan Kenney,
Jeff Eisen, and Mary Beth Raven from the Lotus Notes 8 development team talk about Web
2.0 features, developer opportunities, and community input in the development of
Lotus Notes 8.
Not familiar with podcasting? Learn more. In this podcast
The much-anticipated Lotus
Notes 8 is the focus of this podcast, featuring three voices from the Lotus Notes
development team: Jen Kenney, design partner and beta program manager for
Lotus Notes and Domino; Jeff Eisen, Lotus Notes chief architect and an IBM
Distinguished Engineer; and Mary Beth Raven, lead user experience designer
for Lotus Notes 8 and author of one
of our most popular developerWorks blogs. They talk about the big changes in Lotus Notes 8, share examples of the incorporation of Web 2.0 features and their business value, and relate how user and developer community input has influenced this major release more than any before.
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About the guests 
Jan Kenney started with IBM/Lotus in 1995 and has been part of
the Lotus Notes and Domino team for 12 years. Her initial role was in release
management for Lotus Notes/Domino V4.0, which led to her current role as senior
program manager for the Lotus Notes/Domino design partner, Managed Beta,
Enterprise ISV enablement and Public beta programs for all Lotus Notes and Domino
releases. Her current focus is on the Lotus Notes and Domino 8.0 release, the next
major feature release in that product line. She also ran the Managed Beta
program for Sametime V7.5 release. Prior to joining IBM, she worked for
Honeywell-Bull for many years in CAD tool design, CASE tool design, and
Quest Engineering organizations in a development and account management
capacity. She holds a bachelor's degree in math (major) with computer science (minor) from Northeastern University. 
Jeff Eisen has been with IBM and working with IBM Lotus Notes for 14 years.
He is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and is the chief architect for Lotus
Notes. He is focusing on the next generation of Lotus Notes, which,
starting with the Lotus Notes 8 release, will bring new integration and
application capabilities to Lotus' industry-leading product. He has been a
leading contributor and a driving force behind the growth and prominence of
Lotus Notes and Domino. He has been instrumental in the adoption of Internet
standards by Lotus Notes and Domino, responsible for such key components as MIME,
HTML, Java™ technology, and JavaScript. Prior to IBM, he
co-founded two software companies and was an independent consultant for
eight years. He has worked at Gold Hill Computers, Palladian Software, and
Texas Instruments. He holds a master's degree from MIT in electrical
engineering and computer science. 
Mary Beth Raven is the lead user experience designer for Lotus Notes 8 and
Lotus Expeditor. She joined the Lotus Notes team in 2005 after working on several
other IBM products, including the first five releases of Lotus Sametime.
Prior to joining IBM, she managed a user experience design and usability
group at FTP Software, and represented Digital Equipment Corp. at the Open
Software Foundation. She has a doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in New York. She is an outspoken advocate of making the design and
development process more transparent to customers, and runs an active Designing
the User Experience for Lotus Notes and Sametime blog.
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| | Scott Laningham, host of developerWorks podcasts, was previously editor of developerWorks newsletters. Prior to IBM, he was an award-winning reporter and director for news programming featured on Public Radio International, a freelance writer for the American Communications Foundation and CBS Radio, and a songwriter/musician. |
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