For those going to Lotusphere 2006, the second version of our popular LS2006 Sessions db is now available. It is free, it is useful both for planning activities and synching with your PDA, and it has cool stuff you won’t find anywhere else, such as a sneak peek at this year’s CULT shirt. A few of the changes since Version 1 include:
Labs, ISV Theater, Product Showcase, etc. are now listed on the graphical calendars as well as in session views
Additional session updates (notably BP403 and BDD401)
BeginTime and EndTime values for all sessions in NotesDateTime format, allowing better customized apps for those who want to use this database for your own purposes
Improved Add to My Calendar button using BeginTime and EndTime, thus making valid calendar entries with time zones
Frappr photos accessible for some people in the Lotusphere2006 group (more later)
Pedestals now exposed to menu, although most pedestal data is not available yet
Updated people from actual speakers, people who have been mentioned to me, partial Frappr list, etc.
Two new graphical views in each session db. These are the “Big Picture” of all activities at once, either from the Dolphin or Swan perspective.
Here is a sneak preview of the two new graphical calendars. Very cool, and all done with layers (yup, layers). This is the “Big Picture” view including the Dolphin and Y&B sessions on Tuesday all together in one display. Note cool additions such as the labs (hard to read in this image, I’m afraid) and Product Showcase, so all your scheduling needs can be seen at once.
And here is the Swan “Big Picture” for Monday: