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Whether you’ve been reading my columns for the past couple of years, or you’ve happened here for the first time, chances are you use Lotus Notes. I always try to give you the best information I can, and much of that info comes directly from my interactions with the Lotus Notes user community.

The Lotus Notes community is made up of IBM employees, bloggers, administrators, developers, business partners, and some of the best minds in the business. So, I want to let you know where you can find this information and become part of the community yourself.

Bloggers

The first place to check out when looking for bloggers that focus on Lotus products is PlanetLotus.org. PlanetLotus.org is a blog aggregator that checks nearly 300 blogs every 10 minutes and then posts the headlines. You can skim through what people are posting and clicking on a headline will take you to the blog in question.

The PlanetLotus.org homepage

This is probably the best way to get started following Lotus-themed blogs. You can skim the headlines that interest you most, and when you find blogs you like, you can always subscribe to them in your feed reader.

I feel that this is probably the easiest way to get involved with the community. Read blogs, comment on them, and even start one of your own.

Podcasts

If you want to be up-to-date with all the happenings in the community and Lotus, you have three different podcasts to choose from. Taking Notes, IdoNotes, and Yellowcast.

Taking Notes

Taking Notes is Lotus community news and commentary by Bruce Elgort of Elguji Software and independent consultant Julian Robichaux. The two have put out over 82 podcasts since the end of 2005. They always get great guests and have wonderful commentary.

This is the grandaddy of Lotus podcasts If you listen, you’ll also hear my voice on occasion.

IDoNotes Podcast

IDoNotes is the brainchild of IBM Business Partner Connectria’s Chris Miller and he’s been doing it nearly as long as the Taking Notes guys. Chris is an expert in administration as well as products like Sametime and Quickr. He’s always talking about the latest product releases and has a very strong social networking background. Many of us wonder how he ever sleeps.

A list of recent IDoNotes podcasts

Yellowcast

Yellowcast is the newest podcast to throw its hat into the Lotus ring. Lotus consultants Chris Toohey and Tim Tripcony have just finished their third episode, and with episode titles like “Vicodin and MonkeyButter” and “Lotus Notes Sucks and I Hate All Of You!” it’s entertaining as well. Trust me, these two don’t really think Lotus Notes sucks. It’s their platform of choice, and they are two top developers in their field. If you are interested in deep dives on Lotus technologies, this is for you.

User Communities and Forums

There are good Lotus user communities and forum areas out there as well. Everything from user groups, to the IBM developerWorks site to BleedYellow.com. I’m sure at least you can find one of these to your liking, if not all of them.

LotusUserGroup.org

LotusUserGroup.org is an online community of Lotus users that acts as a “virtual” Lotus user group. There’s tons of content, online group meetings, blogs, forums, newsletters and resources to help you find Lotus user groups in your area.

LotusUserGroup.org has tons of information

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