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App Store look in Notes client
Wed 5 Jan 2011, 06:46 PM
Tweetby Ben Langhinrichs
Since I am turning the Lotusphere 2011 Sessions DB into more of an information gathering spot, I thought I'd add webcasts and podcasts and such. But adding those along with books and courses means that it is hard to find and identify useful resources. I decided to use a look that is a bit more familiar, the App Store. Not any specific App Store, just a mixed grouping sort of display that looks nice in the Notes client and on the web. So I am adding an interface that will allow a mix of the various resources. Each session will be tagged, and the search results for the tags will be displayed something like this. The title will be a hotspot to the relevant book or course or podcast. I may add a "Free" tag to those that do not charge, but I'll steer away from specific prices. I'm not selling any of it anyway, just showing you what is available:
Sneak peak at Virtual Bookstore
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What has been said:
950.1. Chris Miller (01/06/2011 02:25 PM)
Another idea! How about adding links to the books/webcasts/podcasts to the speakers so people can cross reference?
950.2. Ben Langhinrichs (01/06/2011 02:41 PM)
Absolutely. Once I have the coding generalized enough, it will work from anyplace that is tagged (course might be tagged as notes-domino,xpages and a session might be tagged as quickr, but both also might have names that are associated with people. Usually, those people would then appear in a pop-over layer with their associations (speaker in xxx and author of xxx). The idea is to come from anywhere and get cross-referenced resources in a fun and appealing way.