Jose Lema

Community Server 2008 is now available!

2008-04-17T03:00:00Z

As recently announced , yesterday we released the final bits for Community Server 2008. With this release, we've nearly doubled the capabilities of CS adding support for Amazon S3, Friends, Groups, Media, Messaging, Widgets, WebServices and more! One of the key differences between CS 2008 and previous versions is our focus. Previous to CS 2008, content was king. With our introduction of rich profiles (announcements, comments, activities, files, ...) we've focused on keeping it social. In...(read more)

Getting closer to Community Server 2008 Beta 2

2008-03-03T05:30:00Z

We recently updated communityserver.org to the latest bits. While we're not ready to call it Beta 2, we are certainly getting closer. The Beta 2 milestone is our target for being feature complete, including changes to the user interface. As such, we're busy putting final touches on features, finding/fixing bugs, and going thru much of UI with a fine-toothed comb. We're also writing samples and documentation for our new web services layer that will ship with Community Server 2008. Now...(read more)

A Bizarro Year

2008-02-21T02:00:00Z

Over the past couple months, things have been changing... It started with Christmas and a Wii for the boys. While I still play the 360, I'm hooked on Wii Sports...especially bowling. Soon after the holidays, I found myself on the other side of the PC vs. Mac war as the proud owner of a MacBookPro. While I'm not using it 100% for day-to-day work, I'm enjoying the simplicity and plan to move to the Mac exclusively over the next couple months. Earlier this week, with our recent product launch...(read more)

Graffiti Marketplace Walkthru

2008-02-19T05:30:00Z

Tonight I figured I'd give a brief walkthru of how to use both the Graffiti Marketplace website and the integration of the marketplace into the Graffiti Control Panel. In order to see the details, I chose not to shrink the 1024x768 video within the post. It's only three-minutes long, but worth it! http://www.screencast.com/t/gXcBLdV9goB Share this post: StumbleUpon | email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...(read more)

Graffiti v1.0 is now available!

2008-02-19T04:00:00Z

In case you've missed the announcement , today we are happy to announce the immediate availability of Graffiti 1.0. Available under a couple different licensing options (including a free edition), you can now purchase and/or download a copy of the latest product offering from Telligent (creators of Community Server ). I'm especially excited about the integration with the new Graffiti Marketplace . Not only is the marketplace a website where you'll be able to download, purchase, and share...(read more)

Graffiti is in the house!

2008-02-17T00:00:00Z

Now that we're ready to push Graffiti v1.0 out the door, I've finally put up a new site here at http://joselema.com/ . While I still haven't migrating my existing blog over from http://tankete.com , I expect that will happen shortly. That said, even with Graffiti getting lots of Telligent love, a majority of *my* time is still spent helping a great team make Community Server better each day. But this post isn't about CS :) Graffiti is in the house!!!...(read more)

Hush Yo Mouth (Zune Revisited)

2007-11-16T21:45:00Z

While I have been looking forward to the latest upgrade to the Zune 2.0 software, I didn't get a chance to download it until today. After reading Joe's review (and Jim's rebuttal, see the comments) I figured I'd make my own conclusions. Part of the update to "The Social" is the concept of a ZuneCard. So, before even downloading the software, I created an account online at zune.net and then was asked to "personalize" my ZuneCard. Now, to be fair, my beef isn't...(read more)

Can you believe it?

2007-10-31T18:45:00Z

This past week, I took a couple days off (plus the weekend) to attend the Fall Men's Conference with some guys from my church up at Hume Lake . I took quite a few pictures and had a great time and will blog about that soon. But if you follow me on Twitter , Facebook , or IM, you may have noticed something interesting. Since I've been getting questions all week, I figured I'd write it up sooner than later. Throughout the conference, we were given the opportunity to buy raffle tickets,...(read more)

Blue Thunder: Season Ends

2007-10-24T04:55:00Z

Another season of soccer has ended, and Noah and I are already missing Monday/Wednesday night practices. Since I wasn't going to be able to attend the final game (I was presenting at the Community Server Developer's Conference ), we managed to have our season-ending pizza party a week early. Each of the boys got a trophy, cake, and a goody bag (in addition to pizza and drink). We also took a team photo (below). To my surprise (and delight), I was offered the team banner at our last practice...(read more)

The Best Developer Conference

2007-10-24T04:45:00Z

Of course I may be biased, but our first Community Server Developer's Conference was a huge success! Folks from around the world (at *least* four continents) came out to Texas (on a weekend) to hear more about where we are at and where we are headed. If you missed it, our own Kevin Harder live-blogged the entire event . I had the opportunity to give two talks at the conference. The first was about Community Server 2008 and how we'll be expanding the platform. During this brief presentation...(read more)

The "Puffer" at DFW

2007-10-22T00:02:11Z

So today was my lucky turn to go into the "puffer" at the security checkpoint. For whatever reason...I was selected and got to stand in a phone booth sized enclosure while pounded by six puffs of air. When I asked what is was, the agent told me it would blow air on me releasing any explosives on my person.Hmmm...I *knew* I should have shaved this morning! :)Sent from my iPhone Share this post: StumbleUpon | email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...(read more)

What's on your phone?

2007-10-17T00:58:00Z

So Jason tagged Scott and suddenly I need to spill my guts...is that it? Since I'm the proud owner of an iPhone, I was going to answer that I've got The Princess Bride, a couple episodes of Seinfeld, some audiobooks, some music, pictures of the family, and more, but it appears the real question is targetted at which *websites* I've got bookmarked on my phone. Ahhh... Here goes: Facebook ( http://iphone.facebook.com/ ) - While I don't use it all that frequently, it's just too perfect...(read more)

Gaming, Donkey Kong, and XBLA

2007-10-11T03:35:00Z

Recently, someone pointed me to this video on YouTube and it got me thinking about my gaming history... In my early years, I was never a big arcade game player. My parents just didn't believe it was a worthwhile way to spend my time. (Sadly, we had neither an Atari nor an Intellivision , so I didn't get to play those cool Activision titles.) My limited exposure to arcade games was at my weekly bowling league or at pizza parties, after soccer games...but I mostly just watched...since quarters...(read more)

MySpace and Community Server

2007-10-10T21:25:00Z

A couple months ago, I "bumped into" an old friend on Facebook . After chatting about our families, where we're at, and what we do, he said something like, "As a designer for Fox Sports, I share the building with another group here that does something similar to you...MySpace." At that point I remember almost replying, "MySpace? Cool! They're planning on using our software for their forums...and then blogs", but held back. So, as you have probably heard by now...(read more)

Almost a Nightmare

2007-10-09T06:55:00Z

While on the topic of Apple gadgets, I had a pretty big scare just last night. Just before dinner I was watching a Seinfeld episode on my iPhone. And so when Linda called, I set it down, assuming all would be well. But after dinner, when we I went back to pick it up (and check email before a movie with the wife), it was *completely unresponsive* . I tried everything (holding buttons, charging, connecting to my computer)...all to no avail. As the tears began to stream down my face ;) Linda noticed...(read more)