Lotusphere 2010: Getting the GIST of it

January 20 2010

One of our announcements this week at Lotusphere 2010 is a partnership with Gist.  I met with Gist yesterday to learn more about the service and their plans for Notes integration, and walked away incredibly impressed.  Gist CEO T.A. McCann is here, and while we had never met, he knew all about me before walking into our meeting.  

Gist's service aggregates news, blogs, Facebook, tweets and more, all in one place.  This isn't just a feed -- it's a profiling service, that helps you determine how "important" someone is in your world and keep you informed about them in real time.  I have just started using Gist, and after connecting it to my personal mail, Facebook, and Twitter, it identified current and former colleagues, friends, bloggers, and industry figures as "important" to me.  Interestingly, the most "important" person on my Gist is Brad Feld of the Foundry Group -- who I do not know and honestly had never heard of before.  The point is, Gist is telling me, Brad is someone I need to know, because of our mutual acquaintances, interests, and industry.  
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The Gist blog has more details on their planned Notes integration:

Gist, an online service that helps people better manage their personal and professional relationships, today announced its support for Lotus Notes.  Currently available in limited release to select Lotus Notes customers, the offering utilizes Gist's innovative service that automatically aggregates and prioritizes information about contacts and their companies delivering actionable insights in less time.

Once downloaded and activated, the Gist Lotus Notes Plugin provides individual and company profile information as emails are exchanged and calendar events are created.  Gist leverages Lotus Notes' Live Text technology to provide detailed profile information anywhere an email address appears.
To sign up for the beta, visit gist.com/lotus.

Ed Brill | | Lotusphere 2010 | Lake Buena Vista, FL USA Category:  Lotusphere 2010  Add/View Comments [12]

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  1. 1  Chris Miller http://www.IdoNotes.com | 1/20/2010 9:08:13 AM

    For anyone that wants to see what it does now in action, I did a screencast of Gist a bit ago (before the Notes plug-in). But it shows the power.

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  1. 2  Stefan Croimans  | 1/20/2010 9:47:56 AM

    Nice to see this announcement but where's the Notes plugin?

  1. 3  David DeWell  | 1/20/2010 10:45:02 AM

    I found this post looking at my Gist profile. Oddly enough, Ed Brill and Chris Miller are on the top of my lists of important people according to Gist.

  1. 4  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 1/20/2010 1:57:50 PM

    @2 click through to register for the beta.

  1. 5  Ian Scott  | 1/20/2010 4:59:14 PM

    @2 if you register for the beta you will receive an email from Lotus confirming that you are on the list and that you will be sent details on getting set up inside Notes as Lotus expand the limited beta program. They will meanwhile send you link through which you can set up a Gist account.

  1. 6  Nick Goddard  | 1/21/2010 2:22:34 PM

    Ed

    Strangely Brad Feld is top of my list too. And like you I haven't heard of him either

    Nick

  1. 7  Andy Mell  | 1/21/2010 6:27:01 PM

    Guess who is top of my list?

    Brad Feld

    Never met the dude either

    You've been had :)

  1. 8  Andy Mell  | 1/21/2010 6:41:45 PM

    Found the problem. Gist by default has a "sample data" account You need to go to accounts and delete it to get rid of Brad Feld.

    I'd question the need for that sample data to be there in the first place.

  1. 9  Patrick Kwinten http://quintessens.wordpress.com | 2/9/2010 4:04:59 AM

    why cant i have a feed aggregator which i Domino based?

  1. 10  Peter Meuser http://itlab.de | 2/27/2011 3:35:30 AM

    What happend to the Gist Lotus Notes Plugin?

    It's not available anymore!

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