What do you do with a Stand alone Notes Client

A discussion on twitter from someone in IT that was asked by an employee to let them use a Notes client as a stand alone functional piece of software.

I replied that it does no harm and the person does not need a server, although it helps for more advanced needs and of course if any application needs to get shared then you do need a server.

This brought up an interesting discussion, aside from them being on Exchange and Windows 7.

What do you use on your stand alone client, that maybe is replicated to a server but doesn't really NEED a server?

I keep copies of everything on a server but my laptop has a massive directory of apps I play with or use.

A quick list of what is in my Launcher section of my home page includes:

1. Time tracking/billing
2. Serial Number/Password list for clients
3. Gotcha db file (where I store various odd items of technical wizardry for support issues)
4. PMR/Outage Reports
5. Travel/Vacation time off (a second db also has past hotels, cars, trips in more detail
6. Expense Reports
7. Lotusphere Dbs (because thanks to Ben's efforts you can attach the slides to the sessions for later use when you need a review)
8. Client configuration (where I keep client details like IP addresses, visio maps et al)
9. Irish Pub db (You never know when you need it!)
10. Home project db (never quite as used as I prefer, but helpful in planning sometimes)
11. Sketch ups (code pieces for reusing to demo an app)

And a slew of other ones which require some server interaction.

So an individual in a company could be more productive, in various ways at a simple level and in the case of workflow type database, even for their own knowledge, it is a nice win for them as well.

Can you do more having a server, sure, no question, but working on your own, with a designer client you can go pretty far.

SNTT - Forget Bookmarks or Launcher Go Sidebar!

Some bloggers have posted this, but since it came up today, wanted to share it again for those new to R8.

Okay, maybe not fully drop the Launcher(My favorite part of the Home view), but if there is a view or a form you need to see/use all the time or even a few times a day, stick it in your sidebar.

What? Huh? How?

I admit being lazy about it as well, but it's here and you don't need 8.5.1 to do it.
Finally moved our TimeCard app to it(waiting for Chris Toohey's new Time Tracker app as well to see if I like that better or merge some pieces)

How to do it:
1)Open a database, go to the view you use regularly.
2)Click on Tools from the menu bar.
3)Then Widgets - Configure a Widget from Current Context
4)It will bring up a popup with 2 options, pick Open a notes view, document or frameset.
5)Click next
6)Give it a Name
7)Then Select "Display as a sidebar panel" (just configure a component sticks it in the "My Widgets" folder
8)Click next

And that's it

You now have easy access to a view or form and can open it up as a window if you need too as well.