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Daily Archives Thursday, October 2008

LinkedIn Launches OpenSocial Apps

Did you notice that LinkedIn debuted their applications platform and some very serious business apps yesterday?
LinkedIn continues to chug along as the business social network, and their launch on OpenSocial is of interest to us because of our own work to do this on Connect and their business focus.
So, I did a pretty thorough test [...]

Posted 30 October 2008 † Jake § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

The Ultimate Class! Learn Oracle at Sea

In the Steve Karam Philosophy, every DBA deserves a few things:

Access to Metalink
Loads of good coffee
At least two computers
A yearly cruise on which they can learn Oracle

There’s only one thing better than an Oracle class, and that’s an Oracle class taught by top notch instructors aboard a cruise ship sailing the western Caribbean. I’ve [...]

Posted 30 October 2008 † The Oracle Alchemist § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

covert operations with Surrey Traffic Police

Surrey Traffic Police should run a recruitment campaign with the tagline’Join Surrey Traffic Police and see the world.’This would appeal to young men who fancy the glamour and travel traditionally associated with the Armed Forces but are slightly wary …

Posted 30 October 2008 † Andy C § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Amazon Goes Production and Windows Cloud Goes Beta

LewisC’s An Expert’s Guide to Oracle Technology
Amazon recently announced some big news. Actually they made several announcements at once.
Amazon goes production! Amazon AWS has been in beta for a couple of years now. Amazon has decided that they ar…

Posted 30 October 2008 † An Expert's Guide to Oracle Technology § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °