I tweeted the following yesterday, “It’s 7 years ago today that I was made an Oracle ACE. Seriously. It was April Fools Day 2006… ” The followup from that tweet included a number of questions about what you get out of becoming an Oracle ACE and what is the quickest way to become one. In [...]
I was recently part of a 3-part podcast about the ACE program. You can listen to all 3 parts here: An inside look at the Oracle ACE program Thanks to Bob Rhubart for the invite and to the other members of the panel (Vikki Lira, Alex Gorbachev and Debra Lilley). Cheers Tim…
The ACE Director meeting went well yesterday. On the database base side there were a couple of really neat things mentioned that they are considering for the next release. As usual it’s all a big secret, so it looks like I’ve got to keep my fingers crossed and my gob shut for a couple of [...]
There are going to be even more ways to meet Oracle ACEs at this years OpenWorld. The OTN Lounge is going to have some time slots where you can meet and chat with Oracle ACEs about any subject you want. See here: Oracle ACE Office Hours in the OTN Lounge Some Oracle heavyweights have already [...]
If you read Oracle blogs, you will probably have noticed a few lively debates about the Oracle ACE program. The announcement of the Oracle ACE Director category caused a bit of a stir, causing several people, including myself, to throw the toys out of the pram. I’m not totally sure what I want to say [...]
Work (or not) The company I work for was taken over 2 years ago and I’ve been waiting since then to see what the result of this takeover would be. In that time loads of staff have left and it’s been a bit of a nightmare. Yesterday I had a meeting where I had to [...]
This morning I received and email detailing the merger of the ACE program with the Fusion Middleware Regional Director scheme. It’s a pity this mail didn’t come a couple of days earlier, then my “toys out of the pram” post yesterday wouldn’t have happened. I’m sure over the coming weeks the people I consider the [...]
Eddie wrote about the New Oracle ACE and Website, which was news to me, so I thought I’d take a look. The new category of “Oracle ACE Director” supposedly signifies “a higher level of expectation in terms of community activity”. I must admit to feeling there were definite tiers in the ACE program. I personally [...]
I got home last night to find a message on my phone trying to arrange an interview for Oracle Magazine about being “Oracle ACE of the Year”. Needless to say this was a bit of a shock, since it was the first thing I’d heard about it. It seems Oracle Magazine had already contacted me [...]