I’ve found out what the big announcement at Oracle OpenWorld is. They’ve built in support for the Wiimote! Keep it under your hat… Tim…
Today was the Oracle ACE Directors meeting from 10:00-16:00. Database: As far as the database was concerned, I was hoping we would get a sneak preview of the much hailed “Big Announcement” planned for Larry Ellison’s keynote speech on Wednesday. Unfortunately all attempts to draw something out of Mark Townsend resulted in phrases like, “Wait [...]
I’ve not made my connection to San Franciso. What seems to have happened is when Oracle Travel booked the flight with Star Alliance, they booked the first leg with Lufthansa and the second leg with United via Lufthansa. Lufthansa had me on list of passengers, but United didn’t. It was a United plane and I [...]
Actually I do know when I will be back, but I wanted to carry on with the line from the song. Just thought I would write to say article production and forum duties will probably be very limited over the next couple of months as I’m doing a bunch of conferences. Sorry if this inconveniences [...]
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 [...]
Just a quick post to let people know what is going on in the next few weeks/months… UKOUG DE SIG I’m speaking at the UKOUG DE SIG on the 10th July. Andrew Clarke had a free slot so I offered to speak to help him out. I owe him a few favors and it is [...]
Just in case you didn’t see this in the news and you wanted to go to OpenWorld: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/03/us_visa_scheme/ It would be a shame to get there and be refused entry! Cheers Tim…
I’ve created an OpenWorld 2008 Suggestions page on the Oracle Wiki. It’s only 10 months until the next event, so if you have any ideas to make it better get posting. I think Oracle should offer a prize for th best suggestion. Cheers Tim…
I’ve updated the site notes for my OpenWorld unconference session. If you fancy having a look, it’s on the Oracle Wiki. It’s quite hard to summarize the conversation, but I think I got the gist of it down. Remember, the notes are trying to convey the opinions of the people present. I’m not saying this [...]
Day 4 I spent a lot of time in the OTN lounge just talking to people. I guess it’s what I do best. Later in the day Mary Ann Davidson did an “Ask the Experts” session on security. It was good to see her taking notes and being genuinely concerned about the issues people were [...]