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RMOUG Training Days 2018

Submitted by dbakevlar on Tue, 2018-02-06 22:33

So Training Days is coming up in two weeks.  You haven’t registered to attend?  How you feeling about that?

Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group, (RMOUG) has the largest Oracle user group grassroots conference each February.  For the 2018 year, we decided to shake it up with:

UKOUG Conference Survival Guide

Submitted by mwidlake on Wed, 2017-11-29 16:33

I’ve been going to the UKOUG conference for about… Well, most of this century. I think this year (2017) will be my 14th visit. Not only that but I’ve helped organise the tech side of the conference for several years. I was the Database Stream or whole Tech Stream lead for the last 3 years (though, this year, blame others as I passed over the duties to Neil Chandler as Tech17 lead and Chris Dunscombe as Database lead). I also grew up 30km North of Birmingham, in a little city called Lichfield – but to be honest that does not help as my family was from Nottingham and we went there to shop.

So with my many years of experience, here is my Survival Guide to UKOUG Conference in Birmingham.

Oh, and just to be clear. I sometimes say “we” when talking about organising the conference. It is habit. I was not involved this year.

Friday Philosophy – Doing DOAG (& a Little, Light, Hem-Touching)

Submitted by mwidlake on Fri, 2017-11-24 11:46

This week I’ve been at annual DOAG conference. DOAG is the German (Deutsch) Oracle User Group annual conference. It’s my second time there and I very much enjoyed it, meeting lots of people & seeing some great talks. I also got a request to do more Friday Philosophies, so…

So good … it’s scary

Submitted by connor_mc_d on Mon, 2017-11-13 13:53

Well…this isn’t a horror movie, it’s something awesome

Friday Philosophy – What Makes a Community?

Submitted by mwidlake on Fri, 2017-11-10 15:48

Earlier this week Daniel Westermann asked a question on twitter: “What is community?”

East Coast Oracle Conference, (ECO 17)

Submitted by dbakevlar on Wed, 2017-11-08 22:09

So this week I’m back on the other coast, Raleigh, NC at ECO17 after last week in Seattle. I’ve switched from SQL Server to Oracle and we won’t discuss how many times I had to correct myself as I said, “transaction log” instead of “archive log” and pointed west instead of east for the ocean…My expression at times was similar to Obi Wan’s-

For the next month, I’ll be sticking to the Oracle side, as this is going to be a crazy month for travel.  My two sessions at ECO this week were well attended and I really enjoyed talking to folks and learning some new schtuff.

Oracle Code … Not for database people ?

Submitted by connor_mc_d on Wed, 2017-08-16 04:44

imageJump over to the Oracle Code home page and you will see the “mission statement” of the Oracle Code conference series:

“Learn from technical experts in sessions for developing software in Java, Node.js, and other languages and frameworks.”

Top Ten Travel hints and Tips

Submitted by connor_mc_d on Tue, 2017-06-27 05:50

Well, let me be honest right at the top here.  These are not travel hints Smile  These will not help you in any way.

This is me having a whine and a rant about a minority of people that I occasionally encounter when travelling.

Yes, this can probably be best described as me and my first world problems, but I need to expunge these so that next time I travel, I don’t lose my head, and stuff some poor unsuspecting innocent passenger“under the seat in front of me or in the overhead locker” Smile

Friday Philosophy – New Conference, Same Sad Old Faces Up Front

Submitted by mwidlake on Fri, 2017-06-02 11:20

I’ve been on the Oracle conference presenting circuit for well over a decade now and I must confess I enjoy it. Part of this is that I see lots of friends at nearly every conference – even in countries I have never been to before. This is because many of those friends are fellow presenters, who have been presenting for well over a decade now…

OTN Yathra 2017

Submitted by connor_mc_d on Tue, 2017-05-30 11:42

The amazing 6 city set of events is just around the corner, with all of the dates and details available at http://otnyathra.in/

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Here are my thoughts on why you should be attending