I was a Danish Stunt Double

… or is it a Scottish Stunt Double? I’m not sure.

I had originally planned to attend only the afternoon part of next week’s OUG Scotland conference.
That way I would be able to spend the morning in work and still catch a
few presentations I want to see. However, Mogens Norgaard is unable to
make it to deliver his DBA keynote presentation so when Thomas Presslie
was kind enough to ask if I might be prepared to perform Moans stunts
for him, I was happy to help.

Anyone who has attended one of Mogens presentations will know that
there is no substitute for the real thing. I could try slowing my
delivery substantially, raise my eyebrows eyebrow sardonically to emphasise my
points and pump up the level and quality of the humour but instead I’ve
decided to give a new presentation of the appropriate type.

The Reality Gap

Work in corporate IT departments for long enough and it becomes clear
that there is often a gap between what is proposed as Industry Standard
or Best Practice and the reality of what is achievable within practical
business constraints. This presentation will focus on topical gaps
including Patching, Disaster Recovery and Security and take a
light-hearted look at the reality gap and a more serious look at what
can be done to narrow the gap.

Yes, that’s right. A new presentation, 6 days to go and my previous
track record in preparing presentations doesn’t reduce the time
pressure any! Add in the usual day-to-day activities and you shouldn’t
expect too much blogging over the next week.

P.S. A dual blog poll. Do you think this belongs in this blog or the other place?