{"id":1537,"date":"2009-10-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2009-10-19T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T12:00:00","slug":"oow2009-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/19\/oow2009-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"OOW2009 – Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Marco’s OOW 2009 Photo Stream<\/a>, here are a few pictures from my Unconference Presentation :-<\/p>\n

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Clockwise L-R – Me, JB from Oracle, Jacco Landlust, some Cuddly Toys.<\/p>\n

I have to thank Boneist<\/a> for this line she sent me in an email not long before the presentation. It seemed somehow appropriate. Yes, I know I missed an umlaut – I was in a hurry.<\/p>\n

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There’s a story behind the next photo. I have been known to be so positive and excitable when discussing the OEM Performance Pages that I thought I should tone down the overall effect by wearing ….<\/p>\n

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A SQL Server T-Shirt 😉 There were various guerilla marketing crowds outside Moscone West this year and a woman had thrust a goodie bag in my hand. I accepted it before I knew what was in there, honestly! But in came in handy although I doubt I’ll be wearing it again.<\/p>\n

I think my presentation may have sent a few people to sleep – a few eyes certainly glazed over ….<\/p>\n

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… and finally, a couple from the final day of the Oracle Closed World conference.<\/p>\n

Uri Shaft discussing some maths stuff. (and believe me, this is his big<\/em> writing, which he only agreed to after people found the small writing above impossible to see. We are largely old men.)<\/p>\n

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A shameless Media Type<\/del> Greg Rahn doesn’t allow people’s lunch to get in the way of him talking about DW performance or Exadata or something. I wasn’t in the room at the time, but you can see a rather more shy Flatcat off to the right.<\/p>\n

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But here is the photo that I absolutely demanded Marco take at some point. As regular OOW visitors will be aware, people have a variety of ribbons attached to the bottom of their badge holder representing various groups, affiliations and extra conference registrations. As I pointed out to Marco, there is a well-known syndrome of men perhaps compensating for their inadequacies<\/em> when purchasing long, flashy sports cars. For some reason, this popped into my head when I first saw Marco’s ribbons.<\/p>\n

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Trying to compensate for something, Marco? I think we should be told. LOL<\/p>\n

Then again, as Boneist pointed out – ‘What is it with you guys and your ribbons? Do you need to tie your hair up or something?’<\/p>\n

Disclosure: I attended this year’s Openworld Conference at the
\ninvitation of the Oracle ACE Director program, which paid my
\ntravel and accommodation expenses. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Marco’s OOW 2009 Photo Stream, here are a few pictures from my Unconference Presentation :- Clockwise L-R – Me, JB from Oracle, Jacco Landlust, some Cuddly Toys. I have to thank Boneist for this line she sent me in an email not long before the presentation. It seemed somehow appropriate. Yes, I know… Continue reading OOW2009 – Pictures<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1096,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/02\/some-more-dbf-stuff\/","url_meta":{"origin":1537,"position":0},"title":"Some more DBF stuff","date":"October 2, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"First, someone else's pictures. 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