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I heard someone bemoaning the lack of Swag at Hotsos – just an event program, couple of magazines and a small clockwork toy sponsored by Oracle. I don’t think I ever come to the Symposium expecting Swag – it’s just not that kind of event. But you do tend to get good speaker gifts, including… Continue reading Hotsos 2010 – What’s THAT?

There she goes, squirreling into the corner of your carry-on.  Ready for another adventure.  Tucked between a fun floppy hat and the flourescent sun-block, of which she uses plenty, pale creature that she is, Monique is situated to prove to you that a seasoned traveller knows best.  Dressed in a curly mohair (so as not… Continue reading Hotsos 2010 – Monique

First up was Cary Millsap’s – Lessons Learned, Version 2010.03 As Cary pointed out, they always try to put the best speakers in the toughest slots – 8:30 in the morning post-party. I think local guys are slightly more reliable too because they might have actually gone home the night before! He started with a… Continue reading Hotsos 2010 – Day 4

Well, that was a nice start to the day! Someone came up to me just before Wolfgang Breitling’s presentation to point out that something from my presentation had helped him fix a problem at work last night. It was the OEM Raw Data drill-down that shows you the underlying ASH data for sessions, including backgrounds.… Continue reading Hotsos 2010 – Day 3 – An excellent one (part 1)

You managed to capture a couple of minutes of my presentation when there was a picture on the screen!

I really don’t know how to blog about this because every time I feel I’m honestly self-critical, everyone thinks I’m close to suicide or something. I like to think I notice both the good and the bad but am probably more likely to speak openly about the bad. If you ask me it’s a Scottish… Continue reading Hotsos 2010 – My Presentation

Hard at work preparing for my presentation yesterday until it got nearer to 5pm and people started coming in on their flights. First up was Kevin Closson, who looked a somewhat sad sight (by his usual standards), clutching a bag from a PC store containing what he hoped would be the crucial bit of software… Continue reading Hotsos 2010 – Day 1.79 – Friends show up

A 3:30 start, which gave me lots of time to work on my demos and by breakfast time at 7:30, I felt in a reasonable place (but not quite done yet) and headed down to eat … wait for it … some fruit! Then again, I’d eaten so little the previous day that I had… Continue reading Hotsos 2010 – Day 2 – The conference begins

It’s 4am on Sunday, so it must be America. This time I think I’m going with the Jonathan Lewis approach of sticking to GMT while I’m over here and accepting I’ll be waking up at some ungodly hour which means I can get several hours work done before the day kicks off. That might mean… Continue reading Hotsos 2010 – Day 0 – Cuddly Toy Carnage