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… from my usual name-dropping, as Boneist pointed out so acutely 😉 Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Oracle ACE Director, President and Commander-in-Chief Obama! How do I know that Barak Obama is an ACE Director? Because we’re staying in the same hotel! Sorry, but I find the whole thing quite exciting for some bizarre… Continue reading OOW 2009 – A Step Up …

At times like this I supposed I should (cough) tweet because, as Alex G pointed out to me last night, I’m far too late with this blog post so no-one will see it in time. Of course, if everyone would just shut the **** up and stop tweeting for 5 minutes, they might read a… Continue reading OOW 2009 – Unconference Session – HA DBA

Another good day although it didn’t go quite as I planned it, but that’s part of the fun of a good conference. Should I mention at this point that I have a cold? I certainly noticed it this morning 🙁 I got moving eventually and my first session was “The Life of a Query” with… Continue reading OOW 2009 – Tuesday

So after a day’s interesting presentations, it was time for the Cuddly Toy Meetup, but I can’t really tell you how I went because I went to the Blogger Meetup, started having a good time and forgot my supervision responsibilities. All I’ll say, for risk I’ll be kicked out of the hotel, is that when… Continue reading OOW 2009 – Blogger’s Meetup

Well, it’s definitely a cold. Made it to bed just after 1 after a party which had convinced me I was feeling better, only to wake up stuffed with the cold, completely convinced that I’d slept in. It was 4:45 🙁 Bizarrely, I feel fully refreshed sleep-wise, but blocked up with cold. Just one ‘normal’… Continue reading OOW 2009 – The Jonathan Lewis Comedy Hour

As I keep saying (and I know you’ll be sick of this but it needs to be on each post in case they’re read in isolation). “Disclosure: I’m attending this year’s Openworld Conference at the invitation of the Oracle ACE Director program, which is paying my travel and accommodation expenses. The time off work is… Continue reading OOW 2009 – Decided to present after all

As always, it depends on your perspective … Good StartAfter a nice late Friday with evening with Alex, Olga and Jacco, I was up at a reasonable time on Saturday morning and despite feeling a bit like a zombie (let’s not go into how a zombie might feel, if at all), I figured I might… Continue reading OOW 2009 – Good Start/Bad Start

That’s my first couple of sessions done and dusted, both pretty good ones too although I’m going to have to admit defeat now and try to catch some sleep in the hope it will pay off over the rest of the week. First, though was a nostalgic trip to Lori’s Diner for some breakfast. Although… Continue reading OOW 2009 Begins

Although I haven’t blogged about it specifically, my regular weekly trips to work in London recently have included a couple of fellow travellers each week. The rule has been that once a Cuddly Toy has experienced the London trip, they move to the ‘old’ comfy seat (the black leather recliner) so we can keep track… Continue reading OOW 2009 – Freeloaders!

As I’m working at a grown-up site that doesn’t ban blogging but has a blogging policy instead, I think it’s only fair that I follow it, even if I’m an external consultant and not a full-time employee. If they play fair with me, I’ll play fair with them. So I’ve added one of those disclaimer… Continue reading Disclaimer