Conference Organisation from the Inside – UKOUG Tech14
An interesting experience I have had this year is being more involved in helping organise the annual UKOUG Oracle Technical Conference – Tech14. I fully intended to blog about things as we progressed,...
View ArticleHow do you Explain Oracle in 50 Minutes?
I’ve done a very “brave”* thing. I’ve put forward a talk to this year’s UKOUG Tech14 conference titled “How Oracle Works – in under 50 minutes”. Yes, I really was suggesting I could explain to people...
View ArticleUKOUG Tech14 Suggestions for Intro Talks and My Picks of the Rest
As I mentioned in my last post, we tried to organise a thread of intro talks into day one and two of this year’s UKOUG Tech14 conference (you can see the agenda grid here). It was not complete but I...
View ArticleUKOUG Tech14 slides – Exadata Security Best Practices
I think 2 years is long enough to wait between posts!Today I delivered a session about Oracle Exadata Database Machine Best Practices and promised to post the slides for it (though no one asked about...
View ArticleLearning for free – UK User Group Meetings Coming Up
There are a few user group meetings coming up in the UK over the next week or two.Note, you need to register to attend any of these, follow the links.First is Club Oracle London, which are evening...
View ArticleCreating UKOUG Tech15 – The View from the Inside
….Who plans the content of Tech15>……Tips on submitting and abstract>At the end of last week I was contacted by the UKOUG who asked me if I would agree to be on the planning committee for the...
View ArticleWho Plans The Content of UKOUG Tech15?
<..Who are the Tech15 committee and my role….submitting an abstract..>When you go to a conference like UKOUG Tech15 there are hundreds of talks given over several days and a dozen or so streams....
View ArticleTips on Submitting an Abstract to Conference
<.. The tech15 committee and my role<…. Who plans the Tech15 contentThe call for Papers for UKOUG Tech15 has gone out. This is how most of the content for a large conference is sourced, by asking...
View ArticleMy First Published Article
I’ve been blogging now for almost 6 years and presenting at conferences for… 12 years (really? Good grief!). I’ve even written and delivered several courses, ranging from 1 day to 3 days in length....
View ArticleFriday Philosophy – Why I Volunteer for User Groups
I’ve just noticed a new page about me popping up on the UKOUG web site – It’s in the section about volunteer case studies, alongside people like Joel Goodman, Simon Haslam, Carl Dudley, Jason Arneil,...
View ArticleAnalysing UKOUG Presenter’s – I Know How You Performed.
This last few days I’ve been analysing how well received previous presentations (since 2006!) have been at the UKOUG tech conferences. It’s interesting to look at the information. I’ve learnt some...
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A Different Type of Keynote & Jonathan Lewis Panel Session at UKOUG Tech15
Technical people tend not to enjoy Keynotes at conferences. We are allergic to content-light “there has never been a better time to invest in our products” fluffy, frou-frou, big picture talks. We want...
View ArticleUKOUG_Tech15 – One Last Big Conference to Round Off 2015 and it’s a Cracking One
It is December so it must be time for the UKOUG annual Tech conference. And it is! It is being held from Monday 7th December to Wednesday 9th December at the ICC in central Birmingham, UK. You can see...
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UKOUG Tech15 : See you there.
UKOUG Tech15 Super Sunday is underway. The Sunday event always coincides with my nephew’s Birthday celebration, so I never get to attend. You’ve got to get your priorities straight. This year I’ll be...
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UKOUG Tech15 : Monday
As mentioned the other day, my first day at UKOUG Tech15 was a rather brief affair. I just popped in during an extended lunch break to present, then it was straight back to work.read more
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UKOUG Tech15 : Wednesday
Today was a full day at UKOUG Tech15. Yay!Zahid Anwar rescued my laptop charger, and left it at the Version 1 stand for me to pick up. Thanks guys!My first session was at 10:00, which was called...
View ArticlePresentations & People, Friends & Fun, Whisky & Wet Laptops – UKOUG Tech15
Whisky? Wet laptops? I’ll get to them…The UKOUG Tech15 conference ran earlier this week, from Super Sunday on the 6th through to the final sessions finishing at 16:20 on Wednesday 9th. In fact, I see...
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UKOUG Application Server & Middleware SIG
I’ll be speaking at the UKOUG Application Server & Middleware SIG tomorrow.It’s going to be another hit-and-run affair for me. I’m in meetings at work all morning, then I’ll be doing a mad dash to...
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UKOUG Application Server & Middleware SIG – Summary
On Thursday I did a presentation at the UKOUG Application Server & Middleware SIG.As I mentioned in my previous post, I was not able to stay for the whole day. I arrived about 30 minutes before my...
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Friday Philosophy – Struggling To Learn Something? You Still Rock
When did you last learn something new about the tech you work with? This week? This month? This year? 2003?I fell off THAT? No wonder it hurt.{This blog is a bit of a personal story about my own recent...
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