DanNorris.com » presentations http://www.dannorris.com Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:24:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Oracle Open World 08 Plans, no UKOUG for me this year http://www.dannorris.com/2008/09/18/oracle-open-world-08-plans-no-ukoug-for-me-this-year/ http://www.dannorris.com/2008/09/18/oracle-open-world-08-plans-no-ukoug-for-me-this-year/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:54:19 +0000 Dan http://www.dannorris.com/?p=253 A few years ago, I started getting too many events on my schedule for conferences, so I began using a spreadsheet to track all the sessions I wanted to attend, presentations I was scheduled to give, meetings with customers, times I had to be on booth duty, and, of course, social events I had to attend. This year’s OOW spreadsheet has 61 lines in it, so I’ll spare you the deep details. Here’s a recap of some of the most important events on my schedule over the next week (a few additions since my last posting of the same):

I’m also watching out for Jake’s unconference session which he said he’ll schedule onsite. In between all these events, I’ve got some sessions I’m hoping to attend as well. Of course, evenings will no doubt be filled with networking with (hopefully) lots of people I haven’t met yet as well as the usual suspects like Matt, Eddie, Jake, Bex, and lots of other cool iPhone-carrying coolkids (I don’t have one, btw).

I’ll be attempting to tweet regularly and keep my location somewhat current on Brightkite as well. Prepare for hearing a lot about how much contempt I have for my phone in the course of all that (my contract ends in November!).

On a completely unrelated note, unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend the UKOUG conference in December this year as I had previously hoped. The reasons are the usual ones…priorities, money, personal obligations, etc. I’m sincerely grateful to UKOUG for accepting my session and quite unhappy that I won’t be able to attend this year. I’m already gearing up for a 3+-conference year next year with the hopes that UKOUG will be on the list. Not sure AUSOUG will make the list next year…we’ll see (there is great diving in AU, so that may influence my decisions!).

See you in a few days in San Francisco!

]]> http://www.dannorris.com/2008/09/18/oracle-open-world-08-plans-no-ukoug-for-me-this-year/feed/ 6 Upcoming presentations: OOW, UKOUG http://www.dannorris.com/2008/08/07/upcoming-presentations-oow-ukoug/ http://www.dannorris.com/2008/08/07/upcoming-presentations-oow-ukoug/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:25:46 +0000 Dan http://www.dannorris.com/?p=203 Every year it seems like I get part way through the Oracle OpenWorld event and comment that next year, I need to be less busy so I can enjoy the event a little more and attend others’ presentations more than giving my own. And yet it seems that somewhere between then and the following year, I manage to volunteer myself for a full agenda of participation via the RAC SIG, IOUG, and my own personal/professional interests.

This year’s conference, coming up September 21-25, will be no different and I’ll be there all week to meet as many new friends as possible (that’s you), see some old friends (that might be you too), and share a few of my technical and community bits of knowledge with anyone that shows up at my sessions (hopefully you). I’ve already glanced through the schedule builder and picked out a lot of sessions that interest me, so pulling myself away from those to perform other presentations or fulfill other duties will be challenging, as usual. First, let me list where you’re certain to find me (you should add these sessions to your schedule using the Schedule Builder to ensure your seat in the sessions):

In between these specific sessions, I’ll be attending other sessions, hanging out in the OTN Lounge, the OCP Lounge, OOW Exhibit Hall, tweeting, eating, or otherwise goofing off.

Last but certainly not least, I received confirmation that one of my sessions was accepted to the UKOUG 2008 Conference and Exhibition in Birmhingham (December 1-5, 2008). Thanks to the UKOUG for selecting my session for presentation at the conference! I’m looking forward to seeing friends old and new and maybe even getting to look around the area while I’m there (it’ll be my first trip across the pond). I’ll post more about the session and my plans when the dates get closer (and after all this OOW excitement dies off).

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