DanNorris.com » sessions 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 Collaborate 08, RAC SIG & other sessions of interest http://www.dannorris.com/2008/04/12/collaborate-08-rac-sig-other-sessions-of-interest/ http://www.dannorris.com/2008/04/12/collaborate-08-rac-sig-other-sessions-of-interest/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:01:00 +0000 Dan http://www.dannorris.com/2008/04/12/collaborate-08-rac-sig-other-sessions-of-interest/ Collaborate 08 is here and I’m in Denver already to prepare for the start of the conference. This year, I won’t be blogging a day-by-day accounting of my whereabouts and happenings. Instead, I’ll save up for a summary of what I saw, heard, and vibes I felt during the week.

If you’re still one of the many that hasn’t quite finalized your itinerary for the week, check out these events from the RAC SIG:

  • Sun, 13-Apr, 7:30pm, Hyatt Granite ABC: IOUG SIG Reception (this is all SIGs, not just RAC SIG)
  • Mon, 14-Apr, 10:30am, Korbel 1F: RAC SIG Customer Panel
  • Tue, 15-Apr, 12:15pm, Korbel 4C: RAC SIG Experts Panel
  • Wed, 16-Apr, 1:30pm, Korbel 4F: RAC SIG Birds of a Feather

Also check out all the great RAC-related sessions happening this week. For convenience, the RAC SIG has assembled a summary of all the Collaborate 08 sessions related to RAC on their website for download.

Of course, I also would love to see you in my own sessions this week. Here is my presentation list this week:

  • Mon, 14-Apr, 9:15am, Korbel 3B: SSL, Load Balancers, Rewrite, Redirect, and More Advanced Configuration (2-hour expert session co-presentation with Matt Topper)
  • Tue, 15-Apr, 3:30pm, Four Seasons 2/3: Building a RAC Test Environment On VMWare For Free (2-hour expert session)
  • Wed, 16-Apr, 8:30am, Korbel 3B: Oracle Adaptive Access Manager: What, Why, How
  • Thu, 17-Apr, 9:45am, Korbel 2A: To RAC or Not To RAC: What’s Best For HA? Panel debate session (I’m the moderator)

When I’m not at one of those sessions or a RAC SIG session, I may be attending other sessions and will also be spending some time at the Piocon Piobooth #1619 in the exhibit hall (I actually have a real job!). My Piocon team members are presenting quite a few interesting sessions as well, so if RAC and IdM aren’t your things, check out these sessions as well.

If you’re at the conference and want to meet up, tweet me using twitter.com (I’m dannorris).

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