With ODTUG 2009 just around the corner now, I thought I’d do a quick reflection on some of my observations and feelings about the (now many) conferences that I’ve attended in recent years. I first started going to (Oracle related) conferences a few years back, firstly as an attendee then I took the jump and [...]
A recent post by Dimitri on whether APEX is still worth looking at (read the article to see the context!), and in particular the comment by David Peake For some proof points look at the number of APEX sessions at Oracle Openworld 2008 = 38 reminded me that I still had an old post sitting [...]
Last year I did a lot of travelling, sure…not as much as some people probably did, however it was still a heck of a lot of travelling (at last reckoning around 50 or so flights). This year is shaping up to be similar to last year (perhaps even more travelling!), so here’s my thoughts on [...]
Joel Kallman has posted more details for the memorial announcement for Carl Backstrom. Unfortunately I’m not going to be able to attend (much though I would love to), but my thoughts will certainly be with his other friends and family during the difficult time and I’ll certainly be raising a glass to Carl on the [...]
I woke up to the news this morning that Carl Backstrom has been killed in a car accident. I’m not going to post a link to the news article directly, as it contains some distressing details that some people might not wish to read, however the news has been confirmed by various Blogs and (reliable) [...]
The recent OTN Forums update has been heavily blogged/Twittered/posted about already, so I’m not even going to touch that one. However, one thing that a few people have focused on (pardon the pun) is that the update has changed the way that viewed threads are displayed in a very light grey colour, making them a [...]
Well, the craze at the moment is the whole ’8 things’ thing and whilst I heartily agree with Howard about the potential this has for making the aggregators work overtime, it would be rude (and very bah-humbug) to not take my turn after being tagged by Tim Hall. So my turn for 8 things about [...]
Well it’s that time of year again when I need to trawl the websites and find out which one of the ridiculously high price car insurances is actually the cheapest. I remember when I was 19 I was told the insurance gets cheaper when you’re over 21, when I was 22 I was told it [...]
After the training, Dimitri took me out to see a bit of Brussels (I didn’t get much time to do that during the training). I have to say I was really impressed with Brussels, there are lots of great places to visit (sadly not enough time to see them all), but there are some really [...]
These days I get quite a lot of emails from people asking general questions about Application Express, or have questions about a specific problem (ranging from installation issues through to some quite obscure, difficult to replicate situations). Now, I do try and answer these questions as quickly as I can (which is a general rule [...]
