Category: Events

March 8

The silence before the storm. Gerwin and I arrived yesterday at the OMNI Mandalay Hotel in Irving Texas. Currently Gerwin is working hard in finishing his presentation for Monday for the Hotsos Conference. I try to enjoy the silence, the quiet and easy pace things are going in the Hotel and in- and outside its premises. I have been busy, very busy the last two months, among other things writing and Oracle XMLDB training course for a customer and if wanted can now be attended or ordered via AMIS. I am also still thinking about an offer regarding to write an EMEA masterclass on Oracle XMLDB, but I can’t decide which topics could be interesting for such a training course / event. If you have some idea’s please comment…

I had, have a toothache that started on Thursday and still is persistent, although I had a dentist remove 2 old tooth fillings and he has replaced them with some shiny new ones. Still the pain won’t go away although today it is bearable. I have “swallowed” more ibuprofen lately, then would be good for me. Anyway, I also bought an new camera, a Panasonic DMC-FZ28, and down here are some pictures before the storm, when the SIG’s (today) and presentations start on Monday… Still some time to chill in the Sun on a Bench in front of the Hotel (20 degrees Celsius outside so)…

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Stills


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February 16
January 20

As you probably know, Jeff and Cary are giving a Performance Masterclass in Utrecht currently. Day 2 has just finished and as always during Cary’s (and in this case also Jeff’s) presentations, I have a ton off new idea’s regarding performance, aka XML(DB) issues / performance. So I think its worth our time and money (I hope I speak on behalf of the attendees), and a job well done for getting those guys to the other side off the pond (thanks to Miracle Benelux who organized the event).

We, the attendees, are roundabout 30 people and to my surprise they come from all over the place. If I have listened carefully during the opening session from: Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium,  Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Norway and even…someone from from California…Wow!

Anyway, pictures say more then words about the atmosphere, so hereby some of “the prints” / “mug shots” I made. Enjoy.

Pictures

So hereby in more or less random order…

The Agenda

The Agenda