Archive for October, 2007:
Seriously, We Want Bloggers at OpenWorld
I hate to beat a dead horse, but frankly, I’ve had precious few topics lately. To clarify:
We want bloggers to attend and cover OpenWorld, November 11-15, in San Francisco.
My PR guru and I had a call with Jeff and Vinnie this morning to discuss their thoughts on a blogger program and talk about items they [...]
Eight Cell Phones in Ten Years Part 2
Yesterday, I started a nostalgic trip down cell phone lane, recounting my first four cell phones. I think that took me from 1997 to 2003. By that time the Zoolander Nokia had a cracked screen, and phones were starting to get really cool.
The Off Brand Freebie Phone
The carrier I had at the time offered [...]
Eight Cell Phones in Ten Years Part 1
On the flight back home from SFO last Friday, I got to thinking about cell phones. I was fiddling with my iPhone, listening to music, wondering if it would get a signal if I took it out of Airplane Mode, then paranoid that it might crash the plane. Luckily, I didn’t have an Airplane [...]
The OpenLab
When we started our Connect experiment in August, one goal we had for the project was to engage the tens of thousands of technical folks at Oracle in something new. We call it OpenLab, and it’s run like an Open Source project within Oracle. The only thing we ask participants to do is use free [...]
Oracle OpenWorld Agenda and Show Guide
Attending OpenWorld? Here's the agenda and show guide in digital form
Oracle OpenWorld Agenda and Show Guide
Attending OpenWorld? Here’s the agenda and show guide in digital form
OpenWorld Blogger Update
So, a few updates for those interested in attending OpenWorld as a blogger.
The registration process is now working, and we have a few confirmed attendees, including Vinnie and Jeff, who have also graciously offered to help plan the agenda for bloggers, which I think is still in the works.
Because of the sheer number of attendees [...]
JRuby on Rails: Fast Enough
Nice numbers from Nick Sieger at Sun. jRuby actually out performs MRI… this is great news for us!
JRuby on Rails: Fast Enough
Nice numbers from Nick Sieger at Sun. jRuby actually out performs MRI… this is great news for us!
SoCal Fires: Why New Web isn’t Trivial
One of our readers pointed me to this mashup created by KPBS in San Diego that combines critical evacuation information like neighborhoods affected, closed roads, nearest evacuation center, etc. Yahoo News has a story on the mashup too.
This post has two points: 1) To spread the word about the mashup to anyone affected by the [...]
Debrief of Lunch 2.0
For those who haven’t caught the dozen or so self-promotional references, Oracle hosted Lunch 2.0 this afternoon at the silos in Redwood Shores. I struggled to explain to people what Lunch 2.0 is before the event, not having attended one myself, but now I have a better idea. If you’re interested, the San Francisco Chronicle [...]
Web 2.0 Summit on blip.tv
Web 2.0 Summit on blip.tv
FriendFeed Crosses the Streams
Recently, I blogged about FriendFeed, a new app that aggregates all your friend’s 2.0 activity into a single river of goodness, a la the Connect Activity Log or the Facebook News Feed.
In typical new web fashion, FriendFeed is in invite only beta now, and earlier in the week, I got my beta invite. The concept [...]
Revolution On Rails: Advanced Rails Caching.. on the Edge
Interesting techniques for caching rails fragments using Oracle Web Cache or other ESI based caching applications
Revolution On Rails: Advanced Rails Caching.. on the Edge
Interesting techniques for caching rails fragments using Oracle Web Cache or other ESI based caching applications
JRuby on Rails Application on an Oracle AppServer
Finally, something to blog about! Progress is being made. More to come later…
Review Recap
Will you be in the San Francisco Bay Area next week, namely Monday between 11 and 2? If so, stop by Lunch 2.0, which will be at Oracle for the first time, to mingle with AppsLab and other new web interested people. You can find details here. This should be a great chance to network, [...]
A Can of Worms
If there was any remaining doubt that this blog has slipped into Seinfeld territory, I am sealing the deal by blogging about the comments on a seemingly innocent post from Friday called “Bloggers at OpenWorld“.
The issue at hand is about providing recompense for time lost/expenses incurred for attendees. Here are the arguments in no particular [...]
Why 2.0 Didn’t Start in the Enterprise
As I was sitting down with the family enjoying some Baskin Robbins (Peanut Butter Chocolate rules!) last night I began to wonder why all this cool new “2.0″ stuff didn’t originate in the existing companies providing software to enterprises?
Since the new web is a lot about enabling people to share information, it seems likely that [...]
