13 Hours Until the Jesus Tablet
Tomorrow is going to be a challenge trying to figure out who’s getting my attention. At noon Larry is going to be revealing the strategy for the Sun acquisition here, and Steve will be releasing his new world saving device the Jesus tablet. I’m sure Larry’s 5 hour presentation tomorrow is going to be riveting, [...]
Oracle on Twitter
Even as we debate the ongoing utility of Twitter and other social tools, there are still ways to get good information from social sites.
One easy way to cut through the noise is to use your personal network for recommendations. Assuming you consider this blog a trusted source, I have a couple recommendations for you.
Tim (@planspark) wrote [...]
DataMapper Oracle Adapter for Ruby
Raimonds (@rsim) recently posted his initial version of an Oracle adapter for DataMapper.
DataMapper maps Ruby objects to relational database objects, so if you’re a Rails or JRuby developer, you can use Raimonds’ adapter to get into your Oracle databases.
Raimonds previously created an Oracle adapter for ActiveRecord, another Ruby-relational database mapping tool that he used to [...]
Join the ORACLENERD Family
Chet, the ORACLENERD, dropped me a note yesterday. He’s thinking about expanding his empire to include more Oracle content.
His plan is to reach out to people in the Oracle blogging community who don’t post very frequently (ahem, John P.) to see if they’d like to join his Nerd Herd.
Sounds like a good idea. Team blogs [...]
Everything is a Journey
The year I started with Oracle (1996) was the year the Network Computer (NC) was announced.
The NC was about a decade ahead of its time due to a number of factors, and it’s funny to me that netbooks are the latest rage. The promise of netbooks is essentially the promise of the NC, i.e. an [...]
Vote for Sessions Launches
So, Tim mentioned last night that Oracle Mix had launched this year’s iteration of Suggest a Session.
There are big changes from last year’s inaugural run. First off, it’s no longer called Suggest a Session, but rather Vote for Sessions.
From the name, you can get an inkling of the biggest change, i.e. you won’t be suggesting [...]
OpenWorld 2009 Suggest a Session Starts June 16
Mark your calendars for June 16.
The Oracle OpenWorld Blog announced today that Suggest a Session will be back on that day for this year’s mega-conference (which will be October 11-15, 2009 at Moscone in San Francisco as usual).
If you recall, last year’s Suggest a Session for OpenWorld was a big hit. Confused?
Here’s a recap:
If you [...]
OraTweet Ready for Flight
I mentioned a few weeks ago that OraTweet, Noel’s mirco-blogging package built in APEX, would soon be released to the public after he made some tweaks to get it production-ready.
Today, he unveiled it. You can download OraTweet here.
It’s provided free of charge, as-is, and requires Oracle 10g or 11g and APEX 3.1.x or higher. [...]
Follow COLLABORATE 09 with the ORACLENERD
Wow, that’s a lot of shouting for one headline.
I’m not at COLLABORATE 09 this year, and right now, as Spring reminds those of us in Portland why it’s so lush and green in the Summer, I think I’d rather be in Orlando where it’s in the mid-80s and sunny. Then again, like most conferences, most [...]
Oracle DB on Mac? Yes You Can.
This announcement slipped past me last week, but if you subscribe to OraNA, you probably saw it already.
Oracle 10g has come to OS X Intel, and you can has.
According to Justin:
10.2.0.4 Database (Single Instance) Release for Apple MAC OS X on Intel x86-64 is now available for download on OTN.The physical media is to be [...]
Web Mission is Coming
As he did last year, Paul will be speaking during the Oracle portion of this year’s Web Mission, which runs March 28-April 3.
What is Web Mission? Glad you asked, from the about:
Web Mission is organized Bronwyn Kunhardt and James Lawn from the market intelligence company Polecat (www.polecatting.com) and by serial entrepreneur, Oli Barrett. Each [...]
APEX in the Cloud
This post about running APEX in the cloud by Jason Straub came across OraNA last week.
I’m surprised Chet didn’t pounce on it, being the APEX devotee that he is. Basically, you can now run APEX on Amazon EC2 for 60 cents.
Oracle has recently been rolling out more offerings with AWS, including database and backup images [...]
The Oracle People iPhone App is Here
With many thanks to Clayton Donley who built the app with help from Rich, Anthony and Noel, I give you the Oracle People iPhone app.
I’ve been teasing this app for nearly two week, and it’s finally approved and ready for general consumption. If you’re interested (and work for Oracle), drop a comment with your oracle.com [...]
The Oracle Mix Blog
So, a couple days ago, Tim started The Oracle Mix Blog, which will be the official home for all things related to Mix.
That’s not to say we won’t talk about Mix here, but if you want to hear news from the source or want to get the attention of those guys, that will be the [...]
Oracle People and Alumni: Share Your Memories
Scotty gave me an idea with his comment on my nostalgic post on Oracle PowerBrowser.
So many people in tech have come through Oracle in the past 30+ years, and there are more than 70,000 here now. That makes for a lot of nostalgia and memories that we can share among ourselves and with anyone who [...]
Nostalgia Break: Oracle PowerBrowser
I’ve been thinking about this off and on for a while, and yesterday, while geeking out with VMWare Fusion, I decided to get it done.
I’ll back up a bit. I’ve been working to install VMWare to get an Oracle image up and running; I’ve used Virtual Box predominantly in the past because it’s free and [...]
Two More iPhone Apps
Another pair of iPhone apps came to my attention today, making it four for the week, and it just so happens one is brought to you by Oracle.
Oracle Business Approvals for Managers
Steven Chan put me on to this one, which looks like an iPhone app that surfaces a lot of the worklist notifications EBS users [...]
Thoughts on the OpenWorld Blogger Program?
Now that the dust has fully settled on OpenWorld 2008, it’s probably time to start planning next year’s iteration.
Justin and I spoke recently with the people who manage the Blogger Program to debrief about the event, how the program was received and ways to improve it for next year.
If you read that sentence carefully, you [...]
Location, location, location. It’s all about location..
While Jake is busy working on his super secret project he’s asked me to fill the rambling spot for him. Hopefully, I can make this a regular place to spout my technolutionary thoughts.
In a previous life I did a lot of work with Oracle’s Location and Spatial products. There really is nothing like putting a [...]
Final Observations from OpenWorld 2008
So now OpenWorld 2008 is over, and San Franciscans rejoice as Howard Street reopens between 3rd and 4th, or at least it will soon.
I missed my Wednesday recap, since we spent Thursday sequestered in that same old conference room in Pleasanton. Not a lot happened for me on Wednesday.
Rich and I trolled the exhibit floors [...]
