So, I just finished my first cut at my slides for my OpenWorld Unconference session, which I’m tentatively calling, “Are you insulting me? Essential geek-speak, FTW!”. If you’re interested, check them out and give me feedback, comments, keeping in mind my goal is to educate by example, not give a comprehensive history. And to have… Read More
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Jumping into the Unconference
The Unconference at OpenWorld continues to fill up; Tuesdays advance slot are all full, and Wednesday is quickly filling up too. I noticed Raimonds added a session last week called “Using Ruby on Rails with legacy Oracle databases” on Thursday at 10 AM. If you’re still at the conference on Thursday, I highly recommend checking… Read More
Unconference is for You
I took a look at the Unconference schedule yesterday, apropos of Ontario Emperor’s post on his own foray into Unconference territory. Have you looked lately? There are a lot of interesting sessions. These stuck out for me: Monday at 1 PM: Enterprise 2.0: What is is, and how you’ll fail. (by Brian “Bex” Huff) Tuesday… Read More
Want to Help Socialize OpenWorld?
OpenWorld is quickly approaching; it’s September 21-25, in case you don’t already know that. You’ll recall that last year, we used Twitter quite a lot to socialize, meetup and broadcast the sessions. We used Craig Cmehil‘s eventtrack side project to consolidate the tweets and other social clutter (videos, photos, etc.) into a single stream of… Read More
Session Didn’t Make the Cut? No Worries
Seems that the dust from suggest a session has settled and the winners are frantically preparing their sessions. Maybe your session didn’t make the cut, but don’t be sad or disheartened. There is another way to present your session topic at OpenWorld. Sign up for the Unconference. Justin announced today that signups for this year’s… Read More
Mix Updates and New Features
Recently, even though we’ve been focusing on Connect and OpenSocial, but Mix hasn’t been standing still. ENTP has been working to fix bugs and build features for Marketing that will be showcased heading into OpenWorld. Last night, a slew of bug fixes and a new feature or two were deployed to Mix. If you’re a… Read More
Voting Lessons Learned
Now that the suggest a session for OpenWorld campaign has ended, it’s time to reflect on what we learned. First off, thanks to everyone who submitted a session idea. There were 281 submitted before the deadline, and someone even figured out how to create a session after we closed the nomination form. Bonus points for… Read More
Congratulations to the OpenWorld Session Winners
It’s finally official. The winning sessions have been announced over at the OpenWorld blog. Congrats to the winners. The Events team selected the top 25 vote-getters, and Lisa Stuart has already begun notifying the submitters via Mix. Here are the winners ordered by number of votes. I’ve included links to the bloggers I know.
AppsLab Session at OpenWorld
The OpenWorld content catalog has been released, and even though the session schedule hasn’t been finalized yet, you can search and browse for sessions to begin planning your time. Even though it looks like none of our suggested sessions will make the cut, you can still find AppsLab at OpenWorld. Just to clarify, this session… Read More
Hurry up and Vote!
Voting for suggested sessions for OpenWorld in September ends today over on Mix. I can’t tell you exactly what time it will end. Being Sunday and all, Rich is probably busy having a weekend, but it will end today. If you haven’t voted yet, head over and browse the list of sessions. Participation has been… Read More
Suggest a Session Ends on Monday
Just a quick reminder that the deadline to suggest a session for Oracle OpenWorld 2008 is Monday, June 30. We will be turning off the submissions end of day Pacific time. So, get your idea entered before then. Voting will continue until July 15 13. If all goes well, we’re hoping to deploy a filtering… Read More
Blogger Program Renewed for OpenWorld 2008
I’m pleased to announce that Oracle is renewing the blogger program for OpenWorld 2008, which will be held at the Moscone Center in beautiful San Francisco, September 21 through 25, 2008. Most of the operational details are the same as last year: Oracle provides the conference pass to qualified bloggers. Oracle does not cover travel… Read More
Suggest an OpenWorld Session Extended
The submission and voting deadlines for OpenWorld 2008 sessions have been extended. Submissions must now be received by June 30, and voting now ends July 13. The Events team decided that due to the popularity of the offer, it should be open longer. So, you have more time to get your session idea submitted and… Read More
Topper’s Voting Widget
Matt has provided the community with a sweet widget to track all the sessions that have been suggested for OpenWorld. Since we deployed the session suggestion feature in early May, we’ve had 129 suggestions. You can view the full list on Mix, Latest and Greatest. One reason Matt built the widget, which pulls the Latest… Read More
Suggest a Session is a Hit
Less than a week since we deployed it, the Suggest a Session for OpenWorld 2008 offer made by the Events team on Mix has been a big hit. Traffic was up over 250% over the weekend, and the voting page is already among the top pages on Mix in terms of pageviews over the past… Read More
Suggest a Session Topic for OpenWorld
Last night, as promised, Rich deployed some new stuff built by ENTP, right before they headed to a midnight Iron Man showing. On a side note, is he really a superhero? The shiny new feature is Suggest a Session. If you have an idea for a session you’d like to attend or present, bounce over… Read More
OpenWorld 2008 Registration Opens
W00t! Registration for Oracle OpenWorld 2008 is officially open. The massive conference is back in its Fall timeslot, September 21-25, 2008 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This year’s shindig will include large doses of Mix, as previously teased. We’re planning to deploy some new features built by our friends at ENTP later this… Read More
Mix Messaging
Some of you have already noticed that we released a brand new feature to Mix on Monday, direct messaging. To use direct messaging, either click the inbox icon in the top right navigation, or click the link in the inbox widget on the front page. You can only message people in your network of contacts,… Read More