Don’t Miss the Blogger Meetup at OpenWorld

The guys at Pythian, specifically Alex Gorbachev (@alexgorbachev) will be continuing the grand tradition of hosting a blogger meetup at OpenWorld this year. This meetup is a must attend because it’s the best opportunity all year long to meet your favorite Oracle bloggers and tweeters IRL and put a face with a digital identity. Oh, [...]

This is Clever

So, yeah, it’s French hip-hop, and yeah, it features Facebook metaphors IRL, but it’s still clever. Plus, it has a good beat, and I can dance to it. H/t EUROPOPPED via TechCrunch. EUROPOPPED observes the irony of the American imports featured, i.e. Facebook, iPhone and hip-hop, but don’t forget Venice Beach and tourism by association. [...]

These Are Our Users

Computers shouldn't make people feel like idiots. A post from Signal vs. Noise titled “Computers shouldn’t make people feel like idiots“ has been open in a tab for nearly a week. Reading it, and other iPad coverage, has me torn. I know that I exist in a world populated by geeks, and I know that many [...]

These Are Our Users

Computers shouldn't make people feel like idiots. A post from Signal vs. Noise titled “Computers shouldn’t make people feel like idiots“ has been open in a tab for nearly a week. Reading it, and other iPad coverage, has me torn. I know that I exist in a world populated by geeks, and I know that many [...]

Speed Matters

So, I’m back from my brief hiatus. Interestingly, traffic spiked on Friday the 4th when I posted that note. Not entirely sure why, but maybe some of you saw the post title in your readers and thought something noteworthy had happened. Sorry to disappoint. Part of the reason I took time off was to perform [...]