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Monthly Archives: May 2008

PgCon Lightning talk: User Groupalooza

I gave a Lightning talk today about PostgreSQL User Groups. I wasn’t able to get through ALL my slides - but I only had to rush through the last three. (click on the cat below to download - 5MB)

Lightning talks are some of my favorite sessions. I got to announce the incorporation […]

At PgCon in Ottawa, Day 1

Oops, this got published early. I’ll be updating this shortly.. probably over lunch.
Magnus posted some photos already!
Summary of last night:
We had a great time last night at the pub for registration, and then over to the Yahoo! party. We had fun talking databases, beer, and the difficulty in trying to understand Australian accents. […]

PgCon in Ottawa - following people on twitter

I’m in Ottawa at PgCon and listening to Bruce Momjian give the keynote.
We have a few people who’ve joined Twitter in the last couple months and are posting their thoughts through the conference. Try following @crad, @fuzzychef, @franciscojunior and @selenamarie (me) for our up-to-the-minute updates!
I’ll be giving a lightning talk this afternoon around 5:30pm […]

twittering on 2008-05-21

@mherrick66 do you know about this health surveillance app? http://is.gd/jFi #
In ottawa. Taking the bus to campus. #

twittering on 2008-05-20

voting… #
nearly ready to leave for work… #
happy birthday @linuxpoet! #
@thesethings what a bummer! (ubuntu live being cancelled) #
CSI csiinitiative.com via @mherrick66 just announced NEDSS http://is.gd/jcJ, a public health information network project - uses PostgreSQL! #
here’s the press release: http://www.csinitiative.com/publichealth.php #
happy birthday @adamd! you and @linuxpoet have the same birthday #
@xolotl is so persuasive! […]

twittering on 2008-05-19

testing out greg’s nagios plugin for postgresql - http://is.gd/iNA #
tried out new “only check email twice a day” strategy. got all email answered in 20 minutes. doing this from now on. #
@jasonglaspey it might i’m leaving it on while i’m doing stuff that doesn’t require much concentration - like nagios config. BO-RING. #
@garethgreenaway chocolate […]

twittering on 2008-05-18

With @gorthx on bday bike pub crawl, starting at lucky lab #
Off to roadside attraction #
On 2 green dragon! #
Next stop: holocene for DANCING! #

twittering on 2008-05-17

Waiting to board plane back to pdx #

twittering on 2008-05-16

getting ready for a nice bike ride downtown. #
@Theory good one. ;D #
@spinnerin GO SHOPPING! #
@jabancroft competition in and between healthy communities is welcomed and fun - positive friction that encourages creativity, innovation #
at pdx and downloading Pg 8.3.1 and pl/lolcode for on-plane entertainment. #
@Theory he doesn’t have a full-text feed? #
frustrated by truncated […]

twittering on 2008-05-15

@markwkm will test your stored proc later today! #
thanks to @grigs for suggestions on making igniteportland.com load faster #
twitter makes me laugh, every day. #
off to meet @debbryant, then lunch with @igniteportland’ers. #