Update: Fixed the etherboot wiki link.
I attended the Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit this past weekend on behalf of PostgreSQL. We met at the Google campus in Mountain View.
This event was an unconference and so, none of the sessions were determined in advance.
Some of the highlights were:
Leslie Hawthorn and Chris DiBona went [...]
I just blogged about WhereCampPDX, and am enjoying a few days of quiet before heading out to Google for the Summer of Code Mentor’s summit this coming weekend.
I was so busy I didn’t have much time to blog about the PostgreSQL Conference West. It was great to see everyone, and I came away more [...]
How to have fun, PostgreSQL-style
Those of you in town on Friday evening are welcome to join us at Paddy’s at 6pm for dinner:
Paddy’s Bar & Grill
65 SW Yamhill St
Portland, OR 97204
The reservation is under ‘Selena’, and we’ll be sitting in the front. The MAX runs directly in front of the restaurant.
Food is good - [...]
“I’d like to use my lifeline to figure out what to go to at PostgreSQL Conference West…”*
PostgreSQL Conference West is coming up this October 10-12, and the schedule was just published. Unfortunately, it’s a little tricky to navigate the list of talks on the site, so I decided to post my itinerary to help [...]
image credit to bugbunnybambam
A few weeks ago, I decided to resign from the United States PostgreSQL Association board. Shortly after, I left for a long vacation where I thought about what I wanted to do next - both professionally and in a volunteer capacity.
Looking back, I started volunteering for PostgreSQL two years ago. I’ve [...]
Theo Schlossnagle wrote a great blog post about Joshua Drake’s keynote. I wanted to respond to some of his comments here.
I totally agree with Theo that we need to be disruptive! One criticism I have had in the past of the PostgreSQL community is that it has been too centralized, and not willing to [...]
Tomorrow I’ll post my thoughts on the second day of the conference, but for now I’d like to thank a few people who helped tremendously:
Selena Deckelmann is a Postgres consultant living in Portland, OR. She writes about Postgres, community and open source.
You can get in touch with her at selenamarie *at* gmail.com.
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