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Oracle Develop Unconference?

By justin.kestelyn on May 18, 2009 3:54 PM

Some of you have no doubt attended, or at least are aware of, the Oracle OpenWorld Unconference, which will occur at the October show for the third year running. It is my belief that the largest pool of presenters and...

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Unconf Sessions You Don't Want to Miss Today

By justin.kestelyn on September 23, 2008 7:25 AM

The Unconf is rolling along over in Moscone West; participation is tremendous this year - even in the Apps side of the house is well into the swing of things. There are a couple sessions on the sched for today...

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When is an Unconf Not an Unconf?

By justin.kestelyn on August 13, 2008 10:02 AM

Interesting exchange on Twitter in last couple days. The convo started with @yinchang questioning Oracle's ability and/or required credibility for holding an unconference: To which I replied: Why not? In fact we already did one, at last year's OpenWorld conference....

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Get Busy; Oracle OpenWorld Unconference Agenda is Open

By justin.kestelyn on August 4, 2008 7:57 AM

It being six or seven weeks out from Oracle OpenWorld 2008 (!), the Oracle OpenWorld Unconference agenda is now open for session submissions. This year the unconf is running all day, every day, so there's plenty of time for everyone....

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Enterprise 2.0 Boot Camp

By justin.kestelyn on July 8, 2008 12:12 PM

This is something you'll want to know: Registration is now open for the Enterprise 2.0 Boot Camp on July 28 in Redwood Shores. Most of you would agree, I'm sure, that the "soft" issues pertaining to deployment/use of Web 2.0...

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Web 2.0 Expo Unconf

By blogsadmin on April 23, 2008 6:12 PM

I am really happy to see that the booth-based unconference is going well. Geoff Lee, product manager for Oracle XML DB, had it tough as the first presenter, but he "kicked the door in" (as he put it).  Subsequent sessions...

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Web 2.0 Expo - Hall of Swag

By blogsadmin on April 23, 2008 5:45 PM

As I traditionally do, I took a tour around the Web 2.0 Expo exhibitor pavilion to snap some photos:...along the way I "bumped" into Sam Lawrence-on-wheels (CEO of Jive Software, a valued friend of OTN):More postings to come on the...

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Oracle's Micro-Unconference at Web 2.0 Expo

By blogsadmin on April 9, 2008 2:26 PM

Got something to share at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco? Sign up for the micro-unconference in the Oracle booth.Several Oracle product managers already go the jump on this but there are still a few open slots. My favorites thus...

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OTN @ Oracle OpenWorld: It's Raining Swag

By justin.kestelyn on September 26, 2007 1:21 PM

I've already mentioned this in another context (the Oracle OpenWorld Unconference), but I want to reiterate all the good happenin's at the OTN Lounge and OTN Night at OpenWorld this year (see details below). The Lounge will be bigger than...

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Oracle OpenWorld Unconference: Wow!

By justin.kestelyn on September 17, 2007 11:02 AM

OK, so let's be honest: this is the last thing you'd expect from Oracle. Nevertheless, it's true; an unconference will be running in parallel to the official show agenda. (See the official OTN page for Oracle OpenWorld; and RSVP at...

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