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Mutating the TechCast DNA / Live Streaming from Oracle OpenWorld (#oow09)

By justin.kestelyn on September 22, 2009 11:41 PM

If you've been paying attention, you've noticed that we've futzed with the TechCast format lately. We launched this program in 2005 as a purely audio podcast, and in fact Oracle was the first company to provide podcasts from a major...

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"Every Build You Break"

By justin.kestelyn on July 17, 2009 7:21 PM

This video needs no explanation. Is that Ted Farrell on bass guitar and Steve Harris on vocals?...

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OTN TechCast: Linux Engineering Update, Part 2 - Virtualizing the Oracle Stack

By justin.kestelyn on May 1, 2009 8:59 PM

OK, so my second video with Wim snuck out; here it is: BTW someone has asked, "Why are you always running out of time? These can be any length" or something to that effect. The answer is: because data tells...

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OTN TechCast Video: Linux Engineering Update from Wim Coekaerts

By justin.kestelyn on May 1, 2009 4:11 PM

So I was able to sit down with Wim Coekaerts briefly this week for a video chat (via OTN TechCast) about Enterprise Linux - very briefly, I'm afraid, because completeness and detail are NOT among the benefits of Web video....

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Oracle Does Guerrilla Video?

By justin.kestelyn on September 23, 2008 9:49 AM

What the heck? Someone with executive connections has procured a video camera and is on the loose at OpenWorld:...

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Qik-ing from Oracle OpenWorld

By justin.kestelyn on September 18, 2008 11:34 AM

Just got the download on a great new social media program for OpenWorld. Starting on Sunday, Qik account holders can join an "OpenWorld" event and stream their Qik video directly to blogs.oracle.com/videoblog. (yes, there will be a human filter in...

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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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Marketing 2.0 Leaders Summit: Setup

By justin.kestelyn on January 29, 2008 4:06 PM

My first video report - not much to see yet, but you'll see our progress by tomorrow AM!...

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Install Oracle Database With Your Nose

By justin.kestelyn on January 3, 2008 10:33 AM

Hilarious "Oracle Database Nose-job" video courtesy of Oracle ACE Director Mogens Norgaard, of OakTable fame. (Thanks to Kevin Closson for referring!)...

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Oracle Mag EIC Tom Haunert, In the Wild

By justin.kestelyn on November 15, 2007 3:32 PM

I corralled Oracle Magazine editor-in-chief Tom Haunert at the conference late yesterday afternoon; he was in rare form:Tom, where's your blog anyway?...

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Flip Video from OTN Night

By justin.kestelyn on November 13, 2007 8:28 AM

Many, many pix to come from OTN Night - which I don't understand why anyone at OpenWorld would miss. I'll take it over "Appreciation Night" any day.First, I chatted with Chief Installfest Officer Todd Trichler and SQL Developer mastermind Kris...

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"Welcome to Change" Unpreso - Video

By justin.kestelyn on November 12, 2007 2:58 PM

Marius Ciortea, Paul Pedrazzi, and I just wrapped up our "Welcome to Change" session in the No Slide Zone. Julio Fernandez was kind enough to capture it for us: >...

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Video: Oracle Linux Engineering Update (from LinuxWorld)

By justin.kestelyn on September 20, 2007 4:12 PM

Long time in the making, but we finally externed a video capture from the "Oracle on Linux Experience" tech session at LinuxWorld this summer. I don't think I'll get into film school with this, but you'll get the idea. Talk...

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Grass-Roots Demos

By justin.kestelyn on June 16, 2006 11:25 AM

We're seeing a few Oracle ACEs begin to take advantage of Qarbon's ViewletCam tool, which allows you to capture full-motion swf demos and then add an audio track on top of it. The end result is a sort of hybrid...

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