Bloggers Meetup @ Oracle OpenWorld 2010

It’s that time of the year again — Oracle OpenWorld time — and it’s my pleasure to announce our regular Oracle bloggers meetup again this year. We all know that Oracle community has grown this year so we expect to see folks from all the different technologies including MySQL, Java, Sun hardware folks in addition to the core Oracle database and apps crowd.

So… all of you Oracle bloggers attending Oracle Open World 2010…
… you are invited to attend this Oracle Bloggers Meetup during OOW 2010 — a chance to meet your online buddies face-to-face in relaxed and informal atmosphere.

When: Wed, 22-Sep-2010, 5:30pm

Where: Lower Dining Room, Jillian’s Billiards @ Metreon, 101 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.


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Street view:

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See the “Lower Dining Room” on the floor plan below and ask where is the “Bloggers Meetup” booked under my name — Alex Gorbachev. These are the keywords to find us easily.

The plan is to gather at 5:30pm on Wednesday after three (or four for those of us starting on Sunday) days of intense learning. This year, you won’t need to find where to kill few hours in between of the OOW sessions and customer appreciation event at the Treasure Island — the best place to be this year is our bloggers meetup — the place where all the “cool kids” are.

As usual, thanks to Oracle Technology Network and Pythian for sponsoring the venue and drinks. HP is planning to establish a prize again this year for something fun… yes, we will again do something fun.

Last year, we were collecting signatures on our Bloggers Meetup T-Shirts so feel free to wear them this year to show your seniority at the event. ;-) This year’s activity is a surprise but if you have something cool in mind — let me know privately {last_name} at pythian.com.

For those of you who don’t know the history… The Bloggers Meetups during the Oracle Open World were started by Mark Rittman and continued by Eddie Awad and then I picked up the flag. They have been great success so let’s keep them this way! To give you an idea, here are the photos from the OOW08 Bloggers Meetup (courtesy of Eddie Awad) and last year’s meetup blog post update from myself.

If you are planning to attend, please comment here with the phrase “COUNT ME IN”. This will help us make sure we have the attendance numbers right. I will maintain the list here. Make sure you provide your blog URL with your comment — it’s a Bloggers Meetup in the end! Make sure you comment here if you are attending so that we have enough room, food and (most important) drinks.

Of course, do not under any circumstances forget to blog and tweet about this year’s bloggers meetup.

Looking forward to seeing all of you again this year!

Who is coming:
1. Alex Gorbachev
2. Vanessa Simmons
3. Marc Fielding
4. Arup Nanda
5. Kevin Closson
6. John Piwowar
7. Asif Momen
8. Arjen Visser
9. Kamran Agayev
10. Rob van Wijk
11. Karl Arao
12. Markus Eisele
13. Riyaj Shamsudeen
14. Mohan Dutt aka OCP Advisor
15. Jacco Landlust
16. Marco Gralike
17. Chet Justice
18. Eric Jenkinson
19. Fuad Arshad
20. Meg Bear
21. Jake Kuramoto
22. Rich (AppsLab)
23. Anthony (AppsLab)
24. Michael Aldrich
25. Sheeri K. Cabral
26. Iggy Fernandez
27. Martin Nash
28. Richard Foote
29. Espen Barroso-Gomez
30. Alex Antonatos
31. Craig S. Dicson
32. Edgars Cupits
33. David Haimes
34. Alex Nuijten
35. Learco Brizzi
36. Peter Scott
37. Thomas Lam
38. Billy Cripe
39. John Flack
40. Amanda Myers
41. William Vambenepe
42. Todd Sheetz
43. Rajendra Ponangi

65 comments on “Bloggers Meetup @ Oracle OpenWorld 2010”

1. Vanessa Simmons on August 27, 2010 at 3:40 pm said:

   COUNT ME IN… I’ll be there gathering juicy items for Log Buffer.

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3. Marc Fielding on August 27, 2010 at 4:27 pm said:

   Count me in!

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4. Arup Nanda on August 27, 2010 at 10:11 pm said:

   COUNT ME IN! won’t miss it for the world.

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5. Kevin Closson on August 27, 2010 at 11:45 pm said:

   COUNT ME IN

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6. John Piwowar on August 28, 2010 at 1:09 am said:

   Count me in! Looking forward to it!

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7. Asif Momen on August 28, 2010 at 2:43 am said:

   COUNT ME IN

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8. Arjen Visser on August 28, 2010 at 3:28 am said:

   COUNT ME IN

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9. Kamran Agayev on August 28, 2010 at 4:31 am said:

   Hi Alex. Count me in!

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10. Rob van Wijk on August 28, 2010 at 6:48 am said:

    COUNT ME IN

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11. LewisC on August 28, 2010 at 6:53 am said:

    Count me in too.

    LewisC

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12. Karl Arao on August 28, 2010 at 8:30 am said:

    COUNT ME IN

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13. Marco Gralike on August 28, 2010 at 9:06 am said:

    COUNT ME IN

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14. Mohan Dutt on August 28, 2010 at 10:54 am said:

    Hi Alex:
    Thanks for organizing the meetup once again. Will be there!
    Here are some photos of the 2008 meetup:
    http://picasaweb.google.com/mohan.dutt/OracleOpenworld2008BloggerMeetup?authkey=Gv1sRgCPvjiMX1gfPlUg&feat=directlink
    Thanks,
    Mohan
    a.k.a OCP Advisor
    Twitter: ocp_advisor

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15. Jacco H. Landlust on August 29, 2010 at 7:48 am said:

    COUNT ME IN

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16. chet on August 29, 2010 at 10:16 pm said:

    count me in!

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17. Richard Foote on August 30, 2010 at 3:16 am said:

    Hi Alex

    Count me in.

    Again, thank-you for for organising the meet-up. Looking forward to catching up.

    PS. Don’t forget my OakTable shirt :)

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18. Simpson on August 30, 2010 at 5:21 am said:

    Is Pythian going to distribute T-shirts to all?

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19. Eric Jenkinson on August 30, 2010 at 5:53 am said:

    Count me in

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20. Fuad Arshad on August 30, 2010 at 8:08 am said:

    Count me in . Had loads of fun the last 2 years and hoping for more this year

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22. Meg Bear on August 30, 2010 at 10:57 am said:

    Count me in. Glad to see Vivian made the photo selection.

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24. Jake on August 30, 2010 at 11:21 am said:

    Thanks for organizing again Alex. Count the AppsLab in, i.e. Rich, Anthony and me.

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25. Michael Aldrich on August 30, 2010 at 3:11 pm said:

    Count Me in.

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26. William Vambenepe on August 30, 2010 at 4:10 pm said:

    Count me in. I had a great time last year. @vambenepe on twitter BTW.

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27. Sheeri K. Cabral on August 30, 2010 at 9:45 pm said:

    COUNT ME IN. :)

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29. Richard Foote on August 31, 2010 at 5:22 am said:

    Hi Alex

    Count me in :)

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30. Iggy Fernandez on August 31, 2010 at 6:36 pm said:

    I want to be there!

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31. Martin Nash on September 1, 2010 at 3:00 am said:

    Count me in… Can’t wait to get to San Francisco :-)

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32. Richard Foote on September 1, 2010 at 4:06 am said:

    Hi Alex

    Count me in.

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33. Espen Barroso-Gomez on September 1, 2010 at 4:20 pm said:

    Count me in! This will be great, as before :)

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35. Alex Antonatos on September 2, 2010 at 8:44 pm said:

    Count me in

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36. Craig S. Dicson on September 5, 2010 at 5:25 pm said:

    COUNT ME IN

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37. Edgars Cupits on September 7, 2010 at 6:30 am said:

    Count me in

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38. Todd Sheetz on September 7, 2010 at 12:50 pm said:

    Count me in

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39. David Haimes on September 7, 2010 at 4:49 pm said:

    Count me in

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40. Alex Nuijten on September 8, 2010 at 7:09 am said:

    I’ll be there!

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41. Learco Brizzi on September 8, 2010 at 8:56 am said:

    COUNT ME IN

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42. Peter Scott on September 8, 2010 at 9:17 am said:

    Count me in

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43. Thomas Lam on September 8, 2010 at 5:58 pm said:

    Count me in

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44. billy cripe on September 9, 2010 at 8:23 am said:

    IN!

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45. John Flack on September 9, 2010 at 8:40 am said:

    COUNT ME IN

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46. Amanda Myers on September 13, 2010 at 7:04 pm said:

    Count me in, too!

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47. Rajendra Ponangi on September 16, 2010 at 5:25 am said:

    Count me in, too!

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48. Bjoern Rost on September 16, 2010 at 8:38 pm said:

    this sounds like fun, count me in!

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49. Svetoslav Gyurov on September 17, 2010 at 6:59 am said:

    Hi Alex

    Count me in, too :)

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50. Christopher Jones on September 17, 2010 at 11:42 am said:

    Count me in.

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51. Count me in on September 17, 2010 at 11:48 am said:

    Hope an ex-blogger can still attend. Count me in.

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52. Christian Bilien on September 17, 2010 at 11:49 am said:

    Hope an ex-blogger can still attend.Count me in.

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55. Dominic Delmolino on September 18, 2010 at 3:23 pm said:

    Count me in!

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56. Gopi Krishna on September 19, 2010 at 5:04 pm said:

    Count me in .

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57. Tariq Farooq on September 19, 2010 at 6:13 pm said:

    Count me in. All excited to hook with all of you!

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58. George Woods on September 21, 2010 at 11:15 am said:

    Count me in

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59. Kim Njeru on September 21, 2010 at 3:43 pm said:

    Count me in.

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60. Jeremy Schneider on September 21, 2010 at 8:33 pm said:

    i’ve been planning to come, but somehow forgot to leave a comment here! count me in…

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61. Eric Bezille on September 22, 2010 at 11:08 am said:

    Count me in

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