Posted by Maryanne Birksted on Mar 20, 2012
Very soon, Pythian will be participating in the Percona MySQL Conference taking place at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and Santa Clara Convention Center, April 10-12, 2012. We are proud to be presenting along side by so many other respected MySQL practitioners in the industry.
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Posted by Nicklas Westerlund on May 6, 2009
Augusto Bott and myself had a wonderful time at April’s MySQL Conference in Santa Clara, California, and also at the coinciding MySQL Camp and Percona Performance Conference.
We presented two sessions at the conference, and we wanted to share the slides with you. The first one is called Proactive Operational Measures.
The second one is called 8 Simple Rules to Design Secure Applications.
Augusto and I promised that we would make the slides available online, so we’re sorry for the slight delay in getting them published. Enjoy!
Posted by Sheeri Cabral on Sep 11, 2008
Last week Giuseppe Maxia announced the Call for Papers for the 2009 MySQL Users Conference and Expo, and also announced that there would be an unconference, MySQL Camp, organized by me.
It’s true! Currently MySQL Camp is set to happen, though I am still working out details with Colin Charles and Giuseppe Maxia. We had originally talked about having MySQL Camp on Tuesday and Wednesday, but I would like to add Monday so that folks attending the conference who are not attending a tutorial have a choice on Monday. I am also looking into lunch options, since the conference venue does not have many options within walking distance.
There will be plenty of collaborative effort, of course, which will appear later on. If you have input, you can always e-mail me, or leave a comment here. Whether there is a topic you really want to see, or some logistical detail you always see that’s missed, I would like to hear about it.
(yes, I said I wanted you to give me your opinions!)
Posted by Sheeri Cabral on Apr 28, 2008
I have already blogged about this keynote at http://www.pythian.com/blogs/948/liveblogging-who-is-the-dick-on-my-site.
If you are interested in actually seeing the video, the 286 Mb .wmv file can be downloaded at http://technocation.org/videos/original/mysqlconf2008/2008_04_17_panelDick.wmv and played through your browser by clicking the “play” link at http://tinyurl.com/55c5ps. This is not to be missed!
Posted by Sheeri Cabral on Apr 17, 2008
Jeff Rothschild of Facebook’s “A Match Made in Heaven? The Social Graph and the Database”
Taking a look at the social graph and what it means for the database.
The social graph:
- At it’s heart it’s about people and their connections.
- Learning about people who are in your world.
- Can be a powerful tool for accelerating the use of an application.
“The social graph has transformed a seemingly simple application such as photos into something tremendously more powerful.” We’re interested about what people are saying about us, and about our friends. Social applications are compelling.
Facebook users blew through the estimate for 6 months of storage in 6 weeks. It is serving 250,000 photos per second at peak time, not including profiles. Facebook serves more photos than even the photo sites out there, and serves more event invitations than any other website out there.
E-mail invitations are an example of the power of the social graph. If you get a newsfeed or an invitation that tells you 12 friends are attending an event, you have more information, and then can have a better decision on whether or not you want to go. Read the rest of this entry . . .
Posted by Sheeri Cabral on Apr 17, 2008
Identity 2.0: A world that’s simple, safe and secure.
Who is the Dick on My Site? by Dick Hardt (Sxip Identity Corporation)
Quotes:
“Really, data is about people. It’s really identity data.”
“Identity helps you predict behavior.”
“Identity is who you are.”
“Identity is also what you like.”
“Identity enables you to uniquely identify somebody.”
“There are things that other people say about you, too.”
“Modern identity is about photo IDs so you can prove your identity.”
“Identity is a complicated issue….Everyone has a different idea of what it is.”
Identity transactions are:
- party identification (who)
- authorization (permission)
- profile exchange (info about that person)
- NOT record matching
Identity transactions can be: Read the rest of this entry . . .
Posted by Sheeri Cabral on Mar 17, 2008
The MySQL Users Conference is coming up — April 14-17 in Santa Clara, California, USA.
This was forwarded to me from a colleague:
Are you interested in attending the 2008 MySQL Conference & Expo? I’m happy to announce that LinuxQuestions.org is able to give away one pass to the event. Visit this link for additional information. Good luck.
And I as well wish you good luck! If you would rather get a surefire deal instead of taking a chance, e-mail me and I can send you a 20% speaker’s discount code — I am speaking, so you get a discount!
