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    Iceland is Awesome….and Colder than Utah

    I ended up speaking at two events this last week.  Now if timezones and flights weren’t enough to confuse someone, I was speaking at both an Oracle AND a SQL Server event- yeah, that’s how I roll these days. Utah Oracle User Group, (UTOUG) I arrived last Sunday in Salt Lake, which is just a slightly milder weather and more conservative version of Colorado, to speak at UTOUG’s Spring Training Days Conference.  I love this location and the weather was remarkable, but even with the warm temps, skiing was still only a 1/2 hour drive from the city.  Many of…

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    Community and Regional Oracle User Groups

    Back in 2002, as a Junior DBA, I was informed by the senior DBAs I worked with that I MUST become part of my regional user group, (RMOUG).  This was considered a requirement for any educated Database Administrator or Developer of the time and as those who I respected instructed, I became a member and attended my first Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group Training Days in February, 2003.   I was impressed with the level of technical content of the sessions, the opportunity to network with others in my local Oracle community and that I was able to take the new…