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Friday Philosophy – Picture Theft!!!
Last week’s Friday Philosophy was a bit of a moan about how hard I find it to make nice graphics, how long it takes and no one seems to care that much about the results.Well, after those two days...
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Advertising appearing?
I’m curious – is anyone visiting my blog seeing some form of advertising popping up?I ask as there is a section on “links clicked” in the stats page and rather than the usual traffic of people clicking...
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Friday Philosophy – Blogging Style and Aim
I’ve recently looked back at some of my earlier blog postings and also some notes I made at the time I started. I had a few aims at the start, pretty much in this order:A place to put all those Oracle...
View ArticleFriday Philosophy – Should I Be a Twit?
Something I have been pondering for a while now is should I join in with the “happening crowd” and sign up to Twitter? I know, I’m two or three years behind the times on this, but more and more people...
View ArticleHow deep to dig – Another Opinion and Another Good Blog
I think I’ve posted before about how deep a good DBA should dig into solving issues, as opposed to fixing them as soon as possible and moving on to the next urgent task.Well, a friend of mine, Neil...
View ArticleFriday Philosophy – In Search of a Woodlouse
I don’t carry business cards around with me. I just never, ever think to get some done (either properly or with my trusty printer) and maybe this says something about my personal failings to sell...
View ArticleIOTs by the Oracle Indexing Expert
I’m really pleased to see that Richard Foote has started a series on Index Organized Tables. You can see his introductory post on the topic here. As ever with Richard, he puts in lots of detail and...
View ArticleFriday Philosophy – How Much does Social Media Impact your Career for Real?
Does what you tweet impact your chances of getting that next interview? Do people check out your Facebook pictures before making you a job offer? Does my Blog actually have any impact on my...
View ArticleMy First Published Article
I’ve been blogging now for almost 6 years and presenting at conferences for… 12 years (really? Good grief!). I’ve even written and delivered several courses, ranging from 1 day to 3 days in length....
View ArticleFriday Philosophy – Know Your Audience
There are some things that are critical for businesses that can be hidden or of little concern to those of us doing a technical job. One of those is knowing who your customers are. It is vital to...
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I’ve Been Made an Oracle Ace Director
Well, I guess the title of this post says it all. As I tweeted yesterday: I’m grateful, proud, honoured and overall just Jolly Chuffed to have been made an Oracle Ace Director! #ACEDI can now put this...
View ArticleFriday Philosophy – Antisocial Social Media and Sociopaths
Twice, on consecutive days a week or so back, I realised that someone I knew on Twitter but did not know in real life… was someone I knew in real life. But I’d never made the connection! With one...
View ArticleFriday Philosophy – Content, Copying, Copyright &Theft
There have been a couple of things this week that have made me think about the stuff that some of us write and what other people do with it.read more
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Friday Philosophy – Half Million Views
I only noticed yesterday that I’ve had just over half a million views on my blog since I started it back in 2009.I think that is direct views on the blog and does not include the odd syndicated place...
View ArticleFriday Philosophy – Tech Writing Is Like Religious Art
I’m putting together an article for Oracle Scene at the moment – I’ve delayed it for a couple of issues as we wanted the space for other tech articles, but my time has come. And I’m finding it very...
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