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PGCon 2010 - schedule

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

The PGCon 2010 schedule has been announced. Have a read of our outstanding lineup, see where people come from to PGCon, and get your registration started.

Pentabarf - seeing the speakers

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Both BSDCan and PGCon use Pentabarf for accepting and reviewing proposals for talks. An issue raised in 2009 highlighted the ability to see the speaker name when review the list of submissions. It is a bit of very useful information.
This year, I’ve found out that we can see that vital data. Provided […]

PGCon 2009 Schedule released

Monday, March 16th, 2009

The preliminary PGCon 2009 schedule has been released.
PGCon is the premiere PostgreSQL conference. It is simply the best place to meet other PostgreSQL people and learn more. The talks are absolutely amazing, not to mention the great social atmosphere.
If you’re looking to hire any PostgreSQL talent, PGCon is the place to be. […]

PGCon - Touristy things

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

This morning I met the tourists at the residence lobby. While there I returned the internet access device that U of O had loaned me. At first, they could not find my ID that I’d left as security. They called me 30 minutes later to say they’d found it.
We walked over to […]

PGCon - End of the last day

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Yesterday was the last day of PGCon. The closing session started late and finished early.
We didn’t run off an auction. We didn’t have much stuff.
We were out of the building within 20 minutes of the talks ending and I was at the Royal Oak pub by 6pm. I stayed until 9:30 or […]

PGCon - day 2 of talks

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

After my previous post, I headed off to the EnterpriseDB dinner at the Velvet Room. The food was great. The open bar, fantastic. The servers were good at their jobs.
I sat with Danielle, Willie, Jan, and Julie. Ours was the first able to eat.
I stayed until roughly 11pm, drinking scotch. […]

PGCon Talks - Day one

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Day one started at about 5am for me. I was awake, without the alarm. Ready to go.
I was out of the house by 5:50 am and into Cora’s by 6:10. On the way I deposited a cheque. Or rather, I tried to. I was at my personal bank, not my […]

Wednesday ends…

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

It is now 10:02pm. I’m home.
After my last post, I went down to the Yahoo! sponsored event. The place was packed. All the free drink tickets were gone. I was too late for that.
I did get a ticket for the Wii raffle. I didn’t win.
I had a beer. Talked […]

PGCon - tutorials: day 2 + registration at the pub

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

This morning I awoke at about 7am and left the house about 8am. A stop at Starbucks and I was down at the Tutorial location by 8:15.
First major problem. Signage. A sign was left in the tutorial room over night and it was not there in the morning. I contacted the […]

End of Day 1 - Tutorials

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

It is now 9:43 PM. I’ve just arrived home after signing the contract for the PG Dev Summit tomorrow morning. The sponsor will reimburse me later.
I spent 4:30-8:45 PM at the Royal Oak conversing with the various attendees.
I paid the bills of two people who forgot to pay their bills. With this, […]