Monthly Archive: March 2007

Mar 08 2007

Enjoying the Sun in Dallas

Doug Burns and me enjoying the sun after the Hotsos 2007 conference; sitting on a bench in front of the Omni Mandalay Hotel, Las Colinas, Dallas. Click on picture to enlarge Related posts: Great start of Hotsos 2007 About JR, Sue-Ellen and Hotsos 2007

Mar 08 2007

Best practices suck!

I know, it’s a little bit of an aggressive statement, but if you think about it, it gets to you… Regarding performance and “best practices”. Let’s do this, a little bit, on a Cary Millsap kind of way… Let’s say, you are in Dallas (or somewhere else…) and your want to call your wife (/ …

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Mar 05 2007

About JR, Sue-Ellen and Hotsos 2007

I will be attending HOTSOS 2007 next week; and to be honest, I am not really into it yet. Despite, I guess and hope the great presentations, keynotes and insights that will be given during the week; working hours were harsh and long last month. Trying to uphold (most of the time, self appointed) goals …

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Mar 05 2007

Great start of Hotsos 2007

Saturday 03/03/2007 I got up at 5 o’clock (CET) in the morning on Saturday and made my way to Schiphol airport, so Gerwin and I could take our plane to Dallas, Texas. After 8, 9 hours, we arrived at Bush International in Houston, Texas. Due to the new customs regulations and only 1 hour interval …

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Mar 02 2007

New XML(DB) related whitepapers available from Ken Atkins

During OPP 2007, two presentations by Ken Atkins where given regarding XML(DB) items, featues and best practices. My collegae Alex Nuijten was also attending, and presenting, and hinted me regarding Ken’s presentation whitepapers. Ken’s presentation handsouts can be found here: No related posts.