Saturday, November 17, 2012

Site Update



1.
A new Quote of the week was posted on the QUOTES page.

2.
A new To Laugh or Cry? item was posted on the LAUGH/CRY? page.

3.
It has come to this. It was only a matter of time and I dk what took so long.



Thursday, November 8, 2012

News



1.
Reminder: My presentation
NoSQL, No  Schema and Database Management: Data Fundamentals and Technology Evaluation
San Francisco SQL Server User Group, Wednesday, 11/14/12, 6:30pm
Free and open to the public. Details here.

2.
Quote of the Week was posted to the QUOTES page. Consider it in the context of the comments to my last post, Kinds of keys.

3.
A new To Laugh or Cry? item was posted to the LAUGH/CRY? page.

4.
A new online exchange I participate in was added to the FP ONLINE page.

5.
Here's an item that validates my arguments that (1) SQL or the relational model are not the real problems when it comes to data management distributivity (2) proponents of distributivity and the Cloud have no grasp of what distributivity really entails.

Why Google Went Offline Today and a Bit about How the Internet Works - CloudFlare blog


Thursday, November 1, 2012

Site News



1.
My 11/16 San Francisco presentation. Details here.

I am planning a European tour in the March-April time frame, which will include the UK and possibly Israel. Those interested in organizing seminars or presentations, or who know others that might be, please contact me.

I have added a SCHEDULE option to the site's top menu -- a page listing forthcoming presentations/seminars with links to the events' pages.

2.
I added an FP ONLINE option to the top menu -- a page listing my web columns and online discussions in which I participate.

3.
New Quote and To Laugh or Cry of the Week were posted today.

The QUOTES and LAUGH/CRY pages were also updated with all the posts to date.

From now on Site News will announce when these two pages are updated with new posts so that interested readers can check them out.

4. Matt Rogish drew my attention to an article on programming which is not inconsistent with my claim that the IT industry operates like the fashion industry:

Programming is a Pop Culture
Discussion


Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Weekly News



1.

I will give a presentation for the San Francisco SQL Server User Group:

Microsoft Office
835 Market Street
Suite 700
San Francisco, CA (map)

More details here

2. 
I am working on a European tour in the March-April time frame. UK will probably be included and possible Israel. Those interested in organizing seminars and/or presentations, or know somebody who might be, please contact me.

3.
Google claims it has resolved the problem with updates changing page URLs, so I have added all the quotes to date to the QUOTES page. LAUGH/CRY page is next.

4. It will take me a while to revise all my papers, so if you order the papers now you will get the already revised Business Modeling for Database Design and current versions of the other papers that will entitle you to revised versions when they are published.

5. There seems to be a problem with adding a LinkedIn share button to the blog, with LinkedIn pointing to Google and Google, as is its wont, couldn't care less. Until this is resolved--don't hold your breath-- please share manually. Thanks.

 
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