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NZOUG Conference 2010 Agenda online now!

I'm pleased to advise that the agenda is now online for the NZOUG 2010 Conference in Rotorua, March 15th / 16th.

The lineup of speakers is excellent, including a stack of Oracle Ace Directors:

  • Tim Hall
  • Chris Muir
  • Daniel Morgan
  • Franciso Munoz Alvarez
  • Robert Freeman

Only a week or so left so register for the conference now, and meet the Aces!

Find out more at the NZOUG Conference 2010 web page .

Disclaimer: I'm on the NZOUG Committee
Note: The speaker lineup/abstract list are subject to change.

Catch ya!
Gareth
This is a post from Gareth's blog at http://garethroberts.blogspot.com

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Lessons in Loose Coupling - Special Delivery

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I'm generally nervous when I hear people that deal with software throw around the phrase "loosely coupled" with exhuberance. For me, loose coupling is one of the few phrases that resonates a feeling of ambivalence. An abstraction layer is a necessity, especially in proprietory software, to give you the coding hooks you need. Just be careful though to avoid Special Deliveries of Coal. Classic!

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Gareth
This is a post from Gareth's blog at http://garethroberts.blogspot.com

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Production Upgrade complete... hack obsolete!

It had to happen. I've moved away from very retro hardware requirements and a couple of hacks to something much simpler, and more applicable to "modern" computers ie. those with USB ;-)

No. 8 wire solution no longer needed ... luckily the wires aren't that thick :-)

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New:

Bonus points to Readers that guess the application of this stuff!

Catch ya!
Gareth
This is a post from Gareth's blog at http://garethroberts.blogspot.com

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