He took my slot after I resigned my ACE-D last month :)

Analytics and Data Summit 2026 The three-day summit features keynotes by industry experts, educational sessions by practitioners and developers, and networking events.

Next Wednesday will be my likely last keynote at an Oracle event, so you can be sure it'll be innovative, humorous, & Spock-eyebrow-raising. My costume is packed, my slide deck is ready, so I'll see you there. Wait - you didn't register yet?!? Let's fix that now: www.eventbrite.com/e/analytics-...

Analytics and Data Summit 2026 The three-day summit features keynotes by industry experts, educational sessions by practitioners and developers, and networking events.

Woo-hoo! #AnDSummit2026 kicks off next Tuesday! I'll be bringing my A-game on topics like Knowledge Graphs, Generative AI, & the state of all things 26ai for you to experience.

Wait ... what? You haven't bought your ticket yet?? 🤗 Let's get that fixed right now! www.eventbrite.com/e/analytics-...

Copying VS Code Developer Tools connections to SQL Developer Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Copying VS Code Developer Tools connections to SQL Developer

Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Copying VS Code Developer Tools connections to SQL Developer

APEX World 2026 was an absolute blast!

Amazing lectures & a Back to the Future party, what more could you ask for?

Thanks to @nloug.bsky.social for an outstanding conference, and to everyone who came to my talk! 🙌

See you in 2027! 🤓

#orclAPEX #AW26 #apexworld2026 #nlOUG

This is called humiliation maxxing

AI companies try to pay staff in AI tokens, not money This week’s big headline is: “Silicon Valley is buzzing about this new idea: AI compute as compensation“. Uh huh. [Business Insider] The idea is that instead of getting paid dollars to work for an …

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The scene at the No Kings protest in downtown Kent, Ohio

Big turnout in Kent #Ohio for #NoKings!

Protest sign reads UNWILLING PARTICIPANT OF AN IDIOCRACY

Protest sign reads LIBERTY AND JUSTICE for ALL

Protesters line the streets in Strongsville, Ohio

Protesters lining Royalton Road in Strongsville, Ohio. #nokings

Thank you all for coming! We hope to see you next year!

#APEXWorld2026 #APEXWorld2027 #orclAPEX

(Me buying poster board)

Fellow shopper: Making a sign?

Me: Maybe it's for a school science project

Him: Those aren't allowed anymore

Me: Maybe a sociology project?

Him: See you in an hour!

#NoKings

Great turnout in Bartlett Illinois today for #NoKingsDay! #FuckTrump #FuckI CE

Well u can't fix stupid. But u can shut it up with duct tape

When All Seems Dark, Look Backward, Forward, and Up - Generally, It Depends You know what I dearly love about attending Tech Field Day events? They aren't just about humdrum, boots-on-the-ground problems we deal with every day. I found myself re-energized about what IT…

Wrapping up my Cloud Field Day 25 #CFD25 experiences from last week in and around San Jose, CA: It's not all technical jargon and discussions about the minutiae of IT, AI, and systems. Have a look at another side of Tech Field Events!

jimthewhyguy.com/2026/03/20/w...

VMware VCF 9.0: When All Prop Blades Work, OSS Database Performance Is Optimal - Generally, It Depends Our final day at #CFD25 dove deeply into the feature sets of the recently-released VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 (VCF 9.0). It was refreshing to discuss the intricacies of cloud computing that didn't…

So with Cloud Field Day 25 #CFD25 in the bank last week, here's my impressions on two of our presenter teams - VMware By Broadcom and Hammerspace - and their robust Cloud offerings:

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Annotations in Oracle Database 23ai/26ai This article describes the use of annotations to document our database objects in Oracle database 23ai/26ai.

Document objects in Oracle AI Database with schema annotations

Define these name-value pairs with

ANNOTATIONS ( name { 'value' } {,} )

You can add these to

Tables
View
Materialized View
Domains

Added in 26ai, backported to 19.28

@oraclebase.bsky.social demos

But without a measure of +usefulness,+ isn't this utterly stupid?
It's like measuring your MPG when your car is on a frozen lake - you haven't GONE ANYWHERE b/c you've spent the majority of your time spinning your wheels correcting the output 🙄

Me, grumpy? Well, it's the 2nd time in two US midterm cycles that the DNC, DCCC, and other national organizations have ignored excellent candidates for office I've campaigned for because they can't (or won't!) raise sh*tloads of money from shady donors. The grapes of wrath grow heavy ...

Melissa Bean wins 8th Congressional District primary, moves to reclaim seat she lost 16 years ago Voters decide today which Democratic hopeful will be on the ballot in November for the general election. Learn about the candidates and follow Illinois primary results when polls close at 7 p.m.

Nothing but pride for Kevin Morrison in his race in IL-8 yesterday. When outside PACs pour nearly $7M into a US House race, a grass-roots campaign has no chance. The irony? Bean DOESN'T EVEN LIVE IN THE DISTRICT SHE WON. Murican politics is totally, utterly effed up. 🤬
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Woo-hoo! Just a few more weeks until #andoucsummit2026 commences. I'll be presenting a neat session on Oracle 26ai RDF Knowledge Graphs as well as a few other sessions, when I'm not running around like a crazy man volunteering. See you soon!

If you're still on the fence on who to vote for US House IL-8 on Tuesday, check out this true story + then tell me how you could pick anyone else except my friend Kevin Morrison! Here's why I think he's absolutely the ONLY choice. Need more info? See kevinmorrisonforcongress.com.

From Hype to Hardware: AI Infrastructure, Governance, and What’s Old Is New Again The hype is fading, and that's a good thing. The Tech Aunties recap AI Infrastructure Field Day 4 (from @Techfieldday) where vendors like @ForwardNetworks,@hammerspace_globaldata, @Solidigm,…

The AI hype cycle is cooling down—and that’s exactly what enterprises need.

On The Tech Aunties, Gina & Marian recap AI Infrastructure Field Day 4 and explain why enterprise AI is finally moving from hype to real production deployments.

#AIIFD4 #AI

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🎤 Excited to share that I'll be speaking at APEX World 2026 (26-27 March) — not once, but twice!

🔹 Supercharging Oracle APEX with Server-Side JavaScript
🔹 Workshop: Flows for APEX (with Richard Allen)

nloug.nl/en/events/ap...

#orclAPEX #AW26 #apexworld2026 #nlOUG #MLE #OracleDB #flows4apex

When I send someone to work for us in DC, it's important to check credentials. I prefer someone who's already GOVERNED instead of planning to techbro "vibe code" when they get there. So I voted for Kevin Morrison (www.kevinmorrisonforcongress.com). Here's all you need to know abt the IL-8 field:

Kevin Morrison for Congress

There is another candidate in #IL-08 who's not taking any corporate $$$ AND isn't a MILLIONAIRE like Junaid (no offense): Kevin Morrison. Cook County commish and has 7+ years experience actually GOVERNING. www.kevinmorrisonforcongress.com for more details, friends!

But but but ... Ahmed IS a millionaire, right? RIGHT? He's a techbro and may live in IL-8 ... but what has he done to GOVERN? And he lost to Raja last time round.

Sorry, I prefer my US House representatives actually having governing experience rather than techbro vibes. How about Kevin Morrison, who has 7+ years experience as a Cook County commissioner and is also not taking any AIPAC $$$? 😇

No question. @morrisonforil.bsky.social is the ONLY choice for #IL08.

U r most welcome Kevin! We have told the tale of how u helped our community in Bartlett quite literally fight City Hall ... and WIN when it mattered the most

If you live in Illinois Congressional District 8 (IL-8) or know someone who does, here's how to sort out candidates when you vote next Tuesday for the US House. It's pretty simple: There's only ONE candidate who's really qualified, and that's Kevin Morrison. www.kevinmorrisonforcongress.com