Colin Charles Agenda

The great Internet is littered with some really useful MySQL-related articles, that I think you’ll enjoy reading just as much as I did.

• I’ve not given Google Gears too much of a look yet, but its definitely interesting and the tutorials at O’Reilly’s ONLamp site help one play with it: The Power of Google Gears (Part 1) and The Power of Google Gears (Part 2). Looks like the series is complete, and Part 2 concentrates on using Gears for offline data entry, then syncing it with a MySQL server once the application is online. Looks like the future of desktop software might end up being like this…
• While browsing a magazine store, I picked up the SysAdmin magazine that was months old, but contained an interesting article on MySQL 5 Cluster with Solaris 10 Zones/ZFS/Resource Control. Its a very much step-by-step kind of article, and I’m excited to learn more about Zones and ZFS.
• If you’re after a basic introduction to MySQL Cluster, go no further than reading MySQL 5.0 Cluster: Architecture, Implementation and Management. Couldn’t resist browsing the rest of the samag.com website, and I’d encourage you to do the same if time permits – they’ve got quite a number of useful articles there. Incidentally, the article is a bit old (linked to MySQL 5.0.16 – cluster has had marked changes in the current 5.0.45).
• From Derek Crudgington (who wrote about Cluster and Zones), is a blog posting about the SAMP stack – A Guide to SAMP (Solaris Apache MySQL PHP). Of course for those lazy, just get the CoolStack from Sun, which allows the simple use of pkgadd.

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Tell me what’s wrong with the picture:

Anyways, Ubuntu Live looks like a great conference. The session line-up looks more like a conference than the one-day FUDCon’s, and with the tracks (there are 4 concurrent tracks), I am truly impressed. A big part of me wishes I was there… Some interesting tech bloggers like Stephen O’Grady of Redmonk fame, and Matt Asay are keynoting.

Of course, MySQL’s very own CEO, MÃ¥rten Mickos is also giving a keynote on Monday July 23, at 9:20-9.40am.

One caveat with Ubuntu Live: its cost. FUDCon is free, and true to its nature, really does spread community love (with about two tracks). Its USD$895 to attend Ubuntu Live – very troublesome to the pocketbook.

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As the Google Summer of Code mid-term mentor surveys have been completed, we’ve got a strong nine projects in the MySQL front, from what I can tell. Its an exciting time, as there’s code available from some of the projects, and the students have got interesting blog entries as well. What I’d consider as the one-stop resource for all would be the Participants in the Summer of Code 2007 page.

Milos Prodanovic deserves special mention as he’s just posted code to the internals list, with his IPv6 data type patch. Also, from what I can tell, Charles Cahoon is currently in the Top 30 active bloggers on Planet MySQL, so kudos to him too. To the rest, continue working hard and cutting great code.

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It has become obvious that there are just too many people to meet up with, and too many locations to travel to, with so little time to do them all. So setting up temporary office, seems to make the most sense! Those that have emailed me, have also received the following in their email.

Where?
Lobby Lounge Restaurant/Cafe
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel
392, Havelock Rd
Singapore

When?
Thursday, July 5 2.30pm – 6pm
Friday, July 6 8am – 11am

What to do if I’m not there?
Just drop me an SMS or a quick call to +6-012-204-3201.

This is in addition to the meetup we’re having. Depending on how my meetings on Friday go, there might be yet another afternoon session available.

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If you haven’t taken the opportunity to book a meeting with me in Singapore yet, I suggest coming to the MySQL Meetup that’s happening there on Thursday. More information at the meetup site, but the key bits are:

When?

Thursday, Jul 5, 2007, 7:00 PM

Where?

Delifrance

HARBOURFRONT CENTRE 1 MARITIME SQUARE #01-15 WORLD TRADE CENTRE

Singapore

I understand the meetup group has been dormant for a couple of years. It’ll be good to re-jig it. I most likely will be very unreachable via email (though I’m assured that there’s some cool Wireless@SG thing happening in Singapore that will give me Internet access even if the hotel doesn’t), so consider calling +6-012-204-3201.

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Because I’m busy today, here’s what the announcement looks like (kudos to my colleagues Larry and Daniel for coming up with the following):

MySQL AB is very grateful for our very large Community, and it is important to us to meet and support our users! So we are happy to announce that Colin Charles, MySQL Community Relations Manager, APAC, will be visiting the following locations to meet with MySQL users.

Colin will be prepared to discuss the following with you:

• How to start your own user group
• Review of technical questions and issues
• The MySQL product roadmap and future directions
• MySQL product architecture

You can meet with Colin and speak to him one-on-one during following dates:

• Kuala Lumpur / June 27- July 12, 2007
• Singapore / July 4 – 6th, 2007
• Tokyo / September 11-12th, 2007
• Beijing / September 13-15th, 2007

We hope that you can make the time to meet with Colin. Please contact him directly at <colin@mysql.com> or call his Malaysia number at +6-012-204-3201. We expect the schedule to fill up quickly, so please contact Colin immediately if you want to get a time slot.

I’m also willing to speak at universities, user groups, etc. More technical oriented talks with regards to scaling, performance tuning, and benchmarks can also be entertained. And as is common in KL or Singapore, I’m ready for a mamak meetup session (if you’re wondering, read about mamak stalls from wikipedia), that’s usually casual enough, and will suit the after-work types.

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