AppsLab Session at OpenWorld

The OpenWorld content catalog has been released, and even though the session schedule hasn’t been finalized yet, you can search and browse for sessions to begin planning your time.
Even though it looks like none of our suggested sessions will make the cut, you can still find AppsLab at OpenWorld. Just to clarify, this [...]

Hurry up and Vote!

Voting for suggested sessions for OpenWorld in September ends today over on Mix.
I can’t tell you exactly what time it will end. Being Sunday and all, Rich is probably busy having a weekend, but it will end today.

If you haven’t voted yet, head over and browse the list of sessions. Participation has been outstanding; we’ve [...]

Suggest a Session Ends on Monday

Just a quick reminder that the deadline to suggest a session for Oracle OpenWorld 2008 is Monday, June 30.
We will be turning off the submissions end of day Pacific time. So, get your idea entered before then. Voting will continue until July 15 13.

If all goes well, we’re hoping to deploy a filtering feature to [...]

Blogger Program Renewed for OpenWorld 2008

I’m pleased to announce that Oracle is renewing the blogger program for OpenWorld 2008, which will be held at the Moscone Center in beautiful San Francisco, September 21 through 25, 2008.
Most of the operational details are the same as last year:

Oracle provides the conference pass to qualified bloggers.
Oracle does not cover travel or other expenses [...]

Suggest an OpenWorld Session Extended

The submission and voting deadlines for OpenWorld 2008 sessions have been extended. Submissions must now be received by June 30, and voting now ends July 13.

The Events team decided that due to the popularity of the offer, it should be open longer. So, you have more time to get your session idea submitted and more [...]

Topper’s Voting Widget

Matt has provided the community with a sweet widget to track all the sessions that have been suggested for OpenWorld.
Since we deployed the session suggestion feature in early May, we’ve had 129 suggestions. You can view the full list on Mix, Latest and Greatest. One reason Matt built the widget, which pulls the Latest RSS [...]

Suggest a Session is a Hit

Less than a week since we deployed it, the Suggest a Session for OpenWorld 2008 offer made by the Events team on Mix has been a big hit.
Traffic was up over 250% over the weekend, and the voting page is already among the top pages on Mix in terms of pageviews over the past 30 [...]

Suggest a Session Topic for OpenWorld

Last night, as promised, Rich deployed some new stuff built by ENTP, right before they headed to a midnight Iron Man showing. On a side note, is he really a superhero?
The shiny new feature is Suggest a Session. If you have an idea for a session you’d like to attend or present, bounce over to [...]

OpenWorld 2008 Registration Opens

W00t!
Registration for Oracle OpenWorld 2008 is officially open. The massive conference is back in its Fall timeslot, September 21-25, 2008 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
This year’s shindig will include large doses of Mix, as previously teased. We’re planning to deploy some new features built by our friends at ENTP later this week (fingers [...]

Mix Messaging

Some of you have already noticed that we released a brand new feature to Mix on Monday, direct messaging.

To use direct messaging, either click the inbox icon in the top right navigation, or click the link in the inbox widget on the front page.

You can only message people in your network of contacts, and the [...]