It is a long way to SF and after my last participation at 99 Oracle community changed and grew a lot, at those times there were no community at all, it was just Tom Kyte and Steven Feuerstein I guess :)P
Forums and blogs developed an important community recently, also Siebel and BEA kind of other giant communities are now a part. So I guess it will be like a Fenerbahçe – Galatasaray derby game there, I still have hopes to meet some blogger friends at OTN Night or Lounge, I will wear my Fenerbahçe t-shirt so you can catch me easily if you want to have a chat, and here is a photo of the t-shirt :)
So my initial steps were;
1. Register for a full conference pass –
http://www.oracle.com/openworld/2008/registration.html
2. Subscribe to OOW blog RSS –
http://blogs.oracle.com/oracleopenworld/
3. A quick review of the sessions –
http://www28.cplan.com/cc208/catalog.jsp
ps: Any hotel advices for Oracle bloggers to have more time together? Or any other additional registration for an Oracle blogger?
Oracle #openworld08 blogger meetup event up on OracleCommunity.net feel free to RSVP. Blog post to follow. http://is.gd/13kc
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Looking forward to meet you there. /Paweł
Glad you will make it to OOW. Looking forward to meeting with you. I will be staying at the Serrano Hotel. Many Oracle ACEs will be staying there too. There will be a blogger get-together that I will announce on my blog soon.
After the wonderful job you did as my personal tour guide during my visit to Istanbul, I very much look forward to seeing you again (if I do manage to see you, now that the community is SO MUCH BIGGER!).
SF