"Two out of three chief executives are buying a tool they cannot evaluate, cutting staff on capability claims they cannot verify and calling the result a strategy. On a conference stage, this is called vision. On a balance sheet, it is called an unfunded liability." www.forbes.com/councils/forbe...

May the 4th be with you - make Space Mum proud. 🖕

Thoughts and prayers.

No plans for September? Then think about submitting some abstracts for the #OCTEMEA2026 - CASOUG week (14.09-18.09). Meeting the community of these countries is an unique experience, in a good way 😃 sessionize.com/emea-communi... @oracleace.bsky.social @oracleugs.bsky.social

Thou shalt not pretend you suddenly care about shootings.

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-...

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-...

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

Big turnout in Kent #Ohio for #NoKings!

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

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...

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: jimthewhyguy.com/2026/03/20/v... jimthewhyguy.com/2026/03/18/h...

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

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. 🤬 www.wbez.org/government-p...

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.

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 youtu.be/eIfIPcM-imo?...

🎤 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:

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

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

First compute, then databases, finally networking here at #CFD25 from VMware by Broadcom - anything to make networking less mysterious for us DevOps and DBAs 😇

Nice demo of VMware by Broadcom Data Services Manager (DSM) for handling complex RBAC-limited requirements for MySQL, PostGres, and SQL Server DBs for DBAs +/or DevOps. Pretty slick! #CFD25

Nice concise session at #CFD25 on VCF 9.0 features from VMWare by Broadcom - deep dive into why Advanced Memory Tiering helps free up memory resources to keep CPUs busy

Starting up Day 2 of #CFD25 with VMware by Broadcom with their offerings around cloud computing. Plenty of stuff coming at lightspeed - stay tuned!

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

Ab fab to hear the history of the IT industry from someone who has BEEN THERE thru boom > bust > boom cycles since 1978. But there's one overriding theme: Irrational exuberance

Now it's time to see where and when Cloud computing has been, is going, and is right now with Tom Lyon here at #CFD25 ... and from one perspective it's at least 100 years old 🤔 😱

From our friends at Hammerspace to a totally different topic: The Internet Archive! Joy Chesbrough, Chief Philanthropy Officer, will be taking us through what the internet is REALLY all about - and why it still matters🤯

OMG Hammerspace is actually talking about an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environment this AM at #CFD25 ... yeah, Oracle has a public cloud too, folks 😇

Here we go with Hammerspace at #CFD25! Looking forward to what's new and amazing in the Cloud space

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Time for some comedy while we race towards the #IL-8 primary in just 2 weeks! Check out Kevin Morrison, the absolute best candidate for our US House district. Check out kevinmorrisonforcongress.com for details and don't hesitate to help us with a donation or whatevs

Final town hall for #IL8 before March 17th primary! Check out www.kevinmorrisonforcongress.com for more info + check out our two social events tomorrow and Wednesday too for some fun while engaging your right to vote for qualified people!

And here we go again! Another town hall for Kevin Morrison, this time in Elgin IL. Good turnout for a cold Saturday and great questions from audience! www.kevinmorrisonforcongress.com

Wouldn't want a little war to get in the way of a golf weekend.

Another day, another town hall for Kevin Morrison! This time we're in Bloomingdale chatting with an engaged group of folks on his views on how #IL8 needs to be represented in the US House.

AI’s conversation is rapidly shifting from what’s possible to what’s acceptable. 🌐 Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke unpack a pivotal moment for artificial intelligence. @NetworkingNerd.net @DemitasseNZ.bsky.social #TFDRundown #AI buff.ly/ILU6hdU

Karen Cannell @thtech.bsky.social, Keynote Speakerin #apexconn26 😃 20.05. – 9 Uhr, Heide Park Soltau. Die CTO von TH Technology & weltweit führende APEX-Expertin zeigt in ihrer Keynote "Seriously SELECT AI", wie ihr per natürlicher Sprache mit Daten arbeiten könnt. ➡️ apex.doag.org/de/home/#c62...

How much of your data can you trust to AI Agents? 👉 youtu.be/XNhbLzAR7vk In this episode of the Tech Field Day podcast, Girard Kavelines and Aunudrei Oliver join Alastair Cooke to cast an eye over AI agent security and data security. #TFDPodcast #AIAgents #Cybersecurity #AgenticAI

There’s a lot of things that need to be said today. But there’s one main one: Thank you Ukraine. We see you. We know what you’ve done for us. We know what we owe you. We know you will win and take your place as a central defender of the free world.

First Dem town hall of 2026 of the IL-8 primary season with our guy, Kevin Morrison, talking to future US House constituents here in Elk Grove Village!

I can answer this one. The president of the United States is dangerously psychotic and no one in his political party will say it, nor will 95% of American media.

Excited to dive more deeply into Kevin Morrison's campaign for IL-8 US House today! Campaign signs delivery, social media promos, event volunteering ... whatever is needed, we'll do it, for the best candidate in this race! Speaking of which: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...