Date: 2008-04-15 08:56 Subject: Elevator talk: MySQL Conf breakfast Security: Public

Unsolicited feedback I heard once again... conf attendees really don't like the breakfast offering.
The coffee/tea is good, but the food is... well, mostly not something people regard as breakfast nutrition.

Date: 2008-04-15 09:00 Subject: Sunday's Community Dinner Security: Public

Yes, late post... had to sort out and upload my photos first, so others beat me to it with their blog. My take...

So there was a MySQL Community Dinner Sunday night. People kept saying I organised it, but really I only did the initial blog post and set up a wiki page, the rest arranged itself: over 50 people came to the restaurant. And there was this guy in jeans/t-shirt with long hair lingering near the front door, who conspicuously looked like someone whose face I'd seen online somewhere. Jay and I went back outside to invite him in.



So, I had a very nice chat with Jonathan Schwartz, and I now reckon he actually understands Open Source and community. This includes his approach to the meeting and general demeanor. He got it right. Well done and thanks, Jonathan. Above is Paul Vallee (Pythian Group) talking with him. (I didn't even get a self-indulgent photo with Jonathan for myself ;-)



We were going to just split the bill, but Rich Green (also Sun) was kind enough to offer his credit card (he's still hopeful Jonathan will approve his expense report ;-) and thus in the end simply a lot of platters of food and pitchers with liquid food were arranged for each table.

All in all, a great event. A new tradition?

Date: 2008-04-15 09:42 Subject: Koalas at MySQL Conf Security: Public

The good: male restroom has a baby changetable!
The bad: Arjen takes photo in a restroom ;-)
The ugly: My dear Americans, a koala is not a bear.

(This in contrast to the dropbear, which is natively Australian.)