PgWest 2011: Initial list of talks is up
Posted Wednesday Aug 17th, 2011 12:52pm
by Joshua Drake | Permalink



We have another stellar year of content at PostgreSQL Conference West. The first round of talks has been reviewed and they are now published. There are some more talks on the way so stay tuned for the second round. We have also opened early registration, although we don't have the training options up yet. Take a look and watch for more official announcement style stuff soon.

Of note, Jim Mlodgenski maintainer of Stado (a proper, stable fork of GridSQL) will be teaching a Practical PostgreSQL Administration course. This is a full day course. Jim has graciously agreed to allow his percentage of the training revenue to be used for the feature development community initiative.

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PostgreSQL at DEFCON 19
Posted Monday Aug 15th, 2011 10:57am
by Joshua Drake | Permalink



A while ago a gentlemen by the name of Josh (Abstrct) McDougall contacted me about a game he created and subsequent contest being held at DEFCON 19. What makes this so interesting is the majority of the game was created in PostgreSQL. This truly exposed the power of PostgreSQL and the ability to create business (or data) logic directly within the database instead of just using the database as a file system. Josh was looking for a small prize to be able to give the winner of this contest and of course Command Prompt and The PostgreSQL Conference was happy to help out.

I received (reprinted with permission) this email from him today:

Hi Josh, I am excited to say that the Schemaverse contest at DEFCON 19 went great! By the end of the tournament we had 108 registered players and over a million queries ran against the game in a four day span. Not only did the server do great as far as performance goes but the fact that it wasn't exploited during DEFCON is also an impressive stat to note.

I can also proudly tell you that your contribution was mentioned during my own two presentations, found in our How To guide, discussed at our contest booth (right by the front doors to the high traffic contest area! :D) AND was announced during the DEFCON 19 closing ceremonies during my allotted 2 minutes of speaking time.

The winner of your prize is Ian Haken (xxxx@xxxxxx.com). He kicked some butt in the competition and is certainly deserving of it. He has authorized me to send you his name and email. If you need any further details you can talk to him directly.

I likely sound like a broken record at this point but I really do need to say thanks again. Your contribution definitely helped us generate some interest in the first year of our competition and has helped us gain the respect needed to return with the contest for years to come.

Best Regards, Josh (Abstrct) McDougall http://schemaverse.com/

It was an honor to sponsor this contest. It is great little things like this that truly show the power of PostgreSQL in places you least expect.

Just a note, although the CFP is technically closed we have not closed the submission form, if you wanted to sneak in a talk or two you are welcome to.

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CFP for West extended
Posted Monday Aug 1st, 2011 11:13am
by Joshua Drake | Permalink



PostgreSQL Conference West 2011 has extended it's call for papers by 12 days. The new schedule is below:

May 25th: Talk submission opens
August 12th: Talk submission closes (EXTENDED!)
August 16th: Speaker notification

The Conference, the largest direct financial contributor to the PostgreSQL community but money isn't always what the community needs. One of the things our community needs is a way to create a stable financial environment for developers to receive compensation for development they are performing.

Help us continue to provide the overwhelming support to the PostgreSQL Community we always have. Submit your talk today!

Submit Talks

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