COLLABORATE 09: ECM and Rocking Out I was told by Jake that I needed to meet Billy Cripe.

Who is Billy Cripe? This guy:

From jkuramot

Kilts are awesome. I wish (I probably could actually) I could wear one every day. I'll have to try it out.

Anyway, Billy is the Director of something or another at Oracle. I decided to attend his presentation yesterday, entitled, "How To Become An Oracle ECM Rock Star".


Not your normal bullet point presentation. WIN.

I'm sure he's been called it before, but he's definitely an evangelist for his product. He worked at Stellent and they were acquired (what new) by Oracle a few years ago. Rumor has it, he has a new book out as well. (As I was standing in a fairly long line for lunch, he walked through the line telling everyone about it. WIN.)

His enthusiasm is infectious. I now want to know more about ECM. WIN.

He's a big advocate of the social web, empowering users. The part that most stuck with me was his example on creating mashups, not the integrate with Google Maps kind necessarily, but allowing everyone to put together the data in a way that best suits them. WIN.

We've talked a bit since his presentation and I like the idea of unstructured data (Billy says something like 80% of an enterprise's information is unstructured). Something like this (I think).

From oraclenerd

How does it fit in with the database world? Does it at all? Interesting questions to ponder. I've always had this nagging feeling about all the email, documents and other materials that people have...how do you find them? How do you share them? How do you turn that raw data into something meaningful? You could be missing out on a new idea without all this information right?

If you get a chance to see Billy speak, take it. You won't be disappointed.

Read more about Oracle's Enterprise Content Management system here.

Labels: 2009, collaborate, web2.0

  ¶ 5/06/2009 02:46:00 PM   5 Comments Links to this post

  How to Find a Job My job search is going. I had an interview last Friday and I have a follow-up tomorrow. I've got a few other leads, but nothing as concrete.

Last time I "lost" my job, I was prepared and was working within a week. I've been able to explore different ways to search for jobs this time as I was taken by surprise.

Here's a rundown of how I'm currently looking for work:
1. Twitter - Jake over at AppsLab suggested creating a feed on the "oracle" keyword. Sure enough, I've seen 5 or 6 job postings.
2. LinkedIn - Trolling my connections and others (again, suggested by Jake)
3. ORACLENERD - Nothing's come of this one, but I'm hopeful that someday in the future it will work for me. At the very least, it gives prospective employers insight into my thinking.
4. craigslist - I've found 2 or 3 jobs postings through here.
5. Friends - I've been fortunate to meet a lot of people in the Tampa Bay area. Despite my firing I've still got a decent reputation around town.
6. CareerBuilder - Goes without saying.
7. Monster - Still works.

One thing I have noticed is that my hits go way up when I lose my job. I'll accept a low hit count if it means I can keep my job!

Special thanks go to Tom, Jake, LewisC, Frank, Dodd, and Ray. If I left you off, it wasn't on purpose...there's just been so much going on.

Labels: web2.0, work

  ¶ 8/04/2008 09:50:00 PM   1 Comments Links to this post