Re: [ANNOUNCE] Request for speakers at O'Reilly conference

On Mon, 4 Feb 2001, Oleg Bartunov wrote:

> This is a good opportunity to promote PostgreSQL and I think we
> should utilize it. I'm not sure I'll have a chance to take part
> in the conference, but I'd like somebody describe GiST extension and
> presents tutorial how to use it. We could prepare some materials and
> examples from real life. I think Gene Selkov might be a good person
>

Under some stress and with a lot of preparation, I might be able to
present a tutorial on extensions in general, as well as on some of the
GiST, but I am not sure I meet the technical depth requirement. The
databases I built in the past were mostly read-only, and I seldom had
time to explore beyond the bare necessity. Now that I am assigned a
task of building a system with a moderate intensity of update, I feel
like a total newbie again.

Considering how quickly Oleg picked it up and how far he has gone, I
think he is now the top expert on the GiST, and I would rather have
him do that. However, if he can't and if nobody else stands up --
count me in as a fall-back. Time is almost up, though.

--Gene

> On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > I have been asked to help prepare a list of PostgreSQL speakers for a
> > future O'Reilly Open Source conference.  If you are interested in being
> > a presenter, please see the following URL:
> >
> >     http://candle.pha.pa.us/oreilly/
> >
> > Submissions are due Febuary 17th.  Sorry for the short notice.