Did I ever tell you that I love my job?  Part of why I do is because I’m surrounded by some of the most creative people in the world!  Yes, all these developers in the Toronto are very creative, but right now I want to mention authors.   I’ve met famous authors:... 0 0 112

  This past February, in my blog titled Year of the e-Book , I highlighted a variety of online resources for avid readers and predicted that this year is the year of eBooks. Low and behold – I wasn’t too far from the truth! Today, I am surrounded by eBook... 0 0 230

If you're interested in social networking, take a look at this survey request from IDUG:    IDUG is looking to improve its social networking sites in order to better meet the needs of the DB2 community. To capture a true picture of how we're doing, we need your... 0 0 123

This morning I received a note from Leon Katsnelson saying that  ChannelDB2.com was just shy of its 3000th member!  I just checked the site and we are still 3 people short of this number... but I'm sure we'll reach it soon.  Are you a member?  I've blogged... 0 1 258

Watch the DB2Night Show Friday 8/20 and Friday 8/27 to get the technical details about DB2 in the Cloud.  Expert Mark Wilding from IBM Toronto has so much information to share that this topic needs to be spread across two shows!  As usual, join Scott Hayes the... 0 0 416

  Just published: The New Era of Enterprise Business Intelligence Using Analytics to Achieve a Global Competitive Advantage By Mike Biere   A Complete Blueprint for Maximizing the Value of Business Intelligence in the Enterprise The typical enterprise... 0 0 450

IBM InfoSphere Replication Server and Data Event Publisher Design, implement, and monitor a successful Q replication and Event Publishing project by Pav Kumar-Chatterjee   Covers the... 0 0 651

  Publisher of the DB2 Certification Study Guides has just informed me of a sale they are having. Starting today, all of the certification books on sale at 20% off of list until next Tuesday, August 24. This includes the latest one—DB2 9 System Administration... 1 0 324

  The next Chat with the Lab session will focus on DB2 pureScale:   DB2 pureScale - Always-on, Elastic Database Cluster Date:     Tue, August 31, 2010 Time:     11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Eastern (GMT-04:00)     10:30 AM Central / 8:30 AM Pacific / 16:30hrs... 0 0 712

 Look at all the great books that will be for sale at the IOD Conference at a 20% discount.  There are more books that will be for sale at the Conference Bookstore , of course, but I've arranged a book signing session with the author(s) of the books mentioned... 0 0 642

  I have two upcoming webinars to tell you about today and hope that you can make one or both of them!   First , the second season of the DB2Night Show starts this Friday, August 6, 2010 .  This kickoff episode is special in... 0 0 739

  I found this cool article yesterday about jobs that are good for people who like to talk : “10 Jobs for People Who Love to Talk” by Tatiana Varenik .  I made a similar comment to a very outgoing student when I was volunteer teaching at a middle school. ... 0 0 400

I’m still catching up on work after being away for my summer vacation… so forgive me for the lack of posts I’ve made! I saw this from Leon and would like to simply repeat it: A replay of this free webinar 0 1 836

  Congratulations to Judy Nall whose first book is about to publish.  The book goes to the printer today! DB2 9 System Administration for z/OS: Certification Study Guide: Exam 737 by Judy Nall This is an addition to the series of Certification... 0 1 471