I've just returned from the OpenStack Folsom Design Summit and Spring 2012 Conference, and am finally getting rid of my jet lag. Here's a summary of what's been a mind-blowing conference experience for me.

I'll be speaking at OSCON 2012 in Portland, on high availability in OpenStack.

I learned from O'Reilly yesterday that my presentation proposal for this year's OSCON, which takes place July 16-20, 2012 in Portland, Oregon, has been accepted. As this is my first OSCON speaking slot (actually, it's my first …

I just learned that my presentation is going ahead at the OpenStack Spring 2012 Conference.

My presentation, Reliable, Redundant: High Availability in OpenStack, has been accepted for the main conference track. The official schedule isn't yet up pending confirmation from all speakers, but I've been tentatively informed that it's on …

I team up with Tim Serong and Andrew Beekhof for a tutorial at linux.conf.au 2012.

This year, I have the pleasure of returning to the MySQL Conference & Expo as a speaker. Percona have picked up the torch that O'Reilly had held as the conference organizers, and they're putting together a 3-day conference this year. I am co-presenting a tutorial with Yves Trudeau from Percona.

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