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Video: Practical MySQL for Web Applications

At the 2008 MySQL User Conference and Expo, Domas Mituzas gave a workshop on "Practical MySQL for Web Applications".

Video: Testing PHP/MySQL Applications with PHPUnit/DbUnit

At the 2008 MySQL Users Conference and Expo, Sebastian Bergmann presented "Video: Testing PHP/MySQL Applications with PHPUnit/DbUnit". See all the blog posts others have written about the tutorial from the Forge Wiki at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008TuesdayNotes#Testing_PHP.2FMySQL_Applications_with_PHPUnit.2FDbUnit.

Video: A Head in the Cloud -- The Power of Infrastructure as a Service

At the 2008 MySQL Users Conference and Expo, Werner Vogels of Amazon.com delivered a keynote called "A Head in the Cloud -- The Power of Infrastructure as a Service". See all the blog posts others have written about the tutorial from the Forge Wiki at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008TuesdayNotes#A_Head_in_the_Cloud_-_The_Power_of_Infrastructure_as_a_Service.

Video: Awards Presentation at the 2008 MySQL Users Conference and Expo

At the 2008 MySQL Users Conference and Expo, Mårten Mickos handed out the 2008 awards for Application, Partner and Community Members of the year See all the blog posts others have written about the tutorial from the Forge Wiki at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008TuesdayNotes#State_of_MySQL.

Video: State of the Dolphin, 2008 MySQL User Conference

At the 2008 MySQL Users Conference and Expo, Mårten Mickos delivered the "State of the Dolphin Keynote". See all the blog posts others have written about the tutorial from the Forge Wiki at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008TuesdayNotes#State_of_MySQL.

Video: Replication Tutorial

At the 2008 MySQL Users Conference and Expo, Lars Thalmann and Mats Kindahl gave a tutorial on replication. Download the slides and see blog posts others have written about the tutorial from the Forge Wiki at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008MondayNotes#MySQL_Replication_Tutorial. If you'd like to download the WMV video file in parts, here's a link to: Part 1, 175.27 Mb and Part 2, 172.42 Mb

Video: Memcached and MySQL

At the 2008 MySQL Users Conference and Expo, Brian Aker (MySQL) and Allan Kasindorf (SixApart) gave a presentation on Memcached and MySQL. Download the slides and see blog posts others have written about the tutorial from the Forge Wiki at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQLConf2008MondayNotes#Memcached_and_MySQL. If you'd like to download the WMV video file in parts, here's a link to: Part 1, 112.09 Mb and Part 2, 111.31 Mb

Video: Who is the Dick on My Site Keynote

I have already blogged about this keynote at http://www.pythian.com/blogs/948/liveblogging-who-is-the-dick-on-my-site.

If you are interested in actually seeing the video, the 286 Mb .wmv file can be downloaded at http://technocation.org/videos/original/mysqlconf2008/2008_04_17_panelDi... and played through your browser by clicking the "play" link at http://tinyurl.com/55c5ps. This is not to be missed!

MySQL Community Member of the Year Award Musings

(If you want $100, you will have to read the entire blog post. Sorry for the tease, but I did not want folks to miss out on the opportunity to win!)

By now it is no surprise that I won one of the three 2008 MySQL Community Member of the ...

Who is the Dick on My Site? 2008 MySQL Conference Keynote

I have already blogged about this keynote at http://www.pythian.com/blogs/948/liveblogging-who-is-the-dick-on-my-site. If you are interested in actually seeing the video, the 286 Mb .wmv file can be downloaded at http://technocation.org/videos/original/mysqlconf2008/2008_04_17_panelDick.wmv and played through your browser by clicking the "play" link here. This is not to be missed!