I had the great pleasure of attending IOUG Collaborate 15 in Las Vegas this past week and came away with so much new knowledge that I was excited to get back to work and start applying it. i also got to attend a seminar that had nothing to do with Oracle software directly. This was an panel discussion called 'Nothing to BLOG about - think again' and, from the session description, objective 1 was to 'Increase confidence required to share technical knowledge and experiences through BLOGging' . I had always felt that the things that I could Blog about were boring or had already been blogged on 1000 time. Michael Abbey, who was heading up the panel, informed me that nothing was trivial to everyone and that everyone learned in different ways,  therefore giving each blog on the same topic a chance of reaching someone in the manner they needed it. This panel gave me the confidence to try my hand at blogging, so objective 1 was accomplished. 

In the next few weeks, I'm hoping to apply the knowledge that I gained at Collaborate and document it here, if for no other reason than to have it for myself in an accessible space. If others come and read, and hopefully learn something, then all the better. Wish me luck on this new endeavor.