Niall Mc Phillips
@niallmcp.bsky.social
♠︎ Oracle ACE Director. Symposium 42. PL/SQL. ORDS. APEX. Data Models. REST APIs. Search. Text. Int'l Organisations. Energy. Ex-Skydiver... 🪂
En route for the #HrOUG2025 Croatian Oracle User Group conference. First a stop in Ankaran, Slovenia.
See you all in Rovinj on Tuesday.
See you all in Rovinj on Tuesday.
October 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
En route for the #HrOUG2025 Croatian Oracle User Group conference. First a stop in Ankaran, Slovenia.
See you all in Rovinj on Tuesday.
See you all in Rovinj on Tuesday.
I'll be speaking at the 30th edition of the fantastic HrOUG conference in Rovinj, Croatia! 15th-18th October.
A great conference that attracts speakers and participants from all over the world.
2025.hroug.hr/eng/
#HrOUG2025 #HrOUG30
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A great conference that attracts speakers and participants from all over the world.
2025.hroug.hr/eng/
#HrOUG2025 #HrOUG30
@oracleace.bsky.social @sym42.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I'll be speaking at the 30th edition of the fantastic HrOUG conference in Rovinj, Croatia! 15th-18th October.
A great conference that attracts speakers and participants from all over the world.
2025.hroug.hr/eng/
#HrOUG2025 #HrOUG30
@oracleace.bsky.social @sym42.bsky.social
A great conference that attracts speakers and participants from all over the world.
2025.hroug.hr/eng/
#HrOUG2025 #HrOUG30
@oracleace.bsky.social @sym42.bsky.social
Nice reflection on my screen today.
August 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Nice reflection on my screen today.
For those who have maybe never heard of Algol…
July 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For those who have maybe never heard of Algol…
First developed in 1958, ALGOL is now 67 years old and is happily retired in Alsace.
July 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
First developed in 1958, ALGOL is now 67 years old and is happily retired in Alsace.
Quantum for Good - how quantum technologies can make a difference, ensuring everyone can be ready to benefit from the 2nd quantum revolution.
Another interesting presentation at the ITU’s UN Global Summit “AI for Good”.
#QuantumForGood #AIforGood
Another interesting presentation at the ITU’s UN Global Summit “AI for Good”.
#QuantumForGood #AIforGood
July 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Quantum for Good - how quantum technologies can make a difference, ensuring everyone can be ready to benefit from the 2nd quantum revolution.
Another interesting presentation at the ITU’s UN Global Summit “AI for Good”.
#QuantumForGood #AIforGood
Another interesting presentation at the ITU’s UN Global Summit “AI for Good”.
#QuantumForGood #AIforGood
Meredith Whittaker, CEO of Signal, warns us of the security risks inherent in agentic AI at ITU’s UN AI for Good summit.
July 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Meredith Whittaker, CEO of Signal, warns us of the security risks inherent in agentic AI at ITU’s UN AI for Good summit.
Is the data upon which the AIs are trained fundamentally skewed and flawed to the disadvantage of developing countries.
An interesting presentation by Abeba Birhane at the UN’s AI for Good summit.
An interesting presentation by Abeba Birhane at the UN’s AI for Good summit.
July 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Is the data upon which the AIs are trained fundamentally skewed and flawed to the disadvantage of developing countries.
An interesting presentation by Abeba Birhane at the UN’s AI for Good summit.
An interesting presentation by Abeba Birhane at the UN’s AI for Good summit.
Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO talks about the importance of open data, specifically mapping data, for effective AI.
#AIforGood
#AIforGood
July 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO talks about the importance of open data, specifically mapping data, for effective AI.
#AIforGood
#AIforGood
Got my ID. Now I'm looking forward to taking part in the ITU's UN Global Summit "AI for Good" 2025. It looks like there are quite a few interesting talks in the programme.
aiforgood.itu.int
#AIforGood #ITUaiSummit
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aiforgood.itu.int
#AIforGood #ITUaiSummit
@sym42.bsky.social @oracleace.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Got my ID. Now I'm looking forward to taking part in the ITU's UN Global Summit "AI for Good" 2025. It looks like there are quite a few interesting talks in the programme.
aiforgood.itu.int
#AIforGood #ITUaiSummit
@sym42.bsky.social @oracleace.bsky.social
aiforgood.itu.int
#AIforGood #ITUaiSummit
@sym42.bsky.social @oracleace.bsky.social
Continuing my Oracle ACE journey as an Oracle ACE Director this year. Many thanks to the community, to #Oracle and, of course, to the great Oracle ACE team @oracleace.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Continuing my Oracle ACE journey as an Oracle ACE Director this year. Many thanks to the community, to #Oracle and, of course, to the great Oracle ACE team @oracleace.bsky.social
Oracle ACE Director @mirelarooug.bsky.social is showing us how to quickly build data models and generate test data at #AOUG25
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@oracleace.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Oracle ACE Director @mirelarooug.bsky.social is showing us how to quickly build data models and generate test data at #AOUG25
@oracleace.bsky.social
@oracleace.bsky.social
After a great 1st day at #AOUG25 in Vienna, I got to eat a true Austrian schnitzel - delicious!
I’ll be speaking tomorrow (Tuesday) about 4 different search techniques in #Oracle #23ai - 1 old one and 3 new ones, using #orclapex to demo each one.
@oracleace.bsky.social
www.aoug.at/Event/546
I’ll be speaking tomorrow (Tuesday) about 4 different search techniques in #Oracle #23ai - 1 old one and 3 new ones, using #orclapex to demo each one.
@oracleace.bsky.social
www.aoug.at/Event/546
June 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
After a great 1st day at #AOUG25 in Vienna, I got to eat a true Austrian schnitzel - delicious!
I’ll be speaking tomorrow (Tuesday) about 4 different search techniques in #Oracle #23ai - 1 old one and 3 new ones, using #orclapex to demo each one.
@oracleace.bsky.social
www.aoug.at/Event/546
I’ll be speaking tomorrow (Tuesday) about 4 different search techniques in #Oracle #23ai - 1 old one and 3 new ones, using #orclapex to demo each one.
@oracleace.bsky.social
www.aoug.at/Event/546
@lainejari.bsky.social tells us how to run 23ai, ords, ollama and open web ui all at once on a laptop.
#apexconn25
#apexconn25
May 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
@lainejari.bsky.social tells us how to run 23ai, ords, ollama and open web ui all at once on a laptop.
#apexconn25
#apexconn25
@robbie.databee.org is telling us all about Advanced API development with ORDS at #APEXconn25.
@oracleace.bsky.social
@sym42.bsky.social
@oracleace.bsky.social
@sym42.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
@robbie.databee.org is telling us all about Advanced API development with ORDS at #APEXconn25.
@oracleace.bsky.social
@sym42.bsky.social
@oracleace.bsky.social
@sym42.bsky.social
Somewhere outside of Bern - about halfway along on my road journey to what’s shaping up to be a great Oracle APEX event at #APEXconn25
@doagev.bsky.social @oracleace.bsky.social
@doagev.bsky.social @oracleace.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Somewhere outside of Bern - about halfway along on my road journey to what’s shaping up to be a great Oracle APEX event at #APEXconn25
@doagev.bsky.social @oracleace.bsky.social
@doagev.bsky.social @oracleace.bsky.social
a few more along with an obligatory pint of Guinness.
February 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
a few more along with an obligatory pint of Guinness.
Hijacking the Irish theme of this thread to post some photos that I took while I was in Ireland last Friday. It was a beautiful clear day, which can be rare there.
February 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hijacking the Irish theme of this thread to post some photos that I took while I was in Ireland last Friday. It was a beautiful clear day, which can be rare there.
Oracle PMs @bhammers.bsky.social and Tirthankar Lahiri are showing us how to have our cake and eat it too!
The best of both worlds with JSON Document Relational Duality.
#doag2024
The best of both worlds with JSON Document Relational Duality.
#doag2024
November 19, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Oracle PMs @bhammers.bsky.social and Tirthankar Lahiri are showing us how to have our cake and eat it too!
The best of both worlds with JSON Document Relational Duality.
#doag2024
The best of both worlds with JSON Document Relational Duality.
#doag2024
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Could we please have an option to format dates in a non-USA format in our feeds?
(Maybe this already exists but I couldn’t find it)
Could we please have an option to format dates in a non-USA format in our feeds?
(Maybe this already exists but I couldn’t find it)
November 18, 2024 at 10:18 PM
@bsky.app @support.bsky.team
Could we please have an option to format dates in a non-USA format in our feeds?
(Maybe this already exists but I couldn’t find it)
Could we please have an option to format dates in a non-USA format in our feeds?
(Maybe this already exists but I couldn’t find it)
This is just the starter course at the #OracleACE dinner for #DOAG2024 in Nuremberg. Good Bavarian food!
@sym42.bsky.social
@sym42.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 6:33 PM
This is just the starter course at the #OracleACE dinner for #DOAG2024 in Nuremberg. Good Bavarian food!
@sym42.bsky.social
@sym42.bsky.social
I’ve just arrived in Nuremberg for #DOAG2024, where I’ll be making two presentations later in the week.
Looking forward to catching up with everyone.
(do hashtags work here?)
@oracleace @sym42.bsky.social
@swissouc.ch
Looking forward to catching up with everyone.
(do hashtags work here?)
@oracleace @sym42.bsky.social
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November 17, 2024 at 1:39 PM
I’ve just arrived in Nuremberg for #DOAG2024, where I’ll be making two presentations later in the week.
Looking forward to catching up with everyone.
(do hashtags work here?)
@oracleace @sym42.bsky.social
@swissouc.ch
Looking forward to catching up with everyone.
(do hashtags work here?)
@oracleace @sym42.bsky.social
@swissouc.ch
Next week, I'll be starting a two-week-long presentation marathon at 4 Oracle User Group conferences
I'll be talking mostly about 2 topics
- Oracle 23c Search Indexes
- JSON in Oracle 23c
UKOUG Conference'23 - 15-16 Nov
POUG 2023 - 17-18 Nov
DOAG 2023 - 21-24 Nov
SOUG Day Romandie 2023 - 27 Nov
I'll be talking mostly about 2 topics
- Oracle 23c Search Indexes
- JSON in Oracle 23c
UKOUG Conference'23 - 15-16 Nov
POUG 2023 - 17-18 Nov
DOAG 2023 - 21-24 Nov
SOUG Day Romandie 2023 - 27 Nov
November 10, 2023 at 4:49 PM
Next week, I'll be starting a two-week-long presentation marathon at 4 Oracle User Group conferences
I'll be talking mostly about 2 topics
- Oracle 23c Search Indexes
- JSON in Oracle 23c
UKOUG Conference'23 - 15-16 Nov
POUG 2023 - 17-18 Nov
DOAG 2023 - 21-24 Nov
SOUG Day Romandie 2023 - 27 Nov
I'll be talking mostly about 2 topics
- Oracle 23c Search Indexes
- JSON in Oracle 23c
UKOUG Conference'23 - 15-16 Nov
POUG 2023 - 17-18 Nov
DOAG 2023 - 21-24 Nov
SOUG Day Romandie 2023 - 27 Nov