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Simon Hutchinson
@rpgpgm.bsky.social
#IBMiguru, #IBMChampion, #IBMiCommunity advocate, President of
CTXiUG, COMMON SME, John Earle Speaker scholar, COMMON Gold medal speaker, & founder of the renowned website RPGPGM.COM
Wow! I was not expecting this mention at TechXchange! 😮

Thanks to Jeff Yanoviak for sharing this.

(As of my last report to IBM Champions I have written 70 posts in 2025)
#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion #TechXchange
October 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Updates have been made for this month, September, in the #IBMi Community Calendar. See what’s is going on in the #IBMi community here.
ibmicommunity.blogspot.com

#SupportOurIBMiLUG #rpgpgm #IBMChampion
September 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Feeling happy to learn that I was a Gold Medal speaker for my presentation at COMMON Navigate 2024 in Toronto. 🥇

#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion
September 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The size of the font in ACS's IFS tool has been frustrating me for years.
So I created an IBM Idea...
Can I count on your vote?
ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I...

#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion
August 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
On Tuesday September 9 @CTXiUG welcomes Mike Pavlak as our guest speaker. He will be talking about using stored procedures in a hybrid environment.

This event is FREE & online. Register ➡️ t.co/0MYyhFUGLB

See y’all there!

#IBMi #IBMChampion #SupportOurIBMLUG #AS400 #iSeries #IBMiLUG
August 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
3. september 2025➡️https://t.co/4y2bdMNUqq

#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion
July 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Tuesday July 29, 12:00PM ET, #iMWUG is hosting me explaining why you should be using #SQL Views to make your #IBMi programming easier.
It is online & free ➡️ t.co/pT1juTN1cG
Looking forward to see y'all there.
#rpgpgm #IBMChampion #SaveOurIBMiLUG
July 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If you are attending Common Norge Professional day IBM Power and AI, 3 September, join me for the some of the latest Db2 for i & RPG in the sessions (13:30 – 15:45) ➡️ www.commonnorge.no/arrangement/...
When you register the answer to question 8 is ⬇️

Vi sees der! 🙂

#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion
June 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
On Tuesday July 8 @ 6:30 PM CT CTXiUG welcomes Marina Schwenk as our guest speaker. She will be speaking about why #IBMi developers should always keep security in mind.
Learn more & register ➡️ ctxiug.blogspot.com

#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion #SupportOurIBMiLUG
June 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Monday, June 9, is #MiTec2025. I will be making 4 presentations. All of them are either new or have been reworked for this conference.
To see them all➡️https://bit.ly/4jugrAf
I hope to see you at one of them.

💙#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion #SupportOurIBMiLUG
June 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
On Tuesday July 8 @ 6:30 PM CT @CTXiUG welcomes Marina Schwenk as our guest speaker. She will be speaking about why #IBMi developers should always keep security in mind.

This is FREE, learn more & register ➡️ ctxiug.blogspot.com

#IBMi #AS400 #iSeries #IBMiLUG #SupportOurIBMiLUG
June 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In just a few days I will be presenting at #MITEC’s annual conference in Livonia, Michigan. Four great presentations to share. If you are in the “Wolverine State” this will be the place to be on Monday June 9. Hope to see y'all there!
gomitec.com

#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion #SupportOurIBMiLUG
May 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Here are the presentations I will be making next week at COMMON #PowerUp2025.
I hope to see y'all at them!
To learn more ➡️ rpgpgm.in

#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion
May 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
On Tuesday, May 6, @ 6:30 PM (CT) @CTXiUG welcomes Jacob Anderson as our guest speaker. He will be talking about setting up a dev environment with PHP on #IBMi.
This is FREE, register ctxiug.blogspot.com
See y'all there

#IBMi #AS400 #iSeries #IBMiLUG #SupportOurIBMiLUG
May 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Another 3 badges from IBM this morning! 😎

#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion
April 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I am looking forward to my second event in April, it is for WMSUG on Wednesday April 16 at 8:30 AM (ET): "Simon's favorite BiFs"

To register go to => www.wmsug.net/CurrentMeeti...

#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion
March 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
#CommonIndia2025 was the best conference! It was wonderful to meet everyone, & make so many new friends. If you were there with me, thank you for doing so.

Until next time, my friends!

#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampions
February 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
On Tuesday March 4 at @ 6:30 PM CT @CTXiUG welcomes Rajkumar Chindanuru as our guest speaker. He will be speaking about modernization using AI & LLMs.
This is FREE, learn more & register ➡️ ctxiug.blogspot.com
#IBMi #AS400 #iSeries #IBMiLUG
February 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I feel that COMMON’s N2i is a great program, and when they great guest I want to tell the world about it.
This might me one for more than those you are new to #IBMi.
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#COMMONug #N2i #IBMiLearning #Db2fori
January 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I feel honored and grateful to be an #IBMChampion for another year.
Thank you for everyone who works in the program at IBM for this.
And congratulations to all the new and recurring Champions!
#IBMi #rpgpgm
January 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I received my IBM Champions' swag yesterday.

Thank you to Libby Ingrassia, the rest of the IBM Champions team, & IBM.

I think the star is an especially excellent gift.

#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion #IBMPower
January 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The first meeting of the @CTXiUG in 2025 is on Tuesday January 7 @ 6:30 PM (CT). We welcome Simon Hutchinson as our guest. He will giving his tricks on handling spool files with #SQL.
Learn more & register ➡️ ctxiug.blogspot.com
#IBMi #AS400 #iSeries #IBMiLUG
December 16, 2024 at 2:39 PM
India your time has come for your own Common event!
I hope to see you all there.
#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion @CommonIndia2024

www.common.org/common-india/
December 2, 2024 at 1:15 PM
When I was in Toronto, I thought it appropriate that I gave my presentation on the CL programming language in a conference room on the floor “CL”.
#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion
November 24, 2024 at 9:51 PM
My name has dropped off the list of #COMMONug #NAViGATE speakers for next week in Toronto 😠
I am speaking at this event. If you want to see what I will be talking about click on this link ➡️ common.smallworldlabs.com/profile/33
I look forward to seeing you there ☺️
#IBMi #rpgpgm #IBMChampion
October 28, 2024 at 3:51 PM