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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nOn March the 8th, I am heading down to Atlanta, GA for SQL Saturday Atlanta BI Edition<\/a>. This is honestly a bit of a special event for me in a few ways. First, because I am debuting a new sessions contrasting Relational and BI database design. More on that in a few lines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Second, this was one of the conferences I had to cancel last year due to my broken hip. So I am very much looking forward to a makeup session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The funny part about this session is that I thought I was submitting it as a 10 minute lightning talk. But it was on the schedule as an hour, so I went with it. When I was was practicing the 10 minute version, it was busting at the seams, but not 50 minutes worth. But I practiced my new version today and it is approaching 60 minutes (without anyone asking questions, but also with me in my “professional voice” and not my “nervous chipmunk voice”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I get done with SQL Saturday, that night I am flying over to the UK for the first Redgate Summit <\/a>of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n This seems like it is going to be really cool! The location is Tottingham Stadium<\/a>, and our team has an outing on Monday seeing some sights around London. Assuming I am actually awake for it, they have some fun stuff planned for us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This will be my first time sightseeing in London since 2000 when I spoke at the PASS in London. Boy that was a long time ago. Either way, I will post some pictures from this event in the blog, as well as on my Drsql Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From there I fly back to Atlanta, then I head south for a more typical Louis trip, back in my car going south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 19-21, I will be at Postgres Conference 2025<\/a> in Orlando, FL. This will be my second PostgreSQL event I have attended in person. The first was PGConf NYC<\/a> (which I hope to make it back to!), but this time it is (coincidentally) in my favorite city to visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the speakers at this conference are Simple Talk writers Ryan Booz<\/a> and Grant Fritchey<\/a>, and one more who is just about to be published with a whole series of posts on PostgreSQL. Looking forward to mingling with this community more and learning more and more about PostgreSQL too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Full disclosure, when put this calendar on my schedule, I had no idea it would be in Orlando. In fact it was on my schedule as “Postgres Conference in San Jose” because it was something I planned to do last year. The conference is being held at the Doubletree just outside of Universal, but I am there to learn, so I don’t have any plans to go to Universal (at this time!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am not complaining because we already had a vacation planned in March, so you know, I will be visiting this place before and after the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s how the travel year is getting started, but that isn’t all, in April, I will start sharing more conferences as soon as we finalize some things, but in the first half of the year we are sponsoring 4 conferences as Simple Talk!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The holidays truly are over, and it is time to hit the road again here at Simple Talk. In March I have 3 events, all of which are basically back to back (and finishing off with a bit of vacation.) 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