Software Engineers required

Hi All,

We at OpenSource Technologies are looking for 4 full time software engineers. Candidates must have atleast 2 years of experience. Joomla knowledge will be a plus. Send your resume to sanjay@opensourcetechnologies.com.

Regards,

Sanjay Aggarwal

MySQL Road Show,18th Feb-Chennai,19th Feb-Bangalore, 20th Feb-Hyderabad,21st Feb-Mumbai, India

MySQL Road Show India 2008, Feb 18, 19, 20, and 21MySQL AB is pleased to announce that our representatives are meeting with customers and partner candidates during the week of Feb 18 in 4 cities in India. The previous Road Show was held in Nov 2007. We are happy to report that many people have joined us and the seminars in 3 cities were very successful. This time, we are back to conduct more informative sessions in more cities!Users, Customers and Resellers interested in MySQL products are encouraged to attend. Exclusive seminars and networking events where you can explore the benefits of MySQL Enterprise are now available. Admission fee is free if pre-registered.

Schedule:

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Location: Chennai
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Date: Monday, February 18, 2008
Time: 13:30-16:30 (Seating begins at 13:00) Admission fee: Free, if pre-registered.
Venue: Madras I at Le Royal Meridien Chennai
1 GST Road, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai 600 016 Tel : +91 44 2231 4343 http://www.leroyalmeridien-chennai.com/

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Location: Bangalore
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Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Time: 13:30-16:30 (Seating begins at 13:00) Admission fee: Free, if pre-registered.
Venue: Event Hall at Evoma
# 14 Bhattrahalli, Old Madras Road, KR Puram, Bangalore 560049
Tel: +91 80 4190 3529
http://www.evoma.com

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Location: Hyderabad
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Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Time: 13:30-16:30 (Seating begins at 13:00) Admission fee: Free, if pre-registered.
Venue: The Indian Grill at The Kakatiya, Hyderabad 3-3-1187, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500016
Tel: +91 40 23400132
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1119

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Location: Mumbai
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Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008
Time: 13:30-16:30 (Seating begins at 13:00) Admission fee: Free, if pre-registered.
Venue: Circular Hall at Centre For Excellence in Telecom Technology and Management Technology Street, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai-76
Tel: +91 22 25714796
http://cettm.mtnl.in/website.php?x=6

Topics covered:
* Introduction to MySQL in APAC Strategy/Status
* MySQL Dual Licensing Explanation
* Partner Introduction
* MySQL Roadmap
* State of MySQL community
* Introduction to MySQL Enterprise
* MySQL Enterprise Demo
* MySQL HA solutions
* Deep Technical Q&A with David Axmark
* Networking

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet with Co-founder and Vice President of MySQL David Axmark, Director of Architecture for MySQL Brian Aker, and other MySQL representatives. Seats are limited. Register now!!

To register and get detail information, please visit:
http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/events/mysql-in-feb08.html

FOSSMeet @ NITC 2008

FOSS Meet@NITC is an annual event on Free and Open Source Software at NIT Calicut. This event brings together foss enthusiasts from all over india. The 2008 edition of the event is being planned and is scheduled to be held from March 28^th to 30^th.You can get an idea of the event from http://www.fossmeet.in/nitc.

Camp at Kashmir

Hi,

This is the time to enjoy IT Camp at Kashmir.  The details can be found at http://www.barcamp.org/CampKashIT200802

Sanjay Aggarwal

OSS Camp 2

Hi All,

The OSSCamp 2 was rocking. We had presentation on PHPUNit, Salenium, Drupal, Zango, MySQL Optimization, Blender and many more. It was a superb event though the no. of attendees were very less as compared to the last camp. This time about 50 geeks were there from all around the India.

Sanjay Aggarwal

Meetup.com

Hi All,

There is a very good supporting tool to organize community camps. The tool is meetup.com. You can create your own meetup group and people will join the same and you can build your community. There are a lot of meetup groups so far all over the world. I am also members of some of them including LAMP.

Sanjay Aggarwal

MySQL Road Show

Hi All,

There was a very interesting Camp Organized by MySQL in Delhi on 7th of this month. About 60 professionals attended the same. We come to know about MySQL features, road map, training, and costing etc. etc.

Sanjay Aggarwal

Invitation for Oss Camp – Delhi

Hi Dears,

A Bar Camp with the name OSS Camp is going to be organized on 15th and 16th December, 2007 in Delhi. It will contain PHP Camp, MySQL Camp, Web 2.0 Camp, Python Camp, Rail Camp, Apache Camp, Drupal Camp, Joomla Camp and many more.

This is a very good opportunity to contribute and get contributed. More than 300 Geeks from across the world are expected to participate.

More details can be found at http://www.osscamp.in.

I invite you personally to come and attend the event and it will be great if you present as well (In this case let me update well in advance).

Regards,

Sanjay Aggarwal
Lead Developer
Value One Info Tech Pvt. Ltd.
sanjay@value-one.com

Effective Time Management

Time Management is a skill to use your time in the most effective and productive way. It is the art of using your daily quota of 24 hours in such a way that the amount of work completion is more and the stress levels are kept low. One can cut the burdens of busy-ness through organization and prioritisation – ‘Organization’ to determine ‘how’ the work shall be done and ‘Prioritization’ to determine ‘what’ work must be done right away. This may take some time initially but will then become a habit. In effect, it can relieve your stress, help you find more time for more important activities and restore joy to your busy life.

It is important for us to understand that we function at difference energy levels during different times of the day. All people do not feel their highest energy levels during the mornings. It may surprise you, but many people are at their peak energy levels during evenings! Figuring out this peak energy level time will help because if the most important work / activity is scheduled for this time, then the outcomes is better and faster than expected. Routine / boring tasks can be scheduled for the other parts of the day.

Listed below are a few tips to give you an idea of how you can start an effective time management program with your life.

• Start with YOU. Decide that you want to organize your life. It won’t be easy, but it’s possible.
  
• Break large jobs into small jobs. Complete one small job at a time. The satisfaction of completing one job will motivate you to finish up the next one too.
  
• Make a ‘To-do’ list to help you stay organized. Be realistic whilst deciding what is to be done on each day. Don’t list up more than you can possible accomplish. Try to complete all that’s scheduled for the day.
  
• Keep a definite place for everything so that whenever you need something, you don’t have to search for it. Things frequently used must be easily accessible.
  
• Get rid of extra paper. Handle each paper only once. Decide right away whether you are ever going to need it. If yes, file it into the appropriate folder; or else, discard it. Accumulating too much paper can make you stressful whenever you even think of sorting the unwanted from the wanted.
  
• Break the habit of making notes on bits of papers. Write notes in the appropriate place in the first time itself.
  
• Spend 15 minutes daily to clear your inbox. Sort incoming mail into categories for easy retrieval.
  
• Be realistic in the amount of information that you can read and absorb. Limit the number of subscriptions you take and copy articles as soon as you read them. Discard the publication thereafter.
  
• Label everything that contains things – binders, folders, suitcases, et all.
  
• Schedule multiple appointments for the same day instead of spreading them throughout the week. This saves your travel time greatly.
  
• Use “in-between” times to get things done. Many tasks can be done in-between appointments, TV shows or outings.
  
• Learn to say ‘NO’. Remember, every time you say ‘yes’ to a new demand, you say ‘no’ to a previous commitment.

Time Management is not a jargon that is difficult to abide by. In fact, it can easily get into our system. All it requires is our determination to incorporate time management techniques into our daily routine. As ‘Lord Chesterfield’ once said, “Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.”
Sanjay Aggarwal

Mission Control

Hi All,

On 28th and 29th Sep – I attended a Training Program with Mission Control. It is a very effective program and help us a lot to be productive and to be at peace with whatever we have to handle in our professional and personal life. I’ll recommend this program to all the professionals who are committed to increase their productivity and on the same time want to be at peace.

Sanjay Aggarwal