WordCamp PDX

Well WordCamp PDX came and went. It truly was a whirlwind for me. I stayed at my old friend Mikey’s house on Friday night and of course we stayed up late. And of course WordCamp had to start at eight in the freaking morning! Thankfully it wasn’t in downtown Portland so parking wasn’t an issue at all. CubeSpace was ground zero for WordCamp PDX.

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MySQL Administrator on Mac OSX Leopard: A Few Tips and Tricks

I mentioned in my previous article I’d show a couple of MySQL Administrator tricks so here goes. Many programmers like to use Terminal to do all MySQL administration tasks. It’s a great skill to have and one that can be picked up pretty easily and quickly when you get comfortable working with MySQL. I prefer to do everything visually so I can actually see what I’m doing. There’s no right or wrong way but a lot of advanced tasks require work in the Terminal. However GUI tools are perfect for everyday administration tasks.

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