Don’t give up on UKOUG


Twitter is currently full of comments about UKOUG and it is very difficult to explain what I think in 140 characters so I'm writing this blog to try and explain.


I've worked with UKOUG on either its board or the council for the last 12 years and I'm passionate about (more...)

Thankyou Roel for Making me Think about the value of ODTUG



I really enjoyed reading Roel Hartman (more...)

OUG Ireland – March 2013


I really must get better at adding these blogs on time! almost 6 weeks late on this.

First UKOUG had a very prompt comment out on the event which I think summed up the day very well. And all their photos are  available on the UKOUG facebook page

For me (more...)

Voting for UKOUG Councillors



In the run up to (more...)

Roundup (Finally) of UKOUG


Exactly a month after UKOUG2012 finished I have finally got around to blogging about it.

Before hand I talked about what we were hoping to bring to the conference and it delivered. Everyone had a great time, learnt a lot, met up with old friends and made new ones; all (more...)

OTN, IPA & ACE at UKOUG

OTN or the Oracle Technology Network, are great supporters of user groups. The ACE program encourages people to share their knowledge and user groups are an ideal platform for this.

Over the past few years OTN have sponsored our IPA Inspiring Presenter Awards and I am glad to say they (more...)

Fusion and UKOUG

This year at UKOUG we split the Fusion Apps content into 'what and why' and 'how'. People are using Fusion now and it is time to talk about their experiences.

Liam Nolan gave the Fusion Community keynote, which unlike all the other communities was held on Tuesday as we knew (more...)

EBS at UKOUG2012

Ever wanted something for a long time? Well I have been friends with Steven Chan for a long time and for many years have been trying to pursuade him to come to UKOUG. However Steven is a very modest man and it has been a long battle, but this year (more...)

Fujitsu at UKOUG2012

Following on from Fujitsu at OOW, I thought I would write a seperate post for them at UKOUG, what it does is removes the conflict of interest between the usergroup, speaker and employee dimensions.

Fujitsu are proud to be exhibitors at UKOUG, as well as the phenominal support they (more...)

Move Along Nothing to See or is There – Fusion Applications


Quest International Users Group asked me to write an article on Fusion Apps after Oracle Open World, what does it mean to their members, PeopleSoft and JDE customers. The answer is actually the same for all application users so I was happy to write the copy.


It was published (more...)

DO something DIFFERENT at UKOUG


How does anyone decide what to see at a conference? Sometimes I learn more from very small events, especially overseas where there is a single stream. I see sessions I normally wouldn't select and learn so much.

So when selecting your sessions at UKOUG where you have a choice of (more...)

Fujitsu Does Great CX



A popular thing to talk about at the (more...)

A Quick Trip to Japan



Fujitsu RakuRaku – My UX Homework




I am an Oracle Customer



Celebrating NI Water



How many (more...)

Learning About Customer Experience



UKOUG Partner of the Year Award




Fusion Tube Map


When writing my last posting I was looking for a link to something about the Fusion Tube Map and realised I had never actually given it its own posting, so I am putting this right now.

About 2 ½ years ago the Product Development Committee of the IOUC which I (more...)

Once a PeopleSoft User…..




The HEUG are an (more...)