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The first guest post on Xaprb blog

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I got a really intriguing email today. As you might imagine, I get a lot of email offering to advertise, or trade links, or guest post, etc etc. But this is the most compelling one I’ve ever gotten:

I came across your blog http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/03/13/50-things-to-know-before-migrating-oracle-to-mysql/ a few weeks ago as while conducting research for a website that I contribute to. The website aims to look at the progressive areas of early childhood psychology. The idea was originally to create an objective collection of resources for people interested in psychology but it has since grown into something much wider (the resources come together at [redacted]). Today, the project looks at important factors in childhood development that pay dividends in the future.

I think a guest blog post that illuminates the the advancement of our understanding of childhood development would be interesting for your audience. If you’re interested, I would love to write something for you and perhaps start a friendly dialogue. What do you think?

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you.

All my best,

Sarah Thompson (sarahjthompson5@gmail.com)

The thing is, I know someone who’s been on the Oprah show and written many, many bestselling books on child psychology, so this perked up my ears right away. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that this is an incredible value to my readers. Everyone interested in migrating between database servers ought to know about childhood psychology. I plan to say yes and to start an entire series of blog posts on this and other highly relevant topics, such as the mating behavior of slugs, the history of central Asia, air pressure in a vacuum, and how many disciples Jesus really had. Look forward to the first installment shortly.

Written by Baron Schwartz

May 3rd, 2012 at 11:14 am

Posted in About,Commentary

5 Responses to 'The first guest post on Xaprb blog'

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  1. Many years ago the then head of Oracle UK’s support group spoke frequently of how his earlier background in psychiatric care had been a great help in classifying and dealing with customer queries.

    So maybe a smattering of child pyschology is not quite as batty an idea for DBAs as you thought!

    Regards

    Nigel Thomas

    3 May 12 at 11:31 am

  2. Well, sometimes my DB servers do act like petulant little children. Just give your brother the data he wants and everyone gets snow cones.

    William

    3 May 12 at 4:31 pm

  3. Oh, even better: she just sent me another email: “I noticed that some emails were being sent to my spam email folder so please bear with me if you’re receiving this same message again… [copy/paste rest of message]“

    I guess she’s not actually watching this blog.

    Xaprb

    4 May 12 at 12:55 pm

  4. > Science and Design Behind Music Production – sarahjthompson5@gmail

    > Knowledge Retention and Epistemology – jenkinsjennifer5@gmail

    I’ve gotten two of these lately, almost identical. Thanks for blogging about it. BTW, I’d love to know what kind of software is behind it.

    Marcus L Endicott

    25 Jun 12 at 9:41 am

  5. I got this exact same email today. Did she ever actually do anything for you? I think I may have received a similar email last year too. Not sure what to make of it.

    Mike

    3 Jul 12 at 9:28 am

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