I’ve been invited to give a Tech Talk at Google next Thursday, February 13th, from 11:00 to 12:30 Pacific time. Unfortunately the talk won’t be streamed live, nor is it open to the general public, but it will be recorded and hosted on YouTube afterwards. I’ve also been told that a small number of individuals might be allowed to attend from outside Google. If you would like me to try to get a guest pass for you, please tweet that to @xaprb.

The topic is, roughly, databases. Officially,

MySQL, SQL, NoSQL, and Open Source in 2014 and Beyond Predictions are hard to get right, especially when they involve the future. Rather than predict the future, I’ll explain how I view the relational and NoSQL database worlds today, especially the MySQL product and community, but including open-source and proprietary data management technologies about which I know enough to get in trouble. I’ll explain how my self-image as a practitioner and contributor has changed, especially as I’ve moved from consulting (where I tell people what they should do) into being a company founder (where I sometimes wish someone would tell me what to do). As for the future, I’ll express my preferences for specific outcomes, and try to be careful what I wish for.

I am excited and a bit nervous. A Google Tech Talk! Wow! Thanks for inviting me, Google!

Update: Slides are embedded below.