MySQL Conference, Santa Clara, CA

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I’ll be attending MySQL Conference in Santa Clara, California this year. This will actually be my first time attending this conference, so I’m looking forward to it.

Also, my coworker Brian Moon will be speaking at the conference, “What is memcached and What Does It Do,” so pop in and see him as well!

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