Ok, I feel I owe an explanation as to my choice of address for this blog since questions about it kept coming in.

In ancient Greek mythology (before the age of heroes, even before the age of gods), the hekatonkheires were three giants who possessed a hundred and fifty hands. They were the children of Gaia and Uranos and basically the first beings in existance after the chaos. Cast into Tartaros,

So while I could have chosen an address directly referencing the topic, I found it more fitting to pay hommage to these mythological entities. If we regard all the aspects that Oracle BI entails nowadays, you really need a hundred hands (or a hundred heads, depending on the source). And who would be better suited for a task like this than those guys.

Hope that answers your questions.

Christi@n
Cheers,

Hello and welcome!

Last Saturday I had a nice chat with the guys from RittmanMead and Jon was inquiring as to why I’m not blogging my findings and thoughts, which I frequently send out. Prime reason – and he fully agreed with that – is the “assumed knowledge” factor.

When I note something for myself (i.e. offline braindumping), I can’t help but wonder whether it would be “blog-worthy” or not. Obviously the answer normally was: “Naah. That’s too basic” or “That’s way too case-specific to be explained in a way useful to others”. Some time afterwards, lo and behold! Venkat, Mark, John or one of the other usual suspects write about since they stumbled upon it themselves, someone asked the question (for the hundredth time) on OTN or because they’re working through their collected project post-its.

So he got me thinking. Then this week: enter Chet Justice (aka oraclenerd). He basically asked his audience to “pressure” me into blogging.

Well Jon, Chet (and all the others who kept asking the same)…here I am.

Cheers guys!
Christi@n