In October I will be hitting the Malaysian Open Source Conference:
http://foss.my/
In November I will be making my way to Portland for the OpenSQL Camp:
http://opensqlcamp.org/Main_Page
In January I will be attending Linux.Conf.Au
http://www.lca2010.org.nz/
In Malaysia I have scheduled talks on Drizzle, Gearman, and Memcached. For SQL camp there will be more of the same :)
Looking for more information in Gearman? Check out this article by Rasmus Lerdorf:
http://toys.lerdorf.com/archives/51-Playing-with-Gearman.html
For Memcached we have released the memcapable program with the latest libmemcached. This will allow us to test vendors for compliance with the new binary protocol (and as of the next release the ASCII as well). This should lower some headaches on all sides. As developer we will have an easier time diagnosing problems with servers that aren't built on the reference implementation, and for end users they can be assured that the products they are buying are following the protocol standard. For vendors? They will be able to create products knowing that the end user can drop their software stacks/appliances in place and be up and running quickly.
http://blogs.sun.com/trond/entry/memcapable
More updates to follow... we have been busy at work on all of the projects in the last couple of months :)