com presentations: Updates from first run through with Jeremy: mongo-tut-tek15.xml slides/mongodb/blog.xml slides/mongodb/blog2.xml slides/mongodb/collections-documents.xml slides/mongodb/commands.xml slides/mongodb/connecting.xml slides/mongodb/considerations.xml slides/mongodb/excercise-finding-data.xml slides/mongodb/excercise-import-untappd.xml slides/mongodb/excercise-import-with-types.xml slides/mongodb/excercise.xml slides/mongodb/excercis

diff --git a/mongo-tut-tek15.xml b/mongo-tut-tek15.xml
index 656b288..34ea60f 100644
--- a/mongo-tut-tek15.xml
+++ b/mongo-tut-tek15.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 <location>Rosemont, IL, US</location>
 <date>May 18th, 2015</date>
 <speaker>Derick Rethans &amp; Jeremy Mikola</speaker>
-<email>[email protected]</email>
-<twitter>derickr</twitter>
+<email>[email protected] &amp; [email protected]</email>
+<twitter>derickr &amp; @jmikola</twitter>
 <url>http://derickrethans.nl/talks.html</url>
 <joindin>https://joind.in/13776</joindin>
 <slide>slides/mongodb/title.xml</slide>
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ Common Patterns
 
 <slide>slides/mongodb/one-to-many1.xml</slide>
 <slide>slides/mongodb/one-to-many2.xml</slide>
-<slide>slides/mongodb/tip-array-key.xml</slide>
 <slide>slides/mongodb/one-to-many4.xml</slide>
+<slide>slides/mongodb/tip-array-key.xml</slide>
 
 <!-- SECOND EXCERCISE -->
 <slide>slides/mongodb/excercise.xml</slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/blog.xml b/slides/mongodb/blog.xml
index 77f63e2..b01deb0 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/blog.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/blog.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <slide>
-<title>Blog in a RDBMS</title>
+<title>Blog in a relational model</title>
 
 <image filename="blog1.png"/>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/blog2.xml b/slides/mongodb/blog2.xml
index 4b46062..95445ef 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/blog2.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/blog2.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <slide>
-<title>Blog in MongoDB</title>
+<title>Blog in a document model</title>
 
 <image filename="blog2.png"/>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/collections-documents.xml b/slides/mongodb/collections-documents.xml
index 3ec1c26..7c0145a 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/collections-documents.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/collections-documents.xml
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 	<bullet>*Collection*: contains documents (table, view)</bullet>
 	<bullet>*Index*</bullet>
 	<bullet>*Embedded Document* (~join)</bullet>
+	<bullet>*Sharding* (partitioning)</bullet>
 </list>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/commands.xml b/slides/mongodb/commands.xml
index dbf91d0..a98ea41 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/commands.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/commands.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 <title>Commands</title>
 
 <list>
-	<bullet>Are run on the database</bullet>
+	<bullet>Are run against a database</bullet>
 	<bullet>Some (aggregation) return a cursor</bullet>
 	<bullet>Others return one document</bullet>
-	<bullet>Some commands have helpers in the drivers and shell, most don't</bullet>
+	<bullet>Some common commands have helpers in the drivers and shell, most
+	commands don't have a helper</bullet>
 </list>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/connecting.xml b/slides/mongodb/connecting.xml
index 4fd45b7..36b780d 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/connecting.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/connecting.xml
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 <title>Connecting to MongoDB</title>
 
 <blurb>No databases or collections have to do be explicitly created:</blurb>
-<break />
 
 <example><![CDATA[<?php
 $m = new MongoClient();
-$database = $m->demo;
-$collection = $database->testCollection;
+$database = $m->selectDB( 'demo' );
+$collection = $database->selectCollection( 'testCollection' );
+// or
+$collection = $m->selectCollection( 'demo', 'testCollection' );
 ?>]]>
 </example>
-<break/>
 
 <blurb>Different connection strings:</blurb>
 <list>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/considerations.xml b/slides/mongodb/considerations.xml
index 1f7087e..1ad3fc0 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/considerations.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/considerations.xml
@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@
 <title>Schema considerations</title>
 
 <list>
-<blurb>Access Patterns?</blurb>
+<blurb>Access Patterns</blurb>
     <bullet>Read / Write Ratio</bullet>
-    <bullet>Types of updates</bullet>
-    <bullet>Types of queries</bullet>
+    <bullet>Types of queries and updates</bullet>
     <bullet>Data life-cycle</bullet>
 </list>
 <break/>
 <blurb>Considerations</blurb>
 <list>
-    <bullet>No Joins</bullet>
-    <bullet>Document writes are atomic</bullet>
+    <bullet>Only single document writes are atomic</bullet>
+    <bullet>No joins</bullet>
 </list>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/excercise-finding-data.xml b/slides/mongodb/excercise-finding-data.xml
index 0e031b4..08b5691 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/excercise-finding-data.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/excercise-finding-data.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <slide>
-<title>Excercise: querying</title>
+<title>Exercise: querying</title>
 
 <div>Write a script that:</div>
 
 <list>
-	<bullet>Outputs the *date* date of the first "check-in" for *USA Hells*</bullet>
+	<bullet>Outputs the *created at* date of the first "check-in" for *USA Hells*</bullet>
 	<bullet>List all *beer names* (with rating and date), where the beer has a
 	rating of *4.5 or higher*, ordered first by rating (highest first), and second by
 	date (earliest first).</bullet>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/excercise-import-untappd.xml b/slides/mongodb/excercise-import-untappd.xml
index 4e973b8..83e9035 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/excercise-import-untappd.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/excercise-import-untappd.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <slide>
-<title>Excercise: Import Beer</title>
+<title>Exercise: Import Beer</title>
 
 <list>
 	<bullet>%git clone https://github.com/derickr/mongo-tutorial.git%</bullet>
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 	<bullet>Write a script to import each beer into the *tutorial* database and the *beer* collection</bullet>
 	<bullet>Verify the result on the mongo shell:
 <example>
-mongo tutorial
-db.beer.count();
+$ mongo tutorial
+> db.beer.count();
 </example>
 	</bullet>
 </list>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/excercise-import-with-types.xml b/slides/mongodb/excercise-import-with-types.xml
index c339e47..945554c 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/excercise-import-with-types.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/excercise-import-with-types.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <slide>
-<title>Excercise: import with types</title>
+<title>Exercise: import with types</title>
 
 <div>Update the import script to use types</div>
 
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/excercise.xml b/slides/mongodb/excercise.xml
index 9bf7029..070dceb 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/excercise.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/excercise.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <slide type="section">
-<blurb>Excercise</blurb>
+<blurb>Exercise</blurb>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/excercise02-distillers-storage.xml b/slides/mongodb/excercise02-distillers-storage.xml
index fd3120a..8c7cac2 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/excercise02-distillers-storage.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/excercise02-distillers-storage.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Information to store is:
 <list>
 	<bullet>Distillery: country, region (optional), name, opening year</bullet>
 	<bullet>Whisky: name, age, strength, vintage (optional)</bullet>
-	<bullet>The relation between them</bullet>
+	<bullet>The relationship between them</bullet>
 </list>
 
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/excercise03-add-like.xml b/slides/mongodb/excercise03-add-like.xml
index 95db0b6..197f16b 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/excercise03-add-like.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/excercise03-add-like.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
     notes: [
         {
             user_name: "Derick",
-            date: 2013-10-02,
+            date: ISODate("2013-10-02"),
             note: "Caramel and honey, fruity with some hints of earth",
-            likes: 17
+            likes: 17,
             rating: 3,
         }
     ]
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->whisky;
 
 $c->update(
-    array( 'name' => 'Glenfiddich 15', 'user_name' => 'Derick' ),
+    array( 'name' => 'Glenfiddich 15', 'notes.user_name' => 'Derick' ),
     array( '$inc => array( 'notes.$.likes' => 1 ) )
 );
 ?>]]></example>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/excercise03-push-to-add-review.xml b/slides/mongodb/excercise03-push-to-add-review.xml
index 3530f99..5995de1 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/excercise03-push-to-add-review.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/excercise03-push-to-add-review.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
     notes: [
         {
             user_name: "Derick",
-            date: 2013-10-02,
+            date: ISODate("2013-10-02"),
             note: "Caramel and honey, fruity with some hints of earth",
-            likes: 17
+            likes: 17,
             rating: 3,
         }
     ]
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ $c = $m->demo->whisky;
 
 $newReview = array(
     user_name => "Michael",
-    date => 2013-10-01,
+    date => new MongoDate(strtotime("2013-10-01")),
     note => "No peat, but fruity",
     rating => 1,
 );
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/excercise03-reviews-example.xml b/slides/mongodb/excercise03-reviews-example.xml
index ab03899..03767c9 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/excercise03-reviews-example.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/excercise03-reviews-example.xml
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 <blurb>Collection: user</blurb>
 <example><![CDATA[{
     name: "Derick",
-    country: "England"
+    country: "England",
 }]]></example>
 <blurb>Collection: notes</blurb>
 <example><![CDATA[{
     user_name: "Derick",
     whisky_name: "Glenfiddich 15",
-    date: 2013-10-02,
+    date: ISODate("2013-10-02"),
     note: "Caramel and honey, fruity with some hints of earth",
     likes: 17,
     rating: 3,
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 <div effect="fade-in-out">
 <blurb>Collection: whisky</blurb>
 <example><![CDATA[{
-    name: "Glenfiddch 15",
+    name: "Glenfiddich 15",
     age: 15,
     strength: 50.3,
 }]]></example>
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
     tasting_notes: [
         {
             whisky_name: "Glenfiddich 15",
-            date: 2013-10-02,
+            date: ISODate("2013-10-02"),
             note: "Caramel and honey, fruity with some hints of earth",
-            likes: 17
+            likes: 17,
             rating: 3,
         }
     ]
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@
 <div effect="fade-in">
 <blurb>Collection: whisky</blurb>
 <example><![CDATA[{
-    name: "Glenfiddch 15",
+    name: "Glenfiddich 15",
     age: 15,
     strength: 50.3,
-    notes: [
+    tasting_notes: [
         {
             user_name: "Derick",
-            date: 2013-10-02,
+            date: ISODate("2013-10-02"),
             note: "Caramel and honey, fruity with some hints of earth",
-            likes: 17
+            likes: 17,
             rating: 3,
         }
     ]
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 <blurb>Collection: user</blurb>
 <example><![CDATA[{
     name: "Derick",
-    country: "England"
+    country: "England",
 }]]></example>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/excercise03-reviews.xml b/slides/mongodb/excercise03-reviews.xml
index 66b40da..e7d1a3e 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/excercise03-reviews.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/excercise03-reviews.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <slide>
 <title>Tasting notes</title>
 
-<blurb>Tasting notes is like "review" of how whisky tastes. Each user
+<blurb>Tasting notes are like a review of whiskes. Each user
 can have a note for each whisky. Design a schema that allows for:</blurb>
 
 <list>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/half-tutorial-topics.xml b/slides/mongodb/half-tutorial-topics.xml
index eb7f238..1a9a69c 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/half-tutorial-topics.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/half-tutorial-topics.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	<bullet>Schema Design</bullet>
 	<bullet>Indexes</bullet>
 	<bullet>Introduction to Replication</bullet>
+	<bullet>Introduction to Sharding</bullet>
 	<bullet>Questions and Answers</bullet>
 </list>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/one-to-many1.xml b/slides/mongodb/one-to-many1.xml
index 908d5f4..5b7fe57 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/one-to-many1.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/one-to-many1.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 
 <blurb>One to Many relationships can specify:</blurb>
 <list>
-    <bullet>degree of association between objects</bullet>
-    <bullet>containment</bullet>
-    <bullet>life-cycle</bullet>
+    <bullet>Degree of association between objects</bullet>
+    <bullet>Containment</bullet>
 </list>
 
 <image filename="one-to-many1.png" pdf-scale="0.9" y-offset="5.5"/>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/one-to-many2.xml b/slides/mongodb/one-to-many2.xml
index 98fb129..1adc1cc 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/one-to-many2.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/one-to-many2.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     { time: 1350297729, ip: "192.168.42.103" },
     { time: 1350298912, ip: "192.168.42.102" },
   ]
-},
+}
 {
   name: "What is PHP doing?",
   date: "2012-07-13",
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/one-to-many4.xml b/slides/mongodb/one-to-many4.xml
index 3eb4628..6ec9e72 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/one-to-many4.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/one-to-many4.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     { name: "Adam", text: "It was great having you in Sou..." },
     { name: "Jake", text: "I don't think you can ever re..." },
   ],
-},
+}
 { _id: 7,
   name: "What is PHP doing?",
   date: "2012-07-13",
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 }]]></example>
 <blurb>Views collection:</blurb>
 <example><![CDATA[
-{ article_id: 4, time: 1350297458, ip: "192.168.42.101" },
-{ article_id: 4, time: 1350298912, ip: "192.168.42.102" },
-{ article_id: 7, time: 1350297458, ip: "192.168.42.101" },
+{ article_id: 4, time: 1350297458, ip: "192.168.42.101" }
+{ article_id: 4, time: 1350298912, ip: "192.168.42.102" }
+{ article_id: 7, time: 1350297458, ip: "192.168.42.101" }
 ]]></example>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-ops.xml b/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-ops.xml
index 3be864e..976b59a 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-ops.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-ops.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <slide>
 <title>Advanced querying operators</title>
 
-<blurb>Besides testing for exact matches, mongoDB also has operators.
-Operators start with a '$', so make sure to use single quotes!</blurb>
+<blurb>Operators start with a '$', so use single quotes!</blurb>
 
 <div effect="fade-out">
-<blurb>Compare:</blurb>
+<blurb>Comparison:</blurb>
 <list>
     <bullet>$lt, $lte, $gt, $gte (&lt;, &lt;=, &gt;, &gt;=)</bullet>
     <bullet>$ne (not equal)</bullet>
@@ -14,8 +13,7 @@ Operators start with a '$', so make sure to use single quotes!</blurb>
 </list>
 <blurb>Logical:</blurb>
 <list>
-    <bullet>$or (one needs to match)</bullet>
-    <bullet>$and (all need to match)</bullet>
+    <bullet>$or, $and</bullet>
     <bullet>$nor (not or)</bullet>
     <bullet>$not</bullet>
 </list>
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ Operators start with a '$', so make sure to use single quotes!</blurb>
 </list>
 <blurb>Others:</blurb>
 <list>
-    <bullet>$type (check for type number, see <link href="http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Advanced+Queries#AdvancedQueries-%24type"/>)</bullet>
+    <bullet>$type</bullet>
 </list>
 </div>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/query.xml b/slides/mongodb/query.xml
index 280e6ee..ddb0e2a 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/query.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/query.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $record = $m->demo->talks->findOne();
 // Search on the _id field being 'derickr'
 $record = $m->demo->talks->findOne( array( '_id' => 'derickr' ) );
 
-// Search on the array element key 'title' in the 'talks' field
+// Search on the 'talks' embedded document's 'title' field
 $record = $m->demo->talks->findOne(
   array(
     'talks.title' => 'Xdebug'
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/query2.xml b/slides/mongodb/query2.xml
index 2eaf402..0e00b90 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/query2.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/query2.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $m = new MongoClient();
 // Find with 'projection'
 $record = $m->demo->talks->findOne(
   array( 'talks.title' => 'Xdebug' ),
-  array( 'name' => true, 'talks.url' => true )
+  array( 'name' => 1, 'talks.url' => 1 )
 );
 ?>]]></example>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/tip-array-key.xml b/slides/mongodb/tip-array-key.xml
index 669646b..25118da 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/tip-array-key.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/tip-array-key.xml
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 <slide>
-<title>Tips and hints: array keys</title>
+<title>Tips and Hints: document keys</title>
 
 <blurb>Don't do:</blurb>
 <example><![CDATA[temperature: {
   _id: 42,
   points: [
     { 1332942067: 17.3 },
-    { 1332942118: 17.5 }
+    { 1332942118: 17.5 },
   ]
 }]]></example>
 <break/>
 
-<blurb>instead, do:</blurb>
+<blurb>Instead, do:</blurb>
 <example><![CDATA[temperature: {
   _id: 42,
   points: [
     { ts: 1332942067, temp: 17.3 },
-    { ts: 1332942118, temp: 17.5 }
+    { ts: 1332942118, temp: 17.5 },
   ]
 }]]></example>
 <break/>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/types-php.xml b/slides/mongodb/types-php.xml
index b47169e..6295458 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/types-php.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/types-php.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 <list>
 	<bullet>Unlike PHP, MongoDB does not type juggle</bullet>
-	<bullet>There is a date type, but it's UTC only (MongoDate)</bullet>
-	<bullet>When reading, everything will be an (associative) array, but never
-	an object</bullet>
+	<bullet>There is a date type, but it is only a Unix timestamp</bullet>
+	<bullet>When retrieving data, documents will be returned as an
+	(associative) array, but never as an object</bullet>
 </list>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/types.xml b/slides/mongodb/types.xml
index ae3c312..c5768c1 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/types.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/types.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 <list>
 	<bullet>null</bullet>
 	<bullet>boolean</bullet>
-	<bullet>integer (both 32-bit and 64-bit, MongoInt32, MongoInt64)</bullet>
+	<bullet>integer (32 and 64-bit, MongoInt32, MongoInt64)</bullet>
 	<bullet>double</bullet>
 	<bullet>string (UTF-8)</bullet>
 	<bullet>array</bullet>
-	<bullet>associative array ("object" for JavaScript)</bullet>
-	<bullet>MongoId (In the form of %4cb4ab6d7addf98506010000%)</bullet>
-	<bullet>MongoDate</bullet>
-	<bullet>MongoBinData</bullet>
+	<bullet>document (associative array in PHP)</bullet>
+	<bullet>ObjectIDs (MongoId)</bullet>
+	<bullet>UTC date (MongoDate)</bullet>
+	<bullet>Binary data (MongoBinData)</bullet>
 </list>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/update2a.xml b/slides/mongodb/update2a.xml
index ffc247d..8b0a3f2 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/update2a.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/update2a.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <slide>
 <title>Updating documents</title>
 
-<blurb>Update only updates the *first* document it finds by default.</blurb>
+<blurb>Update only modifies the *first* document it finds by default.</blurb>
 
-<blurb>You can set an option to get all matching documents to be updated</blurb>
+<blurb>You can set an option to modify *all* matched documents</blurb>
 
 <example result="0"><![CDATA[<?php
 $m = new MongoClient;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $c->insert( [ '_id' => 'green-elephpant', 'generation' => 3, 'price' => 7.5 ] );
 
 $c->update(
     [ 'generation' => [ '$lte' => 2 ] ],  // criteria
-    [ '$dec' => [ 'price' => 2.0 ] ],     // update spec
+    [ '$inc' => [ 'price' => -2.0 ] ],    // update spec
     [ 'multiple' => true ]                // options: multiple
 );
 ?>]]></example>