Archive for November, 2009

OT: Endings and new beginnings

This is a personal post; I need to write it to explain my absence from blogging, and hopefully announce my return with new vigor. My wife and I have decided to separate after 14 years of marriage; although it’s a painful process, I’m hoping that we’ll both survive this, and come out of it as [...]

November 30, 2009 · stuart · One Comment
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, The Social Web

PASS Summit Day 2: the brief wrapup #sqlpass

I’m writing this post quickly, because I have a 6:30 SQLSaturday alumni meeting at a local donut stop.  Please don’t let the brevity of the post throw you off; lots of goals accomplished yesterday.  Unfortunately, going to sessions was not one of them I spent a lot of time networking, and discussing Agile techniques for [...]

November 5, 2009 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication

PASS Summit Day 1.5

So this is the first official day of Summit, but since I got here in the middle of the day yesterday, I’m cramming a brief post in combining yesterday and today.  I could sum up the experience in one word: Awesome. I have met SO many people face to face that I normally follow on [...]

November 4, 2009 · stuart · One Comment
Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web