July 2011

#sqlpass–Last call for Community Choice

I’ve been out of pocket for the last couple of weeks (more on that later), but I was very excited to hear that two of my sessions were being considered for the Community Choice slots at PASS Summit this year.  If you haven’t voted yet, please consider voting for me; I’m looking for the opportunity to really grow this next year as a technical speaker, and I’d love to kick it off with a bang at Summit.  Voting closes TOMORROW (July 20, 2011), so vote now!

SQL Server XML 201 [Application and Database Development]
Stuart Ainsworth (Gladiator Technology Services)
 
Basic Guidelines for VLDB’s [Enterprise Database Administration and Deployment]
Stuart Ainsworth (Gladiator Technology Services)

 

VOTE HERE: http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2011/UserLogin.aspx?returnurl=%2fsummit%2f2011%2fSummitContent%2fCommunityChoice.aspx

 

Just as an aside, I’d also like to plug a couple of other sessions by some AtlantaMDF members:

Bad SQL [Application and Database Development]
Geoff Hiten (Intellinet)
 
ETL Smackdown: PowerShell vs SSIS — with Aaron Nelson [BI Architecture, Development and Administration Topics]
Julie Smith (Key2 Consulting)
Aaron Nelson (@SQLvariant)

 

4 out of the 20 sessions being considered for Community Choice are by speakers from my local chapter, which makes me proud. Thanks for your consideration, and more posts to come soon!

distractions and other news…

Sorry for the absence from blogging for a bit; a lot on my plate.  Next week, I’ll be turning 40 on July 5th, and then getting married on July 9th.  The latter is much bigger news than the former, but both are reasons to celebrate.

Another reason to celebrate?  I got accepted to speak at SQL Saturday 64 (Baton Rouge).  I’m excited to head back home for good food and good times.  I needed a little affirmation after the disappointment over Summit.

Anyway, I may not blog much in the next few weeks; please stay tuned, because good things are happening.