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SQLSaturday 41 Status Update

I know many people have been worried about me because of the recent personal issues that I’ve been dealing with, but things have finally started to stabilize.  I know I’ve promised that before, so no promises to return to blogging or getting more involved in the community, but I’m starting to climb out of the [...]

March 15, 2010   Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication  No Comments

#TSQL2sDay 003: Maslow and relational design

Rob Farley is hosting the third installment of TSQL Tuesday, and it’s a fun one: relationships (in honor of Valentine’s Day).   While I’m not currently in much of a mood to opine on the virtues of love and databases, I did think I wanted to post something a bit more esoteric this time.  Not many [...]

February 9, 2010   Posted in: SQLServerPedia Syndication, TSQL2sDay  One Comment

SQL Saturday 41 is official!

It’s live; we’re limited to 250 seats, so register now for a great day of training in Atlanta on April 24.  We’re also looking for speakers and sponsors, so please feel free to spread the word.  I’ll continue working on the stub in order to finish the site out, so check back often.
This will be [...]

February 3, 2010   Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication  3 Comments

Shhhh! SQLSaturday Atlanta 2010 request has been submitted.

We’re looking at April 24 at the Microsoft facility in Alpharetta, GA.  I just submitted the request on the website tonight, so it probably won’t be official for a few days, but I a) needed something to blog about tonight, and b) wanted to get the word out to start some buzz.
Like last year, there [...]

January 28, 2010   Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication  No Comments

#TSQL2sDay 001: Date/Time Issues and Data Modeling

This is my first post for T-SQL Tuesday (thanks, Adam, for the idea!); I’m hoping this will be a continuing block party, and hopefully connect a lot of us SQL bloggers together.  There’s a lot of great content out there, and sometimes it’s just tough to find.
Just a few notes before I get started on [...]

December 8, 2009   Posted in: TSQL2sDay  One Comment

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 [...]

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

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 twitter and [...]

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

Packing my bag for PASS Summit 2009

Flying out on Monday, and I’m so excited.  Here’s the stuff I’m throwing in my bag (as if any of you care).

My Archos 5 IMT – 6+ hours and an extended battery.  Gotta load it up with all of the TV shows I’ve missed over the last few months on my SageTV rig.  Since I [...]

October 31, 2009   Posted in: PASS, SQLServerPedia Syndication  No Comments

SQLBingo: a few more things to consider…

SQLBingo is still on at Pass Summit 2009; we’re less than a week away, and this should be a lot of fun.  To sum up, a bunch of us SQL Tweeters are going to be wandering around Summit; if you want to play Bingo, you have to match the real person with their avatar [...]

October 27, 2009   Posted in: PASS, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web  No Comments

Good Habits To Adopt: Enforcing the natural primary key

I’ve been reading Aaron Bertrand’s great series of blog posts on bad habits to kick, and have been thinking to myself: what are some good habits that SQL Server developers should implement?    I spend most of my day griping about bad design from vendors, yet I hardly ever take the time to document what [...]

October 22, 2009   Posted in: Good Habits, SQL, SQLServerPedia Syndication  3 Comments