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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

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

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

PASS Summit 2009 – Twitter Bingo Players

Last call!  If you’re planning on being at PASS Summit 2009, and you have an active Twitter account, and you’d like to be sought after by millions of screaming fans (OK, that last part’s an exaggeration, but there will be people looking for you), please let me know by Friday, 10/16/2009.  So far, the following [...]

October 14, 2009   Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web  12 Comments

SQL Saturday 25; reflections

Another SQLSaturday down!  This was my second one to organize in a year, and it was much different than the first event we held in April.  I learned a lot this time about managing the event, so it’s time for another wrap-up post   (YAY! You know you’re excited!).
Before I go to far, I [...]

October 13, 2009   Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication  3 Comments

Wrapping up for SQLSaturday 25

Whew.  Just finished my presentation for SQLSaturday #25 (The Social DBA), and am now going through my short list of stuff left to do.  This has been an interesting experience because of the help from the college; having volunteers take care of things like food and beverages has been both helpful (and a little stressful; [...]

October 9, 2009   Posted in: Conferences  No Comments

SQLSaturday 25 October 10, 2009 – Final Stretch!

Less than two weeks until SQLSaturday 25, and I have lots of stuff to wrap up; however, there’s been some exciting stuff happening in the last couple of weeks.
Attendance is up!
Attendance – Planning to Attend: 95  (as of today)
New Sponsor!
Interworks, Inc has really stepped up to the plate and become a Gold Sponsor for us!  [...]

September 30, 2009   Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication  No Comments

Coming to PASS Summit 2009: Twitter BINGO!

So, last year at PASS Summit, I had my first real experience with a heavily-twittered event.  What was interesting was that I met a lot of people in real-life that I had just recently begun following on Twitter; I had made the comment (in passing) to someone that we should have had BINGO cards [...]

September 25, 2009   Posted in: Conferences, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web  23 Comments