Archive for the ‘The Social Web’ Category

All aTwitter about PASS Nominations

Lots of interesting conversations about the PASS nominations happening on Twitter today; if you are not up to speed, you’ve got a lot of reading to do.  I’ll try to sum up as best I can: Some people applied to be nominated for board positions; a nominating committed approved 4 applications for 3 open positions. [...]

October 16, 2009 · stuart · 13 Comments
Posted in: PASS, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web

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 · stuart · 12 Comments
Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web

Becoming a better me…

This will be a short post, mainly because I’m in the home stretch for SQLSaturday #25; lots of little stuff to get done between now and Saturday.  However, a few interesting things have been happening lately, and I thought I’d share some of them. First, Microsoft announced its latest round of MVP’s.  No, I didn’t [...]

October 6, 2009 · stuart · 3 Comments
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, Development, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web

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 to [...]

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

Leave-A-Comment Day!

  I recently watched the movie Julie and Julia with my wife; even though I was the only male in the audience (seriously), I really enjoyed the film.  It was pretty funny, particularly if you remember who Julia Child was.  Back when I was a kid (before cable TV), we only had 4 channels, and [...]

September 17, 2009 · stuart · 6 Comments
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web

I closed my Facebook account yesterday….

To my friends who have FB accounts, I’m sorry for the abrupt disappearance.  You probably didn’t even notice, given the wads of information you’re processing. BTW, did you see this ad?  I saw it on Facebook.    Sorry for that brief interruption; my brain gets like that lately.  Scattered, random bits of information keep popping [...]

July 20, 2009 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web

milestones…

Sorry for the delay in this post; my family and I are planning to get away for some much-needed vacation time, and like most Americans, the week before and the week after a vacation are the busiest weeks of the year.  I’m trying to cram in as much stuff as I can before I leave, [...]

June 6, 2009 · stuart · One Comment
Posted in: Development, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web

Announcing AtlantaMDF Reviews

Just a quick post to tout a recent sister site that I’ve started (with the help of several other AtlantaMDF members): AtlantaMDF Reviews.  Our goal is to provide a forum of book and tool reviews that would be of interest to our local PASS user group. The site has just started, with only 2 brief [...]

May 26, 2009 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, Book Reviews, Education, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web

Facebook, and the world I left behind… (Part 2)

Continuing in my observations of my Facebook experience, I’ve noticed something else beyond just the collision of worlds; Facebook interactions often lead to self-reflection on physical attributes. In other words, People want to see what you look like. You can’t hide physical features like on a traditional forum environment; there’s a strong pressure to post [...]

March 11, 2009 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Health, The Social Web

Testing Ping.FM

As I attempt to become more socially active, I’m trying to implement some of Brent Ozar’s advice; I’m using Ping.FM to manage my Twitter and Facebook entries; let’s see if this works. Tweet This Post

March 11, 2009 · stuart · 2 Comments
Posted in: The Social Web