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PASS Orientation Committee
Last year I was having dinner at the PASS Summit and having a great conversation with Adam Machanic (blog | twitter). One thing that Adam pointed out to me was that the average user experience for someone at a PASS Summit was to attend by themselves and rarely interact with others. “They come alone, they [...]
Who Is Responsible For What?
In my previous life I was a production DBA which meant my primary responsibility was recovery. I also took my job role to be that of a general SQL Server expert. I stayed general because no one person can possible be an expert in every facet under the SQL Umbrella. A few years ago I [...]
SQLRockstar 2010 Tour Dates
Want to take part in the SQLRockstar 2010 “What Are You Waiting For” Tour? Check out my upcoming tour schedule and see if I am coming to a location near you.
2010 US (and Tennessee) Tour Dates
8/10 Seacoast SQL Server User Group, Portsmouth, NH
8/11 Southern New England SQL Server User Group, Warwick, RI
8/12 Town Hall and [...]
Top Ten Presentation Mistakes
I have been giving presentations of one form or another for many years now. In fact, you could go back to my days in college when I took a public speaking course, and that was half a lifetime ago (but it is still relevant). Over the years I have learned a handful of things when [...]
Statistical Sampling for Verifying Database Backups
There was a conversation a while back on Twitter regarding a survey that claimed to represent “Americans”. I don’t recall the survey itself, but I believed the end result used words such as “62% of Americans think bacon should replace turkey as a Thanksgiving meal.” The survey itself was conducted using 1,000 people, and someone [...]
MacGyver Moments
Aaron Bertrand and Denny Cherry double-teamed me in another round of Web 2.0 Chainposting, and you know I never dare break the chain. I spent a few days thinking about what MacGyver moments I have had that I could share. And to be honest, very few came to mind. Apparently I am not very imaginative, [...]
Where Are My Cookies?
There has been a LOT of discussion going on lately with regards to the PASS elections, and with PASS in general. Everyone seems to have an idea of what they believe PASS should be doing with regards to this or that. I think it is wonderful that such discussions are taking place. What is not [...]
Now Writing for MSSQLTips.com
Every now and then I see requests come to our team that say “hey, buddy, when was the last time that database was restored?” My first thought has been, historically, “how the hell am I supposed to know that?” After all, the management tools given to us (EM, SSMS) never list a “last restore date” [...]
Vision
So last night I wrote about two things. First, that I was somewhat uncertain about what I will do to lead the PASS SIGs in the coming year. Second, about whale bacon (which prompted a comment from the most holy The Bloggess which has lifted my spirits quite high).
Then I remembered about how Obama promised to [...]
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