With my upcoming book due to be released this month, I have been getting more and more emails sent my way regarding a common question “how do I get a job as a DBA?” I started to build a new blog post and I was surprised to find that I have already written quite a [...]
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, [...]
Book Review: The Tipping Point
At least one of the readers to my blog (either Mom or Dad) should recall how I previously did a review of the book Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. At some point it was suggested to me that I should read The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, [...]
Patching SQL Azure
When the Cloud breaks, who fixes it? Why, the people who are responsible for maintaining it, right? And that person would not be you, so why do you care? And how do you patch a cloud, anyway? What do you do when the silver lining rips apart? Oh, nevermind.
So then, when does it get patched? [...]
UserVoice
One of the many wonderful things that came out of the MVP Summit for me last week was UserVoice. Both readers of my blog may have noticed the red ‘Feedback’ tab on the left hand side of the page. This tab will lead you to a forum that I have configured with UserVoice.
Last week we [...]
Good Way To Start Your Day
I have a lot of things to read on a daily basis. Some of them are recreational, but most of them are aligned with my technical interests. It is rare for me to have the time to sit down and read one book from cover to cover. So I have started reading a handful of [...]