Welcome back to another installment of SQL University. This week we will be talking about a topic that is often overlooked: database design. On second thought, “overlooked” may not be the correct choice. I think a more accurate description would be NULL. That’s right, I just said that database design is an unknown entity to [...]
Timing Is Everything
Earlier this month I announced that I was leaving my former company in order to join Confio Software. Last week, Brent Ozar wrote a blog post where he mentioned my transition. Today, Brent announced that he, too, was changing jobs. Brent is giving up one dream job for another. And Brent has written about everything [...]
Community Communication
During my last night in New Orleans for TechEd I was approached by a man who stopped me and said, essentially:
“What makes you guys so special?”
The man was Rob Collie (blog | twitter), and he was asking about the SQL Community as a whole. And I really had no answer for Rob. We talked about [...]
PASS Call for Nominations is Open
The call for nominations for the PASS Board of Directors has been announced. The past three years I have been involved in the process as a candidate. This time, I am proud to tell everyone that I was asked to serve on the nominations committee. In other words, for years I was eating the bacon, [...]
SQL University – Women in Technology Week
Welcome back to SQL Univeristy. The topic this week will be on women in technology (WIT). I first heard about the WIT in general because of my involvement with PASS. My reaction to hearing about the WIT was something similar to “what about the men in technology?” (I had the same reaction to a “mothering [...]
Confio Command Center
Yesterday I actually had to commute to the office for work. Only my office is in Boulder, so the commute is a tad bit longer than what I am used to doing. The trip was a borderline disaster as Delta could not provide a plane with the ability to fly. Actually, that’s not true. The [...]