In case you missed it I wanted to let everyone know that we are planning on doing our third 24 Hours of PASS. I sent out a call for abstracts recently to the people that have been selected to present at the PASS Summit in November (about 70 people in total). I got back about [...]
SQL University – Capacity Planning Week
Welcome back to SQL University. This week the topic is capacity planning. As your DBA Coach it is my role to help you understand the different levels for the subject at hand. Capacity planning is a subject that applies to just about everything in life; how much money is left in your bank account, how [...]
SQL University – Indexing Week
Welcome back to this week’s installment for SQL University. The topic this time is all about indexing. I know, I know. It sounds incredibly exciting, right? I mean, what could possibly be more exciting than a comprehensive review of a B-tree? Or a lively discussion about having a heap or a clustered index?
Lots of things, [...]
Additional Resource Added!
I have added an additional resource to my resourcedb group on my rankings page. I’ll give you one guess as to who would be bumped up to join Paul (blog | twitter) and Kim (blog | twitter) in that group? Did you guess already? Was it Brent (blog | twitter)? If so, nicely done. If [...]
Are You Lonely?
Working from home can be a lonely experience for many. Despite the interruptions that can plague me throughout the course of my day, I know that I am lucky to have other people around me. Still, I need to feel as if I am making progress on my work. So, what choices do I have?
I [...]
Eight Things I Have Learned While Telecommuting
I have been working for Confio Software for almost six full weeks now. Two of those weeks I was on the road, which means I have been working at the office for the other four weeks. And by “at the office” I mean “the spare bedroom located next to my bedroom that was redesigned by [...]
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