Hartford SQL Server User Group Meeting Tomorrow

Sorry for the late post on this, but better late than never, right?
Tomorrow at noon (ET) will be the second meeting for the Hartford SQL Server User Group (HSSUG). That’s right, we meet during the day because we prefer to be home at night instead of, well, at a user group meeting. Weird, I know. [...]

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 [...]

When 24 Hours Is Not Enough

Many of you have some awareness regarding the 24 Hours of PASS events that I have helped to promote previously. When I was asked to help arrange for the upcoming event I targeted the list of current Summit speakers. This made logical sense to me since we want to make it a Summit preview. So [...]

Would You Pay Extra?

I was thinking about buying a car the other day. I went into the dealer and looked at some convertibles because I’m getting old and I’ve never owned a convertible and I want my kids to have a fun car when they are old enough to drive in the next ten years. Anyway, the dealer [...]

SQL Saturday #51 Nashville Recap

I returned from Nashville yesterday, having been there for four days to take part in SQL Saturday as well as the most recent in-face PASS Board meetings. This was my first ever trip to Nashville and I had really just one goal in mind as a tourist: to find some good music. I managed to [...]

This Blog Post Won’t Explain Anything

This week the PASS Board voted on and accepted the slate of candidates that was put forth by the Nominations Committee and I can’t get the image of Colonel Jessup out of my mind. People want answers. People want the truth.

But the funny part about all of that is when they do get the truth, [...]

How To Find Duplicate Indexes

I’ve had this script in my toolbox for a few years now. I didn’t create it initially, and I have no idea who did. This script helps you to identify duplicate indexes. Why is that important? I’m glad you asked, mostly because I’m tired of answering my own questions and it’s good to have someone [...]

Is It A Problem?

Last week I used some local user group meetings as tune-ups for my talk that I am giving this Saturday in Nashville.
[Sorry that you had to find out this way Seacoast and SNESSUG. It's not easy finding out you were being used, but you were. And thanks for the bacon pizza, I can let myself [...]

24 Hours of PASS v3.2

Just about one year ago PASS launched a brand new concept in training: 24 consecutive one hour presentations done live by remote presenters around the globe. I still remember the PASS board meeting when Rick Heiges (blog | twitter) suggested the format. Some were skeptical but overall we mostly said “Do you think that can [...]