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 [...]

Updated Rankings

Well, as it turns out, waiting six weeks since the last update was the perfect amount of time. We had a handful of people get shuffled around this time, one person was dropped, and four new bloggers are listed. Will it be you? Are you one of the bloggers that I have set my sights [...]

24 Hours of PASS Recordings Now Available

Remember that little event we had last month? The one that lasted for twenty-four (24) consecutive hours? The one where you kept asking if sessions were going to be recorded because you weren’t able to attend due to work/family/sleep?
Well the recordings are now available for viewing. You will need to login to the PASS website [...]

SQL University – Community Service Week

Welcome to this week’s installment of SQL University. For this edition of I am going to focus on serving the SQL Community, but feel free to perform any acts of community service you desire (especially those that are court-ordered).
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The first step you need to take is to be aware of the SQL Community. If you [...]

Back From TechEd

What a crazy first week of work I had last week. My new company had me fly down to New Orleans to be with them for TechEd 2010 and on Tuesday we officially announced my new position for Confio Software. I spent a lot of time in and around our booth in the Exhibition Hall [...]

SQL University – HA/DR Week

I may be at TechEd this week, but that doesn’t excuse me from pitching in for SQL University. This week we are going to discuss the most critical function you have as administrators: your ability to recover from a disaster. Make no mistake, this is going to decide if you are able to keep your [...]