Why I Voted For Seattle

There has been a lot of blog chatter in the past week regarding the PASS Summit Survey. I won’t bother pointing you to each and every post and comment that has been made, as Jack Corbett has already done a great job of that. What I want to do is tell the PASS Community why [...]

You Want Answers?

I’ll resist the rest of the quotes from A Few Good Men and instead go with these:
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” -Sun-tzu

“It’s not personal, it’s business.” -Anthony Soprano
Tales of corporate espionage abound these days. Fake Twitter accounts and Facebook fan pages are the latest rage, each designed to engage people in conversations [...]

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, [...]

Presenting Tonight to Columbus

Actually, it is more like I am presenting for the C-Bus UG, since I will not physically be at the Kid’s Battle in C-Bus when the talk is given. And the idea that kid’s are going to be fighting during my talk seems distracting, not to mention it makes C-Bus seem a little violent. So, [...]

SQLSaturday #34 Recap

This past weekend was SQLSaturday #34 in Waltham, MA, which is close enough to Boston that I should just say it was in Boston so that everyone outside of New England would have an idea as to where it was. But then I remembered that everyone outside of New England only knows of Boston whenever [...]

Presenting at Columbus SQL Server Users Group

Actually, it is more like I am presenting for the C-Bus UG, since I will not physically be at the Kid’s Battle in C-Bus when the talk is given. And the idea that kid’s are going to be fighting during my talk seems distracting, not to mention it makes C-Bus seem a little violent. So, I [...]

PASS Summit Venue

Bill Graziano and Andy Warren have both put their thoughts out there on where to hold the PASS Summit in 2011 and beyond. I wanted to share my thoughts on the matter as well. Please take note that these are my thoughts and do not represent the position of the PASS Board of Directors in [...]

PASS Board Year End Summary

Rushabh Mehta recently posted a blog entry that helps to describe how the PASS Board members have operated in the past with regards to portfolio assignments. After reading his post it occurred to me that I should do a year end summary for my involvement on the PASS Board of Directors.
Last December I was asked [...]

Starting Conversations and Making Friends

I finally got around to finishing the book I received from Don Gabor at the PASS Summit, How To Start A Conversation And Make Friends. The book is a great read and I would recommend it to anyone that is looking for some extra help with their communication skills.

 
I attended Don’s seminar at the PASS [...]

Find Out What Your Log Is Waiting For

Another tidbit from the PASS Summit that I am only now getting around to blogging about…
Did you know that your transaction log file is circular in nature? That is, when your log has reached the end of the physical file it will go back to the very beginning and overwrite any virtual log file (VLF) segments [...]