Travel

SQL Saturday #51 Nashville Recap

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ August 23, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

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 [...]

Is It A Problem?

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ August 16, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

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 [...]

SQLRockstar 2010 Tour Dates

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ August 4, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Want to take part in the SQLRockstar 2010 “What Are You Waiting For” Tour? Check out my upcoming tour schedule and see if I am coming to a location near you.
2010 US (and Tennessee) Tour Dates
8/10 Seacoast SQL Server User Group, Portsmouth, NH
8/11 Southern New England SQL Server User Group, Warwick, RI
8/12 Town Hall and [...]

Back From TechEd

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ June 14, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

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 Saturday #39 Recap

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ April 26, 2010 ⋅ 7 comments

I had an amazing time at the SQL Saturday event in New York City this past weekend. I learned new things, met new people, and ate an olive wrapped in a piece of bacon. What more could you want from a PASS event?
I arrived on Friday evening and attended the speaker party that night. It [...]

Speaking at SQL Saturday #39

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ April 22, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

I’ll be speaking at the upcoming SQL Saturday event in NYC this coming weekend. The title of my talk is ‘SQL Server 2008 Audit’ and it is as exciting as it sounds, trust me. I am bringing along some giveaways: two copies of my book, one copy of Pro SQL Server 2008 Policy-Based Management, and [...]

2009 PASS Summit Summary

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ November 7, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

“We are expecting big things from you this year.”
As I was leaving the MVP dinner on Friday night I was told those exact words by a politely smiling gentleman. Confused, I responded with “How so?” After all, how could I do big things for the MVP program?
“We”ll, we elected you for a reason. You got [...]

Moo

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ October 26, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

My moo cards have arrived. I will be bringing them to the PASS Summit next week and hope to be able to distribute as many as possible during networking events. As you can see I went with three images, each taken by @FemmeFoto (blog | twitter). Clearly she can make anyone look good. She also [...]

Just One of Those Days

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ October 22, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

This past Tuesday afternoon I flew to Tucson to take part in the SSWUG vConference. I was away for about 33 hours in total. And enough happened in those 33 hours to make it feel like it was 33 days.
Such is the life of a SQLRockstar, I guess. The afternoon flight got me to Tucson [...]

Fast, Cheap, and Easy

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ September 3, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Jeremiah Peschka claims to have quickly and easily put together this post on how to attend the PASS Summit on the cheap. In my book, that is his way of saying he is fast, cheap, and easy, but he claims that he has only two of those three traits.
If you have concerns about getting to [...]