Last week at the annual PASS Summit I served as emcee for the Speaker Idol contest. As a result, this was the first time I would attend all four Speaker Idol sessions. In fact, before last week, I had never attended even one full Speaker Idol session.
Well, here we are, another PASS Summit behind us. Each Summit is special to me, in different ways. It’s like having children; you love each of them but for different reasons and in different ways.
Earlier this week I saw this post from Chris Webb (blog | @technitrain) regarding a session he is delivering at the upcoming PASS Summit. When I read the abstract there was one section that jumped out at me (emphasis mine): If you’ve been to PASS Summit before, you know that social media channels such as Twitter … Read more
The air is getting colder, I’m seeing pumpkins on the front steps, and the PASS Summit is happening at the end of the month. Together that can mean only one thing: It’s time for the PASS Summit preview! In less then three weeks I will head to Seattle to attend my twelfth consecutive PASS Summit. But for those of … Read more
Tomorrow I fly West to Seattle, heading to the Microsoft MVP Summit for Sunday and Monday followed by the PASS Summit on Tuesday through Friday. I usually try to write some type of Summit preview post but time was short this year. Instead I decided to share something else with you, and that’s a specific … Read more
Yesterday I talked about the Accidental Architect. Today I want to add some additional thoughts. There is a reason why we end up gravitating towards careers as DBAs or architects: natural curiosity. We want to know how something works. We want to do our best to ensure that a system is built the right way … Read more
