Slack was a useful tool until I became overwhelmed with the number of groups and communities that wanted to use Slack to communicate. At some point, Slack went from a productivity saver to a productivity killer for me. And I’m not the only one that has noticed issues. Read why I’m leaving Slack communities.
I recently finished reading The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters by Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom). I enjoyed the book and wanted to share some thoughts with you. (Or with y’all, depending on where y’all from). Frequent readers of this blog know a few things about me. You know about my hatred … Read more
We are in a bar on Bourbon Street, upstairs in a private room for one of the vendor social events. I have no idea how Rob was even there, to be honest. But he sees me and, being Rob Collie, he wants some data.
Many DBAs liken their roles to being a mechanic, and with everything under the hood of SQL Server these days I think an F1 mechanic is an apt comparison.
Here is a list of the continuing problems that exist in every IT shop around the world. And they aren’t all new, either.
I wanted to take a moment to give you some updates on a few things related to this blog. First up, you may have noticed things look a bit different here. The blog has been redesigned. In fact, it’s not really a blog anymore. It’s a real website that just happens to have a blog … Read more
