This morning I saw a quick blog post from Steve Jones (blog | @way0utwest) regarding an idea he and Andy Warren (blog | @sqlandy) were putting together called the Mentoring Experiment. It reminded me of the goal list I had put together for 2010, when I stated that I wanted to find 3 people to … Read more
Had a quick chat with Buck today regarding a recent bill (for $1.38 USD) for my Azure subscription. If you are using Azure for testing (like me), and you want to minimize your chances of being billed, then just drop the user databases you have created. You don’t need to drop your Azure subscription, so … Read more
In my always increasing desire to improve upon my efficiency I am looking to use the service from “That Can Be My Next Tweet“. The service analyzes your past tweets and predicts what you would be tweeting in the future. The first few examples I found were mildly interesting and then I found this: And … Read more
I think he hit upon something brilliant. I’m talking about his use of the word WINNING and subsequent Twitter hashtag of #WINNING. Why do I think it is brilliant? Because it is simply such a positive message. So I took his idea, slapped ‘SQL’ in the front, and started using it to indicate whenever something … Read more
I could not have said this better myself: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/denisem/archive/2011/01/04/a-seat-at-the-24-hours-of-pass-table.aspx Denise was able to summarize everything we are trying to accomplish with the next 24 HOP event. If you have not yet submitted your abstract you should consider doing so, and before the deadline of next Friday.
I am going to do my best to update the blogger rankings monthly this year, but I make no promises. You should look for an update to come out the first week of every month. So if you are trying to get yourself included in the rankings now you have a way to time your … Read more
