The search for the next Microsoft Employee continued with the fourth episode this week. So far we have had three different winners the first three weeks of the series. I found myself pulling for Alex this week to make it a perfect four winners in four episodes. The contestants were put on a ferry boat … Read more
You’re doing it wrong. You didn’t mean to be that way, I know. But the truth is things happen. When they do I am brought in to find out what is happening, what has gone wrong. I see repeating patterns in the database issues I am asked to investigate. I keep track of them as I … Read more
The third episode of Be The Next Microsoft Employee went live today and I enjoyed this one even more than the first two. First things first: Buck Woody (blog | @buckwoody) needed two hands to hold his coffee in this episode. Either he is getting weaker, or that coffee is getting stronger. My guess is a little bit … Read more
Last weekend Karen Lopez (blog | @datachick) and I did a session together at SQL Saturday #159 in Kansas City titled Database Design Throwdown: The Trailer. The reason we called it “The Trailer” is because we are giving people a sneak peek as to what topics we will be covering when we present this session together at the … Read more
It’s going on midnight here so I wanted to share some advice I have for anyone on the overnight shift: You *do* have backups, right?
This week Microsoft gave us “#BeTheNext Episode 2: The Security Context Wars” and I’m happy to say I found this episode even better than last week where we all remember Boston Mike winning. The contestants blogged their thoughts about that first episode and you can read what Mike, Chris, Alex, and Stacy had to say. … Read more
