They don’t. Not one thing. I don’t buy SQL Server, I get it for free. My clients and customers buy it, so maybe they care. You might think that would mean I care, but I don’t. I have no interest in listening to folks at MS tell me that they raised prices but are *still* cheaper than … Read more
In his book Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell mentions about how most people need roughly 10,000 hours of training at something before they are an expert. Despite my disagreeing with many of the book’s assertions, that was one statement I did not take issue with. I know that it takes dedication and hard … Read more
Yesterday I noticed something different in my Twitter stream using Hootsuite. I was seeing promoted ads. The first one I saw was for some mayonnaise, which kinda made sense because everyone knows I love a good BLT sandwich, but it was certainly not a welcome tweet. I was only slightly annoyed because, hey, Twitter spam … Read more
Recently there was a topic for the Un-SQL Friday. I didn’t participate, but something came along right after the deadline that made me stop and think a bit, and I thought I would write up a quick post. The topic was “bad interviews” and it made me think a bit about the hiring process in general. … Read more
Don’t believe me? Check out the email I got from them this morning regarding their outage this past Sunday: So, in an effort to appease me they thought it best to offer me a 3% credit. On the PORTION of my bill that is for streaming, although my CURRENT plan isn’t broken down into to … Read more
This past Wednesday at least two tornadoes struck within a few miles of my house. The first one started about 4:30PM. I had finished with a meeting for work at about 4:15PM, walked downstairs to talk with Suzanne, and was asked a question by my daughter: “Papa, will there be a tornado?” I laughed because…well…we … Read more
