Last year I was having dinner at the PASS Summit and having a great conversation with Adam Machanic (blog | twitter). One thing that Adam pointed out to me was that the average user experience for someone at a PASS Summit was to attend by themselves and rarely interact with others. “They come alone, they … Read more
In my previous life I was a production DBA which meant my primary responsibility was recovery. I also took my job role to be that of a general SQL Server expert. I stayed general because no one person can possible be an expert in every facet under the SQL Umbrella. A few years ago I … Read more
Many of you have some awareness regarding the 24 Hours of PASS events that I have helped to promote previously. When I was asked to help arrange for the upcoming event I targeted the list of current Summit speakers. This made logical sense to me since we want to make it a Summit preview. So … Read more
I returned from Nashville yesterday, having been there for four days to take part in SQL Saturday as well as the most recent in-face PASS Board meetings. This was my first ever trip to Nashville and I had really just one goal in mind as a tourist: to find some good music. I managed to … Read more
This week the PASS Board voted on and accepted the slate of candidates that was put forth by the Nominations Committee and I can’t get the image of Colonel Jessup out of my mind. People want answers. People want the truth. But the funny part about all of that is when they do get the … Read more
Last week I used some local user group meetings as tune-ups for my talk that I am giving this Saturday in Nashville. [Sorry that you had to find out this way Seacoast and SNESSUG. It’s not easy finding out you were being used, but you were. And thanks for the bacon pizza, I can let … Read more
