Just about one year ago PASS launched a brand new concept in training: 24 consecutive one hour presentations done live by remote presenters around the globe. I still remember the PASS board meeting when Rick Heiges (blog | twitter) suggested the format. Some were skeptical but overall we mostly said “Do you think that can … Read more
In case you missed it I wanted to let everyone know that we are planning on doing our third 24 Hours of PASS. I sent out a call for abstracts recently to the people that have been selected to present at the PASS Summit in November (about 70 people in total). I got back about … Read more
Welcome back to another installment of SQL University. This week we will be talking about a topic that is often overlooked: database design. On second thought, “overlooked” may not be the correct choice. I think a more accurate description would be NULL. That’s right, I just said that database design is an unknown entity to … Read more
During my last night in New Orleans for TechEd I was approached by a man who stopped me and said, essentially: “What makes you guys so special?” The man was Rob Collie (blog | twitter), and he was asking about the SQL Community as a whole. And I really had no answer for Rob. We … Read more
The call for nominations for the PASS Board of Directors has been announced. The past three years I have been involved in the process as a candidate. This time, I am proud to tell everyone that I was asked to serve on the nominations committee. In other words, for years I was eating the bacon, … Read more
Remember that little event we had last month? The one that lasted for twenty-four (24) consecutive hours? The one where you kept asking if sessions were going to be recorded because you weren’t able to attend due to work/family/sleep? Well the recordings are now available for viewing. You will need to login to the PASS … Read more
