I am sitting in my usual seat (3D) flying home from the SQL Saturday event (#97) in Austin. This event has cracked my top five events for the year, despite my almost having been murdered in my motel the night before. I’m not joking. Ask anyone else who stayed there if they also felt like … Read more
Well the 2011 PASS Summit is over, and it was another wonderful week of events. Back when I started attending the PASS Summit I would write a blog post to recap each day. Eventually I didn’t have time to write that many posts and it became a one postr recap for the entire week. [And … Read more
I love history, always have. I don’t recall when my love for history started (yes, that does seem strange) but it has been with me for years. In college I took a course on Urban Design and I suddenly found myself with a deeper appreciation of history than I had before. I mean, it was … Read more
Well, OK, sometimes it is. But not always. Twice in my life I have had the distinction of having Kevin Kline (blog | @kekline) tell me that I am not loved by enough people. The first was in 2007 in Denver, and Kevin delivered the news to me with a mouth full of chicken wings (true … Read more
That’s essentially what I consider Itzik Ben-Gan to be, his appearance and accent could be right out of a James Bond movie, or perhaps Phineas and Ferb. Itzik really needs a nickname, too, we should figure something out. I have never had the chance to meet him formally, but when I do I need to … Read more
This is your reminder. If you want a seat at the blogger table this year, you need to contact PASS and request to be included. We have a limited number of seats to give away as part of a random drawing. Contact details can be found here: http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2011/AboutSummit/News.aspx
