When I attended my first PASS Summit I had been given the title of DBA in my company for about a year. My company was doing some growing of sorts and we had offices in three main locations, and each location had a DBA. But we weren’t really a team yet, and for the most … Read more
Every year I would go to the PASS Summit and hear something during one of the keynotes: the number count of people attending a Summit for the very first time. And every year that number would be roughly the same in terms of an overall percentage (or so it seemed). And yet, after attending the … Read more
As I was registering for my first Summit back in 2004 I asked my manager Vinny if he felt that I should look to attend one of the many available pre-conference seminars that were being offered. Vinny didn’t hesitate to say “yes”, and in fact I believe he said something to the effect that “…at many conferences … Read more
I have been fortunate to have visited a lot of cities in my career. As a result, I have a short list of preferred places to frequent. One of those spots I discovered in 2006 while at the PASS Summit in Seattle and every time I visit Seattle I go back at least once. It … Read more
I once left a keynote session to sit with Donald Farmer for a few minutes while he was in the speaker room getting ready for his session later in the day. For the record, Buck Woody (blog | @buckwoody) was at the table with Donald as well, and this is the actual first recorded moment in … Read more
At the 2008 PASS Summit something magical happened. It was there at the Summit, during the keynote, when I truly understood the power of Twitter. Until then I really didn’t see Twitter as anything more than a way to pass time with your friends. I remember being on Twitter with what seemed like about at most … Read more
