The year was 2007 and I found myself sitting in a session at the PASS Summit that was about a new piece of technology recently released. I don’t want to mention the technology specifically, as that not is the point of this post. The point is that at the time I had been a DBA … Read more
At my first Summit in 2004, I did not attend one vendor party (I have more than made up for that since). But at the next Summit in 2005 in Dallas, I knew to sign up for the party hosted by SQL Server Central. They were having a casino night and I knew it would … Read more
What did we ever do before we had #sqlhelp on Twitter? Why, we used to email each other questions, of course. Now, in my shop, we only had a handful of DBAs. And that meant we only had a handful of experiences, most of which were shared, not distinct. After my third PASS Summit I … Read more
I was asked to take part in a breakfast panel discussion at the 2008 Summit on ‘automation’ or something like that. I had never done such a thing before but figured ‘how hard can it be to sit there, eat some bacon, and answer some questions’? Turns out it can be harder than you think, … Read more
It was 2005 and I had the honor of listening to Jim Gray give one of the keynote sessions at the PASS Summit. I remember but a few details in the talk itself. What stands out the most to me here is how I remember feeling enlightened after he shared his insights into where our … Read more
It’s 2005 and one morning I am standing at a table talking with Chuck Heinzelman (profile | @SQLBoyWonder), asking him some questions about technical writing and such. Chuck did a masterful job in redirecting me to someone that could actually help and introduced me to Kathi Kellenberger (profile | @auntkathi). [Note: it just occurred to … Read more
