Last year I changed jobs and went to work for Confio Software. It was a wonderful transition, and when I showed up at the PASS Summit I was proud to have my badge tell everyone that I was now with Confio. I was also on the Board of Directors, so I had a ribbon displaying … Read more
I think there is at least one moment during each of my previous PASS Summits where I gain at least one piece of technical knowledge that I can immediately apply to a specific scenario. This was especially true back when I was still a production DBA and kept chained to my cubicle desk and tasked … Read more
One thing I have learned over the years is the importance of good communication. It can be a hard lesson to learn but it is an invaluable skill. Many of us can point to examples of both good and bad types of communication. One of my examples happened at the 2007 Summit in Denver, and … Read more
The 2005 Summit provides me this memory: winning an iPod in the Quiz Bowl during the Welcome reception. It was only my second Summit, but I had been volunteering my time with the Web SIG (Special Interest Group, which was dedicated to helping create and maintain the PASS Website, the SIGs are now called Virtual … Read more
My PASS Summit memories series continues. Today I am going to simply re-blog an entry I wrote in 2006. Hard to believe, but SQL Karaoke turns five years old this year. My memories of that first night with Kathi, Allen, and Todd are still very crisp. I can’t believe how big of an event this … Read more
Continuing my series about PASS Summit memories today I am going to talk about a moment in time that was fairly unique for a variety of reasons. First, I was in Barcelona for the PASS European Summit. Second, my wife Suzanne was with me, doing her best to not be so incredibly bored when surrounded … Read more
