Welcome back to this weeks installment of SQL University. The topic today is Professional Development and I am going to do my best to help you understand and navigate your way through. Professional development can mean a lot of different things to different people, and sometimes the amount of information available can be overwhelming. So, … Read more
Prior to our announcing the 24 Hours of PASS: Celebrating SQL Server 2008 R2, I took part in an interview to help explain more details about the event. Since that interview went live last week I have fielded a handful of additional questions. I decided that the best way to answer them was to just … Read more
This past weekend while doing some Spring cleaning I came across this book on my bookshelf. I read it last year and found it to be a great read but for one reason or another I never got around to writing up a review. I forget how I came across the book to begin with, … Read more
Last Fall I was the Basketball Coach for SQL University, and I loved being back on the hardwood. Some days I think the best place to be on a Friday Night in the Winter is in your home gym getting ready to play some hoop. Writing for SQL U last FALL helped bring back some … Read more
Yesterday I had the opportunity to give a presentation on SQL Azure to the newly formed Hartford SQL Server Users Group. I wanted the talk to be as interactive as possible. I brought along the usual bribes giveaways that speakers use to solicit some interaction from the audience (three copies of my book, DBA Survivor, … Read more
I am happy to write this semi-official announcement regarding the upcoming 24 Hours of PASS event to be held on May 19th and 20th. This is the second event of this type that PASS has put together and the first one that I have had the privilege to help pull together. I know that I … Read more
