With my upcoming book due to be released this month, I have been getting more and more emails sent my way regarding a common question “how do I get a job as a DBA?” I started to build a new blog post and I was surprised to find that I have already written quite a … Read more
Aaron Bertrand and Denny Cherry double-teamed me in another round of Web 2.0 Chainposting, and you know I never dare break the chain. I spent a few days thinking about what MacGyver moments I have had that I could share. And to be honest, very few came to mind. Apparently I am not very imaginative, … Read more
The voting poll is officially open for the DBA Survivor “Name That Caption Contest“. Head over to http://dbasurvivor.com and pick up to three of the five captions. The top three captions will go into the final round, which consists of me choosing the one I like best. Thanks to everyone that submitted entries. These five … Read more
Actually, it is more like I am presenting for the C-Bus UG, since I will not physically be at the Kid’s Battle in C-Bus when the talk is given. And the idea that kid’s are going to be fighting during my talk seems distracting, not to mention it makes C-Bus seem a little violent. So, … Read more
The first round of the “Name That Caption” contest over at DBASurvivor.com will end this coming Friday, winner gets a copy of my upcoming book. Head over to http://dbasurvivor.com/?p=29 to learn more. We have had a fair number of entries to date and I already have my top five set aside for people to vote … Read more
The 2010 Microsoft MVP Summit is upon us. This will be my very first Summit and I am looking forward to connecting with a lot of other database professionals as well as members of the SQL team at Microsoft. I felt a Summit preview was in order and decided that the most fitting movie would … Read more
