I have been speaking in front of others for most of my life. And it has never been a comfortable feeling for me. Oh, sure, there are some days when it is easier than others. Over time I have learned a few tips and tricks that help me get through any talk. But there was … Read more
OK everyone, nice job against DB2 U the other night. Now, we don’t have any games this week but next week we have to travel up to play UDB. We know they are disciplined on defense, so we are going to work on some set plays. We have been getting lazy with some of our … Read more
I was sitting in Paul Randal-Tripp’s (blog | @PaulRandal) session at PASS last week (he saved me a seat in the front row bless his heart) and listened to him talk about logging and recovery. At some point Jonathan Kehayias (blog | @SQLSarg) asked a question and I remember hearing the question, thinking that I … Read more
UPDATED: I have not had a lot of time to blog from the Summit. Hopefully I can find some time today to assemble some coherent thoughts. UPDATED: I will cross off the names of the people I have had the chance to meet already. Here is an updated list of people heading (hopefully) to PASS … Read more
There has been a LOT of discussion going on lately with regards to the PASS elections, and with PASS in general. Everyone seems to have an idea of what they believe PASS should be doing with regards to this or that. I think it is wonderful that such discussions are taking place. What is not … Read more
This past Tuesday afternoon I flew to Tucson to take part in the SSWUG vConference. I was away for about 33 hours in total. And enough happened in those 33 hours to make it feel like it was 33 days. Such is the life of a SQLRockstar, I guess. The afternoon flight got me to … Read more
