I am sitting in my usual seat (3D) flying home from the SQL Saturday event (#97) in Austin. This event has cracked my top five events for the year, despite my almost having been murdered in my motel the night before. I’m not joking. Ask anyone else who stayed there if they also felt like … Read more
This Saturday I will be in Kalamazoo, which I thought was the birthplace of Derek Jeter but it turns out that he was born in New Jersey and moved to K-zoo when he was four. I am guessing that as part of the speaker dinner we will also get a tour of Jeter’s childhood home … Read more
I had a great time this past week in South Florida. First up was the PASS Board of Directors meeting on Thursday and Friday. We chose Ft. Lauderdale as the location for our meeting because it gave us all a chance to visit a SQL Saturday event, similar to what we did in Nashville last … Read more
I have no idea if those two items are related or not but I felt it warrants mentioning. Anyway, this Saturday I will be in South Florida, which is apparently the new name for Miami. No, I don’t know how or why we need to call it “South Florida”, but if they really wanted me to visit … Read more
Today is the fifth and final preview for my sessions at the upcoming SQL Excursions in Napa. A quick recap of the previous four: Query Performance Tuning Made Easy SQL Server Memory Management Powershell Resource Governor I like lists. I like lists a lot. I use lists frequently. I like them so much I started … Read more
Following the posts from Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, today I will continue with a preview of the sessions I will be giving at the upcoming SQL Excursions event in Napa. OK, let’s talk Resource Governor! Abstract: As more and more shops look to consolidate their systems (and database servers) it is becoming increasingly important to … Read more
