I attended graduate school with the idea that I might become a college basketball coach one day. Within the first week of being on campus I walked right into the basketball office and asked if Coach Eastman was available. I wanted to introduce myself ask him if there was anything I could do to help … Read more
Who is Paul Randal? Sorry, I could not resist borrowing a phrase from Atlas Shrugged, but it seemed to fit because if you are working with MS SQL Server and you do not know who Paul is, you should ask that very question. Actually, given his recent willingness to share all sorts of things about … Read more
I have known of Greg Low for about three years now. In fact, when I was training for the 2006 ING NYC Marathon I used to download some of his SQL Down Under podcasts and listen to them while jogging. When he ran for the board back in 2007 I was excited to see someone … Read more
Back in September of 2004 I attended my very first PASS Summit. It was held in Orlando and the timing was perfect because the event organizers knew in advance to have it right after a hurricane rather than during. On a whim I had decided to attend a pre-conference seminar (and somehow managed to convince … Read more
The other night I get an email from fellow PASS Board member Andy Warren. To be honest, I am still star struck that someone like Andy Warren would even know who I am, and out of the blue I get this email: Not a problem Andy. And since I’ve got you … Read more
I recently did an interview with Blythe Morrow from PASS HQ and decided to do my next interview with a veteran of the PASS Board of Directors, Rick Heiges. Rick is currently a Senior Solutions Consultant with Scalability Experts, working with customers on solutions within the SQL Server environment. He speaks at user groups, conferences, … Read more
