Nov 12 2009
(…put down Cleveland) I’d like to thank Jeremiah Peschka (twitter | web) for inviting me to speak at the Columbus SQL Server Users Group November meeting tonight. Through technical difficulties with Live Meeting (their end) and the oncoming symptoms of the flu (my end) I think it went off pretty well. The slide deck and queries [...]
Nov 3 2009
Thank you for all attending last night’s Quizbowl at the PASS Summit 2009 opening reception. It went well. I expect to have still shots to be able to post at some point once I get them from HQ. If you could not attend you missed the best one yet! As fully-expected we had a horse [...]
Oct 26 2009
I’ll be in Seattle in a week. Hope I see each and every one of you there. Even more so, I’d like to see you all have a chance to win a Zune, or an Xbox 360 at the Summit’s opening reception on Monday night. Yes, it is that time of year again. For the [...]
Oct 16 2009
I have difficulty finding fault with anyone who took the time and made the effort to run for the PASS Board of Directors. The application alone was quite a challenge (unless you truly enjoy answering the same question multiple times, with simple phrasing changes (right Candidates?) Seriously though. These individuals on the [...]
Oct 10 2009
Getting around large cities can be a major PITA. Seattle makes it easy with the Sound Transit light rail and the King County Metro Transit System.
Oct 8 2009
I’ll be in Richmond, VA tonight to present the discussion: DMOs, DMVs, DMFs… WTH? For the Richmond, VA SQL Server Users Group. Should be a good time. Slide deck will be up on the site at some point in the next couple days. Please look under Presentations on this site for all slide decks related [...]
Oct 1 2009
I received notice in the wee hours of this morning that I’ve been awarded Microsoft MVP status. It means more to me than I expected; more to me than perfectly cooked MVP meat (bacon.)
Sep 19 2009
Quest Connect 2009 is rapidly approaching. I’ll be presenting along with Brent Ozar and Tom LaRock on the subject of SQL Administration for the System Engineer.
