May 7 2009
Yesterday I was in full crisis mode dealing with a production server that was not showing love to the users; I call that Wednesday. Phone rings; number I’m not familiar with, and harmless according to the caller id. I answer it and get a full press sales pitch from <REDACTED> barely after I can get [...]
Dec 4 2008
Last night was the Friends of Red Gate dinner at the PASS Summit. This was held at Ruth’s Chris Steak House and can be best-described in a simple two word phrase: Porntastic Meatfest. I was personally invited to the Red Gate function as a benefit to being a member of the Friends of Red Gate. Friends of Red Gate are provided full licenses to all Red Gate products. They are influential members of the SQL Server community: Chapter Leaders, Authors, Bloggers, PASS leadership, MVPs, or they are named Tim Ford and must live in mitten-shaped states that start with “M”.
