Aug 18 2009
SQL PASS – Your Brain Can’t Afford For You To Not Attend
If you don’t attend the next PASS Summit in November 2009 your databases will cry.
Rants
Aug 13 2009
Just How Much is Too Much?
An update on the vendor horror story involving a 2-week execution of a stored procedure that includes suprise upgrades, server creep, and the smell of rancid poo.
Aug 8 2009
How Not to Project Manage (or How To Spend $100,000 of Someone Else’s Money)
It’s always important to involve the right individuals for the task at hand from the start of a project? You would not decide to cut the red wire or the blue wire without having Danny Glover next to you, so don’t architect and commit to an application implementation without all the right IT Professionals.
Aug 3 2009
(in)Active August Post Two
inActive August day three and I am hitting my stride by not working up a sweat.
Aug 2 2009
(in)Active August Post One
(in)Active August kicked off with a bang and a wimper and a loosening of the belt in the Ford household.
Jul 26 2009
Just How Long Is Too Long?
Just how long is too long for a SQL Server stored procedure to execute? Seconds? Minutes? Weeks? Yes, I said weeks…
Jul 16 2009
Professional Courtesy Is Not Full of Suck
An excellent post by K. Brian Kelley about a vendor so full of suck it’s scary.
Jul 3 2009
Star Search It Ain’t
So, you have something to say about the technology you dabble in? You have a depth of knowledge? Why keep it to yourself or only discuss it with the 8 people that read your blog? Put together a Powerpoint presentation, get out to your local user group and SPEAK!
