Nov 2 2011
This past weekend marked the last of my scheduled travel for SQL Server training through the end of the year. I would have loved to have attended the SQL Connections conference in Las Vegas, having not been there since 2008, but commitments at home would not allow for it. Connections has a completely different vibe [...]
Sep 8 2010
Though not our first stop on the journey north scouting out providers for SQL Cruise Alaska 2011 the shots for Skagway, Alaska are up on Flickr. Skagway embraced us in a cold, misty embrace at 7:00 am. We hit the town as soon as we were able; a 9:30 appointment to travel to Haines in [...]
Aug 9 2010
Anyone who even casually reads this blog knows all about SQL Cruise by now. If not, then there is an every-growing wealth of information about this endeavor that Brent Ozar (Web|Twitter) and I just produced last week. We had an amazing cross-section of cruisers on this first SEA-QL training event: senior-level consultants, experienced DBAs, and the [...]
Aug 6 2010
I’m sitting in the Fort Lauderdale airport with so many thoughts milling through my head over what a success our first ever SQL Cruise has been. I’m doing my best to avoid any boat or water-related puns whatsoever (we’ve heard them all over the last 4 days – trust me.) This will in no way, [...]
Aug 2 2010
Yesterday was our official send-off to those joining us on SQL Cruise #1 which leaves from the port of Miami this afternoon. Gareth and Jennifer Swanepoel, along with their son Chris welcomed us to their home and put on an amazing buffet of grilled food and fruity drinks; their inviting pool was a big hit [...]
Jul 21 2010
Yesterday, Brent Ozar announced in a post on SQLCruise.com that we, along with our sponsors: SQLSentry, Quest Software, MSSQLTips.com, and Red Gate Software, are giving away a netbook each day of the cruise that sets sail on 8/2/2010. Each Cruiser, as we’ve come to affectionately call them has a 1/15 chance of winning one. We are developing very [...]
May 17 2010
SQL Sentry is sponsoring the first SQLCruise, a 4-day training event aboard the Carnival Imagination for the amazing low price of $295.00 + cost of the cruise. Official contest details and rules are available here. Details about SQLCruise, the itinerary, class schedule, trainers, and events are available at SQLCruise.com. You can also follow SQLCruise on [...]
May 3 2010
That’s right. We’re on a boat and Autotune is forbidden. So is Auto_Growth. But SQLCruise? What is SQLCruise? Is it a SQL Saturday afterparty? Is it a Tweet-up at sea? Is it a new training event unlike anything else that you’ve ever heard of? Kind of, sort of, and oh yes indeed! SQL Saturday [...]
