Apr 21 2011
I recently ran across a quote from William Blake that fits perfectly for how I attempt to live my life (note: *attempt*.) Think in the morning Act in the noon Eat in the evening Sleep in the night Join me for a four-part professional development series here next week as I expound on each [...]
Apr 13 2011
Michael Eaton contacted me last week and asked if I would be interested in speaking at the 3rd incarnation of the KalamazooX Conference scheduled for April 30, 2011. Because I believe in the root goal for the event - improvement of the soft skills that separate us from the emotionless robots and pooh-flinging monkeys pounding away at random keyboards make us [...]
Apr 11 2011
To work with me that is. Spectrum Health is hiring a full time Oracle and SQL Server DBA (2 Disciplines – 1 FTE) and I’m tossing this request out to you here. The formal job posting can be found on the Spectrum Health website, but keep in mind the posting was written by a series [...]
Dec 16 2010
… Joe Webb (blog|twitter) gave to us, some ideas to make us less impetuous. I went non-technical… My selection for the FreeCon 12 Days of SQL Series comes to us from one of those individuals I admire greatly. He’s not only a prime technical consultant and successful small business owner, but a quality blogger, friend, leader, [...]
Nov 19 2010
This post is going to be short and sweet (just like me) so that I can make the next showing of the latest Harry Potter movie with my kids (only because they want to go of course.) This post is part of the new initiative started by Jen McCown over at midnightdba.com entitled Un-SQL Friday. [...]
Nov 6 2010
I’m typically not used to cutting it close, but yesterday’s travel experience was just that. From missing the cutoff for checking bags out of Kalamazoo International Airport (they must consider Minnesota as another country or that title’s been grandfathered in) to running from gate C890,000.0001 in Toledo to gate A98105 in Detroit at DTW in [...]
Nov 3 2010
It was back during the high heat of the Summer months that I parted ways with my former company, Spectrum Health, after a revokation of remote working priviledges after over a decade of working under that model. I’ve since moved on into a role that, while I expected to have some development DBA aspects really morphed [...]
Nov 2 2010
This is my first T-SQL Tuesday blog post. I keep meaning to participate, however my intentions are always superseded by work, family, travel, and so forth. This topic, however, hits very close to home for me and when I first saw word of it (about 15 minutes ago) I knew I had to fire my [...]
