SQLAgentman
Technically Speaking with Tim Ford
RSS
  • Home
  • About
  • SQL
    • Best Practices
    • Dynamic Management Objects
      • DMV Research Papers
    • Reporting Services
    • Templates
    • Tips and Tricks
    • Friends of SQLAgentman
      • Red Gate
        • Friends of Red Gate
      • Quest Software
  • SQL Cruise
    • What Gets Measured Gets Done
  • Interests
    • Cooking
    • Exercise
    • Family and Friends
    • Literature
    • Media and Culture
    • Music
    • Photography
    • Reviews
    • Tech
    • Travel
      • Seattle
  • Publications
    • MSSQLTips.com Articles
    • Red Gate Simple-Talk Articles
    • SQL Server Central Articles
    • SQLServerPedia
  • Series
    • 12 Days of Christmas 2011
    • 13 Mistakes and Missteps
    • Fun Time
      • Fun Fridays
      • Bacon Bits and Bytes
    • Meme Monday
    • SQL N00B Crew
    • T-SQL Tuesday
    • Top 10 Things Learned
    • What Gets Measured Gets Done
  • Training
    • SQL Cruise
    • PASS
      • PASS Summit
    • SQL Saturday
    • PresentationFiles
  • Copyright

Professional Development

Sep 1 2009

24 Hours of PASS Starts Today

It’s almost time to grab that laptop of yours, sit down on the couch and dig in for 24 hours of extreme SQL Server training by the foremost experts in the community today.  I was going to mention something about all the great SQL talent on your lap into the wee hours of the morning, [...]

By Timothy • PASS, Professional Development, Tech • • Tags: Free Training, SQL Server

Aug 30 2009

Dr. Strangecation (or how I stopped worrying and learned how to love the PTO)

It’s not often that I take an extended period of time off.  But seeing almost 300 hours of PTO banked on my last paycheck was a wake-up call to get away and detoxify myself from my professional responsibilities.  We can not uphold our commitments to our customers without first caring for our personal fulfillment.  Families, [...]

By Timothy • Professional Development, Syndicated •

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.

By Timothy • PASS, Professional Development, Rants, SQL • • Tags: SQL Superpowers, Summit 2009

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.

By Timothy • Professional Development, Rants, SQL, Syndicated • • Tags: Expensive Shizz, Things that give IT Professionals a bad name

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.

By Timothy • Professional Development, Rants, SQL, SQL Server Central Articles, Syndicated, Tech • • Tags: SQL Server Central (Not full of Suck), Things that are full of suck, Vendors

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!

By Timothy • Interests, Media and Culture, PASS, Professional Development, Rants, Syndicated, Tech, West Michigan SQL Server Users Group / PASS Local Chapter • • Tags: Speaking, Stephen Hawking, User Groups

Jun 12 2009

The Best Thing I Learned at #SQLPASS

Vounteerism is like meth, but without the bad complexion and tooth decay. Oh, and you get something out of it instead of losing everything. So I guess aside from the addiction factor volunteering is nothing like meth. Nevermind.

By Timothy • Interests, PASS, Professional Development, Rants, SQL • • Tags: The Best Thing I Learned at SQLPASS

1 2 3 4 5 6
  Professional Association for SQL Server Summit     
 
  Professional Association for SQL Server Summit

Like My Stuff? Subscribe:

Subscribe by Email

Subscribe via RSS

SQLAgentMan Twitter Feed

  • @SQLsensei which node do I need to be on when I configure that audit condition Greg?
  • @Mike_Fal @SQLRunr tried orthogonal, now attempting hollandaise.
  • @SQLRunr as far so know version 7 still won't allow you to sort based upon genitalia.
  • Finding out what you thought you were working with was a view and not a table reminds me of The Crying Game.
  • Redundant Fords (@ Model T Loading Dock) http://t.co/UDeGqIV2
  • Two roads diverged in a yellow wood... (@ Robert Frost House) http://t.co/R8eQW9te
  • Thinking of @datachick ... http://t.co/OKZGGR70
  • 5th Grade field trip. (@ Greenfield Village) http://t.co/4LrhnEVI
  • I'm at Henry Ford Museum (Dearborn, MI) http://t.co/qga4gOdh
  • It's almost been 12 months since #SQLCruise Alaska 2011... How many attendees have kept up with @buckwoody 's reading / blog challenge?
Follow me

Tags

#12DaysofSQLChristmas #sqltrevor 24 Hours of SQL Server Bacon Best Practices Boring things that won't get you dates but may gain you geek cred. Buck Woody Challenge Contests DMF DMV DMV Book DMVs Dynamic Management Objects Free Training Fun Time Inactive August Indexing MS Access MSSQLTips PASS Photography Presentations Professional Association for SQL Server Red Gate Security SQL sqlagentman SQLCruise SQL Cruise SQL Cruise Alaska 2011 SQL N00B Crew SQLPASS SQL Saturday SQL Server Summit 2009 Syndicated Tech TechEd2010 Things Learned Tim Ford Tips and Tricks Top 13 Mistakes Vendors What Gets Measured
© SQLAgentman 2012
Powered by WordPress • Themify WordPress Themes