Oct 13 2011
After a much-needed early turn-in and long reboot period Day Two kicked off with a donning of the kilt for #SQLKilt Day, a trip to Le Panier with Tom LaRock, Colin Stasuikidkficc, um Edmonton Colin, and Erin Stellato. Along the way we picked up a few extra peeps. Coffee and pastries in hand we hit [...]
Oct 13 2011
It’s hard to say when the Summit begins; particularly this year. For me the Summit started this past Friday in Portland, Oregon with SQL Saturday 92 and all the trappings that come with that (speaker dinner, delivering sessions, and subsequent social events.) Then it was on to Seattle, pre-conference sessions, photowalk, Quizbowl, volunteer party, MVP [...]
Sep 22 2011
Many thought I was crazy to stage a SQL Saturday in Kalamazoo. By the time it was over though there were not too many doubting that it was one of the best SQL Saturdays that have been staged. Just take a look at the numbers: 9 SQL Server MVPs 2 SQL Server MCMs 1 Red [...]
Jun 20 2011
For the first time in the 10 years I’ve been associated with The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) I’ll be presenting a regular session at the annual Summit. Sure, in the past I’ve presented on a panel discussion for Quest Software and make a fool out of myself for the sake of fun and games [...]
Nov 11 2010
It’s the final day of the Professional Association for SQL Server Summit 2010 in Seattle and after 4 days of Pre-Cons, sessions, networking, meetings, networking, and nights where your hours of sleep is almost equivalent to the ratio of DBAs::databases in your environment your ability to learn new things has just about hit its limit. [...]
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 [...]
Oct 12 2010
It’s that time of year again when all thoughts in the SQL Community turn to the PASS Summit. The Summit wouldn’t seem the same without the kickoff reception and it’s Virtual Chapter Quizbowl event. It’s hard to believe that Louis Davidson and I have been doing this now since we came up with the idea [...]
Sep 28 2010
Details for tonight’s West Michigan SQL Server Users Group Meeting are listed below. Robert Davis of Microsoft will be presenting on Advanced Tuning Techniques. Robert is a Sr. Production DBA and Operations Engineer at Microsoft and has worked with SQL Server for 10+ years. He is a certified Master in SQL Server 2008. Robert is [...]
