Jan 3 2012
This weekend I’ll be bringing my little roadshow to Colorado Springs for the first SQL Saturday of 2012. This will be the swan song for my Periodic Table of Dynamic Management Objects presentation as I revamp it for the changes coming with SQL Server 2012 (formerly code-name Denali). Please join me at 8:30AM Mountain Time [...]
May 25 2010
Thank you Portland, Oregon and all those associated with puting together and participating in SQL Saturday #27 on 5/22/2010. I would personally like to thank the anonymous, but freakishly tall gentleman who attended my last session of the day and was somehow able to reach the projector on the ceiling in order to restart it after [...]
May 20 2010
I will be presenting on two topics at SQL Saturday #27 in Portland, OR this weekend: Backup and Disaster Recovery for N00Bs and Indexing Dynamic Management Views. It’s going to be exhausting, but fun: out of Detroit at 8pm EDT – Into Portland around 11pm PDT (that’s 2 AM “real” time folks if you don’t [...]
Apr 17 2010
I find myself sitting in the back of Jeremiah Peschka’s (web|twitter) session on Internals of The SQL Query Optimizer looking back on two presentations I conducted earlier today. Both ran long – 1 due to starting late, the other because it was just too damn big. Overall things went well. My shrinkingisbadandyoumustnotdoitorkittensaredevouredbyalligatorswhicharefedtobiggeralligatorswhicharethenrunoverbydrunkentruckers did not produce [...]
Apr 16 2010
As always seems to be the case I’m still changing up my newest presentation right up until the last minute. Yes, tomorrow I’ll be delivering two presentations here in Elk Grove, IL – where apparently the 1970′s never came to an end according to the bar I’m sitting in now surrounded by Teamsters and locals [...]
Mar 18 2010
Inspiration leads to perspiration. I’m developing my first presentation as part of my initiative to train those just entering the enticing world of SQL Server database administration. I’m having difficulties maintaining the priciples of KISS (Keep It Simple Stoopid) in that I want to cram so much into the presentation that I’m defeating the purpose [...]
Dec 28 2009
The next round of SQL Saturdays is rapidly approaching: Tampa on 1/23/2010 followed by Boston and Richmond on 1/30/2010. I received notification that two of my sessions were accepted so now comes the time when I need to get back into the swing of all-things-SQL and switch out of Holiday Mode to get some things [...]
Sep 19 2009
Quest Connect 2009 is rapidly approaching. I’ll be presenting along with Brent Ozar and Tom LaRock on the subject of SQL Administration for the System Engineer.
