Oct 31 2012
I’ll be presenting five sessions over the next week or so at SQL Connections in Las Vegas, Portland SQL Saturday, and the Professional Association for SQL Server Summit in Seattle. I am taking a couple of days off (gasp!) to visit the Grand Canyon for the first time too in order to do things like [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Apr 12 2010
I’m currently reviewing the compiled results for the recent PASS Summit Content survey that went out to all Professional Association for SQL Server members. Thank you to all of you who took the time out of your brutally-busy schedule to assist the Programming Committee in guiding us to another successful summit in November 2010. I [...]
Mar 15 2010
I recently received an email from a reader asking about free training for SQL Server. Without giving it a second thought I recommended SQL Saturday. These events, now going on two years strong, are single-day training sessions on all things SQL Server as well professional development sessions geared towards the database professional. The high-level of [...]
Feb 16 2010
New Coke? Crystal Pepsi? Gary Cherone standing on stage next to Michael Anthony and Eddie Van Halen? Failed attempts to add engery and re-invigorate a successful brand due to either attrition or evolution. That is where we are now with the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) assimilation of the SQL Saturday program as recently [...]
