June 2011 - Posts

• Book Review (Book 1) - Programming Windows Azure by Siriram Krishnan

  As part of my professional development, I’ve created a list of books to read throughout the year, starting in June of 2011. This a review of the first one, called Programming Windows Azure by Siriram Krishnan . You can find my entire list of books Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 28, 2011 11:18 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Azure, Book Review, Career, Cloud, Cloud Computing, SQL Azure, Windows Azure

• Using the @ in SQL Azure Connections

  The other day I was working with a client on an application they were changing to a hybrid architecture – some data on-premise and other data in SQL Azure and Windows Azure Blob storage. I had them make a couple of corrections - the first was that Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:49 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Connections, Data Professional, DBA, SQL Azure

• Session Evaluations

  I do a lot of public speaking. I write, teach, present and communicate at many levels. I love to do those things. And I love to get better at them. And one of the ways you get better at something is to get feedback on how you did. That being said, I have Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 15, 2011 12:42 PM by BuckWoody | 16 Comments Filed under: Rant

• You Probably Already Have a “Private Cloud”

  I’ve mentioned before that I’m not a fan of the word “Cloud”. It’s too marketing-oriented, gimmicky and non-specific. A better definition (in many cases) is “Distributed Computing”. That means that some or all of the computing functions are handled somewhere Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 14, 2011 7:05 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Azure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Computing, Concepts, Data Professional, DBA, Microsoft

• Head in the Clouds–Eyes on the Books

  I normally post technical topics here on this blog, but I’m extending this post a bit to include a little professional development. Don’t worry; there’s some tech (and Distributed Computing tech, no less) in this post as well. I recently Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 07, 2011 1:43 PM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Book Review, Career, Conferences, Connections, How I work, Learning, Learning Plan, Personal, Planning, Presentations, Process, Tips