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The topic that never seems to lie low for long - the selection and election process for PASS governing directors. (I also wrote extensively on the qualities of a good director-level candidate in this blog post ). I decided to create a spoke on my blog Read More...
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Pardon me, sir. Do I have a dog in this fight? Do I have a dog in this Fight? If I did, it'd be the Warner Brothers Barnyard Dog. After my term of service on the PASS board of directors ended in December of 2009, I fully intended to stay far, far out Read More...
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I Never Could Hang 10 (Minutes) on Google Wave While enduring an endless series of flight delays and disgruntled passengers in the Baltimore airport that was my own personal travel hell on the evening of Thursday, August 5th, I came across this interesting Read More...
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Help build a brand new shiny centralized reference with a full compendium to everyone blog & twitter hyperlinks who are active in the SQL Server space Read More...
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Notice the bluetooth ear piece fashion faux pas? Yes, she's truly a geek. I'm happy to report that Barbie is now a cognizeti, a digerati, ... yes even an IT Professional! This year's new Barbie is Computer Engineer Barbie . Several months back, I encouraged Read More...
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In my regular professional development column for the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), Plays Well With Others, check out my latest post on dealing with micromanagers. Those TPS reports are due at 3:30 pm sharp, Mister! If you've ever dealt Read More...
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David Straithairn as the great Edward R. Murrow in the 2005 film "Good Night and Good Luck" Journalists are important. In my opinion, they're very important . The best journalists, like Old Testament prophets, speak truth to power and reveal the ugly Read More...
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Whiners and Whingers Get Wedgies Yes, I deserve a Wedgie There I was, just a couple weeks back, whining that I wasn't getting tagged by friends when a new meme comes out. Sure enough, when my friend, Paul Randal ( blog | twitter ), starts a new meme with Read More...
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I've always been intrigued by our process for allowing creative content, such as songs or movies, to become public domain. A common usage for public domain might be to create a short family video and, seeking a peppy and familiar piece of background music, Read More...
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NOT A WHINER I've been really intrigued by a meme making the rounds of the blogsphere concerning goals for the coming year and picking a theme word, rather than the usual New Year's resolution. Et tu, BrentO? As with all memes, they start with a blogger Read More...
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Before I jump onto the Goals and Themeword meme started by my buddy, Thomas LaRock ( blog | twitter ), I decided I'd spend a few minutes looking back on both the year 2009. (From a personal standpoint, the 00's were my most difficult decade yet. Major Read More...
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I was honored to be recently interviewed by the crew at Consortio Services. You can find my portion of this particular webcast at http://www.cstechcast.com/podcasts/cs-techcast/episode99/ beginning at 17:24. In the interview, I discuss a number of thoughts Read More...
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In the Sequels for SQL series, I point you to sites where you can go beyond the nose-to-the-grindstone resources that we see every day as SQL Server professionals. (My favorite resource for pan-SQL Server pointers is Steve Jone's Database Weekly email Read More...
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I'm starting a new series called Seven Sequels for SQL. In this series, I point you to seven sites where you can go beyond the nose-to-the-grindstone resources that we see every day as SQL Server professionals. These are the story that comes after and outside (the sequels) of our daily working lives (the other SQL). Let's broaden our horizons together. Read More...
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I was happy to hear that the magazine Database Trends and Applications had recently relaunched their website . While I'd been a columnist there for a quite a while, I'd never been able to easily find my own articles nor check to see if they'd generated Read More...
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