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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Revisiting The West Wing
Sometimes spending some time with your spouse watching TV is right up there with comfort food, the challenge is often finding something that you’ll both find interesting and relaxing. We watched West Wing when it was originally aired, and somewhere … Continue reading
Tagged Advertising, Conferences, Magazines, Privacy
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Upcoming Florida Events
Lots of events in Florida, easy to lose track! The Tallahassee Code Camp is October 23, 2010, details at http://www.tallycodecamp.org/ (nice looking site!). The Tampa Code Camp was just announced for November 13, 2010, and the web site should be … Continue reading
Don’t Take me (too) Literally
Years ago I was part of a heated discussion about the ability/inclination of a team I was on to build a requested feature. The ‘other team’ insisted on 100% accuracy, something that just wasn’t possible – a point we considered … Continue reading
Tagged Conferences, Idea, Johnny Cash, Stickers
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Do You Have Influence? Part 3
I talked about the basics of Influence in Part 1 and Part 2, today I’m trying something harder, showing you how to deliberately use your hard won influence to evoke change. Earning influence is perhaps not simple, but it’s an … Continue reading
Tagged Conferences, Failure, Patterns
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Orlando – Reminder to Register for SQLSaturday #49
We’re less than 30 days out from SQLSaturday #49 and we’re working hard on the logistics. Speaker gifts ordered, lanyards this year instead of stick on badges, Jack working on a deal with our after party location for great appetizers, … Continue reading
SQLRally After Hours
One of the things we’re trying to do at SQLRally (May 2011 in Orlando!) is support and grow the social events that happen after the close of the official program. How do we do that? I’ve got a couple ideas, … Continue reading
On Vacation
I’ve hit that point where it feels like I need to work longer and harder to keep up, which is the signal for me that I need a break. I’ve got a couple meetings later today, and then I’m offline … Continue reading
Tagged Bad words, Conferences
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PASS Update #43
Last Friday saw the end of the 2010 PASS election and it was very nice to find out I had been re-elected, with Douglas McDowell (also re-elected) and Allen Kinsel being the other two winners. We had more than 1000 … Continue reading
SQLSaturday Event Leaders – Reserve Your Date for H1 2011
We’ll try to push this out through multiple channels, we’re trying to forecast dates to give those thinking about events (but not yet committed) visibility into which areas/dates are already committed. We won’t set up the event until you submit … Continue reading
CakeWrecks
Recently I had a student point me to CakeWrecks, a blog about good cakes gone bad.The post from today has cakes where the baker/maker took the instructions a bit literally, one example where they wanted a cake and flowers, and … Continue reading
Tagged Battery, Conferences, Leadership, USB
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