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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Chalkboard at the Office
2011-09-29 11:29:56 Continue reading
Notes from SQLSaturday #85
I’m writing this on Sunday afternoon after the event, thinking about the event and what I want to share with you: The speaker party started with a down pour, forcing us into a too small back room that still worked. … Continue reading
SQLSaturday #85 is Tomorrow!
It’s 7am on Friday and I can’t wait for the day to end, head home to change and then go to the speaker party, followed by an entire day of learning, networking, and just plain fun. We’ve still got room … Continue reading
What Will Be The Shared Experience at Summit 2011?
Last year it was the Tina Turner impersonator. Was it last year or the year before where the servers spun up to the point it sounded like they would take off? I thought the Tina Turner experience was the first … Continue reading
What Should I Carry in My Laptop Bag
I have a tendency to carry more than I need, the equivalent of the Batman Utility Belt. I just went through and did some pruning, tried to get back to the basics: Laptop. My E6500 for now. Love the machine, … Continue reading
The Ten Thousand Year Clock
Ran across this in my reading about the Ten Thousand Year Clock, a project funded by Jeff Bezos. Awesome dream. Makes me think about dreaming bigger.
PASS Update #65 (Officers, September Meeting)
I wanted to start with a follow up to my last post about the officer elections and the concerns about having two officers from the same company. The question came in about whether having two from the same company increased … Continue reading
No Drama
Someone I worked with recently on the server side of the business had that to say about SQL Server compared to Oracle. His perception as a guy that is on the fringe if not the middle of performance problems is … Continue reading
Conflict Resolution
More than once I’ve run into situations where I’m working with two people/groups that don’t get along. Especially as a manager or consultant its easy to wind up between two factions that can’t get along for reasons often lost to … Continue reading
Dreaming
It’s easy to get so busy with life you forget to dream, at least for me. Most of us have dreams, ranging from winning the lottery to having kids to the vacation to Tahiti. Some dreams are practical, such as … Continue reading
