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Selected to Speak at SQLRally 2012
I was excited to receive the email on Friday that I’d been selected to present at SQLRally #2 in Dallas this year, doing my presentation Building Your Professional Development Plan. Always nice to get some good news on a Friday!
Speaking at MagicPASS on February 22, 2012
Next Wednesday I’ll be returning to MagicPASS to do a presentation on SQL security for developers. It’s an interesting topic, with the trick – in my view – to focus on things that developers care about or need to know, … Continue reading
Sarasota IT Pro Camp
The first Sarasota IT Pro Camp is being held on Saturday, February 18th 2012 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at Keiser University, 6151 Lake Osprey Drive, Sarasota, FL 34240. I won’t be attending this one, wishing the team a … Continue reading
PASS Chapter Tools–My Wish List
I’m hoping this year will be the year that PASS makes a substantial investment in tools – the online kind – for chapters. Just providing DNN hosting is not enough, and while I like having that option for the group … Continue reading
Notes from the February Space Coast SQL Meeting
I drove over to Melbourne last night to the new home of Space Coast SQL at the Harris Institute for Assured Information, located on the Florida Institute of Technology Campus. Not hard to find, good parking, great building, great room … Continue reading
SQL Stickers–Someone Should Build It
Here’s a niche idea that someone might have some fun with, build a site where someone can request some or all of the various laptop stickers out there with one request. Capture the request and send it off to the … Continue reading
Speaking at Space Coast SQL Users Group on Feb 9, 2012
I’ll be visiting the Space Coast group (http://spacecoast.sqlpass.org/) on Feb 9th to do a presentation on Professional Development Plans. I’m looking forward to the visit. Always fun to talk about professional development and some of what I’ll be presenting is … Continue reading
The Idera ACE Program, So Far
The Idera ACE program is something I’ve been involved with for over a year now. I’ll share a bit of the back story, and some thoughts on how the idea has grown and morphed since then. Back in late 2010 … Continue reading
Apply to Be A 2012 Idera ACE!
The call for applications is open today, a chance for six lucky people to do more in the SQL community for a year. Idera will sponsor your travel to a few events in the US, invite you to do webcasts … Continue reading
Petitions on Change.org and Thoughts on Changing PASS
I tried this out – Change.org that is – recently as part of a post about PASS and wanted to post a few comments about the experience. Setting up a petition was very easy and they do a good job … Continue reading
