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Looking Back-Part 2

As I re-read the original Looking Back post I realized I didn’t include anything about the fear part – stepping away from an established career focus to do something else for a while. I’ve been a SQL guy for a … Continue reading

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Join Me

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Done

When I’m in task processing mode the reply you’ll typically get from from me when the task is complete is “Done.”.. Sometimes it might be “Done!” if it was an urgent matter, but mostly it’s just “Done.”. Short and simple. … Continue reading

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Notes from the 2011 Orlando Code Camp

Just some quick observations: Nice bright green polos for volunteers (I think about standardizing the color for SQLSaturday) About a dozen sponsors on site out of more than 50 total sponsors The opening address was ok, but I’d remind anyone … Continue reading

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PASS Summit 2010-Tuesday

Started my day by going up to the club floor for the continental breakfast, met Mark Souza on the elevator and had a good chat over breakfast. For those you of who don’t now Mark, he’s on the Board of … Continue reading

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Begining Thoughts on a PASS Speaker Certification

Consider this one a thinking out loud post more than most. We’ve had an explosion of speakers in the SQL Server world over the past three years, and more arriving every day. That’s an unbelievably good thing for our community … Continue reading

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Book Review: Rework

I recently read Rework by Jason Fried of 37 Signals ($13 @ Amazon) and it talks about a lot of philosophy and lessons learned from their business. Some of it I found interesting, some I agreed with – for example, … Continue reading

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PASS Update #33

It’s been almost a month since my last update, too long! I’ve put up separate posts on my unplanned and off the cuff voting booth project, trying to give PASS a better solution for voting this year than we had … Continue reading

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Rules to Live By: Do the Hard Things First

I can’t say I stick to this one 100 percent of the time, but it’s definitely a deeply held belief. Given two tasks, I prefer to do the one that sucks first. It’s easy to do the fun one, spend … Continue reading

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oPASS April 2010 Meeting is Tonight

Our next meeting is today, April 9, 2010, from 6-8 pm. Our featured speaker is Joe Webb and he’ll be doing a presentation on Data Driven Subscriptions in Reporting Services. Hope you’ll attend if you’re in the area, and if … Continue reading

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