Announcing SQLSaturday #46 in Raleigh
SQLSaturday #46 will be held in Raleigh, NC on September 18, 2010, under the direction of Brett Tomson and team – go Brett! Call for speakers is open.
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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 not, join in via Livemeeting using this link: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=8RHDGJ&role=attend.
Read more "oPASS April 2010 Meeting is Tonight"PASS Update #29 (March 2010 Meeting Minutes)
The minutes from the March 2010 Board meeting were released last week and I hope you’ll review them carefully. Viewing them requires you to login to sqlpass.org: http://www.sqlpass.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=43G0tE2S2Eg%3d&tabid=118 (Day 1) http://www.sqlpass.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Y3yFt1KWIdQ%3d&tabid=118 (Day 2) Note: We seem to have to have failed to post the Feb 2010 minutes, will check into that. I think the March […]
Read more "PASS Update #29 (March 2010 Meeting Minutes)"SQLSaturday PowerPoint Template – Looking for Suggestions
Sanj Gandham from PASS HQ set up a basic template for SQLSaturday presentations, you can download it from here. Our plan is to post a link to it on the session submission page, and then leave it up to each event leader as to whether they’ll use this template or a different one. If you’ve […]
Read more "SQLSaturday PowerPoint Template – Looking for Suggestions"Notes from the R2 Tweetup
Several weeks ago I was invited to attend a ‘tweetup’ by Microsoft on April 8th, an almost all expenses paid trip to Redmond for an event aligned with the upcoming SQL 2008 R2 launch. I was a bit surprised to be invited, as I spend a lot more time blogging than tweeting (and no, no […]
Read more "Notes from the R2 Tweetup"Early Planning for SQLSaturday Orlando 2010
I did an hour or so call with Jack Corbett recently to review what we hope to accomplish this year. We came out of it with a few ideas: We want to run a dedicated sponsor track. We think sponsors will find it valuable, but so will our attendees – a chance to see a […]
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Life was busier than I would have liked this year, but made it to one game, Braves vs Tigers, for a nice afternoon in the sun. Nothing like Florida in mid March; 85 degrees, humidity bearable, and nothing to do but sit back and enjoy the day!
Read more "Spring Training 2010"Test Driving a LinkedIn Poll
Had this on my list for a while, thinking maybe it’s a way to leverage the investment in my (your) network. Setting up the poll is easy, enter a question and up to 5 choices, then you publish to your immediate connections for free, or pay $50 to reach a wider audience. If you just […]
Read more "Test Driving a LinkedIn Poll"Writing With More Than One Voice
I’ve been blogging for a couple of years now and have slowly settled into the style and pattern of blogging that you see here today. Most posts are several paragraphs, they reflect what I’m doing and reading, and they rarely are about topics that are contentious or highly popular. I write to share, I write […]
Read more "Writing With More Than One Voice"PASS Update #28 (SQLSaturday Transition)
We’ve been busy on the transition and we’re finally at a place where we can give you an update on what we’re doing and how things will proceed going forward. As we got past the initial stages of the project we ran into concerns in these areas: Technology Transfer Support hours from PASS HQ PASS […]
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