Live notes from the meeting. Attendance is low tonight, about 10 people (though it was well advertised, I got quite a few reminders – a good thing) Yesterday was Karla Landrum’s birthday! Met two new people (one was a sponsor, that sort of counts) Good coverage of upcoming events, would like to see more push […]
Read more "Notes From The February 2014 oPASS Meeting"It’s good to remember that the ideas and challenges of mastering a craft – any craft – have been around a while. No, the world of IT doesn’t match exactly to building woodworking or cooking or anything else, but the path to mastery is really close to the same. It takes time, but not just […]
Read more "Sometimes Cheaper Makes Sense / Mastering the Basics Always Does"Hopefully you got the email today from PASS containing these: Volunteer Goals Program Goals SQLSaturday Goals Reading them I’m first struck that we often see goals set, but rarely see the end of year scorecard published the same prominence. Which are real goals and which are stretch goals? Are there stretch goals, or are they […]
Read more "PASS Goals Published"Nothing better than finding a script that does something you need done and often done better than what you’d put together to just get it done right then. If you solve a problem consider publishing the script. Even if it has been done a dozen times, maybe there is something about your way that be […]
Read more "If You Plan to Publish A SQL Script–Some Suggestions"Friday night I took my wife out for Valentine’s Dinner. We had a reservation for 9 pm and I hoped that later in the evening we could enjoy a slow, quiet dinner. It was for a very nice restaurant, one where you’ll drop $150 or so on dinner for two. Things went wrong from the […]
Read more "The Challenge of Customer Service"If you don’t have kids you might not get the title of the post, it’s part of the theme song from The Lego Movie. We went to see it this past Saturday. Good fun! Lots of stuff to enjoy. The average hero pining for the girl who already has a boyfriend – Batman! The have […]
Read more "Everything Is Awesome"Today I watched DATAVIZ YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD NOT DO WITH SSRS by Jason Thomas. The intro felt long, but once the content started it was fun to watch someone do some nice tricks with Reporting Services as far as visualizing data. The focus was using the capabilities provided with Reporting Services in unusual (to […]
Read more "Learning About Reporting & Visualization"I’ve been trying out the Melitta Coffee Brewer for a few weeks. Not much to it, it’s just a plastic stand that holds a coffee filter. Add coffee, then add water to do a “pour over” and wait for it to drip into the cup. It comes in two sizes, one that uses a small […]
Read more "Melitta Coffee Brewer"Amusing myself for a minute at Google Trends. Anyone missing 2005?
Read more "Interest In SQL Server Seems To Be Declining?"I found Tell Me How I’m Doing by Richard L. Williams at the local library. It’s a book about giving feedback, told as a story. To condense a lot, the technique they teach is to think of everyone having a ‘feedback bucket’ that has holes in the bottom. If a manager doesn’t put enough feedback […]
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