Still at the opening day keynote, waiting for next demo to start. I think the PASS water bottles are the most useful thing we’ve got as attendees in a while – using mine now. Glenn Berry commented on Twitter that they don’t have clients on stage this year, just referenced. Very nice change. Video about […]

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Waiting on Microsoft keynote to begin. Hoping for excitement! SQL 2012 has had fastest adoption rate. No arguing it’s good, wonder why adopted faster than earlier upgrades? Things to ask. Only talking about things today that are available or ‘soon will be’. I get the point, but ‘soon’ is a word that isn’t quite the […]

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I’m starting the official ‘day one’ at the bloggers table with Tim Mitchell and Colin Stasiuk. We’re at a side table from the rest of the bloggers – possibly a promotion, more likely just the random layout, but I have power, a table, and an aisle seat, so no complaints! Enjoying the music while everyone […]

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I took a quick break at 5:30 to drop off my bag at the hotel and head back to attend the Opening Night party. This was maybe the best I’ve seen, mostly because there was room to go outside and still be ‘in’ the party. Weather in Charlotte very very nice at that time of […]

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One of the items that came up for discussion at the Chapter meeting today was the privacy policy for SQLSaturday. I’m going to sum up my understanding here, the full policy may be more nuanced than that so take with a grain of salt: SQLSaturday events can email attendees with sponsors offers as part of […]

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Started today with breakfast with the family after packing up all their clothes and stuffed animals for the trip home. Got them on their way about 9:30 and enjoyed a cool morning walk over to the Convention Center for the 10:15 SQLSaturday Roundtable meeting. The Charlotte Convention Center is nice. Starbucks, Einsteins, and a few […]

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Weather a bit cloudy today, a little rain and a little cool – not Seattle, but not Orlando either! Breakfast at the Hampton reminded me that I should break out the waffle maker at home more often – pancakes always seems easier. Left the hotel mid morning with my kids to catch up with Allen […]

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Yesterday we drove up from Charleston where I had attended SQLSaturday #227. It’s not a bad drive, about three hours. The trees are different than Florida (more real trees and not palmetto) and we definitely noticed the hills, so much that we loaded an app on the phone just to marvel in flatlander fashion of […]

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