As you may know we like to try new stuff here in Orlando, and this is another new thing. I’ve been wanting to do more to help build individual brands, and the struggle is to do something meaningful, interesting, affordable. Hard to do. If you write a SQL blog that is your blog, not a […]
Read more "SQL Bloggers – Build Your Brand And Sponsor SQLSaturday #49"It’s back with a slightly different format this time, 28 hours of seminars delivered over two days, and it’s all free! Watch one, or watch them all, it’s a great collection of talent and I think you’ll find it worth your time. In particular I’ll be attending to watch a presentation on statistics by Kevin […]
Read more "24 (28) Hours of PASS on Sep 15, 2010"Today we’re announcing the call for speakers for pre-conference seminars at the first SQLRally being held in Orlando in May 2011. Please follow this link (login required) to the final guidance. For those of you that read the earlier draft there are only a few changes that matter, all resulting from the great comments […]
Read more "PASS SQLRally Pre-Conference Seminars – The Application Process"The starting point for a good meeting is an agenda and minutes. It took us a bit to catch up, but the minutes of our planning meetings so far are now available thanks to some work from PASS HQ, you can see them at http://www.sqlpass.org/Events/PASSSQLRally.aspx. I hope you’ll read them. I know minute aren’t page […]
Read more "SQLRally Meeting Minutes"SQLSaturday #48 is October 2nd, 2010, at Midlands Technical College in West Columbia, SC. I’ll be doing two presentations, one on Building a Professional Development Plan (practice for Summit!) and the other is DBA 101: The Basics. The latter is a presentation Steve Jones wrote and Brian Kelley asked if I would do instead of […]
Read more "Speaking at SQLSaturday #48 in Columbia, SC"Jack Corbett and I are trying a few new things at SQLSaturday #49 in Orlando this year (Oct 16, 2010) and I thought I’d share them here. We don’t know if they will work, but it’s fun to try! As I’ve blogged about before, we’re going to have an afternoon popcorn break thanks to one […]
Read more "New Ideas for SQLSaturday"Yesterday I did another presentation via Live Meeting, some thoughts from that effort: Perf VC team did a great job making sure we had everything lined up prior to the event. This may seem like a little thing, but it’s nice to have it pushed to me instead of having to figure it out. Erin […]
Read more "More Notes on Live Meeting Presentations"Here is the slide from the presentation today for the PASS Performance Tuning Virtual Chapter. Thanks to all those that attended! http://www.sqlandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Introduction-to-Statistics.zip
Read more "Slide Deck for Introduction to Statistics"I’ll be doing a presentation titled Introduction to Statistics in SQL Server today (Sep 7, 2010) at noon for the PASS Virtual Chapter. It’s designed to teach the vocabulary and concepts and open the door to some of the more complex cases that we sometimes hit with statistics. I’ve done this one a few times, […]
Read more "Reminder: Introduction to Statistics Presentation Today at Noon"Voting began yesterday with ballots mailed to qualified members. More information can be found here, including contact info for Hannes at PASS HQ if you think you should have received a ballot and did not. You can find more information about the candidates here, and I encourage you to read that and explore candidate blogs […]
Read more "PASS 2010 Elections Are Open"
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