Ever since it was announced I’ve been ambivalent about the PASS Business Analytics Conference. I believe PASS should look for places to grow the community and the craft. I believe PASS should take some risks and endure the occasional loss (as long as it is not a bet the company kind of risk). I believe […]
Read more "The PASS BA Conference–Good Idea or Not?"I’m planning to attend SQLSaturday #200 in Philadelphia on June 1, 2013. Number 200! This will be my first trip to Philly and I’m bringing the family with me so we can spend a couple days there and then after the event we’ll be taking the train to DC for a few more days of […]
Read more "SQLSaturday #200 in Philadelphia (And Vacation)"I was catching up on reading today and saw that Instructables had a how-to on “tattooing” a banana, also called banana oxidation art. I had bananas available, so I printed SQLSaturday on some paper, taped it to the banana, and starting punching holes with a straight pin. It only took a few minutes to do. […]
Read more "Bananas For SQLSaturday"OPASS meetings are held at Logans Roadhouse in Sanford now, I think the fourth location over the past couple years, but maybe the best so far. Easy access, plenty of parking, the only downside for me is that it’s all the way across Orlando from where I work. Took an hour to make the drive […]
Read more "Notes From The January 2012 OPASS Meeting"One of the simpler pleasures in life is having an idea and putting it up for discussion. Not all ideas are good, but good ones are made better by discussion. Will this one be good? We shall see! This post was inspired by two separate events. The first was a friend in my SQLFamily sent […]
Read more "How About a PASS Holiday Ornament?"I wanted to save this link to the Microsoft Support Lifecycle page and thought I’d share as well. It’s a listing of all Microsoft products and service packs along with the end dates for mainstream and extended support. Most of think about moving to the latest and greatest version because it has new features we […]
Read more "Tracking End of Support/Life Software"I made a quick trip to Tampa for #168 this past weekend. It was a “BI Edition” and it felt less intense but still a great value, four tracks of content and about 150 attendees. I arrived in time to sit through most of a presentation by Mike Antonovich, and then gave my own presentation […]
Read more "Notes from SQLSaturday #168 in Tampa"For the few past few years the Board has scheduled time to take questions from members at the Summit. This year I got to be on the question side of the fence which was a nice change. It was scheduled for 9:45 on Friday. Not the best time because it was up against sessions, including […]
Read more "PASS Summit 2012-Board Q&A"Allen Kinsel will be leaving the Board of Directors this year after serving a two year term and Kendal is finishing up his one year appointment. Both served the community well, doing quiet good behind the scenes, and I’ll miss having them on the Board. If you see them today I hope you’ll thank them […]
Read more "PASS Outgoing Board Members Allen Kinsel and Kendal Van Dyke"Thursday. Slept a little better but still waking up on east coast time. Not a lot to do in Seattle at 3:00 am! Keynote was horrible. Well intentioned, not a matter of failed demos or anything, it was just…long. I try not to be hyper-critical, but they were selling us on integration and we all […]
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