Here’s your chance to give the program committee your thoughts on which sessions should be selected for the big show. Just visit our session preference page and pick the ones that you want to see. Understanding which topics are of interest will be one of the factors the team uses in their analysis of more […]
Read more "Help Pick the 2011 Summit Topics and Speakers"This year I received an invitation to compete for one of the spotlight sessions and I wanted the presentation with the best chance of being accepted. Choosing ‘best’ was interesting. Of the two I presented at the Summit last year, should it be the one that scored the best, the one on Professional Development Plans, […]
Read more "My One Submitted Session for the PASS Summit"It actually starts tomorrow for me (and many of you), I’ll be at the Marriott World Center around 1 pm to get started on stuffing the event bags and then later in the day I’ll be at the first of a few After Hours events. It’s going to be a busy/long/good week as I’ll be […]
Read more "SQLRally Orlando Begins This Week!"My editorial about Running as Sysadmin ran in the SQLServerCentral newsletter yesterday and generated some good (and passionate!) responses. It’s not a simple topic. Not easy to fix up front or after it’s broken. I think there is work we DBA’s can do to show them simple patterns they can apply, as long as it’s […]
Read more "SSC Editorial: Running as SysAdmin"Idera announced their ACE Program on Monday, a new effort to do more community outreach in a way a bit different than others have done it so far. Rather than the traditional evangelist/vendor rep model for participating in events, this program will have six members of the community that will be traveling to a lot […]
Read more "Working with Idera on the ACE Program"Started a semi-vacation weekend by driving to Jacksonville from Orlando, arriving in time to check-in at the hotel and relax for about 10 minutes before going to the speaker party. New venue this time, Sneakers Grille, and it was much better location for networking, plenty of space to spread out and just talk. I ended […]
Read more "Notes from SQLSaturday #74"The call for speakers is open for the 2011 PASS Summit, being held in Seattle this year Oct 11-14. It’s your chance to be a star, go to the big show, etc, etc. Seriously, it’s a lot of fun to present to a paying audience, and it looks great on your resume. Of course, the […]
Read more "PASS Summit Call For Speakers Is Open"Can it really be less than 30 days to the first SQLRally? As I look back it seems like a very long journey and now that we’re close, the remaining time seems to be going by very quickly. I met with Jack Corbett on Friday to review the volunteer list and discuss plans for the […]
Read more "SQLRally 2011 Update"SQLSaturday #74! I’ll be doing my presentation on professional development at 9 am on April 30th, and then I’ll be there the rest of the day learning and meeting some new people. It’s at the same location as in previous years, the University of North Florida. Great location, great parking. If you’re near Jacksonville hope […]
Read more "Join Me at SQLSaturday #74 in Jacksonville"I’ll be finishing up part three of my informal and fast paced overview of performance tuning concepts tonight for the MagicPASS group, held in Celebration. Local speaker and friend Mike Antonovich will be doing the feature presentation on Powerpivot. All the details at http://magicpass.sqlpass.org/.
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