Ran across this while visiting the Air & Space Museum over the summer, the Smithsonian launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to conserve and digitize the suit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon. I donated a dollar and I see they’ve already passed the funding goal of $500k. It will be interesting to see the results, […]
Read more "Using Kickstarter to Save Neil Armstrongs Spacesuit"How to Keep Up With SQL Server ran as the editorial of the day on July 31st. Modest amount of comments, but in particular I made a note to come back to the topic of early adopters vs being stuck with a late/never adopting employee. Both are interesting scenarios. Imagine though that SQL Server ends […]
Read more "SSC Editorial: How to Keep Up with SQL Server"We have a solid tradition here in Orlando of offering some all day classes the Thursday and Friday before SQLSaturday. It started way back at #1 when we brought Joe Celko to town! It’s a way to give our local community the chance to do some deeper learning at a relatively inexpensive price – $120 […]
Read more "SQLSaturday Orlando 2015–Classes on Thursday and Friday for Even More Learning"Today is the last day to submit your name as a candidate for the NomCom. If you’re a PASS member (surely you are) and you want the org to remain strong volunteering for the NomCom is a great way to help out. It’s also a way to get an inside view of how things work, […]
Read more "Be a PASS NomCom Candidate!"Ran into this issue today. A subscription that had been working failed. Looking at it in the RS portal it had a status of “pending” Not helpful! I tested the report, looked at the datasources, and the subscription, it all looked good. It was only when I stepped through the subscription wizard and hit Finish that […]
Read more "Reporting Services Subscriptions in "Pending" Status"PASS just posted Changes to the 2015 PASS Board Elections based on feedback from the 2014 NomCom. I was part of that team, so now that the process is complete I want to add some comments on the process and the results. They are, of course, my opinion only – I don’t speak for PASS or other […]
Read more "Changes to the 2015 PASS Board Elections"Published last week on SQLServerCentral, Sweat Files and Practice Projects is about the need/lack of packaged projects that a newbie SQL Server DBA/SSIS/BI person can use to exercise skills. I’m going to try writing a couple later in the year. They don’t need to be big and I think they can be both specific and […]
Read more "SSC Editorial: Sweat Files and Practice Projects"I’m expecting Should Salary Information Be Confidential? to draw a wide range of comments. I’m curious to see if many will be fear based or if there are good reasons for keeping it a secret (aside from whatever legal constraints might exist). Look at it a different way. Imagine you interview and like the company, the salary/benefits […]
Read more "SSC Editorial: Should Salary Information Be Confidential?"It’s almost summer and that means it’s time for a trip to South Florida for SQLSaturday #379. I’ll be doing my presentation on Learning Plans, trying to meet the speakers I don’t know yet (quite a few), doing some learning of my own, and staying over until Sunday to enjoy a little time in Ft Lauderdale […]
Read more "Im Attending SQLSaturday #379 in South Florida on June 13, 2015"I’ll be presenting Avoiding, Detecting, and Repairing Database Corruption and probably talking a little bit about career development during the warm up. If you’re in the Orlando area get all the details and register for the meeting at http://orlando.sqlpass.org/.
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