Updated SQLSaturday Advisory Council

2011-05-15 23:59:22

SQLRally Nordic

2011-04-29 14:35:38

Notes from SQLRally Orlando–Part 3

Our last day went well, even extremely well. By day 2 (or day 3 if you attended a seminar) everyone knows where everything is at and it all just flows well. It was a busy day for me, several meetings about SQLRally 2012 and a lot of conversations with people I don’t see often enough, […]

Notes from SQLRally Orlando–Part 2

Everything went well on Thursday. No major delays at check-in was a good start, and everything going according to plan. We had one speaker cancellation, but we had a reserve list and Jack Corbett was able to pick a speaker to fill the gap easily. Everything has just been…smooth. Nice when it goes that way. […]

Notes from SQLRally Orlando

Tuesday afternoon started with me being an unexpected behind schedule, and then another interruption or two, but by 4:30 pm back on track for the meet and greet at Johnnies Hideaway. Probably 30-35 attendees, not bad for early on day zero, and we sat on the deck/patio until about 7:30 before going in to have […]

Help Pick the 2011 Summit Topics and Speakers

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 […]

My One Submitted Session for the PASS Summit

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, […]

SQLRally Orlando Begins This Week!

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 […]

SSC Editorial: Running as SysAdmin

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 […]

Working with Idera on the ACE Program

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 […]